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Kim Christian Beazley (born 14 December 1948), son of Kim Edward Beazley, is an Australian politician, who was Leader of the Australian Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1996 to 2001 and from 2005 to 2006. The prefix The Honourable or The Honorable ( or formerly The Honble) is a title of quality attached to the names of certain classes of persons. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939) is an Australian politician and the 25th Prime Minister of Australia. ... Mark William Latham (born 28 February 1961), a former Australian politician, was leader of the Federal Parliamentary Australian Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition from December 2003 to January 2005. ... Simon Findlay Crean (born 26 February 1949) an Australian politician, was leader of the Australian Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition at the Federal level, from November 2001 to 2 December 2003. ... Kevin Michael Rudd (born 21 September 1957), is the leader of the federal Australian Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition in the Australian Parliament. ... The Division of Swan is an Australian Electoral Division located in Western Australia. ... The Division of Brand is an Australian Electoral Division located south of Perth, Western Australia and including the towns of Mandurah and Rockingham. ... Australias second-highest ranked political post is the position of Deputy Prime Minister of Australia. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... For other persons named Paul Keating, see Paul Keating (disambiguation). ... Brian Leslie Howe, AM (born 23 January 1936), Australian politician, was Deputy Prime Minister in the Labor government of Paul Keating from 1991 to 1995. ... Timothy Andrew Fischer AC FTSE (born 3 May 1946), is a former Australian politician. ... is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Location of Perth within Australia This article is about the metropolitan area of Perth, Western Australia. ... Slogan or Nickname: Wildflower State or the Golden State Other Australian states and territories Capital Perth Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Ken Michael Premier Alan Carpenter (ALP) Federal representation - House seats 15 - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2005-06) - Product ($m) $107,910 (4th) - Product per capita $53,134/person... ALP redirects here. ... The Hon. ... is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Hon. ... ALP redirects here. ...

Beazley was a minister under Bob Hawke from 1983 to 1991 and under Paul Keating from 1991 to 1996. He was Deputy Prime Minister in 1995-1996. Elected Labor Leader in March 1996, he resigned in November 2001 after losing the 1998 federal election (despite gaining 51 percent of the vote, the party fell 7 seats short) and the 2001 election. He was returned unopposed to the Labor Party leadership in January 2005 following the resignation of Mark Latham who polled worse figures at the 2004 election. He is the only ex-leader in the party's history to return to the position. He was replaced as party leader by Kevin Rudd in December 2006, a year prior to the 2007 election. Robert James Lee (Bob) Hawke, AC (born 9 December 1929) was the 23rd Prime Minister of Australia after previously being an Australian trade union leader. ... For other persons named Paul Keating, see Paul Keating (disambiguation). ... A Deputy Prime Minister is a member of a nations cabinet who can take the position of acting Prime Minister when the real Prime Minister is temporarily absent. ... Federal elections were held in Australia on 3 October 1998. ... Federal elections were held in Australia on 10 November 2001. ... Mark William Latham (born 28 February 1961), a former Australian politician, was leader of the Federal Parliamentary Australian Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition from December 2003 to January 2005. ... Federal elections were held in Australia on 9 October 2004. ... Kevin Michael Rudd (born 21 September 1957), is the leader of the federal Australian Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition in the Australian Parliament. ... The 2007 election for the federal Parliament of Australia will take place on Saturday 24 November. ...

Early life

Beazley was born in Perth, Western Australia. His late father, also called Kim Beazley and now generally known as Kim Beazley senior, was Labor MP for Fremantle from 1945 to 1977. Location of Perth within Australia This article is about the metropolitan area of Perth, Western Australia. ... Slogan or Nickname: Wildflower State or the Golden State Other Australian states and territories Capital Perth Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Ken Michael Premier Alan Carpenter (ALP) Federal representation - House seats 15 - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2005-06) - Product ($m) $107,910 (4th) - Product per capita $53,134/person... The Hon. ... The Division of Fremantle is an Australian Electoral Division in Western Australia. ...

