#OnThisDay 11 October 2024 Anthony John "Tony" Messner died at the age of 85. He served as Administrator of Norfolk Island from 1997 to 2003. #OTD #history #norfolkisland #ni #nfk #auspol #auspolitics #sa #southaustralia #politics

#OnThisDay 11 October 2024 Anthony John "Tony" Messner died at the age of 85. He served as Administrator of Norfolk Island from 1997 to 2003. #OTD #history #norfolkisland #ni #nfk #auspol #auspolitics #sa #southaustralia #politics
#OnThisDay 10 October 1918 Henry Dobson died at the age of 76 in Hobart, Tasmania. He served as the 17th Premier of Tasmania from 1892 to 1894 as leader of the Free Trade Party. #OTD #history #politas #taspol #taspolitics #auspol #auspolitics #politics
#OnThisDay 8 October 1975 Charles Harry Webb retired as Administrator of Christmas Island, having served since 1974. He was succeeded in November by William Worth. #OTD #history #aiot #christmasisland #ci #auspol #auspolitics #politics
#OnThisDay 8 October 1925 John Lawrence Baird, 1st Baron Stonehaven was sworn in as the 8th Governor-General of Australia, succeeding Henry William Forster, 1st Baron Forster. #OTD #history #auspol #auspolitics #politics
#OnThisDay 7 October 1941 John Curtin, leader of the Labor Party, was sworn in as the 14th Prime Minister of Australia, succeeding Arthur William Fadden of the Country Party. #OTD #history #auspol #auspolitics #politics
#OnThisDay 7 October 1919 Sir Zelman Cowen was born as Zelman Cohen in Melbourne, Victoria. He served as the 19th Governor-General of Australia from 1977 to 1982. #OTD #history #auspol #auspolitics #victoria #politics
"There is a direct line between the shooting at Nova [the music festival targeted by Hamas] and the shooting at Bondi" is the sort of inflammatory bullshit the Israeli Ambassador excels at. #australia #auspolitics #zionistlobby #israel #gaza #alaqsaflood #freepalestine www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
#OnThisDay 6 October 1920 Henry William Forster, 1st Baron Forster was sworn in as the 7th Governor-General of Australia, succeeding Sir Ronald Craufurd Munro Ferguson. #OTD #history #auspol #auspolitics #politics
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#OnThisDay 5 October 2017 Natasha Louise Griggs took office as Administrator of the Australian Indian Ocean Territories, succeeding Barry Wayne Haase, who retired the day before. #OTD #history #aiot #christmasisland #ci #cki #cocos #cocoskeelingislands #auspol #auspolitics #politics
#OnThisDay 5 October 2014 Barry Wayne Haase took office as Administrator of the Australian Indian Ocean Territories, succeeding Jonathan Donald "Jon" Stanhope. #OTD #history #aiot #christmasisland #ci #cki #cocos #cocoskeelingislands #auspol #auspolitics #politics
#OnThisDay 5 October 2012 Jonathan Donald "Jon" Stanhope took office as Administrator of the Australian Indian Ocean Territories, succeeding Brian James Lacy, who retired a week before. #OTD #history #aiot #christmasisland #ci #cki #cocos #cocoskeelingislands #auspol #auspolitics #politics
#OnThisDay 5 October 2009 Brian James Lacy took office as Administrator of the Australian Indian Ocean Territories, succeeding Acting Administrator Stephen Clay. #OTD #history #aiot #christmasisland #ci #cocos #cocoskeelingislands #cki #auspol #auspolitics #politics
#OnThisDay 4 October 2022 Natasha Louise Griggs retired as Administrator of the Australian Indian Ocean Territories, having served since 2017. Sarah Vandenbroek thus became Acting Administrator. #OTD #history #aiot #christmasisland #ci #cocos #cocoskeelingislands #cki #auspol #auspolitics #politics
#OnThisDay 4 October 2017 Barry Wayne Haase retired as Administrator of the Australian Indian Ocean Territories, having served since 2014. He was succeeded the next day by Natasha Louise Griggs. #OTD #history #aiot #christmasisland #ci #cocos #cki #cocoskeelingislands #auspol #auspolitics #politics
I swear.
The gap between #insiders commentary and Facebook economically illiterate commentary gets narrower every fucking week.
#auseconomy #auspolitics #auspol
#EatTheRBA