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unusual facts about Australian government



Asia Pacific Transport Consortium

The Asia Pacific Transport Consortium leases some assets on the Darwin - Alice Springs section from the AustralAsia Rail Corporation, and subleases of the Alice Springs - Tarcoola, South Australia railway from the Australian Government through the AustralAsia Rail Corporation.

Australian Classification Board

The Classification Board (CB) is an Australian statutory classification body formed by the Australian Government which classifies films, video games and publications for exhibition, sale or hire in Australia since its establishment in 1995.

CHEP

CHEP evolved from the Allied Materials Handling Standing Committee (AMHSC), an organisation developed by the Australian government to provide efficient handling of defence supplies during World War II.

Compilations in the Sonic series

This compilation was officially announced on December 2, 2009 by Sega of America and was released March 2, 2010, although news of this compilation first broke when it was classified by the Australian Government's OFLC.

Enfield, New South Wales

The top of the pedestal displays a 105mm French Howitzer gun that was donated to the Australian Government by the French government as recognition of Australia's wartime assistance during World War I. The Memorial was unveiled on 11 October 1924 by the NSW Attorney-General and later by the Premier of NSW from 1927-1930.

Goulburn Valley Freeway

The Goulburn Valley Highway is defined as a National Highway which means the Australian Government fully funds improvements to it.

Harris Scarfe

The year 2000 was difficult for all retailers, as the Australian Government introduced a new retail turnover tax (the GST).

Koori Radio

In 2008 Koori Radio received Australian Government funding to renovate and move into purpose built studios in the Black Theatre in Redfern.

Private member's bill

It received very wide support from New South Wales organisations related to child health and welfare and was backed by several prominent members of the medical profession, particularly in the paediatric field, notably Dr. John Yu, CEO of Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Sydney (who had been honoured by the Australian Government with the prestigious Australian of the Year award in 1996).

RAAF Signals Operator Technical

Technical Signals Intelligence is the most sensitive form of intelligence for the Australian Government.

Royal Commission into the Building and Construction Industry

The government's attempts to implement those recommendations stalled in 2004, but were revived in 2005 after the Howard government secured control of the Senate.

Stadium Mackay

The 12,200 capacity stadium was funded by the Australian Government at a cost of 11.3 million and opened on 20 August 2011 at a Mackay Cutters home game.

TEAL

In April 1961 the Australian government decided to support the wholly Australian-owned Qantas airline and the New Zealand government bought out the Australian government's shareholding, giving New Zealand 100% ownership.


see also

Aboriginal Heritage Act 1988

During 1996, the Honourable Elizabeth Evatt AC carried out a comprehensive review of the Australian Government's then Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Act 1984 (Cwlth), and, in the process reviewed the Aboriginal heritage protection arrangements of each State.

Albert Jacob

--Can be repeated up to eight times by adding a number-->Albert Paul Jacob (born 16 March 1980) is Minister for Environment and Heritage in the Western Australian Government.

Anthony Cole

Tony Cole, thirteenth Secretary of the Australian Government Department of the Treasury

Anti-Terrorism Act 2005

The Australian government planned for the bill to be introduced, debated and passed on 1 November 2005 (Melbourne Cup race day).

Australian government debt

The Australian Office of Financial Management, which is part of the Treasury Portfolio, is the agency which manages the government debt and does all the borrowing on behalf of the Australian government.

Australian Government Information Management Office

On 22 October 2004, the then Prime Minister, John Howard, announced that the Australian Government Information Management Office would be incorporated in the then Department of Finance and Administration.

Australian Industry Greenhouse Network

According to a Four Corners report with the same name, and author and whistleblower Dr Guy Pearse, a group of core members of the AIGN describe themselves as the Greenhouse Mafia and have been highly successful at lobbying the Australian Government.

AUSTUDY

Austudy Payment, the current Australian Government Social Security Payment for Students, paid under the Social Security Act, 1991

AUSTUDY Scheme, the former Australian Government Payment for Students, originally paid under the Student Assistance Act, 1973

B.T. Finniss

In 1864 the South Australian government, desiring to open up the Northern Territory, organized a survey party under Finniss, appointing him Government Representative and giving him instructions to examine the Adelaide River and the coastline to the west and east of it.

British Pacific Fleet

On 8 August 1945, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Clement Attlee felt obliged to express his regret for the misunderstandings to the Australian government.

Bronisław Malinowski

The Australian government nonetheless provided him with permission and funds to undertake ethnographic work within their territories and Malinowski chose to go to the Trobriand Islands, in Melanesia where he stayed for several years, studying the indigenous culture.

Cao Lãnh Bridge

The bridge will be the largest overseas assistance project undertaken by the Australian government costing A$160 million.

Carl Laubman

In Germany they visited scientist Albert Einstein, personally delivering a report of observations from the South Australian Government Astronomer concerning the theory of relativity.

Colm Kearney

After serving as an economic advisor to the Australian government he took up the position of Professor of Finance and Economics at the University of Technology, Sydney, and continued with his research supported by a number of Australian Research Council awards.

Don Bosco Training Center

The institution was initiated and largely financed by the South Australian Government’s Austraining International and AusAID in partnership with Salesians in East Timor, the Australian Salesian Mission Overseas Aid Fund and East Timor’s SEFOPE – the government agency responsible for vocational training and employment.

