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![]() He returns to the Speaker's chair, enrobed, for only a few minutes, on October 10, this time to resign. April 23: Slipper begins his slide Peter Slipper, the Gillard government's colourful choice as Speaker, stands aside as investigations get underway into allegations of sexual harassment and fraud against him, laid by his former staffer, James Ashby. He declared he looked forward to ''fresh green pursuits including writing, photography, music, occasional talks, bushwalking, and getting out with (partner) Paul (Thomas) to see Miranda Gibson who has been perched for 120 days 60 metres high, in defence of a giant tree facing destruction in central Tasmania."ĥ. Brown established the Greens in 1992 and had been a senator for 16 years. April 13: Bob Brown resigns as Greens leader Australia's longest serving party leader, Bob Brown, announces his resignation as Leader of the Greens, ensuring a seamless transition to Christine Milne. He is the last of five ''mates'' of the NSW Right to have made their mark in the capital: Paul Keating, Graham Richardson, Laurie Brereton and Leo McLeay had already come and gone.Ĥ. It blindsided the press gallery after days of reports that Gillard's leadership had been damaged by failure to lure Carr to Canberra. March 2: Bob Carr comes to Canberra Gillard announces former NSW Premier Bob Carr has agreed to join her government as a senator and Foreign Minister. His desperate effort, which followed his resignation in Washington as foreign minister, sparked unprecedented public vitriol across Labor's ranks. February 27: Kevin Rudd makes his run.and falls Kevin Rudd, having called on 'People Power' to restore him to the prime ministership, is resoundingly defeated by Gillard, in a Labor Party ballot. One of Gillard's own staffers subsequently loses his job after admitting he let protesters know Abbott's whereabouts.Ģ. The anger was sparked by erroneous reports that Abbott had called for the nearby Aboriginal tent embassy to be torn down. Prime Minister Julia Gillard is dragged by security men, losing a shoe, through angry demonstrators besieging Canberra's Lobby Restaurant where she and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott were attending a function. January 26: Australia Day ''riot'' at The Lobby
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