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This page deals with current events that take place in or are of interest to Australia, New Zealand, and/or the rest of Oceania, and/or current events that involve Oceanians. The state election for the 56th Parliament of Victoria is scheduled for 25 November 2006. ... Oceania is a geographical, often geopolitical, region consisting of numerous lands – mostly islands but often including Australia – in the Pacific Ocean and vicinity. ...

May 25, 2006 (Thursday)

  • The three men acquitted of rape in the Louise Nicholas trial now face a new trial for alleged sexual offences against another woman in the mid 1980s. (NZ Herald)

May 23, 2006 (Tuesday)

May 17, 2006 (Wednesday)

  • An attempt by the New Zealand Green Party to repeal part of a controversial dog microchipping law, was voted down 61-60. stuff

May 16, 2006 (Saturday)

  • A small group of Australian troops have landed in East Timor to protect Australians should the political situation deteriorate. Australian warships are on standby off East Timor's coast. New Zealand also has contingency plans in place should New Zealanders need to be evacuated.(The Age) (ABC) (TVNZ)
  • Michael Ryan, a messenger for the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet is named as the government employee who leaked the information to Telecom that the government is planning to "unbundle the local loop". (NZPA)

May 13, 2006 (Saturday)

  • A trawler sinks in Foveaux Strait on the way back from muttonbirding. Of the nine people on board, including three generations of one family, only three survive. (Southland Times) (The Age)

May 9, 2006 (Tuesday)

  • Two miners trapped underground in the Beaconsfield mine collapse in Tasmania are finally rescued after 14 days. [1]
  • A factory explosion near Gladstone in regional South Australia kills two men and seriously injures another two. One man remains missing. (ABC)
  • The Australian Government announces the biggest budget ever for the 2006-2007 period, with massive spending on infrastructure and security and more than AU$36 billion in income tax cuts. (ABC)

May 7, 2006 (Sunday)

May 3, 2006 (Wednesday)

May 1, 2006 (Monday)

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Richard Carleton Richard Carleton (born 1943 in Bowral, New South Wales, died 7 May 2006 in Beaconsfield, Tasmania) was an Australian television journalist most noted for his work on 60 Minutes. ... Location of Beaconsfield The Beaconsfield mine collapse occurred on April 25, 2006 in Beaconsfield, Tasmania, Australia. ... May 3 is the 123rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (124th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... New Zealand functions as a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system of government. ... Telecom New Zealand NZX: TEL ASX: TEL NYSE: NZT is a Wellington-based telephone company formed at the privatisation of the New Zealand Post Office in 1990 and is also New Zealands second largest mobile operator. ... In telecommunications, the local loop is the wiring between the central office (telephone exchange in British English) and the customers premises demarcation point. ... Reserve Bank of Australia in Martin Place, Sydney The Reserve Bank of Australia came into being on the 14th January 1960 to operate as Australias central bank and banknote issuing authority. ... The Australian Labor Party or ALP is Australias oldest political party. ... John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939) is an Australian politician and the countrys 25th and current Prime Minister. ... May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Current TVNZ logo Television New Zealand (TVNZ) is the main broadcaster of television in New Zealand, established in 1980 through the merger of Television One and TV2 (formerly South Pacific Television). ... Ian Fraser (born c. ... The New Zealand Parliament is the legislative body of the New Zealand government. ... Location of Beaconsfield The Beaconsfield mine collapse occurred on April 25, 2006 in Beaconsfield, Tasmania, Australia. ... Location of Beaconsfield Beaconsfield is a town near the Tamar River, in the north-east of Tasmania, Australia. ... A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer), symbol: km is a unit of length in the metric system equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words χίλια (khilia) = thousand and μέτρο (metro) = count/measure). ... Wikipedia policy is that all articles should be written from a neutral point of view: without bias, representing all views fairly. ...

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