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2006

• Feb 14: 40th Anniversary of Decimal Currency: The 14th of February 1966

• Jan 25: John Howard's Australia Day Address to the National Press Club

• Dec 26: Governor-General Visits Troops In Iraq, Afghanistan And Persian Gulf

2004

• Nov 16: Governor-General's Address Opening The 41st Parliament
• Nov 10: Federal Links With Local Government Will Grow: Howard

• Oct 27: High Court Judge Calls For More Women To Be Appointed

• Apr 14: Jeffery (You Know, The G-G) Finally Gets Something To Do

• Mar 18: Federalism: Canberra And South Australia Act On Murray River
• Mar 08: Text Of The Proposed Iraqi Constitution

• Oct 06: Howard Addresses Centenary High Court Sitting

• Aug 29: COAG Meeting Reaches Agreement On Water, But States Walk Out Over Health
• Aug 28: State Premiers Call For Health To Be Listed On COAG Agenda
• Aug 11: Governor-General Michael Jeffery's Swearing-In Address

• Jun 22: Major-General Michael Jeffrey To Be New Governor-General
• Jun 22: Official Announcement Of Governor-General's Appointment
• Jun 22: Text of Howard's Press Conference Announcing G-G Appointment
• Jun 22: Audio Of Howard's Press Conference Announcing G-G Appointment

• May 28: Governor-General Peter Hollingworth's Farewell Address
• May 25: Hollingworth Resigns
• May 23: Democrats Renew Call For Royal Commission On Child Abuse
• May 23: Greens Condemn Howard Over Hollingworth
• May 11: Step Out Not Down: Bob Brown
• May 11: Howard Announces Decision On Hollingworth
• May 11: Governor-General Stands Aside
• May 08: Crean Reiterates Call For Hollingworth To Resign
• May 08: Governor-General Denies Rape Allegations
• May 04: No Grounds For Terminating Hollingworth: Howard
• May 02: Howard In USA; Fields Questions On Hollingworth
• May 01: No Regrets About Hollingworth: Howard
• May 01: Democrats Call On Hollingworth To Step Down
• May 01: ALP Calls For Hollingworth To Resign

• Apr 30: Full Text Of Anglican Church Report On Sex Abuse

• Mar 10: Quentin Bryce, Human Rights Advocate, Appointed Governor Of Queensland
• Feb 07: Dyson Heydon's Farewell Speech to the NSW Supreme Court

• Jan 01: Western Australian Governor's Term Extended

• Dec 27: Howard Announces $15 Million Anti-Terrorist Advertising Campaign
• Dec 25: Christmas Messages From Howard, Crean And Hollingworth
• Dec 17: Dyson Heydon, Conservative NSW Judge, Appointed To High Court

• Nov 27: Public Not Interested In Federal-State Arguments: Howard

• Aug 13: Commonwealth And Queensland Join Forces To Protect Great Barrier Reef

• Jul 10: Democracy And The Law Threatened By Howard Government: Burnside

• Jun 22: Gaudron Retirement Gives Howard Chance To Shift High Court To Right
• Jun 05: Key Terms Explained: Separation Of Powers

• May 28: Federalism In Action: Commonwealth-NSW Agreement On Salinity And Water Quality

• Apr 27: Media And Courts: Speech by Justice Michael Kirby
• Apr 18: High Court Rules In Favour Of IVF For Single Women
• Apr 05: Prime Minister and Premiers' COAG Press Conference on Stem Cell Research
• Apr 05: Text of Council of Australian Governments Meeting Communique
• Apr 05: Making Federalism Work: COAG In Action
• Apr 04: Crean Welcomes Howard's 'Overdue' Decision On Stem Cell Research
• Apr 04: Howard Announces Support For Stem Cell Research
• Apr 03: Key Terms Explained: Nexus
• Apr 02: Howard's Flimsy Reasons For Attending Queen Mother's Funeral

• Mar 31: Statement by John Howard on the Death of the Queen Mother
• Mar 31: Howard comments on the death of the Queen Mother
• Mar 13: Kirby Responds To Heffernan Allegations
• Mar 13: Heffernan's Disgraceful Speech Under Parliamentary Privilege

