Robert James Lee Hawke was an Australian politician and trade unionist who served as the 23rd prime minister of Australia from 1983 to 1991. He held office as the leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP),having previously served as the president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions from 1969 to 1980 and president of the Labor Party national executive from 1973 to 1978.
Paul John Keating is an Australian former politician who served as the 24th prime minister of Australia from 1991 to 1996,holding office as the leader of the Labor Party (ALP). He previously served as treasurer under Prime Minister Bob Hawke from 1983 to 1991 and as the seventh deputy prime minister from 1990 to 1991.
The prime minister of Australia is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia. The prime minister is the chair of the Cabinet of Australia and thus the head of the federal executive government. Under the principles of responsible government,the prime minister is both responsible to and a member of the Commonwealth Parliament. The current prime minister is Anthony Albanese of the Australian Labor Party,who assumed the office on 23 May 2022.
Oisterwijk is a municipality and a city in the south of the Netherlands.
Simon Findlay Crean was an Australian politician and trade unionist. He was the leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and leader of the opposition from 2001 to 2003. He represented the seat of Hotham in the House of Representatives from 1990 to 2013 and was a cabinet minister in the Hawke,Keating,Rudd and Gillard governments.
The Lodge is the primary official residence of the prime minister of Australia. Located at 5 Adelaide Avenue in the Canberra suburb of Deakin,it is situated a short distance away from Parliament House. The Lodge is one of two official prime ministerial residences,the secondary official residence being Kirribilli House in Sydney. The building was completed in 1927 in the Georgian revival style,since then twenty-three people have served as prime minister,six of whom chose to live elsewhere either full- or part-time during their tenure,and two who chose to live at Kirribilli House.
William George Hayden was an Australian politician who served as the 21st governor-general of Australia from 1989 to 1996. He was Leader of the Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1977 to 1983,and served as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade from 1983 to 1988 under Bob Hawke and as Treasurer of Australia in 1975 under Gough Whitlam.
The Australian Republic Movement (ARM) is a non-partisan organisation campaigning for Australia to become a republic. The ARM and its supporters have promoted various models,including a parliamentary republic,and the organisation has branches active in all states and territories.
Julia Eileen Gillard is an Australian former politician who served as the 27th prime minister of Australia and the leader of the Labor Party (ALP) from 2010 to 2013. She was the member of parliament (MP) for the Victorian division of Lalor from 1998 to 2013. She previously served as the 13th deputy prime minister of Australia from 2007 to 2010,under Kevin Rudd. She is the first and only woman to hold either office in Australian history.
Don Watson is an Australian author,screenwriter,former political adviser,and speechwriter.
The following lists events that happened during 1993 in Australia.
The following lists events that happened during 1991 in Australia.
A Sinophile is a person who demonstrates a strong interest for China,Chinese culture,Spoken Chinese,Chinese history,and/or Chinese people.
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 and was the member of parliament (MP) for the New South Wales division of Bennelong from 1974 to 2007. 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.
Margaret Elaine WhitlamAO was an Australian social campaigner,author,and athlete. She was a representative of Australia in swimming at the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney. Her husband was Gough Whitlam,the 21st Prime Minister of Australia from 1972 to 1975.
The spouse of the prime minister of Australia or partner of the prime minister of Australia is the host of The Lodge and Kirribilli House,usually the wife,husband or partner of the prime minister of Australia,concurrent with the tenure of the prime minister. Although there is no officially defined responsibilities for the role,the incumbent is generally a high-profile individual who is involved in the political and social life of Australia,assisting the prime minister with carrying out ceremonial duties as well as performing various other functions.
Padraic Pearse "Paddy" McGuinness was an Australian journalist,activist,and commentator. He began his career on the far left,then worked as a policy assistant to the more moderate Labor parliamentarian Bill Hayden. Later he found fame as a right-wing contrarian and finished his career as the editor of the conservative journal,Quadrant. He had also worked as a columnist for The Australian and The Sydney Morning Herald and as the editor of The Australian Financial Review.
The Australian Labor Party held a leadership election on 19 March 1996,following the resignation of Paul Keating after the party's defeat at the 1996 federal election. Kim Beazley was elected unopposed as Keating's replacement,thus becoming Leader of the Opposition.
The Prime Minister's Office (PMO),also known as the Office of the Prime Minister,is the personal office of the Prime Minister of Australia that provides political advice and executive support to the Prime Minister. The PMO is led by the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff and or Principal Private Secretary and is composed of ministerial advisers assisting with party politics,media relations,and political strategy. Scholars including Professor Anne Tiernan of Griffith University and Professor James Walter of Monash University have observed the centralisation and expansion of power within the PMO over the past three decades.
Jodie Haydon is an Australian financial services professional and women's advocate. She is the fiancée and partner of Anthony Albanese,the 31st and current Prime Minister of Australia since 23 May 2022.
