A Look Back At

Born in 2006

What Was Life Like in 2006?

Who Was in Charge?

Prime Minister

John Howard

Monarch

Queen Elizabeth II

What Things Cost

Petrol (per litre)

$1.20

Loaf of Bread

$2.55

Average House

$330,000

Weekly Wage

$1,065.00

Events of 2006 in Australia

A selection from Wikipedia's '2006 in Australia'. Not a complete list.

  • 9 January – Communities in the Pilbara region of Western Australia are evacuated due to Cyclone Clare.
  • 18 March – South Australia and Tasmania vote in parliamentary state elections. Both the Mike Rann and Paul Lennon governments are re-elected.
  • 7 April – John Landy retires as Governor of Victoria, and is succeeded by David de Kretser.
  • 16 May – Bill Stefaniak topples Brendan Smyth as leader of the ACT Liberal Party.
  • 2 June – The A$1.4 billion sale of the Myer department store chain to Newbridge Capital and the Myer family is completed.
  • 29 July – In the face of a worsening water supply crisis, a referendum is held in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia's second largest inland city, on the issue of using water recycled from the city's sewerage as a source of drinking water.
  • 8 August – 2006 census night.
  • 9 September – Peter Beattie is re-elected Queensland premier at an early state election.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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