EditMe

Customers have included eBay, Microsoft, the US military, the Australian government, The Discovery Channel, UPS, the American Institute of Physics, and several large universities around the world.

Federation for a Democratic China

In 2005 Chen Yonglin, then Chinese consulate-general working in Sydney, defected to the Australian government by a formal claim for political asylum.

Frederick Humphreys

Fred Humphreys (1907–1967), Australian government official, amateur photographer and botanist

Gary Nairn

In January 2006 he was promoted to the front bench as Special Minister of State which includes responsibilities with Ministerial and Parliamentary Services, the Australian Government Information Management Office, Australian Electoral Commission, Defence Housing Authority and Film Australia.

Great Western Railway, Queensland

The idea of linking the western extremities of the QR lines was fulfilled when the Australian government contracted Qantas to provide air mail services linking Charleville, Blackall, Longreach, Winton and Cloncurry in 1922.

Grevillea venusta

It is restricted to Central Queensland in the vicinity of Byfield National Park and Shoalwater Bay, and is classified as vulnerable by the Australian government.

Hazel Edwards

The Hippopotamus books have also been translated into Chinese, Braille and Auslan signing for the hearing impaired and were presented as an official Australian government gift to the children of Princess Mary of Denmark.

Ian Kiernan

Kiernan's environmental efforts were originally recognised in 1991 when the Australian Government awarded him the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM).

Interactive Link

Seen as having commercial merit and after a prototype was developed, the technology was licensed to Vision Abell (later acquired by Tenix) in 1996 for development and supply to Australian government under the brand “Interactive Link”.

Kathryn Selby

She performed at the United Nations General Assembly in an Australian Government sponsored concert in aid of UNICEF, in association with Dame Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge.

Lambton High School

On 29 September 2008, the Federal Cabinet (including Prime Minister Kevin Rudd) attended Lambton High School as part of the Australian Government Community Cabinet Program.

Lowitja O'Donoghue

Due to the nearby Sino-Indian War she was advised by the Australian government to evacuate to Calcutta, from where she would depart for her return to Australia.

Luca Zordan

There have been several exhibitions of the photos from the book, including one at Pacific Place in Hong Kong in June 2009 sponsored by the Australian government, Qantas, Grand Hyatt, and the Swire Group.

Maralinga

The local Aboriginal people have claimed they were poisoned by the tests and, in 1994, the Australian Government reached a compensation settlement with Maralinga Tjarutja of $13.5 million in settlement of all claims in relation to the nuclear testing.

Mission Australia

Patrick McClure, whilst Chief Executive Officer of Mission Australia chaired the Australian Government’s Reference Group on Welfare Reform (1999–2000) during the second term of the Howard government.

National Transmission Agency

Its function was to oversee various Australian government programs relating to the broadcasting of ABC and SBS television and radio programs within Australia and of ABC Radio Australia on shortwave internationally.

Noosa Christian College

During the 2011 year, the Hon John Hogg, Senator for Queensland and President of the Senate, Australian Government, officially opened a new A$2,000,000 Library funded entirely by the Australian Government Building Education Revolution (BER) Scheme.

Optus Aurora

The Australian government's Community Broadcasting Foundation broadcasts a number of services on the platform including the BBC World Service, National Indigenous Radio Service, Vision Australia Radio and the Community Radio Network.

Paul Glynn

He is a recipient of the Order of the Rising Sun from the Japanese government and the Order of Australia from the Australian government for reconciliation work between Japan and Australia.

Pirra Homestead

Pirra Homestead, a former inebriates home for girls known as the Pirra Girls’ Home was an Australian Government run Children's Home located in Lara, Victoria, Australia.

Ray Hall

Hall has since gone on to spend 12 months as an Australian Government sponsored volunteer in Papua New Guinea, on the Australian Youth Ambassadors for Development (AYAD) program, assisting in sports development in PNG.

Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary

The Australian government made a commitment to the PNG Government to deploy 50 Australian Federal Police to Port Moresby and Lae by the end of 2013 as part of Phase 4 of the Expanded Police Partnership.

SAAF

Small Arms Ammunition Factory, six munitions factories built and run by the Australian government during World War II

Scinema

It is supported by the Australian government's Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research as part of National Science Week.

Sir Thomas Buxton, 3rd Baronet

When Buxton was appointed governor, the Premier of South Australia, Charles Kingston was angry that the South Australian government had not been involved in the decision about who should be the new Governor, so made life as hard as possible for Buxton and his family.

Soviet Union–Tonga relations

The Australian government thereupon announced that it would finance the airport's upgrade after all and, in 1977, increased its overall economic aid to Tonga (from A$406,000 to over A$1,000,000), before opening a High Commission in Nukuʻalofa in 1980.

Symonston, Australian Capital Territory

Geoscience Australia is the Australian Government organisation tasked with supplying scientific information and knowledge about the geography and geology of Australia.

W. P. Auld

In 1864 the South Australian government charged B. T. Finniss with finding a suitable site by the Adelaide River for the capital of the Northern Territory.

Z-class

WAGR Z class, a class of diesel-mechanical locomotives of the Western Australian Government Railways