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  Kirribilli House - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kirribilli House is the Sydney residence of the Prime Minister of Australia.
Kirribilli House is a residence maintained for the official use of Prime Ministers when they need to perform official duties and extend official hospitality when in Sydney.
Kirribilli House is located on the North Shore of Sydney Harbour, in the suburb of Kirribilli, with impressive views across to the Sydney Harbour Bridge and to the Sydney Opera House.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kirribilli_House   (359 words)

  
 Kirribilli House -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Kirribilli House is the (The largest Australian city located in southeastern Australia on the Tasman Sea; state capital of New South Wales; Australia's chief port) Sydney residence of the (additional info and facts about Prime Minister of Australia) Prime Minister of Australia.
Located beside Kirribilli House is (additional info and facts about Admiralty House) Admiralty House, which is the Sydney residence of the (additional info and facts about Governor General of Australia) Governor General of Australia.
Howard's decision raised ire particularly in (The capital of Victoria state and 2nd largest Australian city; a financial and commercial center) Melbourne, since the main reason Canberra was established as seat of government was to deny that status to Sydney and eliminate inter-city rivalry.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/k/ki/kirribilli_house.htm   (392 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: White House
The White House is a white-painted, neoclassical sandstone mansion located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. As the office of the President of the United States, the term "White House" is often used as a metonym for the president's administration.
The White House was built after Congress established the District of Columbia as the permanent capital of the United States on July 16, 1790.
The Dáil Chamber Dáil Éireann is the lower house of the Oireachtas (parliament) of the Republic of Ireland.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/White-House   (5505 words)

  
 Kirribilli, New South Wales - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kirribilli is a harbourside suburb of Lower Northern Sydney (the Sydney Lower North Shore), Australia.
Kirribilli is one of Australia's oldest and most established suburbs, as much of its architecture may suggest.
The locality (postcode 2061) is home to a warm village atmosphere and contains Kirribilli House (the Sydney residence of the Prime Minister), Admiralty House (the Sydney residence of the Governor General), and the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kirribilli   (597 words)

  
 Labor's Embarrassing Backdown on Kirribilli Media Release 3 February 2004
Clearly, he overlooked the fact that Kirribilli House is an important part of Australia's national heritage.
The fact is, Kirribilli House is a highly significant part of the heritage of Sydney Harbour and Australia, and as such is entered on the Register of the National Estate.
Kirribilli House is associated with Australian Prime Ministers since 1957, including Menzies, Holt, Gorton, McMahon, Whitlam, Fraser, Hawke, Keating and Howard.
www.deh.gov.au /minister/env/2004/mr03feb04.html   (263 words)

  
 Australian Labor Party: Labor's plan for Kirribilli House
Kirribilli House is a great national treasure — perfectly located on the world's best harbour.
In future, the predominant purpose of Kirribilli House will be to provide a world-class fundraising venue for great charitable organisations like the Spastic Centre, the Salvation Army and St. Vincent de Paul.
The Official Establishments Unit will continue to manage Kirribilli House and will be responsible for investigating the occasional commercial use of the property in a manner consistent and appropriate with its heritage value.
pandora.nla.gov.au /pan/22093/20041012/www.alp.org.au/policy/government/kirribillihouse.html   (288 words)

  
 Kirribilli - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Kirribilli is a North Shore harbourside suburb of Sydney, Australia.
It has a village atmosphere with beautiful views across the harbour to the central business district of the city.
It contains Kirribilli House, the Sydney residence of the Prime Minister, as well as Admiralty House, the Sydney residence of the Governor General.
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Kirribilli   (89 words)

  
 Admiralty House - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Admiralty House is located in Kirribilli, on the northern foreshore of Sydney Harbour in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
It is located beside Kirribilli House which is the Sydney residence of the Prime Minister.
There are commanding views across Sydney Harbour to the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House.
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Admiralty_House   (113 words)

  
 The Cotter House Story: the history of the Cotter House mansion - Luxury city stay, Auckland, New Zealand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
It is the fifth oldest house in Auckland, and stands as a symbol of Mr Newman’s good fortune in his adopted country.
Cotter House is a rare example of pure Regency style, and is considered a smaller version of Kirribilli House in Sydney.
Cotter House and the surrounding land were subsequently sold to the Cotter family who owned it until 1926.
www.nzti.co.nz /cotterhouse/history.htm   (288 words)

  
 Kirribilli House may be dislodged if ALP wins - www.theage.com.au
The Prime Minister's Sydney residence, Kirribilli House, with its multimillion-dollar views of Sydney Harbour, could be sold if Labor wins the federal election.
Labor leader Mark Latham yesterday repeated his pledge that he would live in the Lodge in Canberra if he became prime minister, and said he was considering what to do with Kirribilli House.
Mr Howard's decision to use Kirribilli House as his principal residence has cost taxpayers millions of dollars since he became Prime Minister in 1996.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/01/31/1075340894087.html   (292 words)

  
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On 3 June 1999 the applicant was stationed at Kirribilli House.
After receiving information from a “whistle blower” to the effect that officers engaged in duty at Kirribilli House were regularly engaging in misconduct, the respondent decided to conduct an investigation into the allegations.
The e-mail states at para 2 that: “The no-notice operational audit of Kirribilli House Station, which I initiated, revealed behaviour which will be further investigated and which, if found to be true, will have serious consequences.” The e-mail then goes on to talk about professional conduct and officers taking pride in their job.
www.airc.gov.au /decisionssigned/S9631.doc   (3171 words)

