January 2013
- Jan 01, 2013: 1984-85 Hawke Government Cabinet Papers Released
- Jan 01, 2013: Jenny Macklin: I Could Live On The Dole
- Jan 07, 2013: Julia Gillard Visits Tasmania To Inspect Bushfire Relief
- Jan 09, 2013: Tony Abbott Fights Fires Around Nowra
- Jan 11, 2013: Royal Commission Into Child Sexual Abuse: Commissioners, Terms Of Reference Announced
- Jan 11, 2013: Jenny Macklin Apologises For Comment About The Dole
- Jan 14, 2013: Barack Obama Holds Final Press Conference Of His First Term
- Jan 16, 2013: Gillard Announces Agreement With Social Networking Sites Over Cyberbullying
- Jan 16, 2013: Child Sexual Abuse Royal Commission Press Conference
- Jan 17, 2013: Unemployment Rate Increases 0.1% To 5.4%
- Jan 17, 2013: Howard Lecture: Tony Abbott Introduces William Hague
- Jan 17, 2013: British Foreign Secretary William Hague’s Howard Lecture
- Jan 20, 2013: President Barack Obama Takes Oath Of Office And Begins His Second Term
- Jan 21, 2013: President Barack Obama’s Second Inaugural Address
- Jan 21, 2013: ‘One Today’ – Richard Blanco’s Inaugural Poem
- Jan 22, 2013: Gillard Chooses Nova Peris For ALP NT Senate Seat; Crossin Dumped
- Jan 23, 2013: Gillard Releases National Security Strategy
- Jan 23, 2013: Stuart Robert Attacks Gillard Over National Security Strategy
- Jan 24, 2013: Swan Continues Attacks On Campbell Newman Cuts
- Jan 25, 2013: Alexander Downer Awarded Order Of Australia
- Jan 26, 2013: Gillard And Abbott Attend Australia Day Citizenship Ceremonies
- Jan 27, 2013: “Our Plan” – Tony Abbott Releases Coalition Policy Document
- Jan 30, 2013: Gillard Uses National Press Club Speech To Announce September 14 Election
- Jan 30, 2013: Why Has Gillard Picked September 14?
- Jan 31, 2013: Tony Abbott’s Address To The National Press Club
February 2013
- Feb 12, 2013: President Obama’s 2013 State Of The Union Address
- Feb 12, 2013: Senator Marco Rubio Gives Republican Party Response To State Of The Union
- Feb 13, 2013: Combet: Tony Abbott Is Australia’s Biggest Bullshit Artist
- Feb 15, 2013: Tony Abbott State Of The Nation Address To CEDA
- Feb 17, 2013: Kevin Rudd Interview On Sky News Australian Agenda
- Feb 17, 2013: “A Plan For Australian Jobs” – Gillard Launches Industry And Innovation Statement
- Feb 18, 2013: Gillard: I Don’t Comment On Polls
- Feb 18, 2013: Julia Gillard’s Speech To The Australian Workers’ Union National Conference
- Feb 19, 2013: In Barton, Tony Abbott Promises Home-Grown Policy With A Strong Australian Accent
- Feb 19, 2013: Greens End Agreement With Gillard Government
- Feb 19, 2013: Senator Christine Milne’s Address To The National Press Club
- Feb 19, 2013: Wayne Swan’s Speech To The AWU National Conference
- Feb 20, 2013: Tasmanian Premier Lara Giddings At The National Press Club
March 2013
- Mar 03, 2013: Gillard Takes Action On Gangs
- Mar 03, 2013: Gillard’s Five Pledges To Western Sydney
- Mar 04, 2013: Gillard Offers Western Sydney Motorway Funding With Conditions
- Mar 04, 2013: Anthony Albanese: Driving Productivity Through Infrastructure
