April 2005 in Australia and New Zealand

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[edit] Deaths in April • 23 – Joh Bjelke-Petersen [edit] Events in April [edit] Elections in April

[edit] Events in Australia and New Zealand

This page deals with events that take place in or are of interest to Australia, New Zealand, and/or the territories of those countries (such as Norfolk Island and Ross Dependency), and/or current events that involve Australians and/or New Zealanders.

[edit] 26 April 2005

The Civil Unions and Relationships Acts come into force in New Zealand, which allow same-sex and de facto couples to form legal unions similar to marriage. (New Zealand Herald)

[edit] 25 April 2005

More than 20,000 Australians, New Zealanders, Turks and other nationalities gather at Anzac Cove to mark the 90th anniversary of the failed Gallipoli landings. Thousands more attend ANZAC Day dawn remembrance ceremonies and marches in cities around Australia and New Zealand, 250,000 in Sydney alone. (Reuters) (Wikinews) Auckland (New Zealand Herald) Other NZ cities (New Zealand Herald)
Announcement made that Australian born Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark is pregnant. (ABC News).

[edit] 24 April 2005

Victoria Police officer shot dead east of Melbourne. (ABC News).

[edit] 23 April 2005

Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen, well known former Premier of Queensland, dies in hospital in Kingaroy (ABC News).

[edit] 21 April 2005

Bus drivers in Auckland working for Stagecoach have voted to strike for six days from May 5 in support of their claim for an extra $2 an hour. New Zealand Herald
700 coal miners strike for the day in the first national coal miners' strike in New Zealand for more than a decade. The miners want a 6% wage increase, but their employer, Solid Energy, is offering 2.8%. New Zealand Herald

[edit] 19 April 2005

The largest moving object on Earth, the iceberg B15A in Antarctica has collided with the Drygalski ice tongue, a feature large enough to be included in Antarctic maps. During the collision, a five-kilometre-long section of the ice tongue was broken off. (ESA)