2008 in Australia

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2008 in Australia
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Governor-General	Michael Jeffery
Prime Minister	Kevin Rudd
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Contents 1 Incumbents 1.1 Premiers and Chief Ministers 1.2 Governors and Administrators 2 Events 2.1 Whole year 2.2 January 2.3 Future and scheduled events 3 Arts & Literature 4 Film 5 Television 6 Sport 6.1 Future and scheduled events 7 Deaths 8 References

[edit] Incumbents

Main article: 2008 Australian incumbents

• Monarch – Queen Elizabeth II
• Governor-General – Michael Jeffery
• Prime Minister – Kevin Rudd

[edit] Premiers and Chief Ministers

• Premier of New South Wales – Morris Iemma
• Premier of South Australia – Mike Rann
• Premier of Queensland – Anna Bligh
• Premier of Tasmania – Paul Lennon
• Premier of Western Australia – Alan Carpenter
• Premier of Victoria – John Brumby
• Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory – Jon Stanhope
• Chief Minister of the Northern Territory – Paul Henderson

[edit] Governors and Administrators

• Governor of New South Wales – Marie Bashir
• Governor of South Australia – Kevin Scarce
• Governor of Queensland – Quentin Bryce
• Governor of Tasmania – William Cox
• Governor of Western Australia – Ken Michael
• Governor of Victoria – David de Kretser
• Administrator of the Northern Territory – Tom Pauling

[edit] Events

[edit] Whole year

• Year of the Scout.^[1]

[edit] January

• January 1 onwards - Torrential rain causes widespread flooding & damage to parts of South East Queensland & the North Coast of New South Wales

[edit] Future and scheduled events

• January 17 – The reformed British pop group Spice Girls will perform a concert in Sydney.
• March 2 – Specifications of the Kyoto Protocol will take effect in Australia.
• March 30 – The gag order applied to David Hicks by the Guantanamo military commission is due to be lifted, allowing him to discuss his detainment at Guantanamo Bay detention camp.
• July 1 – 36 State Senators elected in the 2007 election will take their seats in the Australian Senate.
• July 15 to July 20 – World Youth Day 2008, the Catholic Church's youth festival, will be held in Sydney.
• October 18 – A general election will be held in the Australian Capital Territory.

[edit] Arts & Literature

[edit] Film

[edit] Television

Main article: 2008 in Australian television

[edit] Sport

[edit] Future and scheduled events

• January 14 to January 27 – The 2008 Australian Open Tennis Championships at Melbourne Park.
• October 25 to November 22 – The 2008 Rugby League World Cup will be held in Australia.

[edit] Deaths

• January 5 – Clinton Grybas, 32, sports commentator

[edit] References