History of Australia since 1945 Fraser, Hawke re-established a new, universal system of health insurance called Medicare. Hawke and Keating abandoned traditional Labor support for tariffs to protect industry and jobs. They moved to deregulate Australia's financial system and ‘floated’ the Australian dollar. An agreement was reached with trade unions to moderate wage demands and accept more flexible working condition arrangements by accepting tax cuts in return. Ultimately, many of the reforms, continued by successive governments, appear to have been successful in pushing the economy along. The Australian Bicentenary was celebrated in 1988 along with the opening of a new Parliament House in Canberra. The
Celebrated Summer toward the mainstream — unflinchingly melodic and well-produced — but it never compromises the passionate spirit of the band nor the ferocious energy that fuels them." In subsequent live performances of the song after Hüsker Dü's breakup, Mould changed the wording of the chorus from "celebrated summer" to "celebrated summertime". In 1996, the song was covered by the thrash metal band Anthrax. The song was covered by singer songwriter Mark Kozelek as part of "The Finally LP" released in 2008. In 2005, a punk/hardcore record store opened in Towson, MD naming itself after the song. A side B side Hüsker