2004 in Australia

Information about 2004 in Australia

See also: 2003 in Australia, other events of 2004, 2005 in Australia


Incumbents

Events

Arts and literature

Film

Television

Ending this year:

Sport

Births

Deaths

See also: 2002 in Australia, other events of 2003, 2004 in Australia


Incumbents

  • Queen of Australia - HM Queen Elizabeth II
  • Governor General - Peter Hollingworth, then Administrator of Australia - Sir Guy Green , then Michael Jeffery

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20th century - 21st century - 22nd century
1970s  1980s  1990s  - 2000s -  2010s  2020s  2030s
2001 2002 2003 - 2004 - 2005 2006 2007

2004 by topic:
News by month
Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun
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2005 2006 2007 2008

20th Century · 21st century · 22nd century
1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s
2002 2003 2004 2005
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See also: 2003 Australian incumbents, Events in Australia in 2004, 2005 Australian incumbents, incumbents around the world in 2004

Federal government

  • Head of State - Queen Elizabeth II
  • Governor General - Michael Jeffery

Cabinet


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Federal elections were held in Australia on 9 October, 2004. All 150 seats in the House of Representatives and 40 seats in the 76-member Senate were up for election. The incumbent Liberal Party of Australia led by Prime Minister of Australia John Howard and coalition partner the
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Australia

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Federal Government
Executive
  • Queen (Queen Elizabeth II)
  • Governor-General (Michael Jeffery)
  • Prime Minister (John Howard)
  • Cabinet

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Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary;<ref name="sur" /> born 21 April 1926) is the Queen regnant of sixteen independent states and their overseas territories and dependencies.
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Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia is the representative of Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia. He or she exercises the supreme executive power of the Commonwealth.
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Philip Michael Jeffery AC, CVO, MC (born 12 December 1937) is the 24th Governor-General of Australia. General Jeffery was born in Wiluna, Western Australia and was educated at Kent Street Senior High School.
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Australia

This article is part of the series:
Politics of Australia

Federal Government
Executive
  • Queen (Queen Elizabeth II)
  • Governor-General (Michael Jeffery)
  • Prime Minister (John Howard)
  • Cabinet

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John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939) is an Australian politician and the 25th Prime Minister of Australia. He is the second-longest serving Australian Prime Minister after Sir Robert Menzies, and is the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia.
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No. Name Party Assumed office Left office
1 Stuart Donaldson 6 June 1856 25 August 1856

2 Charles Cowper Liberal 26 August 1856 2 October 1856

3 Henry Parker 3 October 1856 7 September 1857

- Charles Cowper (2nd time)
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Robert John Carr (born 28 September 1947), Australian politician, was Premier of New South Wales from 25 March 1995 to 3 August 2005. He holds the record for the longest continuous service as Premier of New South Wales.
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No. Name Party Assumed office Left office
1 Boyle Finniss 24 October 1856 21 August 1857

2 John Baker 21 August 1857 1 September 1857

3 Robert Torrens 1 September 1857 30 September 1857
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Michael David Rann (born 1953), Australian politician, is the 44th Premier of South Australia. He is the parliamentary leader of the South Australian State Labor Party, the member for the seat of Ramsay and the Senior Vice President of the Federal Labor Party.
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See Premiers of the Australian states for a description and history of the office of Premier.


Before the 1890s, there was no developed party system in Queensland. Political affiliation labels before that time indicate a general tendency only.
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Peter Douglas Beattie (born 18 November 1952), Australian politician, was the 36th Premier of the Australian state of Queensland for nine years and leader of the Australian Labor Party in that state for eleven and a half.
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No. Name Party Date elected
1 William Champ 1 November 1856
2 Thomas Gregson 26 February 1857
3 William Weston 25 April 1857
4 Francis Smith 12 May 1857
5 William Weston 1 November 1860
6 Thomas Chapman 2 August 1861
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James Alexander Bacon AC (May 15, 1950 - June 20, 2004) was Premier of Tasmania from 1998 to 2004. Bacon was born in Melbourne; his father Frank, a doctor, died when his son was twelve, leaving him to be raised by his mother Joan.
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Paul Anthony Lennon (born 8 October 1955), Australian politician, has been Premier of Tasmania since 21 March 2004. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party.

Lennon is rare among modern Australian politicians in that he does not have a university education and comes from
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Premier of Western Australia is the head of the executive government in the Australian State of Western Australia. He or she performs the same functions in Western Australia as the Prime Minister of Australia does at the national level.
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Geoffrey Ian Gallop (born 27 September 1951), Australian academic and former politician, was the Premier of Western Australia from 2001 to 2006.

Gallop was born in Geraldton and joined the Australian Labor Party in 1971.
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Premier Party Took office
Dr William Haines - 30 November 1855
John O'Shanassy - 11 March 1857
William Haines - 29 April 1857
John O'Shanassy - 10 March 1858
William Nicholson - 27 October 1859
Richard Heales - 26 November 1860
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Stephen Philip Bracks (better known as Steve Bracks) (born 15 October, 1954), Australian politician, was the 44th Premier of Victoria, holding the position for eight years, from 1999 to 2007. He was born in Ballarat, where his family owns a fashion business.
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The Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory is the head of government of the Australian Capital Territory. The leader of the largest party in the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly usually takes on the role.
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Jonathon Donald Stanhope (born 29 April, 1951) is the current Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory, representing the Australian Labor Party.

Stanhope was born in Gundagai, New South Wales but moved to Canberra to study at the Australian National University.
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In Australia, a Chief Minister is the head of government of a self-governing territory, while the head of government of a state is a Premier.

The Chief Minister is appointed by the Administrator of the Northern Territory, who in normal circumstances will appoint the head of
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Clare Majella Martin (born June 15, 1952) is an Australian politician. A former journalist, she was elected to the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly in a shock by-election win in 1995.
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January 13 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

It is still celebrated as New Year's Eve by those on the Julian calendar (Old New Year).
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Spirit of Tasmania has been part of the name of four different ships that have served as passenger/vehicle ferries on Bass Strait, between Tasmania and the Australian mainland. The ships have all been owned and operated by the Tasmanian Government operated TT-line.
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