The younger Kim was educated at Hollywood High School in Perth, at the University of Western Australia, where he gained a Bachelor of Arts in history followed by a Master of Arts, and at Balliol College, Oxford (Rhodes Scholar 1973), where he gained a Master of Philosophy degree. While at Oxford, he became close friends with Tony Blair and Geoff Gallop (a former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and former Premier of Western Australia respectively). After returning to Australia, he tutored and lectured in politics at Perth's Murdoch University before being elected MP for the seat of Swan at the 1980 election. The University of Western Australia (UWA) is the oldest university in the state of Western Australia. ... and of the Balliol College College name Balliol College Named after John de Balliol Established 1263 Sister college St Johns College, Cambridge Master Andrew Graham JCR President Helen Lochead Undergraduates 403 MCR President Chelsea Payne Graduates 228 Location of Balliol College within central Oxford , Homepage Boatclub Balliol College (pronounced... Rhodes House in Oxford, designed by Sir Herbert Baker. ... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ... For other people of the same name, see Tony Blair (disambiguation) Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born May 6, 1953)[1] is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, Leader of the Labour Party, and Member of Parliament for the constituency... Professor Geoffrey Ian Gallop (born 27 September 1951), Australian academic and former politician, was the Premier of Western Australia from 2001 to 2006. ... The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is, in practice, the political leader of the United Kingdom. ... John Forrest, the first Premier of Western Australia The Premier of Western Australia is the head of the executive government in the Australian State of Western Australia. ... Murdoch University is a university with its main campus at Murdoch, south of Perth, Western Australia, along South Street near the Kwinana Freeway ( ). It commenced operations as WAs second university in 1973, and accepted its first students in 1975. ... The Division of Swan is an Australian Electoral Division located in Western Australia. ... Federal elections were held in Australia on 18 October 1980. ...

Career in government

Beazley became a protege of Bob Hawke, Labor leader from 1983, and in that year he was appointed Minister for Aviation in Hawke's first ministry. He was Minister for Defence, with a seat in Cabinet, 1984-90. In this role he was responsible for establishing the Australian Navy's submarine program which was beset with some technical problems and cost over-runs (see Collins class submarine). Beazley's lifelong interest in military matters is well known (and continues to this day); his consequent enthusiasm for this portfolio, and particularly for military hardware, earned him the nickname "Bomber Beazley". The Commonwealth of Australia is a constitutional monarchy, a federation, and a parliamentary democracy. ... The Australian Minister for Transport and Regional Services is currently the Hon Mark Vaile, since August 2006. ... List of Australian Ministers for Defence (see Australian Defence Force, Royal Australian Navy, Australian Army, and Royal Australian Air Force. ... The Collins class submarines are the newest class of Australian submarines, built in Australia for the Royal Australian Navy. ...

Beazley was then Minister for Transport and Communications (1990-91), for Finance (1991), for Employment, Education and Training (1991-93) and Finance again (1993-96). He supported Hawke in his leadership battles with Paul Keating in 1991, but retained his position when Keating deposed Hawke and became Prime Minister in December 1991. Beazley was Deputy Prime Minister 1995-96. At the 1996 elections Beazley shifted to the safer seat of Brand, south of Perth. The Australian Minister for Transport and Regional Services is currently the Hon Mark Vaile, since August 2006. ... In the Australian political system, the Minister for Finance and Administration supplements the role of the Treasurer, being responsible for areas such as budget policy advice, reviewing governmental programs, tendering and government financial accountability. ... The Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations is currently the Hon Joe Hockey. ... For other persons named Paul Keating, see Paul Keating (disambiguation). ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... Federal elections were held in Australia on 2 March 1996. ... The Division of Brand is an Australian Electoral Division located south of Perth, Western Australia and including the towns of Mandurah and Rockingham. ...

First term as ALP leader

In 1996, on the defeat of the Keating government by John Howard, Beazley was elected unopposed as Labor leader and became Opposition Leader. He campaigned against Howard's Goods and Services Tax (GST) but lost the October 1998 elections by a narrow margin: Labor polled a majority of the two-party vote but failed to win enough seats. Beazley in fact received the largest swing to a first-term opposition since 1934. John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939) is an Australian politician and the 25th Prime Minister of Australia. ... The Goods and Services Tax is a Value-added tax that exists in a number of countries. ... Federal elections were held in Australia on 3 October 1998. ... This article deals with elections to the Australian Parliament. ...

In mid 2001 Labor was well ahead in the opinion polls and seemed set to win the elections due at the end of the year, but in August a political crisis erupted when the Howard government refused to allow the MV Tampa, a Norwegian freighter, to set down on Australian soil at Christmas Island several hundred asylum seekers whom the crew had rescued from an unseaworthy boat in international waters. When the November 2001 election was announced, Howard had taken a commanding lead in the polls and seemed set for a huge victory. But Beazley's dogged campaigning regained some of this ground and Labor suffered a net loss of only four seats. The MV Tampa is a Norwegian cargo ship that was at the centre of a diplomatic dispute between Australia, Norway, and Indonesia which began off the coast of Christmas Island in August 2001. ... Federal elections were held in Australia on 10 November 2001. ...

