Costello was born on 14 August 1957 in Melbourne into a middle-class family of practising Christians. He was the second of three children: his elder brother, Tim Costello, is a prominent Baptist minis ...
See also: Martin BryantMartin Bryant inherited about $AU570,000 (GBP 300,000 or $US450,000) worth of property and other assets from a friend, Helen Harvey, who left her estate to him. He used part of ...
House of Reps (IRV) — 1996–98 – Turnout 95.77% (CV) — Informal 3.20% Party Votes % Swing Seats Change Australian Labor Party 4,217,765 38.75 ?6.17 49 ?31 Liberal Party of Australia 4,210,689 38. ...
The prime minister of Australia is appointed by the governor-general of Australia under Section 64 of the Australian Constitution. This empowers the governor-general to appoint ministers of the Crown ...
The idea for a broad-based consumption tax was first proposed by then federal treasurer Paul Keating at the 1985 Tax Summit but was dropped at the behest of then Labor Prime Minister Bob Hawke after p ...
House of Reps (IRV) — 1993–96 – Turnout 95.75% (CV) — Informal 2.97% Party Votes % Swing Seats Change Australian Labor Party 4,751,390 44.92 +5.49 80 +2 Liberal Party of Australia 3,923,786 37.10 ...
The key elements of Fightback! were:Radical changes to industrial relations, including the abolition of awards and the elimination of automatic entitlements to unemployment benefits after nine months ...
There was an increase in the number of Australians covered by health insurance plans following the end of the Second World War. However, a large proportion of the Australian population continued to la ...
Main articles: Monarchy in Australia, Australian republicanism, Keating Government, Howard Government and Australian Constitutional Convention 1998Australia is a constitutional monarchy under the Cons ...
Main articles: Australian Constitution, Monarchy in Australia, Australian republicanism, Keating Government and Howard GovernmentAustralia remains a constitutional monarchy under the Australian Consti ...
Much of Eastern Australia was subject to prolonged period of drought during the third and fourth terms of the Howard Government. In June 2004, the Council of Australian Governments agreed to a Nationa ...
John Howard became Leader of the Opposition on 30 January 1995, replacing Alexander Downer, who resigned in his favour. Downer took the position of Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Peter Coste ...
The Native Title Act 1993 ("NTA") is a law passed by the Australian Parliament the purpose of which is "to provide a national system for the recognition and protection of native title and for its co-e ...
The action which brought about the decision had been led by Eddie Mabo, David Passi and James Rice, all from the Meriam people (from the Murray islands in the Torres Strait). They commenced proceeding ...
In January 1989, Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke called for more effective economic cooperation across the Pacific Rim region. This led to the first meeting of APEC in the Australian capital of Ca ...
