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  1. 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.

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

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

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

  5. 10 MPs from that night remain - ALP 4 (Swan, Griffin, Snowdon, Ferguson), Libs 4 (Abbott, B.Bishop, Ruddock, Pyne) & Nats 2 (Truss, Katter).

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

  7. 20 years ago, at this minute, PM Paul Keating committed his govt to an Australian Republic. Text, audio & video:

  8. 6/6 May is a relatively unpopular month for federal elections, with just 9% of polls - in 1913, 1917, 1954 and 1974.

  9. 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. 4/6 Six referendum questions were also defeated on this day in 1913, including one proposal for the nationalisation of monopolies.

  11. 3/6 Cook only lasted 15 months. Fisher led the ALP back into government at the double dissolution of Sep. 1914.

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

  16. "Age catches us all eventually," says Abbott.

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

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

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

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

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