- Mar 06, 2013: BAILLIEU RESIGNS – DENIS NAPTHINE NEW VICTORIAN PREMIER
- Mar 09, 2013: Colin Barnett Wins Easy Re-Election To Second Term In Western Australia
- Mar 13, 2013: Adam Giles New Chief Minister In Northern Territory; Absent Terry Mills Felled In Leadership Coup
- Mar 15, 2013: Abbott: Indigenous Issues Will Be At The Heart Of A Coalition Government In Word And Deed
- Mar 21, 2013: Simon Crean Calls For Leadership Spill, Supports Rudd
- Mar 21, 2013: Gillard Calls Leadership Ballot For 4.30pm Today
- Mar 21, 2013: Tony Abbott Attempts To Move No-Confidence Motion In Gillard
- Mar 21, 2013: ALP Leadership Spill: Live Blog
- Mar 22, 2013: Chris Bowen Resigns From Gillard Ministry
- Mar 22, 2013: Martin Ferguson Resigns From Gillard Ministry; Second Departure Today
- Mar 22, 2013: Senator Kim Carr Resigns From Gillard Ministry; Third Departure Today
- Mar 25, 2013: Gillard Reshuffles Ministry; Supporters Promoted; Four New Ministers
April 2013
- Apr 29, 2013: Gillard Confirms $12 Billion Budget Shortfall
May 2013
- May 07, 2013: Reserve Bank Lowers Rates To 2.75%
- May 08, 2013: Tony Abbott And Women Of Calibre: What Did He Actually Say?
- May 08, 2013: Queen’s Speech At State Opening Of U.K. Parliament
- May 25, 2013: Would A Double Dissolution In Early 2014 Be Unconstitutional?
June 2013
- Jun 06, 2013: John Murphy On Rupert Murdoch: We Are Not Frightened Of You
- Jun 11, 2013: The Blue Tie Speech: Prime Minister’s Address To Women For Gillard
- Jun 17, 2013: Valedictory Speech: Judi Moylan
- Jun 25, 2013: Patrick Secker (Lib – Barker) – Valedictory Speech
- Jun 26, 2013: KEVIN RUDD WINS ALP LEADERSHIP BALLOT
- Jun 27, 2013: Rob Oakeshott (Ind – Lyne) – Valedictory Speech
- Jun 27, 2013: Kevin Rudd’s First Question Time After Returning As Prime Minister
- Jun 27, 2013: Stephen Smith Announces His Retirement From Parliament
- Jun 27, 2013: Peter Garrett (ALP – Kingsford Smith) – Valedictory Speech
- Jun 28, 2013: Rudd Holds First Full-Scale Press Conference After Returning As Prime Minister
- Jun 29, 2013: Obama: Confronting The Growing Threat Of Climate Change
July 2013
- Jul 01, 2013: The Second Rudd Ministry
- Jul 02, 2013: Reserve Bank Leaves Cash Rate Steady At 2.75%
- Jul 04, 2013: Rudd Announces Federal ALP Intervention To Clean Up Corruption In NSW Branch
- Jul 08, 2013: Rudd Announces Historic Reform To ALP Leadership Election; Party Members To Have 50% Say
- Jul 11, 2013: Classic Interview: Lisa Clutterham, Lalor ALP Preselection Candidate
- Jul 11, 2013: Kevin Rudd’s National Press Club Address: The Australian Economy In Transition
- Jul 19, 2013: Rudd’s Boat People Policy: All Asylum Seekers To Be Sent To PNG
August 2013
- Aug 02, 2013: Government Releases Updated Economic Outlook; Deficit Up, Growth Slows, $17bn Of Budget Cuts
- Aug 03, 2013: Rudd Announces Asylum Deal With Nauru
- Aug 04, 2013: A New Way: Kevin Rudd Says Election Is About Who To Trust With The Future
- Aug 04, 2013: Greens Leader Christine Milne Responds To Election Announcement
- Aug 04, 2013: Choose Real Change: Tony Abbott Responds To September 7 Election Announcement
