八十年代初世界资本主义经济的危机,使澳大利亚的经济状况大大恶化。在1982/83财政年度(澳大利亚的统计以财政年度为基础,从7月1日至6月30日),实际上所有经济部门的生产都在继续下降,失业人数急剧增加,通货膨胀率仍然很高,国家预算赤字达到了创纪录的水平。财政部长普·基京1983年8月在议会提出1983/84年度国家预算时指出,1983年 The crisis of the capitalist economies in the world in the early 1980s has greatly averted Australia’s economic conditions. In the fiscal year 1982/83 (Australia’s statistics based on the fiscal year from 1 July to 30 June), production in virtually all sectors of the economy continued to decline in real terms, with a sharp increase in the number of unemployed persons and a still high rate of inflation High, the national budget deficit reached a record level. In August 1983, when Treasury Secretary Pu Ki-Kying proposed the 1983/84 state budget in Parliament, it was pointed out that in 1983