Australian Labor Party

BARTON ACT 2600 Political parties Elections The Australian Labor Party or ALP is Australia's oldest political party. It is so-named because of its origins in and close links to the trade union movement. While it is standard practice in Australian English to spell the word labour with an "-our" ending, the name of the party ends with "-or". Australian Labor Party - Policy. Like other social democratic parties, Labor tends to believe that government is generally a positive fo ...

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• Australian Labor Party - ALP federal leaders
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Like other social democratic parties, Labor tends to believe that government is generally a positive force in the community and that it is the responsibility of governments to intervene in the operation of the economy (and society in general) to improve outcomes. Labor believes that the government should ensure that all members of society receive a basic income in order to have a "decent quality of life". Labor also believes that the government should ensure that all members of society are able to access quality and affordable hous ...

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Like other social democratic parties, Labor tends to believe that government is generally a positive force in the community and that it is the responsibility of governments to intervene in the operation of the economy (and society in general) to improve outcomes. Labor believes that the government should ensure that all members of society receive a basic income in order to have a "decent quality of life". Labor also believes that the government should ensure that all members of society are able to access quality and affordable hous ...

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Australian Labor Party, Australian Labor Party - Policy, Australian Labor Party - Structure, Australian Labor Party - History, Australian Labor Party - ALP federal leaders, Australian Labor Party - Current ALP State Premiers / Territory Chief Ministers, Australian Labor Party - Past ALP State Premiers and Territory Chief Ministers, Australian Labor Party - Other past Labor politicians

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 • Summer (DST) AEDT (UTC+11) Canberra is the capital city of Australia and with a population of just over 323,000 is Australia's largest inland city. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory, 300 km southwest of Sydney, and 650 km north-east of Melbourne. Canberra was selected as the location of the National Capital in 1908 as a compromise between Sydney and Melbourne and is unusual amongst Australian capital cities as an entirely purpose-built, planned city. Following an i ...

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• Canberra - Urban structure
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• Canberra - Infrastructure
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• Canberra - Utilities
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List of Australians - A-G. Peter Allen - singer, songwriter Vanessa Amorosi - singer Julie Anthony - singer (sang Advance Australia Fair at the opening ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games) Peter Antonie - rower Christine Anu - singer Tina Arena - singer Stephanie Ashworth - photographer and bassist in rock_band Something_For_Kate Chris Bailey - frontman for punk rock band The Saints Jimmy Barnes - Scottish born singer ...

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Legislative elections were held in Australia on 9 October 2004. The conservative Coalition of the Liberal Party, led by Prime Minister John Howard, and the National Party of Australia led by Deputy Prime Minister John Anderson, won a fourth three-year term, with a net gain of four seats in the 150-member House of Representatives. The Coalition also won control of the Senate for the first time since 1981, winning 39 of the 76 seats. Australian legislative election 2004 - Overall result. The Coalition parties ...

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• Australian legislative election 2004 - The effect of preference deals on House of Representative and national outcomes
• Australian legislative election 2004 - Party leaders
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According to stereotype, spoken Australian English is thought to be highly colloquial, possibly more so than other spoken variants. Whether this idea is grounded in reality or not, a substantial number of publications aimed at giving an overview of Australian English have been published. Many books about Australian vocabulary have been published, beginning with Karl Lentzner's Dictionary of the Slang-English of Australia and of Some Mixed Languages in 1892. Several similar books soon followed, including a relatively modest but authoritative work by E. E. Morris: Austral English: A Dictionar ...

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• Australian words - Clothes
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The Australian Senate is the upper of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia. The lower house is known as the House of Representatives. Australian Senate - Origins and Role. The Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act of 1900 set up the Australian Senate as part of the new system of dominion government in newly-federated Australia. From a comparative governmental perspective, the Australian Senate exhibits distinctive characteristics, in that unlike upper houses in other Westminster system governm ...

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• Australian Senate - The Senate in Practice
• Australian Senate - The Unrepresentative House
• Australian Senate - Size
• Australian Senate - Parties in the Australian Senate
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• Australian Senate - Party Composition

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The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) is the Australian government domestic intelligence agency, responsible (in coordination with the Australian Federal Police), for preventing espionage by foreign powers, and monitoring and preventing terrorist activities. ASIO is comparable to the U.K domestic counterintelligence service, MI5. Similar to MI5 officers, ASIO officers have no police or arrest powers, and are not armed. ASIO's sister organisation i ...

