Australia/Prime Minister

Australia/Prime Minister  (Prime Minister)
Start	1 January 1901
Leader of	Australia
Deputy	Deputy Prime Minister of Australia
Website	http://www.pm.gov.au/
Leader of the Australia. Boss of the Australia/Deputy Prime Minister.

The Australian Prime Minister, according to convention, is the leader of the majority party or largest coalition party of the Australian House of Representatives. However, there is no requirement that the prime minister sit in the House of Representatives, or even be a member of parliament.

War powers

The Prime Minster can send Australian troops overseas without parliamentary approval. There is no requirement to debate the decision before it is announced. The power is part of the executive power laid out in section 61 of the Constitution.

 

Office Holders on Wikispooks

Name	From	To	Description
Anthony Albanese	23 May 2022
Scott Morrison	24 August 2018	23 May 2022
Malcolm Turnbull	15 September 2015	24 August 2018
Tony Abbott	18 September 2013	15 September 2015
Kevin Rudd	27 June 2013	18 September 2013
Julia Gillard	28 October 2011	27 June 2013
Kevin Rudd	3 December 2007	24 June 2010
John Howard	11 March 1996	3 December 2007
Paul Keating	20 December 1991	11 March 1996
Bob Hawke	11 March 1983	20 December 1991
Malcolm Fraser	11 November 1975	11 March 1983
Gough Whitlam	5 December 1972	11 November 1975	Ousted by the CIA and MI6 in the Australian 1975 coup d'état
William McMahon	10 March 1971	5 December 1972
John Gorton	10 January 1968	10 March 1971
Harold Holt	26 January 1966	17 December 1967
Robert Menzies	19 December 1949	26 January 1966	Backed by a US-backed campaign against his opponent Ben Chifley, whose government was considered "unsafe"
Ben Chifley	13 July 1945	19 December 1949
Robert Menzies	26 April 1939	29 August 1941