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The Lodge, the official residence of the prime minister. The prime minister of Australia is the leader of the Australian Government and the Cabinet of Australia, with the support of the majority of the House of Representatives. [1] [2] Thirty-one people (thirty men and one woman) have served in the position since the office was created in 1901. [3]
Rank Party Time in office (Days) # Prime Minister(s) 1. Liberal Party of Australia: 18504 9 Tony Abbott, John Gorton, Malcolm Fraser, Harold Holt, John Howard, William McMahon, Robert Menzies (1949–1966), Scott Morrison, and Malcolm Turnbull
The 1975 Australian constitutional crisis, also known simply as the Dismissal, culminated on 11 November 1975 with the dismissal from office of the prime minister, Gough Whitlam of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), by Sir John Kerr, the Governor-General who then commissioned the leader of the Opposition, Malcolm Fraser of the Liberal Party, as prime minister to hold a new election.
Reid in the 1890s. Sir George Houston Reid (25 February 1845 – 12 September 1918) was an Australian and British politician, diplomat and barrister who served as the fourth prime minister of Australia from 1904 to 1905.
The Reid ministry was the 4th ministry of the Government of Australia.It was led by the country's 4th Prime Minister, George Reid.The Reid ministry succeeded the Watson ministry, which dissolved on 17 August 1904 after the Protectionist Party withdrew their support and Chris Watson was forced to resign.
Prime Minister John Howard says the States will receive $3 billion more revenue than expected as a result. 29 September - Mark Latham officially launches the Labor Party's election campaign. 30 September - The President of Nauru, Ludwig Scotty , declared a state of emergency, dissolved Parliament and set an election date of 23 October.
4 February – Labor MP John Dawkins resigns. 8 February – Prime Minister Paul Keating introduces changes to Question Time, with a roster of ministers and at least 14 questions to be asked each sitting day. Response was mixed. 11 February – Neal Blewitt resigns to become High Commissioner in London.
Fraser remains the only Australian prime minister to ascend to the position upon the dismissal of his predecessor. After Whitlam's dismissal, Fraser was sworn in as prime minister on an initial caretaker basis. The Coalition won a landslide victory at the 1975 election, and was re-elected in 1977 and 1980. Fraser took a keen interest in foreign ...