- Aug 05, 2013: 2013 Federal Election: Day 1 Media Statements
- Aug 06, 2013: Bowen And Hockey Spar Over Interest Rate Decision
- Aug 11, 2013: Kevin Rudd And Tony Abbott National Press Club Debate
- Aug 21, 2013: Rudd And Abbott Meet In Leaders’ Forum
- Aug 24, 2013: Searching For The Nation’s Soul: Greens Launch Campaign For Federal Election
- Aug 25, 2013: Trust Us, Join Us: Tony Abbott Launches Liberal Party Election Campaign
- Aug 27, 2013: Rudd On Foreign Policy: Prosperity Linked To Our Place In The World
- Aug 28, 2013: Bowen And Hockey Debate The Economy At National Press Club
- Aug 28, 2013: Rudd And Abbott Meet In Second Leaders’ Forum At Rooty Hill RSL
- Aug 29, 2013: Government Humiliated By Treasury And PBO On Coalition Costings
September 2013
- Sep 01, 2013: Jobs And Cuts: Rudd’s Pitch At ALP Election Campaign Launch
- Sep 02, 2013: Tony Abbott’s Pre-Election National Press Club Address
- Sep 02, 2013: Into The Final Straight, Rudd Interrogated On Q&A
- Sep 05, 2013: Kevin Rudd’s Pre-Election Address To The National Press Club
- Sep 05, 2013: Hockey And Robb Release Liberal Party Election Costings
- Sep 06, 2013: Abbott Promises No Change To GST, No Cuts To Education, Health, Pensions, ABC Or SBS
- Sep 07, 2013: Abbott Leads Coalition To Decisive Victory; Rudd Saves The Furniture And Quits ALP Leadership; Labor Loses 14 Seats With Lowest Primary Vote Since 1931
- Sep 09, 2013: Transition To Abbott Government Begins; Shorten, Albanese Vie For ALP Leadership As Recriminations Start; Mirabella Struggling In Indi; Palmer Takes Fairfax; Micro Parties Descend On Senate
- Sep 12, 2013: Shorten Announces Candidacy For ALP Leadership
- Sep 13, 2013: Albanese Enters Contest For ALP Leadership; Rank And File Ballot In Coming Weeks
- Sep 13, 2013: Anthony Albanese Announces His Candidacy For The ALP Leadership
- Sep 13, 2013: Bill Shorten Says ALP Leadership Contest Should Be Civil And Focus On Big Ideas
- Sep 16, 2013: The First Abbott Ministry Announced
- Sep 17, 2013: 2013 Federal Election Analysis: Kerry O’Brien
- Sep 18, 2013: Tony Abbott Sworn In As Australia’s 28th Prime Minister
- Sep 23, 2013: Christine Milne And Adam Bandt Re-Elected To Lead Greens
- Sep 23, 2013: Morrison Confirms ‘Tactical’ Secrecy On Turning Back Asylum-Seeker Boats
- Sep 24, 2013: Albanese And Shorten Meet In ALP Leadership Debate
- Sep 25, 2013: Positioning Labor For The Future: Bill Shorten’s Leadership Pitch
- Sep 27, 2013: Albanese And Shorten Debate ALP Leadership In Melbourne
- Sep 30, 2013: Morrison Confirms 31 Dead From Asylum Boat Sinking
- Sep 30, 2013: Julia Gillard In Conversation With Anne Summers
October 2013
- Oct 01, 2013: Julia Gillard’s Melbourne Conversation With Anne Summers
- Oct 03, 2013: Electoral Commission Refuses Request For Senate Recount In W.A. – Greens To Appeal
- Oct 13, 2013: Bill Shorten Elected ALP Leader
- Oct 13, 2013: Shorten And Albanese In Show Of Unity Following ALP Leadership Election
- Oct 14, 2013: ALP Leadership Holds Press Conference
- Oct 15, 2013: Abbott And Hunt Release Carbon Tax Repeal Legislation
