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Encyclopedia > 1968 in Australia

See also: 1967 in Australia, other events of 1968, 1969 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... This is a timeline of Australian history. ...

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The current (25th) Prime Minister of Australia, John Howard (sitting, fifth from left), with his Cabinet, 1999 The office of Prime Minister is in practice the most powerful political office in the Commonwealth of Australia. ... Rt Hon Sir John Gorton GCMG AC CH Sir John Grey Gorton (September 9, 1911 – May 19, 2002) was an Australian politician and the 19th Prime Minister of Australia from 1968-1971. ... Michael Jeffery, Governor-General of Australia The Governor-General of Australia is the representative in Australia of Australias head of state, Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, who lives in the United Kingdom. ... Lord Casey Richard Gardiner Casey, Baron Casey KG, GCMG, CH, DSO, MC, PC (29 August 1890 - 17 June 1976), Australian politician and diplomat and 16th Governor-General of Australia, was born in Brisbane, Queensland. ... List of Premiers of New South Wales Before the 1890s there was no formal party system in New South Wales. ... The Honourable Sir Robert William Askin, GCMG, (Born Sydney, April 4, 1907; Died September 9, 1981. ... This is a list of Premiers of South Australia. ... Donald Allan Dunstan AC QC (September 21, 1926 - 6 February 1999), Australian politician, was Premier of South Australia between June 1, 1967 and April 17, 1968 and then subsequently between June 2, 1970 and February 15, 1979. ... Raymond Steele Hall was Premier of South Australia from 1968 to 1970, Senator for South Australia from 1975 to 1977 and federal member for Boothby constituency from 1981 to 1996. ... April 17 is the 107th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (108th in leap years). ... List of Premiers of Queensland Before the 1890s there was no formal party system in Queensland. ... The Hon. ... Before the 1890s there was no formal party system in Tasmania. ... Eric Elliott Reece (Born Mathinna, Tasmania, July 6, 1909; Died October 29, 1999) was Premier of Tasmania on two occasions from August 26, 1958 to May 26, 1969 and May 3, 1972 to March 31, 1975 Categories: Australian politician stubs | 1909 births | 1999 deaths | Australian Labor Party politicians | Premiers of... The Premier of Western Australia is the head of the executive government in the Australian State of Western Australia. ... Sir David Brand (1912-1979), Premier of Western Australia (1959-1971), Member of the Legislative Assembly (1945-1975). ... List of Premiers of Victoria Before the 1890s there was no formal party system in Victoria. ... Hon Sir Henry Bolte Sir Henry Edward Bolte (20 May 1908 - 4 January 1990), Australian politician, was the longest serving Premier of the state of Victoria. ...

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122. Diazinon (FAO/PL:1968/M/9/1) (965 words)
At the Third Session of the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues, the delegation of Australia proposed that the temporary tolerance should be increased to 0.75 ppm in meat (fat basis) (CCPR, 1968).
It was agreed that Australia should submit to the FAO Secretariat data justifying an increase in the recommended tolerance (Australia, 1968).
Recommendations The meeting confirms the previously recommended temporary tolerances (FAO/WHO, 1968) to be in effect until 1970 and in the case of the tolerance in meat (on a fat basis) recommends that the figure be raised from 0.5 to 0.75 ppm.
Australia Day | Legals (1210 words)
Copyright in the material which appears at the Australia Day Council of NSW website is, subject to the operation of the Copyright Act 1968, vested in the Crown in the right of the State of New South Wales.
The Australia Day Council of NSW reserves the right to make disclosures to relevant authorities where the use of the Australia Day Council of NSW site raises a suspicion that an offence is being, or has been committed.
The Australia Day Council of NSW may publish aggregated information about feedback on the site, to the extent that it does not identify or cannot be used to identify individual users.
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