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The Lodge, the official residence of the prime minister. The prime minister of Australia is the leader of the Australian Government and the Cabinet of Australia, with the support of the majority of the House of Representatives. [1] [2] Thirty-one people (thirty men and one woman) have served in the position since the office was created in 1901. [3]
Rank Party Time in office (Days) # Prime Minister(s) 1. Liberal Party of Australia: 18504 9 Tony Abbott, John Gorton, Malcolm Fraser, Harold Holt, John Howard, William McMahon, Robert Menzies (1949–1966), Scott Morrison, and Malcolm Turnbull
List of chief ministers of the Northern Territory by time in office; Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory. List of chief ministers of the Australian Capital Territory by time in office; Prime Minister of Australia. List of prime ministers of Australia by time in office; List of longest-serving members of the Parliament of Australia
Western Australian: 75 Election Year Prime Minister Summary Labour Commonwealth Liberal - - Independent Other parties Total seats 4th 1910 Andrew Fisher (1862–1928) Labour wins control of the House of Representatives and the Senate under Andrew Fisher, becoming Australia's first elected federal majority. 43: 31 1 75 Election Year Prime ...
Turnbull is sworn in as the 29th Prime Minister of Australia. The Matagurup Refugee Camp is founded in Perth to defend Aboriginal Rights. 2016: 2 July: 2016 Australian federal election: Malcolm Turnbull remains as Prime Minister of Australia. 21 November: A Thunderstorm asthma event in Melbourne kills 10 people and sends thousands to emergency ...
In 2004, The Age asked fifteen historians and political commentators to rank Australia's eleven prime ministers from John Curtin onwards (i.e., since 1941). Eleven points were awarded to the prime minister each respondent judged to be the greatest, and so on down to one point for the worst prime minister; some respondents awarded half points.
This practice was followed until 2007. Between 1907 and 2007, Labor prime ministers exercised a predominant influence over who was elected to Labor ministries, although the leaders of the party factions also exercised considerable influence. [46] However, in 2007 Prime Minister Kevin Rudd assumed the power to choose the ministry alone. [47]
He was the second of only two Australian prime ministers to be knighted during their term of office (the first prime minister, Edmund Barton, was knighted during his term in 1902). On 29 April 1964, Menzies was awarded the honorary degree of a Doctor of Letters (DLitt) by the University of Western Australia . [ 117 ]