Opposition backbencher

Beazley resigned the Labor leadership after the elections and was succeeded by Simon Crean. But by 2003 Crean had failed to make any headway against Howard and Labor MPs began to fear that Howard would easily win the elections due in 2004. Crean's opponents persuaded Beazley to attempt a return to the leadership by challenging Crean. The Labor Caucus (parliamentary Labor Party) re-elected Crean in June 2003, not convinced that Beazley offered a better alternative. Some Beazley supporters, most notably Stephen Conroy, continued to plot against Crean and Beazley refused to rule out a further challenge. Simon Findlay Crean (born 26 February 1949) an Australian politician, was leader of the Australian Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition at the Federal level, from November 2001 to 2 December 2003. ... Stephen Michael Conroy (born 18 January 1963), has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate since September 1997, representing the state of Victoria. ...

On 27 November Crean's closest supporters told him that he had lost their confidence, and the next day he announced his resignation. Beazley immediately announced that he would be contesting the leadership when the Labor Caucus met on 2 December. His only opponent was the party's economic spokesperson, Mark Latham. Latham defeated Beazley by 47 votes to 45. After the ballot Beazley announced that he would remain in politics as a backbench member and would recontest his seat at the 2004 elections. is the 331st day of the year (332nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 336th day of the year (337th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Mark William Latham (born 28 February 1961), a former Australian politician, was leader of the Federal Parliamentary Australian Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition from December 2003 to January 2005. ...

In July 2004, however, Latham arranged for Beazley to return to the Labor front bench as Shadow Defence Minister. This followed controversy over Latham's policy of withdrawing Australian troops from Iraq by the end of 2004. Beazley's return to the front bench was generally seen as a move by Latham to reassure Australian public opinion that a Labor government would not put the U.S.-Australian alliance at risk. The Australia, New Zealand, United States Security Treaty (ANZUS or ANZUS Treaty) is the military alliance which binds Australia and New Zealand and, separately, Australia and the United States to cooperate on defence matters in the Pacific Ocean area, though today the treaty is understood to relate to attacks in...

Second term as ALP leader

After Labor's defeat in the October 2004 federal election, at which he became the longest-serving Labor member of the Parliament, Beazley again returned to the backbench, saying "my time as leader of the Labor Party has come and gone, it's over for me as far as leadership is concerned". But after Latham resigned as leader on January 18, 2005, Beazley announced his intention to contest the leadership, saying that he was "absolutely fired with ambition." Federal elections were held in Australia on 9 October 2004. ...

Referring to widespread doubt that Labor could win the 2007 election under a leader who had already lost two elections, Beazley said: "There's no doubt in my mind that I can lead a winning team in the next election. The road to the prime ministership of this nation is a long and hard road. It's not an easy one. And there are many twists and turns on that road. I'm in my 25th year as a member of the Federal Parliament and I know this: public opinion is volatile and it can change." Photo by User:Adam Carr, Parliament House, Canberra, July 2004 This image has been (or is hereby) released into the public domain by its creator, Adam Carr. ... Photo by User:Adam Carr, Parliament House, Canberra, July 2004 This image has been (or is hereby) released into the public domain by its creator, Adam Carr. ... Parliament House Canberra: The main entrance and the flag mast. ... The 2007 election for the federal Parliament of Australia will take place on Saturday 24 November. ...

Beazley was re-elected as federal Labor Leader when the Labor Caucus met on 28 January, following the withdrawal of the other potential candidates, Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard.^[1] Labor hoped that Beazley could follow a similar course to John Howard, who failed in his first term as Opposition Leader but returned in 1995 for a second term and then won the 1996 election. is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Kevin Michael Rudd (born 21 September 1957), is the leader of the federal Australian Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition in the Australian Parliament. ... This article has been selected as the current Australian Collaboration of the Fortnight! Please help improve it to featured article standard. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... Federal elections were held in Australia on 2 March 1996. ...

In September 2005, the publication of Mark Latham's The Latham Diaries contained comments by Latham to the effect that Beazley was a "dirty dog" and was not fit to "clean toilets in Parliament". Latham's abuse resulted mainly from two allegations: firstly that Beazley had engaged in a prolonged campaign to undermine Latham in his positions as a frontbencher and as opposition leader and; secondly that Beazley (as leader) had failed to provide support to Labor MP Greg Wilton, who later committed suicide. All of these allegations were vehemently denied by Beazley, his supporters and others. The Latham Diaries is the autobiography of the former Australian Labour Party leader, Mark Latham. ... In many parliaments and other similar assemblies, seating is typically arranged in banks or rows, with each political party or caucus grouped together. ... Gregory Wilton (November 6, 1955 - June 14, 2000) was an Australian politician. ...

