The Australian Democrats is a centrist political party in Australia. Founded in 1977 from a merger of the Australia Party and the New Liberal Movement,both of which were descended from Liberal Party dissenting splinter groups,it was Australia's largest minor party from its formation in 1977 through to 2004 and frequently held the balance of power in the Senate during that time.
Peter John Hollingworth is an Australian retired Anglican bishop. Engaged in social work for several decades,he served as the archbishop of the Anglican Diocese of Brisbane in Queensland for 11 years from 1989 and was the 1991 Australian of the Year. He served as the 23rd governor-general of Australia from 2001 until 2003. He is also an author and recipient of various civil and ecclesiastical honours. In May 2003 Hollingworth became the third Australian governor-general to resign,after criticisms were aired over his conduct as Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane in the 1990s.
The Uniting Church in Australia (UCA) was founded on 22 June 1977,when most congregations of the Methodist Church of Australasia,about two-thirds of the Presbyterian Church of Australia and almost all the churches of the Congregational Union of Australia united under the Basis of Union. According to the church,it had 243,000 members in 2018. In the 2016 census,about 870,200 Australians identified with the church;in the 2011 census,the figure was 1,065,796. The UCA is Australia's third-largest Christian denomination,behind the Catholic and the Anglican Churches. There are around 2,000 UCA congregations,and 2001 National Church Life Survey (NCLS) research indicated that average weekly attendance was about 10 per cent of census figures.
The 2004 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 9 October 2004. All 150 seats in the House of Representatives and 40 seats in the 76-member Senate were up for election. The incumbent Liberal Party of Australia led by Prime Minister of Australia John Howard and coalition partner the National Party of Australia led by John Anderson defeated the opposition Australian Labor Party led by Mark Latham.
Aden Derek Ridgeway is an Australian former politician. He was a member of the Australian Senate for New South Wales from 1999 to 2005,representing the Australian Democrats. During his term he was the only Aboriginal member of the Australian Parliament. He is currently a spokesperson for Recognise,the movement to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait peoples in the Australian Constitution.
Rodney Dean Drayton is a minister of the Uniting Church in Australia (UCA) and was President of the UCA Assembly from July 2003 to July 2006. He lectures on a part-time basis in missiology at Sydney's United Theological College (UTC).
Cheryl Zena Kernot is an Australian politician,academic,and political activist. She was a member of the Australian Senate representing Queensland for the Australian Democrats from 1990 to 1997,and the fifth leader of the Australian Democrats from 1993 to 1997. In 1997,she resigned from the Australian Democrats,joined the Australian Labor Party,and won the seat of Dickson at the 1998 federal election. She was defeated at the 2001 federal election. Kernot was an unsuccessful independent candidate to represent New South Wales in the Australian Senate in the 2010 federal election.
The Australian Progressive Alliance (APA) was a minor "small-l-liberal" party in Australia,formed by Meg Lees,an independent senator and former leader of the Australian Democrats,in April 2003. The party ceased to operate and was deregistered in June 2005 following Senator Lees's defeat at the 2004 election and the expiry of her term.
Meg Heather Lees is a former member of the Australian Senate from 1990 to 2005,representing the state of South Australia. She represented the Australian Democrats from 1990 to 2002,and was her party's leader from 1997 –2001. After being deposed by Natasha Stott Despoja,she quit the party to sit as an independent senator in 2002,adopting the party designation Australian Progressive Alliance from 2003 until her electoral defeat in 2005. As party leader,she controversially facilitated passage of the Howard Government's Goods and Services Tax (GST).
John Clifford Cherry was an Australian Democrats senator from 2001 to 2005,representing the state of Queensland and the Queensland Democrats. In March 2005 he became CEO of the Queensland Farmers Federation.
Janet Frances Powell AM was an Australian politician.
Acacia Ridge is a southern suburb in the City of Brisbane,Queensland,Australia. In the 2016 census,Acacia Ridge had a population of 7,429 people.
This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1987 to 1990. It consisted of twelve senators for each of the six states of Australia and two senators representing each of the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory. All members were elected at the 1987 election following a double dissolution of both houses of parliament,rather than the normal case of only half of the state senators facing election.
Collinsville is a rural town and locality in the Whitsunday Region,Queensland,Australia. In the 2021 census,Collinsville had a population of 1,496 people.
John Joseph Herron was an Australian politician,ambassador and surgeon who was a Liberal member of the Australian Senate from 1990 to 2002,representing Queensland. From 1996 to 2001 he was the Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs. From 2002 to 2006 he was the Australian Ambassador to Ireland and the Holy See.
Shayne Michael Murphy,Australian politician,was a member of the Australian Senate,representing Tasmania,from 1993 to 2005. He represented the Australian Labor Party from his election until 2001,when he left the party and became an independent.
Crows Nest is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region,Queensland,Australia. The town is located in the Darling Downs on the New England Highway,158 kilometres (98 mi) from the state capital,Brisbane and 43 kilometres (27 mi) from the nearby city of Toowoomba. In the 2016 census,Crows Nest had a population of 2160 people.
Noel Preston (1941–2020) was an Australian ethicist,theologian and social commentator.
David John MacGibbon is an Australian retired politician who served 21 years in the Australian Senate as a Liberal senator representing Queensland from 1978 to 1999.
Rolland Busch,,also known as Rollie Busch,was an Australian theologian and Presbyterian and Uniting Church minister. He was the foundation principal of the Trinity Theological College in Brisbane from when it was formed in 1977 until 1985. He was president of the Assembly of the Uniting Church in Australia from 1982 to 1985. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1978 Queens Birthday Honours and appointed Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 1984.