- Oct 15, 2013: Orientation Day For New Members Of The House Of Representatives
- Oct 16, 2013: “Such A Bastard”: Nicola Roxon Condemns Rudd In Button Memorial Lecture
- Oct 18, 2013: Bill Shorten’s ALP Shadow Ministry – Full List
- Oct 22, 2013: Government Increases Debt Limit, Announces Commission Of Audit
- Oct 23, 2013: Bob Carr Resigns From The Senate, Abandons Promise To Beat Strom Thurmond
- Oct 23, 2013: Brian Loughnane: Liberal Party’s 2013 Federal Election Analysis
- Oct 25, 2013: Women In The Media: Lisa Wilkinson’s Andrew Olle Media Lecture
- Oct 26, 2013: Carbon Tax Was Socialism Masquerading As Environmentalism, Abbott Tells Tasmanian Liberals
- Oct 29, 2013: George Wright: ALP’s 2013 Federal Election Analysis
- Oct 31, 2013: AEC Loses 1,375 Votes In WA Senate Count; Mick Keelty To Investigate
- Oct 31, 2013: Rupert Murdoch’s Lowy Lecture
November 2013
- Nov 01, 2013: Fairfax Poll Declared; Palmer Praises Democracy
- Nov 01, 2013: Morrison Says The Boats Are Stopping
- Nov 01, 2013: Shorten Says ALP Will Support Carbon Tax Abolition Provided ETS Remains
- Nov 02, 2013: Greens And Sports Party Prevail In WA Senate Count; Next Stop Court Of Disputed Returns
- Nov 04, 2013: W.A. Senate Result Declared
- Nov 08, 2013: Morrison Quizzed About Stand-Off With Indonesia Over Asylum Seeker Boat
- Nov 08, 2013: Abbott Abolishes Twenty Advisory Bodies
- Nov 08, 2013: The Task Ahead: Joe Hockey Speech To Centre For Independent Studies
- Nov 09, 2013: Tony Abbott Address To W.A. Liberal Party State Council
- Nov 10, 2013: Credit Julia: Gillard And Windsor Speak At Victorian Women’s Trust Tribute
- Nov 11, 2013: Clive Palmer Arrives In Canberra, Jousts With Media
- Nov 11, 2013: Mick Keelty Discusses Investigation Into Missing WA Senate Ballot Papers
- Nov 11, 2013: Paul Keating’s Remembrance Day Address
- Nov 12, 2013: Clive Palmer Addresses The National Press Club
- Nov 12, 2013: Governor-General Quentin Bryce Opens 44th Parliament
- Nov 13, 2013: Noel Pearson’s Whitlam Oration: In Honour Of The Old Man
- Nov 13, 2013: Kevin Rudd Resigns From Parliament
- Nov 15, 2013: Operation Sovereign Borders: Scott Morrison’s Weekly Briefing
- Nov 19, 2013: Abbott Statement On Indonesian Intelligence Operations; Regrets But Does Not Apologise
- Nov 20, 2013: Indonesia Demands Spying Explanation, Suspends Co-operation; Abbott To Respond; Shorten Invokes ‘Team Australia’
- Nov 21, 2013: Tony Pasin (Lib – Barker) – First Speech
- Nov 21, 2013: Carbon Tax Repeal Bills Passed By House Of Representatives
- Nov 22, 2013: Julia Gillard’s Interview With CNN’s Christiane Amanpour
- Nov 22, 2013: This Day, 50 Years Ago: The Assassination Of President John F. Kennedy
- Nov 24, 2013: Governor-General Quentin Bryce Calls For A Republic And Same-Sex Marriage
- Nov 26, 2013: Pyne Abandons Gonski School Funding Agreements; New Arrangements After 2014
- Nov 29, 2013: Treasurer Joe Hockey Blocks ADM Takeover Of GrainCorp
- Nov 29, 2013: Greens And Palmer Back GrainCorp Decision; ALP Says Hockey Acts In The Nationals Interest
