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INCUMBENTS

• Prime Minister - John Howard


• Governor General - Michael Jeffery

• Premier Of New South Wales - Bob Carr , then Morris Iemma


• Premier Of South Australia - Mike Rann


• Premier Of Queensland - Peter Beattie


• Premier Of Tasmania - Paul Lennon


• Premier Of Western Australia - Geoffrey Gallop


• Premier Of Victoria - Steve Bracks


• Chief Minister Of The Australian Capital Territory - Jon Stanhope


• Chief Minister Of The Northern Territory - Clare Martin

EVENTS

• January 11 - 9 people are killed in Bushfire s in South Australia , making them the worst fires seen in Australia since Ash Wednesday .


• February 25 - Parts of the Sydney Suburb of Macquarie Fields erupt into Rioting following the death of a 19 year old in a Police car chase.


• February 26 - The ALP government of Geoff Gallop is re-elected in Western Australia for a second term.


• April 17 - Bali Nine are arrested for drug smuggling in Indonesia


• May 2 - Douglas Wood taken hostage in Iraq . He was rescued on June 15 .


• May 26 - National Sorry Day renamed National Day Of Healing


• May 27 - Schapelle Corby convicted of drug smuggling by an Indonesia n court & sentenced to 20 years in gaol, later reduced to 15 & then reverted to 20 years.


• June 1 - 2005 Indonesian Embassy Bioterrorism Hoax


• July 27 - After 10 years in power Bob Carr resigns as Premier of New South Wales & is replaced by Morris Iemma on August 3 .


• August 21 - Michelle Leslie is arrested in Bali after being found with two Ecstasy pills in her handbag at an open-air dance party just outside of Kuta . She is found guilty & sentenced to three months in prison on November 18 , but is released on November 20 as she had already served her sentence.


• August 29 - After describing Bob Carr's wife Helena as a " Mail-order Bride ", NSW Opposition Leader John Brogden resigns. He attempts suicide on August 30 .


• October 1 - The 2005 Bali Bombings take place, killing 23 people (including the 3 suicide bombers) & injuring 129. Of these, 4 of the dead & 19 of the injured are Australian.


• December 2 - Van Tuong Nguyen is Hanged in Singapore for drug offences. He is the first Australian to be executed since 1993 .


• December 11 & December 12 - 2005 Sydney Race Riots take place, with the rioting centred around Cronulla & other beachside suburbs. There is also rioting in the Greater Western Suburbs area of Sydney & attacks on people of Middle Eastern descent are reported in Perth & Adelaide .


• December 31 - Sections of the Trans-Australian Railway near Nurina on the Nullarbor Plain were washed away by flooding, halting passenger and freight services for up to five days.

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TELEVISION

• June 26 - Douglas Wood is interviewed by Sandra Sully about his time as a captive after Network Ten pays a reported $ 400,000 for an exclusive interview.


• , along with twin brother David Mathew , is announced the winner of the fifth series.

SPORT

• August 26 - The inaugural A-League national Football (soccer) season begins. In the first game, Adelaide United FC defeat the Newcastle United Jets 1-0 at EnergyAustralia Stadium in front of 13,000 people.


• September 3 - The Melbourne Phoenix defeat the Sydney Swifts 61-44 in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy netball grand final.


• wins The Ashes back from Australia for the first time since 1987 in The 2005 Ashes series


• September 24 - The Sydney Swans (8.10.58) defeat the West Coast Eagles (7.12.54) to win the 109th VFL / AFL premiership. It is the first flag for the Swans in 72 years.


• October 2 - The Wests Tigers defeat the North Queensland Cowboys 30-16 to win the 98th NSWRL / ARL / NRL premiership. It was the first finals series for the Wests Tigers.


• November 1 - Makybe Diva wins the Melbourne Cup horse racing event for a historic 3rd time in a row and is immediately retired.


• qualifies for the Football World Cup 2006 (their second World Cup) by defeating Uruguay in Penalty Shootout s at Telstra Stadium .

BIRTHS

• October 15 - Prince Christian Of Denmark , the first child of Frederik, Crown Prince Of Denmark & Mary, Crown Princess Of Denmark , who was born in Hobart, Tasmania .

DEATHS

• January 8 - Campbell McComas , 52, impersonator, broadcaster, chameleon


• January 11 - Miriam Hyde , composer and pianist


• January 24 - June Bronhill , soprano opera singer


• March 16 - Bob Bellear , first indigenous judge


• March 25 - Davis McCaughey , Governor Of Victoria


• March 26 - Paul Hester , drummer for Split Enz and Crowded House


• April 23 - Joh Bjelke-Petersen , 94, Premier of Queensland from 1968 - 1987 .


• April 23 - Al Grassby , politician and minister in the Whitlam government


• April 29 - Sara Henderson , 69, author


• May 1 - René Rivkin , 60, Australian stockbroker


• May 25 - Graham Kennedy , 71, Radio, television, performer


• June 16 - Ross Stretton , ballet dancer and director


• June 25 - Harry Gibbs , Chief Justice of the High Court


• July 3 - W. Rubuntja , Aboriginal artist and activist


• July 15 - Ronald Wilson , Justice of the High Court


• July 17 - Joe Vialls , conspiracy theorist


• July 18 - Amy Gillett , cyclist


• August 29 - Margaret Scott , 70, author and poet


• September 8 - Donald Horne , academic and social critic


• September 9 - John Wayne Glover , Serial Killer


• October 12 - Frank Galbally , 82, lawyer, criminal advocate, defender in celebrated murder trials; described as the “father of Australian multiculturalism”.


• October 18 - William Evan Allan , World War I veteran


• October 24 - Frank Wilson , actor


• November 1 - Michael Thwaites , intelligence officer and participant in the Petrov Affair


• November 5 - Hugh Alexander Dunn , diplomat


• November 10 - Kristian Fredrikson , stage and costume designer


• December 2 - Peter Menegazzo , cattle baron


• December 3 - Peter Cook , Labor senator


• December 3 - Lance Dossor , concert pianist


• December 5 - Kevin "Big Kev" McQuay , entrepreneur


• December 12 - Eric D'Arcy , Roman Catholic archbishop emeritus


• December 26 - Kerry Packer , Australia's richest man & the major shareholder in PBL , which owns the Nine Network , Crown Casino & a large number of magazines.