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On 3 July 2024 the Senate referred an inquiry into the Offshore wind industry consultation process for inquiry and report by the 13 February 2025. On 10 February 2025, the committee was granted an ...

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Lawyer, parliamentarian, judge, and the first Australian-born Governor-General, Isaac Isaacs (1855-1948) possessed a prodigious work ethic and passionate desire to declare himself an ‘Australian’ in ...

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The select committee concluded its inquiry when it tabled its report on 23/10/02.

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