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1997 in Australia | |
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Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Governor-General | Sir William Deane |
Prime minister | John Howard |
Population | 18,517,564 |
Elections | NT, SA |
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John Winston Howard is an Australian former politician who served as the 25th prime minister of Australia from 1996 to 2007. He held office as leader of the Liberal Party of Australia, having previously served as the treasurer of Australia from 1977 to 1983 under Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser. His eleven-year tenure as prime minister is the second-longest in Australian history, behind only Sir Robert Menzies. Howard has also been the oldest living Australian former prime minister since the death of Bob Hawke in May 2019.
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I remind him of the answer he gave me almost six years ago, on the first anniversary of his prime ministership. "While my health lasts and I've got my marbles and I'm delivering good leadership and political success, you stay. But when that changes, you don't," he said then.
The move came as Mr Howard announced that the Government would no longer accept Senator Colston's vote in Parliament
Senator Colston stepped down as Senate Deputy President yesterday only minutes before a chamber vote to dump him from the position
...after several protests in recent days, Mr Howard urges Ms Hanson's opponents not to demonstrate against her
The first was when he expressed sorrow "for those of my fellow Australians who suffered injustices under the practices of past generations towards indigenous people." This was taken as a reference to the "stolen generation" and drew applause, even from those who had their backs turned.
...Mr Howard is understood to have told the Queen in a private meeting on Friday that while the constitutional debate was continuing, there was no sign of a consenus emerging...
The Australian Bankers' Association and the Queensland Government have posted rewards of $100,000 and $50,000 respectively for information leading to Abbott's recapture.
Mildura will today become the final link in Prime Television's expansion throughout regional Victoria.
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On 1 October 1997, TCN-9 performed the first on-air trial of digital broadcasting in the southern hemisphere.
Comedies: South Park... starts Saturday 8.30pm
1997... December: South Park, the politically incorrect animated series from America's Comedy Central pay-TV channel, begins on SBS and becomes the network's highest rating series to date.
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...police sources confirmed yesterday was that of Moe toddler Jaidyn Leskie, reported missing by his mother on 15 June