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$330,300 as of July 1st 2007

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As a result of the Federal election held on 7 September 2013, the Prime Minister of Australia is Tony Abbott of the Liberal Party of Australia.

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NO.

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When in Canberra, the Prime Minister of Australia lives in a residence separate from Parliament House. It's called the Lodge. The Prime Minister resides in this residence while Parliament is in session, but they often have their own house within their own electorate.

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Harold Holt was Australia's Prime Minister from January 1966 to December 1967. Holt was notorious for the strange way in which he disappeared.

On 17 December 1967, Holt went swimming at Cheviot Beach near Portsea, on the Mornington Peninsula, south of Melbourne, Victoria. After plunging into the notoriously rough surf, Holt disappeared. He was never seen again, and there have been many theories regarding his fate since then. These theories include that he committed suicide, faked his own death in order to run away with his mistress, or that he was a Chinese spy.

However, the national Archives of Australia (see the related link below) indicate that "there has been no indication that the disappearance of the late Mr Holt was anything other than accidental".

Despite an extensive search, neither his body nor any trace of his clothes was ever found. He was officially presumed dead on 19 December 1967.

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Ferntree Gully Vic 3156 theres even a tree dedicated to him there come and vist

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Former Australian Prime Minister John howard went to the University of Sydney, where he studied law.

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Malcolm Turnbull was born on October 24, 1954.

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This is an argument that could go on forever, but essentially, the Whitlam government lost control of the Senate and was subsequently unable to the get the "Budget" passed by the Senate. This resulted in a government with no operating capital with which to run the country. Since the elected government was unable to govern, the Governor-General "sacked" the Whitlam government on the 11th of November, 1975, and replaced them with a "Caretaker" government led by Malcolm Fraser. This was an extremely controversial action for a number of reasons, 1. that a non-elected government was running the country, and 2. that the course of action taken by the Governor-General was not enshrined in any legislation.

There was a TV Mini Series produced in 1983 called "The Dismissal" which documents the events of this tumultuous period of Australian history.

Malcom Fraser was blocking Gough Whitlams' wages bill to pay all the teachers, public servants etc. This is not to say that Malcom Fraser is not a nice person, but this was a political move. Gough Whitlam then suggested that they borrow money from the banks. Then the Governor General, who was biased towards the Opposition (Malcom Fraser and the Liberals) then sacked Gough Whitlam and his government, and appointed Malcom Fraser as caretaker prime minister. This was not the only reason that Gough Whitlam was sacked, other reasons include his ministers borrowing money from Middle Eastern governments.

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No. The speech theoretically given by Julia Gillard telling Muslims to leave Australia is incorrectly attributed and, additionally, quoted out of context. The "speech" comprises snippets of sentiments expressed in public forums shortly after the terrorist bombing of the subway in London in 2005, five years before Julia Gillard was even Australia's prime minister.

A similar speech was incorrectly attributed to former Prime Minister John Howard several years ago. See the related question below.

You may read more information at Snope's page at the related link, also listed below.

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Bob Hawke represented the Australian Labor Party.

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16th September 1956 on TCN The Communications Network, Sydney

Bruce Gyngell spoke "Good evening and welcome to television"

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No - he is still alive.

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Rt Hon John Strachey

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John Adams , the second president , did not have a middle name. His son, John Quincy Adams, obviously had the middle name of Quincy.

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FORTRAN was introduced by him in 1957.

he worked for three years on this subject and later invented it.

He was the leading member of the team of FORTRAN developers.

He started developing it in 1954 and completed it fully in 1957.

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Edmund Barton was born in 1849 and died in 1920 and belonged to the Protectionist Party. Apart from being Australia's first Prime Minister from 1901-1903, he created the Federal Arbitration Court and the High Court of Australia. After he retired from politics, he became a High Court judge. He was succeeded by Alfred Deakin, also a Protectionist.

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Her shoe.

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Of course not. Paul Keating was married for twenty-five years, and has four children.

There is no evidence to suggest he is gay

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They can technically stay in office for their whole lives - there is no upper limit, but they have to call an election every 4 years so other people can have a chance.
For as long as (s)he has the support of the House of Commons. In practical terms (s)he requires the support of the largest party or coalition and the population at large.