The first week of December is a big week for political anniversaries.
Today, for example, is the anniversary of the swearing-in of the Rudd Labor government in 2007. Channel 10 News reported it this way:
Looking back at Rudd:
- Dec 3, 2007: Listen to Kevin Rudd sworn in as Prime Minister
- Dec 3, 2007: Rudd Government Ratifies Kyoto: First Official Decision
- Dec 3, 2007: The Rudd Ministry: Who Does What
Some other early-December electoral anniversaries:
- Dec 1, 2009: Tony Abbott defeated Malcolm Turnbull and Joe Hockey to become leader of the Liberal Party and Leader of the Opposition
- Dec 3, 2007: Brendan Nelson officially became Leader of the Opposition, having succeeded John Howard as leader of the Liberal Party
- Dec 4, 2006: Kevin Rudd became leader of the ALP and Leader of the Opposition, replacing Kim Beazley
- Dec 2, 2003: Mark Latham became leader of the ALP and Leader of the Opposition, replacing Simon Crean
- Dec 2, 1989: Wayne Goss and the ALP won the Queensland state election, bringing to an end 32 years of government dominated by the Country Party/National Party
- Dec 1, 1984: Bob Hawke led the ALP to the second of its five successive election victories, defeating the coalition led by Andrew Peacock
- Dec 7, 1974: Joh Bjelke-Petersen’s Country Party-Liberal coalition government was re-elected in a landslide (malapportionment notwithstanding), reducing the Labor opposition to a cricket team of 11 members in the 82-seat Legislative Assembly
- Dec 5, 1972: Gough Whitlam and Lance Barnard were sworn in as a two-man government, following Labor’s victory in the Dec 2 election, bringing to an end 23 years of coalition government
- Dec 2, 1972: Gough Whitlam led the ALP to victory, defeating the coalition government led by William McMahon
- Dec 5, 1964: A half-Senate election was held. It was necessitated by the early election called by Sir Robert Menzies in November 1963.
