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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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On August 10, Abbott will move into 19th place when he overtakes Harold Holt's 1 yr, 10mths, 23 days in 1966-67.
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Abbott has been PM for 1 year, 8 months and 25 days. This dates from his swearing-in on September 18, 2013. http://auspol.info/lQLKXJ
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An auspicious moment today - Tony Abbott overtakes William McMahon to become Australia's 20th longest-serving PM. http://auspol.info/lQLKXJ
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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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Opposition Leader John Howard responded to Keating the following night. Text, audio & video here: http://auspol.info/1F2uDWb
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20 years ago, at this minute, PM Paul Keating committed his govt to an Australian Republic. Text, audio & video: http://auspol.info/s9rvtw
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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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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.
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4/6 Six referendum questions were also defeated on this day in 1913, including one proposal for the nationalisation of monopolies.
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3/6 Cook only lasted 15 months. Fisher led the ALP back into government at the double dissolution of Sep. 1914.
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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.
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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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Malcolm Farnsworth followed Leroy, Paul Karp, Senator Scott Ryan and 8 others
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@Leroy_Lynch
ALP member. Social Democrat. Tweets are mainly news, plus some history and general interest. *I'm here to help*
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@Paul_Karp
Industrial relations journo at Thomson Reuters. New in Melbourne. Views my own. [email protected]
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Reposting - a 2006 photo of Les Johnson (rear, second from right) with other Whitlam ministers. Only 3 still living. pic.twitter.com/OWPZAcD1rX
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"Age catches us all eventually," says Abbott.
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Condolences for Les Johnson, 90, Whitlam minister 1972-75, in the House. http://auspol.info/Y73WOK
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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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Here's Les Johnson (rear, 2nd from right) on July 8, 2006. Only Keating, Hayden & McClelland are still living. pic.twitter.com/lC2WdoDHks
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The Sydney Morning Herald's report on Les Johnson's death: http://auspol.info/1JTJ1ag
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