delegates were sent Sending to the conference Communication by canada , new zealand , the australian self-governing colonies of new south wales , queensland , south australia , tasmania and victoria and the south african colony of cape colony .

the australian government also launched Process_start a royal commission , which recommended Convincing that criminal proceedings commence against 12 people .

although awb and by extension the australian government were not the only entities to be implicated Check in the oil-for-food scandal , the event earned Earnings_and_losses a place in australian political consciousness .

although awb and by extension the australian government were not the only entities to be implicated Check in the oil-for-food scandal , the event earned Earnings_and_losses a place in australian political consciousness .

anticipating that the viet cong would attempt to withdraw Escaping , as they had during previous encounters , forces from the 1st australian task force ( 1 atf ) were inserted Hiding_objects to block Hindering the likely withdrawal route in the hope of intercepting and destroying Destroying them .

although 6 rar ultimately prevailed Convincing , the vicious fighting at ap my an was probably the closest the australian army came to Bringing a major defeat during the war .

following Motion the 1975 cricket world cup , the australian cricket team remained Temporary_stay in england in the 1975 season to play Competition a four-match test Testing series against england .

the let 's get to it tour Traveling was the fourth concert Social_event tour Traveling by australian pop singer kylie minogue .

the australian cricket team toured Traveling england in the 1956 season to play Participation a five-match test Testing series against england for the ashes .

although the battlefront now lay in the border area , the port city of unk inside unk resisted Defending the axis advance , and its substantial australian and british garrison constituted a significant threat Warning to rommel 's lengthy supply chain .

british military efforts were aided Assistance by cape colony , the colony of natal and some native african allies , and further supported Supporting by volunteers from the british empire , including southern africa , the australian colonies , canada , india and new zealand .

the australian led international force for east timor restored order and following the departure Departing of indonesian forces from east timor , the united nations transitional administration in east timor administered Control the territory for two years , establishing Creating a serious crimes unit to investigate and prosecute Legality crimes committed in 1999 .

rock historian glenn a. baker and bob Body_movement king wrote Writing `` australian made Creating , gon na have a good time tonight : the authorised Preventing_or_letting documentary of the event '' in 1987 with detailed notations by baker and photographs by king .

the kirribilli agreement of 1988 was a secret meeting Social_event between the australian prime minister bob hawke and treasurer paul keating .

the two men met Come_together at kirribilli house , the prime minister UNK s official sydney residence , to make an agreement as to when hawke would hand over Change_of_leadership the leadership of the australian labor party .

over the next days , the 25th infantry brigade of the australian 7th division gradually arrived Arriving .

the attack Attack was planned Arranging and commanded Control by lieutenant general john monash , commander of the australian corps and australian imperial force .

the attack Attack was planned Arranging and commanded Control by lieutenant general john monash , commander of the australian corps and australian imperial force .

to give Giving the newly arrived Arriving american expeditionary force ( aef ) combat experience , the five australian infantry brigades involved Cause_to_be_included were augmented Cause_change_of_strength by 10 companies from us army battalions .

the costigan commission ( officially titled Name_conferral the royal commission on the activities of the federated ship painters and dockers union ) was an australian royal commission held in the 1980s .

headed by frank costigan qc , the commission was established Creating by the australian government on 10 september 1980 to investigate Criminal_investigation criminal activities , including violence Violence , associated Collaboration with the painters and dockers union .

supporting Supporting the carrier aircraft were eight b-17 bombers of the 435th bombardment squadron of the 19th bombardment group from garbutt field , townsville , australia and eight royal australian air force hudson bombers of no .

stan wawrinka was the defending Defending champion in men 's singles but lost Earnings_and_losses to four-time australian open champion novak djokovic in the semi-finals .

the 2008 australian open was a tennis tournament played Competition on outdoor hard courts .

djokovic won his first grand slam singles title , defeating Conquering unseeded jo-wilfried tsonga in the final ; maria sharapova , runner-up to williams in 2007 , defeated Conquering ana ivanovic to win Getting her first australian open title and third grand slam title .

in the weeks following the invasion , polish forces and contingents from belgium , czechoslovakia , greece and the netherlands participated Participation in the ground campaign ; most also provided Supply air and naval support alongside elements of the royal australian air force , the royal new zealand air force , and the royal norwegian navy .

though a subtropical ridge was forcing Causation the cyclone Catastrophe westward at the time , an approaching shortwave trough caused Causation sam to track Motion southward the following day , towards the australian coast .

over the next day the system gradually developed Coming_to_be further and was named Name_conferral ron as it developed Coming_to_be into a category 1 tropical cyclone on the australian tropical cyclone intensity scale during the next day .

with this win , kafelnikov became Becoming the first russian , male or female , to win Getting an australian open title .

this win allowed Causation hingis to join Becoming_a_member margaret court , evonne goolagong cawley , steffi graf and monica seles as the only women to have won three consecutive australian open titles .

eltingh did not participate Participation at this year 's australian open , leaving GiveUp UNK to team up with australia 's patrick rafter .

the australian team under ian johnson were confident of victory but , despite losing Earnings_and_losses the first test Testing by an innings , england won the series unk and retained the ashes .

the operation saw Self_motion heavy fighting Hostile_encounter between the 1st australian task force ( 1 atf ) and north vietnamese army and viet cong during the wider fighting around long binh and bien hoa .

numerous australian army and state emergency service ( ses ) personnel were involved Cause_to_be_included in cleanup Emptying and recovery Rescuing efforts after the cyclone 's passage , while power and water service was restored Recovering to those cut off during the storm .

it culminated Filling on 11 november 1975 with the dismissal Change_of_leadership from office of the prime minister , gough whitlam of the australian labor party ( alp ) , by governor-general sir john kerr , who then commissioned the leader of the opposition , malcolm fraser of the liberal party , as caretaker prime minister .

the first test set the trend for the series as england 's batsmen struggled Confronting_problem against the australian pace Self_motion attack Hostile_encounter and , despite attempting to stifle Hindering the australian scoring with leg theory , fell to an eventual defeat .

the first test set the trend for the series as england 's batsmen struggled Confronting_problem against the australian pace Self_motion attack Hostile_encounter and , despite attempting to stifle Hindering the australian scoring with leg theory , fell to an eventual defeat .

failure to contain the australian batsmen , particularly bradman himself , plagued the english bowlers , while their batsmen were prone to struggling Confronting_problem and collapsing Motion_directional on key occasions , with rain petering the third test into a draw .

the royal australian air force ( raaf ) unit responsible for protecting Defending the town , no .