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  • 4 January 2005 - Call for Australia to enter into agreement with US on greenhouse
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  • 17 December 2004 - Indonesia refuses to accept Australia's new maritime security zone
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  • 28 October 2004 - Timor talks collapse
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  • 23 October 2004 - Kyoto Protocol to enter into force, but Australia "better off without it"
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  • 21 October 2004 - Australia and China meet for eighth official human rights dialogue
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  • 18 October 2004 - Government proposes Indonesian security pact
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    (see Opinion by Alan Gyngell)
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  • 7 October 2004 - High Court hands down further decision finding child detention legal
    (See Decision)
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    September-October 2004:
    Australia's announces policy of pre-emption aimed at failed states causing regional tension
     
    September 2004:
    Reasons for entry into Iraq war criticized by Kofi Annan,  weapons expert, 43 Australian elders
     
  • September 2004: 
    Hicks:

    First appearance before Military Commission
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    Military Commission condemned by Lasry Report 
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    Impossible to bring Hicks home: Howard
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    Hicks boycotts hearing on PoW status
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  • 6 August 2004
    High Court says asylum seekers can be locked up indefinitely (see Decision)
     
  • 1 August 2004 - WTO votes to end export subsidies on farm products
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  • 26 July 2004  Downer's criticism of Philippines over Iraq withdrawal leads to diplomatic spat (SMH, Guardian)
     
  • 22 July 2004 - Australia votes with US to keep Israel's barrier
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  • 12 July 2004 - ICJ's ruling on Israeli wall has implications for Australia's right to defend itself against terrorists
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  • 8 July 2004 - Australia signs 25 year MOU on missile defence shield
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  • 6 July 2004 - Detained children freed in policy backflip
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  • 5 July 2004 - Australia signs Free Trade Agreement with Thailand
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  • 16 June 2004 - Defence Minister's statement to the Senate on Australia's involvement in Abu Ghraib
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  • 11 June 2004 - Malaysia agrees to friendlier relations with Australia
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  • 10 June 2004 - US Charges David Hicks
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    (see Charge Sheet)
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  • 9 June 2004 - Australia to join global non-proliferation effort
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  • May-June 2004 - Australia's responsibility for torture at Abu Ghraib: Opinions of Triggs, Rothwell and Hovell
     

  • 29 May 2004 - Howard seeks "speedy" trial for Hicks and Habib  
    (PM Press Release)
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  • 27 May 2004 - Human rights watchdog says Australia sacrificing human rights for national security (see Amnesty Report)
     

  • 26 May 2004 - I won't sign Kyoto agreement: PM
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  • 25 May 2004 - Australia accused of making East Timor a "permanent beggar" (SMH, BBC, NewsAsia, Time)
     

  • 13 May 2004 - HREOC finds Australian immigration detention centres violate human rights of children 
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  • 29 April 2004 - High Court says children lawfully detained
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    See Decision
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  • 26 April 2004 - Australia approves draft action plan on human rights
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  • 20 April 2004 - East Timor to pay Australia's costs for negotiations over Timor Sea oil
     
  • 19 April 2004 - US Supreme Court hears case affecting detention of Hicks and Habib (NY Times and SMH)
     
