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Hawke Splits Opponents

* While the prime minister, Bob Hawke, pointed to strong support in the business and academic communities for a capital gains tax the rifts deepened within the Coalition over the issue. The Queensland Premier, Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen, and the National Party Senate team from Queensland affirmed their intention of fighting any capital gains tax through the Senate. But the opposition leader, Andrew Peacock, and leader of the Australian Democrats, Don Chipp, made it clear they would not block money ...