• Feb 26: Hollingworth Issues Third Statement
• Feb 25: Howard Continues To Back Hollingworth
• Feb 21: Hollingworth Issues Another Statement Responding To Allegations
• Feb 21: Constitutional Earthquake To Sack A Governor-General: Howard
• Feb 21: Howard Says There Are No Grounds For Sacking Hollingworth
• Feb 21: Text And Audio Of John Howard's Press Conference In Support Of The Governor-General
• Feb 21: Constitutional Crisis Over Governor-General
• Feb 21: Simon Crean's Statement Calling For Dismissal Of The Governor-General
• Feb 21: Peter Beattie's Statement On The Governor General
• Feb 20: Statement By The Governor-General
• Feb 20: Hollingworth Unlikely To Survive
• Feb 13: Origins of the High Court: Speech by Chief Justice Murray Gleeson
• Feb 12: Text and Audio Of The Governor-General's Speech Opening Parliament
• Feb 12: Governor-General Opens Parliament
• Feb 08: Key Terms Explained: Parliamentary Democracy
• Feb 07: Key Terms Explained: Executive Government
• Feb 06: Key Terms Explained: Constitutional Monarchy
• Feb 04: Why Politics Matters: A Case Study - Public Liability Insurance
• Feb 04: Key Terms Explained: Westminster System

• Jan 25: Key Terms Explained: Federalism

• Dec 24: Toowoomba Preparatory School: Statement By The Governor-General
• Dec 21: Howard Defends Governor-General
• Dec 19: Toowoomba Preparatory School - Statement by the Governor-General

• Jul 27: Valuing Courts - Speech by Chief Justice Murray Gleeson

• Jun 08: Communique From The Council Of Australian Governments Meeting

• May 10: Stott-Despoja's Speech to the Senate Meeting in Melbourne
• May 10: Beazley's Speech to the House of Representatives Meeting in Melbourne
• May 10: Howard's Speech to the House of Representatives Meeting in Melbourne
• May 09: Beazley's Speech to the Ceremonial Federation Sitting of Parliament
• May 09: Howard's Speech to the Ceremonial Federation Sitting
• May 09: Sir William Deane's Address to the Ceremonial Federation Sitting

• Apr 28: The Separation of Church and State
• Apr 27: What's in the Financial Review Today?
• Apr 23: Archbishop Hollingworth's Media Conference
• Apr 22: Howard's Press Conference Announcing Hollingworth's Appointment
• Apr 22: Howard's Official Announcement of Hollingworth As Next Governor-General
• Apr 22: Anglican Archbishop Hollingworth To Be Next Governor-General
• Apr 14: Chief Justice Firming As New Governor-General

• Aug 25: Carmen Lawrence Calls For Political Reform
• Aug 08: Governor-General's Term Extended By Six Months
• Aug 08: John Landy Appointed New Victorian Governor

• Jun 30: ACT Government's Budget Blocked In Assembly
• Jun 16: High Court Upholds Industrial Relations Legislation
• Jun 02: Mabo Anniversary Amid Reconciliation Controversy

• May 10: Victorian Parliament To Be Venue For Commemorative Federation Sitting

• Nov 10: Queen's Representative To Open Olympic Games
• Nov 09: Victoria Becomes a NO State
• Nov 07: Republic and Preamble Referendums Defeated
• Nov 06: Republic Referendum Progress Counting
• Nov 06: Historic Opportunity - Will Australia Vote For A Republic?
• Nov 05: Referendum's Day Of Destiny Draws Near
• Nov 03: Howard Defends Sir John Kerr
• Nov 03: Referendum Campaign In Final Days
• Nov 01: Whitlam and Fraser Unite For Yes Vote

• Oct 30: With One Week To Go, Republic Looks Doomed
• Oct 28: Howard and Costello In Conflict Over Republic
• Oct 27: Peter Costello's Statement in Support of a Republic
• Oct 27: Hereditary Peers Abolished in Britain
• Oct 25: Taxes More Certain Than A Republic: Howard
• Oct 25: John Howard's Statement on the Republic Referendum

• Nov 20: Statehood, Reconciliation and Good Health - a speech by Bob Collins
• Nov 14: Unemployed Englishman Turns 50 - Mum Throws Party

• Oct 16: Howard Maintains Opposition To Republic

• Nov 16: Vote For A Real Republic - The Constitutional Convention Elections

• Sep 06: Earl Spencer's Eulogy of Diana, Princess of Wales