  • 7 April 2004 - Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination writes to Australian government seeking compliance with Hagan decision
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  • 27 March 2004 - Howard's Opinion piece in Wall Street Journal declares Australia to stand firm in Iraq
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  • 2 March 2004 - ACT passes Australia's first Bill of Rights
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  • 27 February 2004 - Alexander Downer speaks on Australia's response to international law and conflict
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  • 25 February 2004 - Government warned prior to Bali: BBC Report
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  • 19 February 2004 - Government enacts legislation to ensure Hicks and Habib will serve any sentence handed down by US military tribunals in Australia
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  • 9 February 2004 - Australia and United States sign trade agreement
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    (see DFAT Free Trade Agreement fact sheet)
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  • 4 February 2004 - Howard joins wave of doubt over WMD
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  • 4 February 2004 - Progress in US-Australia Free Trade Agreement negotiations
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  • 30 January 2004 - Ruddock gives press conference in Washington DC on counter-terrorism measures, Hicks and Habib
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  • 23 January 2004 - Australian government submits Amicus Brief to the Supreme Court of the United States in case narrowing scope of Alien Tort Statute
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  • 12 January 2004 - Government scraps greenhouse gas trading scheme
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  • 11 December 2003 - Australia commits $800 million to restore order in PNG
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  • 11 December 2003 - UN and EU urge Australia to sign up to Kyoto
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  • 11 December 2003 - Australia accused of dragging feet in Timor Gap talks
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  • 10 December 2003 - Australia opposes successful GA resolution seeking ICJ decision in Israel barrier
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  • 9 December 2003 - High Court upholds gay refugee claim
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  • 4 December 2003  Australia to participate in US missile defence program
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  • 1 December 2003  PM concerned injecting rooms breach international treaty obligations
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  • 25 November 2003 - Government accepts Military Commissions for Guantanamo Bay detainees
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  • 18 November 2003 - ACT introduces Australia's first Bill of Rights
    (See Opinion by Leighton McDonald and Adrienne Stone)
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  • 14 November 2003 - Australian appointed to International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
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  • 12 November 2003  Australia's boat people rejection violates Refugee Convention, says UN
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  • 29 October 2003 - UN Human Rights Committee finds Australia responsible for several human rights violations in Bakhtiyari
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  • 28 October 2003  Australia to reduce military component in Solomon Islands
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  • 24 October 2003 - Australia and China agree to Joint Declaration on Bilateral Cooperation on Climate Change
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  • 22 October 2003 - ACT to introduce Australia's first Bill of Rights
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  • 19 October 2003 - Prime Ministerial press conference: trade, terrorism and regional security
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  • 17 October 2003 - Foreign Minister Downer welcomes Security Council Resolution 1511
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  • 17 October 2003 - Howard rejects "regional sheriff" tag
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  • 13 October 2003 - Ruddock predicts High Court would overrule Teoh
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  • 13 October 2003 - Australian Government announces major package to combat people trafficking
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  • 10 October – alleged people smuggler to be extradited to Australia for trial
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  • 3 October 2003 - WTO establishes dispute panel to hear Australia's challenge to EU geographical indications
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  • 1 October 2003 - Australia presents report to UN Committee on Rights of the Child
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  • 30 September - High Court grants Amnesty International leave to intervene in child detention case
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  • 6 August 2003 - UN Human Rights Committee finds Australia violated human rights in Young (veterans' pension for same-sex couples), Cabal (prisoners' rights) and Baban (mandatory detention of asylum seekers)
     
  • 24 July 2003 - Present - Progress of Australian intervention force in the Solomon Islands
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  • 21-23 July 2003: Senator Ellison leads delegation to Washington DC to discuss detention and trial of Hicks and Habib
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  • 21 July: Australia requests establishment of World Trade Organisation Panel in challenge to EU sugar subsidies
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  • 19 June: Government commits A$1.5 million to establishment of Khmer Rouge Tribunal
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  • 19 June: Family Court expresses view that indefinite detention of children in immigration centres constitutes a serious breach of Australia’s international obligations.
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  • 16 June: Australia sends delegation to contribute to Convention on Rights of People with Disabilities
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  • 16 June: Federal Parliament passes Act listing Hizballah as a terrorist organization
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  • 1 May: Australia ratifies Hague Child Protection Convention
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  • 23 April: UN Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination rules E.S. ‘Nigger’ Brown stand in Toowoomba racially offensive
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  • 2 April: Entry into force of Timor Sea Treaty
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  • 17 March: Prime Minister commits Australian troops to war against Iraq [speech of PM]
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  • 17 February: Australia signs Singapore-Australia Free Trade Agreement
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  • 12 February: Launch of Australia’s second White Paper on foreign and trade policy – Advancing the National Interest
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  • 21 January: Australia elected Vice Chair of United Nations Human Rights Commission
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