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• Australian Security Intelligence Organisation - Conspiracy theories
• Australian Security Intelligence Organisation - Post-2001 and the War on Terror

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Arthur William Coles (August 7, 1892 - June 14, 1982), later Sir Arthur Coles, was a prominent Australian businessman and philanthropist. He was born in Geelong, Victoria and educated at the elite private school Geelong College. When World War I began, Coles enlisted as a private, fighting at Gallipoli and on the Western Front in France, and was wounded on three separate occasions before being commissioned as a lieutenant. Coles returned to Australia in 1919 and married Lillian Knight. He joined with two brothers and an ...

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April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 248 days remaining. April 27 - Events. 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated by Edward I of England. 1509 - Pope Julius II places the Italian state of Venice under interdict. 1521 - Battle of Mactan: Explorer Ferdinand Magellan is killed by natives in the Philippines led by chief Lapu-Lapu. 1565 ...

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The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) is the capital territory of the Commonwealth of Australia and Australia's smallest self-governing territory. The ACT was created as the location for Australia's capital city following federation in 1901, the federal government gained posession of the territory in 1911, and the construction on Canberra began in 1913. The ACT is wholly surrounded by the state of New South Wales. The floral emblem of the ACT is the Royal Bluebell and the faunal emblem is the Gang-gang cockatoo. Including:

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The Coalition in Australian politics refers to the grouping of two political parties that has existed in the form of a coalition agreement since 1922, with only brief breaks (e.g. 1987), between the now Liberal Party and The Nationals. The two parties are, broadly speaking, right-wing parties. There is also a tiny third party, the Country Liberal Party (CLP) of the Northern Territory, mainly because the population of this territory is too small. Both the Liberals and Nationals "receive Country Liberal Party delegations", and th ...

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1904 (MCMIV) is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). 1904 - Events. 1904 - January-March. January 7 - The distress signal CQD is established only to be replaced two years later by SOS. February 7 - The Great Baltimore Fire in Baltimore, Maryland destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours. February 8 - Japanese surprise attack on Port Arthur (Lushun) starts Russo-Japanese War February 10 – Roger Casement publi ...

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A caucus is most generally defined as being a meeting of supporters or members of a political party or movement. The exact definition varies between different countries. Caucus - Caucuses in the United States. In the United States, a caucus is a meeting of local members of a political party or subgroup to nominate candidates, plan policy, etc., in the Congress of the United States or other similar representative organs of government. One of the best-known examples is the Congressional Black C ...

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rule So. Vietnam - 1,250,000+ US - 58,226 Wounded: 153,303 (US) The Vietnam War or Second Indochina War 1 was a conflict between the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN, or North Vietnam), allied with the National Liberation Front (NLF, or "Viet Cong") against the Republic of Vietnam (RVN, or South Vietnam), and its allies — notably the United States military in support of the South, with US combat troops involve ...

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List of Australians - A-F. Terry Alderman - cricketer Monique Allen - gymnast (won Australian's first gold medal for gymnastics at a Commonwealth Games) Phil Anderson (born 1958) cyclist Darren Bennett - (born 1965) Australian rules football player turned American football star Andrew Bogut - (born 1984) basketball player Allan Border - cricketer Raelene Boyle - athlete Steven Bradbury - (born 1973) short track speed skater and first Winter Olym ...

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List of Australians - A-F. Tony Abbott - Liberal Minister in John Howard's government Lance Barnard - Deputy PM to Gough Whitlam Sir Edmund Barton - (1849-1920) first Prime Minister of Australia Peter Beattie - Premier of Queensland Sir Johannes Bjelke-Petersen - (born in New Zealand) Premier of Queensland Neville Bonner - politician Steve Bracks - Premier of Victoria Bob Brown - Green leader and Senator Brian Burke - WA premier, later ...

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Victoria is a state located in the south-eastern corner of Australia. It is the smallest mainland state in area, but the most densely populated and urbanised. Victoria began as a farming community in the 1800s, until the discovery of gold transformed it into a leading industrial and commercial centre. In June 2005, Victoria's population reached an estimated 5,022,300 - making it the second most populous Australian state, after New South Wales. Melbourne is Victoria's capital and largest city, with more than 70 per cent of all Victoria ...

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• Victoria Australia - History
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• Victoria Australia - Local Government
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• Victoria Australia - Agriculture
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• Victoria Australia - Geology and geography
• Victoria Australia - Climate
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• Victoria Australia - Culture and sport
• Victoria Australia - Australian Rules Football
• Victoria Australia - Surfing

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