One Australian Prime Minister was killed as a result of a swimming accident and two died natural deaths none of them died as a result of violence or political upheaval.
Harold Holt Who disappeared while swimming off Cheviot Beach in 1967.
John Curtin in 1945.
And Joseph Lyons 1939.
Never. No Australian Prime Minister has ever been assassinated
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Two. Edward "Gough" Whitlam was removed from office in November 1975. Kevin Rudd was removed from office in June 2010.
Prime Ministers Office also called the PMO.
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Robert Menzies.
There was just one Australian Prime Minister through the 1950s, and that was Robert Gordon Menzies. He held office from 10 December 1949 until 20 January 1966.
The Prime Minister must be an Australian citizen, but he does not have to have been born in Australia. Joseph Cook and Billy hughes, for example, were born in England.
Margaret Thatcher became Britain's first female Prime Minister on 4 May 1979. She remained in power for 11 years. There have been no Australian female Prime Ministers, as of 2008.
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Australian Prime Ministers do not make "inauguration" speeches. They make an acceptance speech when victory is declared following an election, and an "oath of office" when they are sworn in. For information on what this involved, and the dialogue between Kevin Rudd and the Governor General who swore him into office, see the related link. It is interesting to note that Kevin Rudd became the first Australian PM to exclude the Queen from his oath of office.
A civil service that reports ultimately to the Prime Ministers Office.