- Nov 29, 2013: Education Ministers Speak Out On Pyne’s School Funding Announcement
December 2013
- Dec 02, 2013: Government Backflips On School Funding; 4-Year Agreement With $1.2 Billion Restored
- Dec 02, 2013: Speaker Bronwyn Bishop Reports Kevin Rudd’s Resignation To The House
- Dec 02, 2013: Rick Wilson (Lib-O’Connor) – First Speech
- Dec 02, 2013: Tim Watts (ALP-Gellibrand) – First Speech
- Dec 02, 2013: Melissa Price (Lib-Durack) – First Speech
- Dec 02, 2013: Clare O’Neil (ALP – Hotham) – First Speech
- Dec 02, 2013: Cathy McGowan (Ind – Indi) – First Speech
- Dec 02, 2013: Clive Palmer (PUP – Fairfax) – Maiden Speech
- Dec 03, 2013: “You Should Not Come Because You Will Not Stay” – Abbott Claims Mandate For TPVs
- Dec 03, 2013: Brett Whiteley (Lib – Braddon) – First Speech
- Dec 03, 2013: Eric Hutchinson (Lib – Lyons) – First Speech
- Dec 04, 2013: Andrew Broad (Nats – Mallee) – First Speech
- Dec 04, 2013: Greens Strike Deal With Abbott Government To Abolish Debt Ceiling
- Dec 05, 2013: Michelle Landry (LNP – Capricornia) – First Speech
- Dec 05, 2013: Karen McNamara (Lib – Dobell) – First Speech
- Dec 05, 2013: Lucy Wicks (Lib – Robertson) – First Speech
- Dec 05, 2013: Australia Strikes Free Trade Agreement With South Korea (KAFTA)
- Dec 05, 2013: Tony Abbott’s Weary Dunlop Speech To AsiaLink
- Dec 09, 2013: Christian Porter (Lib – Pearce) – First Speech
- Dec 09, 2013: Ian Goodenough (Lib – Moore) – First Speech
- Dec 10, 2013: Ann Sudmalis (Lib – Gilmore) – First Speech
- Dec 10, 2013: Angus Taylor (Lib – Hume) – First Speech
- Dec 10, 2013: Eulogy For The Ages: Obama’s Soaring Rhetoric At Mandela’s Memorial Service
- Dec 11, 2013: Nick Varvaris (Lib – Barton) – First Speech
- Dec 11, 2013: Luke Howarth (LNP – Petrie) – First Speech
- Dec 11, 2013: Abbott And Shorten Clash Over Holden Closure In Terse Parliamentary Exchange
- Dec 12, 2013: Jason Clare Accuses Government Of ‘Tawdry Excuses’ Over NBN Promise
- Dec 12, 2013: Turnbull Says Strategic Review Into NBN Shows Delays And Cost Blowouts
- Dec 13, 2013: COAG Agreement On Indigenous Truancy And One-Stop Shops For Projects
- Dec 15, 2013: 100 Days Since The Election: “We’ve Made A Good Start,” Abbott Says
- Dec 16, 2013: The Greens On Abbott: 100 Days, 40 Failures; Secretive, Cruel And Chaotic
- Dec 16, 2013: Shorten on Abbott’s 100 Days: Disappointment, Broken Promises
- Dec 16, 2013: Majority Of Australian Troops In Afghanistan On Their Way Home
- Dec 16, 2013: Stott Despoja, Former Democrats Leader, Appointed Ambassador For Women And Girls
- Dec 17, 2013: MYEFO: Budget Deficit Rises To $47.6bn And $123bn Over Four Years; Debt To Hit $667bn In A Decade
- Dec 17, 2013: Opposition Reacts To MYEFO; Claims Hockey Is Softening Up Electorate For Budget Cuts
- Dec 17, 2013: MYEFO: Greens Say Focus Should Be On How To Raise Revenue, Call For End To Panic On Debt
- Dec 18, 2013: Abbott Offers $100 Million Employment Fund For Car Workers
- Dec 18, 2013: Weatherill: Government Response To Holden Closure Pathetic
- Dec 25, 2013: The Queen’s 2013 Christmas Message
