Port Moresby,also referred to as Pom City or simply Moresby,is the capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea. It is one of the largest cities in the southwestern Pacific outside of Australia and New Zealand. It is located on the shores of the Gulf of Papua,on the south-western coast of the Papuan Peninsula of the island of New Guinea. The city emerged as a trade centre in the second half of the 19th century. During World War II,it was a prime objective for conquest by the Imperial Japanese forces during 1942–43 as a staging point and air base to cut off Australia from Southeast Asia and the Americas.
Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Queensland,Australia. With a population of 180,820 as of June 2018,it is the largest settlement in North Queensland;it is unofficially considered its capital. Townsville hosts a significant number of governmental,community and major business administrative offices for the northern half of the state.
Michael John Ahern is a former Queensland National Party politician who was Premier of Queensland from December 1987 to September 1989. After a long career in the government of Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen,Ahern became his successor amid the controversy caused by the Fitzgerald Inquiry into official corruption. Ahern's consensus style and political moderation contrasted strongly with Bjelke-Petersen's leadership,but he could not escape the division and strife caused by his predecessor's downfall.
Government in Australia is elected by universal suffrage and Australian women participate in all levels of the government of the nation. In 1902,the newly formed Commonwealth of Australia became the first nation on earth to enact equal suffrage,enabling women to both vote and stand for election alongside men Women have been represented in Australian state parliaments since 1921,and in the Federal Parliament since 1943. The first female leader of an Australian State or Territory was elected in 1989,and the first female Prime Minister took office in 2010. In 2019 for the first time,a majority of members of the Australian Senate were women. At the time of its foundation in 1901,and again since 1952,Australia has had a female monarch as ceremonial Head of State,while the first female Governor of an Australian State was appointed in 1991,and the first female Governor-General of Australia took office in 2008.
The Willows Sports Complex,last known as 1300SMILES Stadium through sponsorship,was a grass football stadium situated in Townsville,Queensland,Australia. It was used predominantly as a rugby league ground as the home ground of the North Queensland Cowboys National Rugby League club. The ground was also used for rugby union and soccer. From 2009 to 2011,A-League football club North Queensland Fury called it home. Since inception as a rugby league ground,the ground had several sponsored naming rights:Stockland Stadium (1995–97),Malanda Stadium (1998) and Dairy Farmers Stadium (1999–2013). The last NRL match to be played at 1300SMILES Stadium was on Thursday 29 August 2019 between the North Queensland Cowboys and Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs.
Terence Michael Mackenroth was an Australian politician from Queensland,who was a member of the Labor Party. He served almost 28 years with a notable parliamentary service history and a number of ministerial roles including Treasurer and Deputy Premier.
Margaret Reynolds served as an Australian Labor Party Senator for Queensland from 1983 to 1999.
Townsville is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. The seat is one of four within the Townsville urban area in North Queensland,and covers the Eastern and Northern suburbs of the City of Townsville as well as Magnetic Island and Palm Island.
Anthony John Mooney AM is a former Australian politician who served as a city councillor of the City of Townsville,Queensland from 1977 to 2008,and the mayor from 1989 to 2008.
The City of Townsville is a local government area (LGA) located in North Queensland,Australia. It encompasses the city of Townsville,together with the surrounding rural areas,to the south are the communities of Alligator Creek,Woodstock and Reid River,and to the north are Northern Beaches and Paluma,and also included is Magnetic Island. In June 2018 the area had a population of 194,072,and is the 28th-largest LGA in Australia. Townsville is considered to be the unofficial capital of North Queensland.
Peter Lawlor is a former Labor Member for Southport in the Queensland Legislative Assembly. He served as Queensland Minister for Tourism and Fair Trading. Prior to his term in state parliament he previously served as a councillor on the Gold Coast City Council.
John Mark Dempsey is an Australian politician currently serving as Mayor of the Bundaberg Regional Council. He previously served as the Queensland Minister for Police and Community Safety in the Newman Government and was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 2006 to 2015.
William Angus Manson Gunn AM was an Australian politician who represented the Queensland Legislative Assembly seat of Somerset from 1972 until 1992. A member of the National Party,he also served as a Minister and Deputy Premier in various Queensland administrations during the 1980s,and was instrumental in establishing the Fitzgerald Inquiry.
Lindel Helena Nelson-Carr is a former Australian politician who was the member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Mundingburra from 1998 until she stood down at the 2012 state election.
Charles Edward "Ceb" Barnes was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Country Party and served in the House of Representatives from 1958 to 1972. He was a long-serving government minister as Minister for Territories (1963–1968) and External Territories (1968–1972),holding office under five prime ministers.
David Frank Crisafulli is an Australian politician. He has been a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2017,representing the Gold Coast-based electorate of Broadwater for the Liberal National Party,unseating incumbent Verity Barton. He was previously member for the North Queensland-based electorate of Mundingburra from 2012 to 2015,and was initially Minister for Local Government,and then Minister for Local Government,Community Recovery and Resilience during the premiership of Campbell Newman,from 2012 to 2015. Since November 2020,he has been leader of the Liberal National Party and Leader of the Opposition.
Kenneth Victor McElligott was an Australian politician.
Linda Karen Reynolds is an Australian politician. She is a member of the Liberal Party and has served as a Senator for Western Australia since 2014. She held senior ministerial office as a cabinet minister in the Morrison government from 2019 to 2022.
Moi Avei KBE is a Papua New Guinean politician. He was a member of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea from 1992 to 2007,representing the Kairuku-Hiri electorate. He was Deputy Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea from 2004 to 2006 under Michael Somare.