In the first half of 2006, Beazley focussed much of the Labor Party's parliamentary inquiry into the Australian Government's notorious Australian Wheat Board (AWB) scandal, which allegedly involved bribes and kickbacks with the deceased former Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein that universally breached UN Sanctions, to which Australia was a signatory. The situation reached climax in the aftermath of treasurer Peter Costello's Budget for 2006, whereby for the first time in recent Australian political history, the opposition leader and his colleagues ceased inquiry on the budget papers after just six questions, before resuming further questioning on the AWB scandal. The media criticised the ALP,^[2] although many party ministers acknowledged the need for the Government to be held accountable for the AWB scandal. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x713, 189 KB) Summary Photo by User:Adam Carr, 2 November 2005 Licensing This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x713, 189 KB) Summary Photo by User:Adam Carr, 2 November 2005 Licensing This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... WorkChoices, or the Workplace Relations Act 1996 as amended by the Workplace Relations Amendment (Workchoices) Act 2005, came into effect in March 2006. ... The 2007 election for the federal Parliament of Australia will take place on Saturday 24 November. ... The Australian Wheat Board (AWB) is the Australian company which oversees the exports of grain, paticularly wheat. ... Peter Howard Costello (born 14 August 1957) is an Australian politician. ...

These tactical deficiencies plagued Beazley's return to the leadership and were amplified by factional infighting in the broader Labor Party, raising many questions concerning both his ability to lead and the stability of the party. At the time, opinion polls by ACNielsen and Newspoll on preferred leader had him at record lows. This was confirmed in a forum on the SBS Insight television program on 2 May 2006,^[3] which specifically dealt with the Labor Party's political struggles, where some community members voiced their concerns about being disillusioned with Kim Beazley, and a lack of understanding for the values and polices for which he and the party stood. While Beazley admitted that winning an election is difficult, he was adamant that the 2007 election would be a "referendum on the Howard Government's unfair industrial relations laws." May 2 is the 122nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (123rd in leap years). ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

After the mid-term parliamentary break, Beazley's fortunes slightly improved, with voter concern over interest rate rises, petrol prices and industrial relations giving Labor some electoral comfort. This was later evident in polls which suggested the ALP's primary vote to be at around 40 percent - the minimum considered necessary to gain government. However, polls concerning preferred leader still positioned Kim Beazley well below John Howard. Conservative political commentator, Piers Akerman, suggested in the Sunday Telegraph on October 11 2006, that his poor performance in leadership polls was to do with alleged inconsistencies in policy and judgement, particularly with regard to the Iraq war.

2006 leadership challenge

With continued weak performances in preferred Prime Minister opinion polls, Beazley's leadership of the Labor Party came under increasing pressure. Opposition to Beazley again centred around foreign affairs spokesperson Kevin Rudd and health spokesperson Julia Gillard. According to media reports, the New South Wales Right faction promised its support to Rudd for leadership so long as he challenged Beazley before Christmas.^[4]^[5] On 30 November, Rudd met with Beazley and announced his intention to challenge for the leadership. On 1 December, Beazley announced not only a leadership election but also that all frontbench positions within the Parliamentary Labor Party would also be made vacant.^[6]^[7] Both sides claimed that they were in a winning position. Kevin Michael Rudd (born 21 September 1957), is the leader of the federal Australian Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition in the Australian Parliament. ... This article has been selected as the current Australian Collaboration of the Fortnight! Please help improve it to featured article standard. ... is the 334th day of the year (335th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 335th day of the year (336th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

A ballot was held on Monday 4 December, and Kevin Rudd was declared the winner and leader of the ALP, by a margin of 49 votes to 39.^[8] After the leadership results were announced, Jenny Macklin withdrew from the contest for deputy leader which allowed Gillard to be elected unopposed to the position of deputy leader. is the 338th day of the year (339th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Jennifer Louise Macklin (born 29 December 1953), is an Australian politician. ...

Following the ballot, Beazley said of his political future, "For me to do anything further in the Australian Labor Party I would say is Lazarus with a quadruple bypass. So the time has come for me to move on but when that gets properly formalised I will let you know."^[9] It was also revealed that his brother David had died of a severe heart attack at age 53, shortly before the vote took place.^[10] Resurrection of Lazarus by Juan de Flandes, around 1500 For other uses, see Lazarus (disambiguation). ...

Beazley later announced that he would resign from parliament at the next general election to be held in 2007.^[11] The 2007 election for the federal Parliament of Australia will take place on Saturday 24 November. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

See also

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