Cika wannan jumla: Muhimman batutuwa ga gwamnatin Howard sun hada da aiwatar da raguwar kashe kudade a farkon wa'adinsa na farko da kuma biyan bashin gwamnati gaba daya; ikon bindiga; shahararren Pauline Hanson da jam'iyyarsa ta One Nation; gyare-gyaren dangantakar masana'antu, gami da takaddamar bakin teku ta 1998 da gabatar da WorkChoices;
1999 zaben raba gardama na Australiya; sulhu da taken 'yan asalin; gabatar da harajin kaya da sabis; Tawagar da Ostiraliya ta jagoranta a Gabashin Timor a shekarar 1999; hana jiragen ruwa na 'yan gudun hijirar neman mafaka a Ostiraliya; "Yaki da Ta'addanci"; shiga tsakani a yankunan Arewacin Yankin; da kuma tattalin arzikin da ya sami ci gaba mai dorewa a duk lokacin mulkin gwamnati.