Portal:Australia/2006/May
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May 1[edit]
May 2[edit]
May 3[edit]
May 4[edit]
- States challenge to Australian Work Choices Act begins
- Former Victorian Premier considers political comeback
- Rescue attempts continue for Tasmanian miners
May 5[edit]
- Australian government announces $52.5 million financial assistance package for Ford
- Kennett rules out political comeback
May 6[edit]
May 7[edit]
May 8[edit]
May 9[edit]
- Australian "3 CDMA" customers have 90 days to move to 3G
- Third Australian miner laid to rest
- Australian Budget for 2006-2007 released
- Tasmanian miners rescued
May 10[edit]
- Southern Australian munitions factory explodes
- Australia will help in East Timor if requested: Downer
May 11[edit]
May 12[edit]
- Calls for corporate tax reform in Australia goes unheeded
- Australian emergency telephone service lost in Southern NSW, ACT
May 13[edit]
May 14[edit]
- Australian govt announces proposals for copyright update, allows private recording and transfer between media
- Bulls clinch position in Super 14 rugby semi-finals
May 15[edit]
- Australian Mitchell Dean wins Honolulu Triathlon
- Satellite phone subsidy to be extended in Australia
- Australian senator to oppose petrol deregulation
May 16[edit]
- Australia won't take back spent uranium
- Australian man caught driving with no licence twice in one day
May 17[edit]
- Mundine beats Green in super-middleweight WBA eliminator
- Half of Australian defence force's munitions of no use
- Rescued Australian miners sign multi-million dollar media deal
- Culture of violence reported in central Australian Aboriginal communities
May 18[edit]
- Australian rugby league club to have extra police at all NSW games
- Australian opposition expected to release workplace plan
May 19[edit]
- RAGGS debuts on Australia's Seven Network
- Two Australian car ferry operators caught drunk on the job
May 20[edit]
- US Navy sailors jailed in Australia on drug smuggling charges
- Australian Democrats in "continuous downward spiral": Founder
- Sydney off-ramp to charge $1.20 for 200m drive
- Australian PM pushes for "full-blooded" nuclear energy debate
May 21[edit]
May 22[edit]
- PM John Howard's nuclear push causes alarm
- NSW govt to rebuild high school with private funding
- Downer welcomes Australian nuclear energy debate
May 23[edit]
- Australia saves three billion plastic bags from circulation
- Howard government confirms "secret nuclear power committee"
- Australian PM to be snubbed by up to six Irish MPs
- Drug crackdown in Northern NSW nets two suppliers
- Australian treasurer enters nuclear debate
May 24[edit]
- Multinational force sent to East Timor
- The Australia Institute identifies ideal sites for nuclear power stations
- East Timor descends into further violence: Downer
May 25[edit]
- Australian Government under pressure to reveal nuclear sites
- Fighting in Dili continues ahead of multinational deployment
- Howard's revival of nuclear debate "surprising": Political expert
May 26[edit]
- Science minister visits Australia's newest nuclear reactor, receives nuclear power report
- Australian troops land in East Timor
- Melbourne - Adelaide train services disrupted into next week following fatal crash
May 27[edit]
May 28[edit]
May 29[edit]
- Violence in East Timor causes United Nations evacuation
- Australian woman dies in backburning operation near Bathurst
- NSW school maintenance a "disgrace": Opposition
- Opposition should push for Australian federal electoral reform: Whitlam
May 30[edit]
- East Timor: President Gusmão takes emergency powers to quell unrest
- Australian PM doesn't support Queensland party amalgamation