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A paralympian presents at the closing ceremony of the United International Year of Sport and Physical Education
Katrina Webb (pictured second from right in back row) was one of four international athletes to take part at the closing ceremony of the United International Year of Sport and Physical Education.
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First national senior basketball team to win a world championship gold medal – the Opals
The Australian Opals became Australia’s first national senior basketball team to win a world championship gold medal.
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First female Deputy Prime Minister – Julia Gillard
The Hon. Julia Gillard MP became Australia’s first female Deputy Prime Minister.
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The Health Costs of Violence: Measuring the burden of disease caused by intimate partner violence published
VicHealth published important research The Health Costs of Violence: Measuring the burden of disease caused by intimate partner violence which showed that “… intimate partner violence is all too common, has severe and persistent effects on women’s physical and mental … Continue reading
Access Economics reports that domestic violence costs the Australian economy $8.1 billion per year
This ground breaking report, found that the total annual cost of domestic violence in 2002–03 was estimated to be $8.1 billion. The largest contributor was pain, suffering and premature mortality, at $3.5 billion. The research showed that the largest cost … Continue reading
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Tasmania abolished provocation as a defence to murder
Tasmania abolished provocation as a defence to murder. In 1998, the Model Criminal Code Officers Committee recommended that the defence of provocation be abolished and that the defence of excessive self-defence not be reintroduced. In 2003, Tasmania became the first … Continue reading
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Youngest person to become leader of a political party – Natasha Stott Despoja
Senator Natasha Stott Despoja was elected leader of the Australian Democrats and, at 32, became the youngest person of any party to hold such a position.
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First female Governor of New South Wales –Marie Bashir
Professor Marie Bashir became the first female Governor of New South Wales.
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First Aboriginal Woman elected to an Australian Parliament – Carol Martin MLA
Carol Martin MLA was the first Aboriginal Woman to be elected to an Australian Parliament (Western Australia State Government).
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Publication of The National Crime Prevention Survey
The National Crime Prevention Survey in 2001 found that one in seven teenage boys thought it was acceptable to make a girl have sex with them if she had flirted with them.
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