Malcolm Farnsworth

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  1. Jun 16

    Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full Of direst cruelty.

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  2. Jun 11

    On August 10, Abbott will move into 19th place when he overtakes Harold Holt's 1 yr, 10mths, 23 days in 1966-67.

  3. Jun 11

    Abbott has been PM for 1 year, 8 months and 25 days. This dates from his swearing-in on September 18, 2013.

  4. Jun 11

    An auspicious moment today - Tony Abbott overtakes William McMahon to become Australia's 20th longest-serving PM.

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  5. Jun 7

    10 MPs from that night remain - ALP 4 (Swan, Griffin, Snowdon, Ferguson), Libs 4 (Abbott, B.Bishop, Ruddock, Pyne) & Nats 2 (Truss, Katter).

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  6. Jun 7

    Opposition Leader John Howard responded to Keating the following night. Text, audio & video here:

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  7. Jun 7

    20 years ago, at this minute, PM Paul Keating committed his govt to an Australian Republic. Text, audio & video:

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  8. May 31

    6/6 May is a relatively unpopular month for federal elections, with just 9% of polls - in 1913, 1917, 1954 and 1974.

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  9. May 31

    5/6 All 6 referendums secured between 49.13% - 49.78% of YES votes & were carried in Qld, SA & WA. An overall majority & 4 States is needed.

  10. May 31

    4/6 Six referendum questions were also defeated on this day in 1913, including one proposal for the nationalisation of monopolies.

  11. May 31

    3/6 Cook only lasted 15 months. Fisher led the ALP back into government at the double dissolution of Sep. 1914.

  12. May 31

    2/6 Cook, Australia's 6th PM, defeated Labor's Andrew Fisher by just one seat: 38-37. The ALP retained control of the Senate 29-7.

  13. May 31

    1/6 On this day in 1913, Joseph Cook led the Commonwealth Liberal Party to its first election victory since Fusion in 1909.

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  15. May 26

    Reposting - a 2006 photo of Les Johnson (rear, second from right) with other Whitlam ministers. Only 3 still living.

    9:08 PM - 26 May 2015 · Details
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  16. May 26

    "Age catches us all eventually," says Abbott.

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  17. May 26

    Condolences for Les Johnson, 90, Whitlam minister 1972-75, in the House.

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  18. May 26

    Just checked... until today Les Johnson was the third longest surviving MP, elected in 1955. Two others elected in 1949 still with us.

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  19. May 26

    Here's Les Johnson (rear, 2nd from right) on July 8, 2006. Only Keating, Hayden & McClelland are still living.

    5:19 AM - 26 May 2015 · Details
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  20. May 26

    The Sydney Morning Herald's report on Les Johnson's death:

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