The Prime Minister of Australia immediately before Paul Keating was Robert 'Bob' Hawke.
The Prime Minister before John Howard was Paul Keating, of the ALP. Paul Keating 91-96.
Hon John Howard was Australia's Prime Minister before Kevin Rudd of QLD. Before Kevin Rudd, Liberal John Howard of NSW served as PM from 11 March 1996 to 3 December 2007. Kevin Rudd served for roughly two and a half years before losing his job to Julia Gillard, in the process making her Australia's first Prime Minister. John Howard was Australia's second longest serving Prime Minister.
No. Sir Charles Hotham was not one of Australia's Prime Ministers. He was Governor of Victoria from 1854-1855, long before Federation and therefore before Australia had its first Prime Minister.
Kevin Rudd preceded Julia Gillard as Prime Minister of Australia.
His background as an industrial advocate with the Federated Municipal and Shire Council Employees Union led him into Labor politics.
chairman,UGC
Finance Minister
finance minister
There wasn't one. The telephone was invented before Australia's Federation, which was in 1901. there was no prime Minister prior to Federation.
Ben Chifley was the Prime Minister of Australia from July 13, 1945 to December 19, 1949. The Prime Minister before him was Frank Forde who served for just one week following the death of the 14th Prime Minister, John Curtin.
Union Finance Minister
No-one. Australia was not yet a nation, but only a collection of different colonies. Federation occurred in 1901, but before that there were no prime ministers.