Portal:Australia/2006/May
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[edit] May 1
[edit] May 2
[edit] May 3
[edit] May 4
- States challenge to Australian Work Choices Act begins
- Former Victorian Premier considers political comeback
- Rescue attempts continue for Tasmanian miners
[edit] May 5
- Australian government announces $52.5 million financial assistance package for Ford
- Kennett rules out political comeback
[edit] May 6
[edit] May 7
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[edit] May 9
- 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
[edit] May 10
- Southern Australian munitions factory explodes
- Australia will help in East Timor if requested: Downer
[edit] May 11
[edit] May 12
- Calls for corporate tax reform in Australia goes unheeded
- Australian emergency telephone service lost in Southern NSW, ACT
[edit] May 13
[edit] May 14
[edit] May 15
- Australian Mitchell Dean wins Honolulu Triathlon
- Satellite phone subsidy to be extended in Australia
- Australian senator to oppose petrol deregulation
[edit] May 16
- Australia won't take back spent uranium
- Australian man caught driving with no licence twice in one day
[edit] May 17
- 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
[edit] May 18
- Australian rugby league club to have extra police at all NSW games
- Australian opposition expected to release workplace plan
[edit] May 19
- RAGGS debuts on Australia's Seven Network
- Two Australian car ferry operators caught drunk on the job
[edit] May 20
- 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
[edit] May 21
[edit] May 22
- PM John Howard's nuclear push causes alarm
- NSW govt to rebuild high school with private funding
- Downer welcomes Australian nuclear energy debate
[edit] May 23
- 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
[edit] May 24
- Multinational force sent to East Timor
- The Australia Institute identifies ideal sites for nuclear power stations
- East Timor descends into further violence: Downer
[edit] May 25
- 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
[edit] May 26
- 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
[edit] May 27
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[edit] May 29
- 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
[edit] May 30
- East Timor: President Gusmão takes emergency powers to quell unrest
- Australian PM doesn't support Queensland party amalgamation
