Portal:Australia/2006/March

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March 1

• Sydney woman charged in Perth heroin seizure
• Brisbane woman charged with Sizzler poisoning
• Random driver drug testing to become permanent in Victoria
• Sizzler salad bars shut after rat poison found in food

March 2

• Natural gas discovered in Chile according to President Ricardo Lagos
• Australian Greens senator Bob Brown marks 10 years in Parliament
• Australia's Prime Minister Howard marks 10 years in power
• Corruption blamed for Papuan rainforest destruction

March 3

• Ian Thorpe starts to recover from chest pains
• Australia will not export uranium to India
• 2006 "Stolenwealth" Games to confront Commonwealth Games in Melbourne

March 4

• Sydney's Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras celebrated by 450,000 people
• Iranian refugee child granted $400,000 in compensation for "psychological harm"

March 5

• Howard's 10 year party gatecrashed
• Deported Australian granted visa after two years in Serbian limbo

March 6

• Australian Prime Minister visits India
• New Zealand online auction web site bought for NZ$700 million

March 7

• Australians need bigger toilets
• Australian Senator Bob Brown calls for ban on junk food ads

March 8

• Largest mass extinction in 65 million years underway, scientists say
• Police release photographs of those of interest in connection with Cronulla riots
• Australian emergency services personnel exposed to asbestos

March 10

• Three charged following release of Cronulla riot wanted photographs

March 11

• 12000 Commonwealth Games tickets remain unsold

March 12

• Bush nominates a new ambassador to Australia

March 13

• Queen Elizabeth II arrives in Australia for 15th visit

March 14

• More arrests from Cronulla riots

March 15

• 2006 Commonwealth Games open in Melbourne
• Australian troops to provide front-line combat support in Iraq
• New Zealand Commonwealth Games flag-bearer announced

March 16

• Demonstrators protest Condoleezza Rice's trip to Australia
• Australians may choose to change head of state beyond Queen Elizabeth II: Howard

March 18

• Australian DFAT director knew of trucking company involved in alleged Iraqi kickbacks
• Second Gold for NZ: Commonwealth Games

March 19

• Personal relationship between Bush and McCallum questioned
• Queensland braces for Category 5 cyclone
• Labor claims victory in two Australian state elections

March 20

• Scotland wins Gold, Silver in 400m IM
• Crowe, Holmes succeed in takeover of Rabbitohs

March 21

• Protesters mark 3rd anniversary of Iraq invasion
• Queensland mops up after Cyclone Larry's billion dollar devastation

March 22

• Canada bans "Where the Bloody Hell are you?" ad

March 24

• 42 West Papuan asylum seekers get temporary Australian visas

March 25

• Hyshot tests hypersonic "scramjet" in Australia

March 26

• XVIII Commonwealth Games competition ends
• Australia's new controversial workplace regulations come into effect this week

March 27

• UK PM addresses joint sitting of Australian Parliament
• Prince closes XVIII Commonwealth Games
• Western Australia braces for another cyclone

March 28

• Australia grants temporary asylum to 12 Commonwealth Games athletes
• Australian artist Pro Hart dies

March 29

• Jian Seng ghost ship affair brings criticism of Australian government
• Australian House of Representatives acknowledges Cyclone Larry efforts
• Cyclone Glenda intensifies to Category 5 storm

March 30

• Australian MPs exchange fighting words over healthcare rebate
• Optus B1 outage leaves all New Zealand Sky TV digital subscribers without service
• Australian Federal Police raid home over unauthorised access to pay TV services
• Cyclone Glenda closes in on Western Australia