  
 Bed and breakfast accommodation in Newquay, Cornwall - Kirribilli Guest House   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The guest house is situated 3 minutes away from Newquay town and just 10 minutes walk from fistral beach.
Kirribilli Guest House is a long established bed and breakfast and visitors come from all over the world.
So please do not hesitate to contact Nick or Julie here at Kirribilli Guest House if you are looking for clean bright and comfortable accommodation for your holiday in Newquay, Cornwall.
www.kirribilliguesthouse.co.uk   (290 words)

  
 Official Establishments Annual Report 2001-02
The Prime Minister's official residences, The Lodge in Canberra and Kirribilli House in Sydney, are administered by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet using funds appropriated to the department by the parliament for that purpose.
As the houses are the official residences of the Governor-General and the Prime Minister of the day, the Trust has to fully consider issues relating to their ongoing use and serviceability.
During the year, concrete steps on the southern verandah of the House, which were badly worn and potentially dangerous, were replaced with sandstone consistent with the original fabric of the building.
www.dpmc.gov.au /annual_reports/oet/2001-02/index.cfm   (3118 words)

  
 Sydney-Australien.info : North Sydney : Kirribilli : Admiralty House   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Admiralty House is the residence of the Queen's representative, the Governor General.
The house is occasionally opened to the public.
If not, the guards are happy to talk to you about the history of the house.
www.sydney-australien.ch /_english/sehenswuerdigkeiten/north_sydney/admiralty_house.htm   (53 words)

  
 Ahoy - Mac's Web Log-Admiralty House, The Sydney Residence of the Governor General of Australia-
However, from 1913, Admiralty House was loaned to the Commonwealth of Australia as a residence for the Australian Governor General in Sydney.
It is a beautiful house, with it’s lovely staircase, and it’s past traditions of serving Admirals depicted by their family crests in the stained glass windows.
The house has a special feel about it, as you walk the collonaded verandah, or in the pleasant gardens, looking out across the harbour, there is a certain peace pervading the environment.
ahoy.tk-jk.net /macslog/AdmiraltyHouseTheSydneyRe.html   (2200 words)

  
 Articles - Head of government   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Answerability for its actions to whichever house (almost invariably the lower house) controls 'supply'.
All of these directly impact on the prime ministerial role, often requiring that the Prime Minister play a 'day to day' role on the floor of the House, answering questions and defending 'his' government on the 'floor of the House'.
Kirribilli House (Sydney, Australia) - in biggest city.
www.centralairconditioners.net /articles/Head_of_government   (653 words)

  
 Arthur Calwell's last hurrah, Vietnamese dictator Ky and
I infuriate Uren and the copper by telling the crowd that we should continue the march down to Kirribilli House and confront the police protecting the dictator, but without violence.
The coppers were carrying on as if he had made some kind of assault on Kirribilli House, but that was the atmosphere of the time.
Between Ky's visit to Vietnam and Latham's proposals for Kirribilli House, the proposed refugee demonstration for Easter, and the continuity of Sydney weather, there's quite a lot that resonates in 2004 with 1967.
members.optusnet.com.au /spainter/67memoir.html   (858 words)

  
 The Lodge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
It was built over the period 1926-27, and intended as one of a suite of official residences for prominent ministers.
This house was the first to be built, and was originally intended for the Treasurer.
He would stay there only when he is in Canberra for parliamentary or government business, but he would live primarily at Kirribilli House, Sydney.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/T/The-Lodge.htm   (536 words)

  
 Glenferrie Lodge - We provide Accommodation on Sydney Harbour   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Glenferrie Lodge is located on Sydney Harbour in the suburb of Kirribilli, which is on the north side of the Harbour.
Kirribilli is a very historical area of Sydney, it has beautiful tree lined streets, some old majestic homes and quaint shady public parks that over look Sydney Harbour.
Just 30 metres away at the end of our street is the beautiful grounds of Kirribilli House which is the Australian Prime Ministers residence in Sydney and also admiralty house the Governor General's residence.
www.glenferrielodge.com   (549 words)

  
 Australian-Indonesian families protest ASIO raids "We are making a public statement that we have nothing to ...
Members of six Indonesian-born Muslim families and their supporters staged a protest outside Kirribilli House, the official residence of Prime Minister John Howard, on November 3 to protest the military-style raids on their homes last week by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) and Australian Federal Police.
In light of the media witch-hunt that has accompanied the raids, the protest at Kirribilli House was a courageous act designed to demonstrate to the Australian people that the families involved had no connection with terrorism.
As the Kirribilli House demonstration revealed, at least six families were raided in Sydney alone, while the total number in Sydney, Perth and Melbourne remains undisclosed.
www.wsws.org /articles/2002/nov2002/raid-n06_prn.shtml   (1145 words)

  
 The day angry doctors made a Kirribilli House call - National - smh.com.au
Gagged … Dr Graham Budd, centre, and his wife, writer and historian Josephine Bastian, on his left, were among a group of protesters at Kirribilli House yesterday.
He and Dr Gillian Deakin, the vice-president of the Medical Association for the Prevention of War, were among more than 30 doctors and lawyers who protested against the new laws at Kirribilli House yesterday.
Gagged and#133; Dr Graham Budd, centre, and his wife, writer and historian Josephine Bastian, on his left, were among a group of protesters at Kirribilli House yesterday.
www.smh.com.au /articles/2005/10/30/1130607152220.html?from=top5   (499 words)

  
 $21,000 a week rent demand for Kirribilli House
Not just the rich!”, tenants, housing activists and community sector workers will rally at 11am at Milsons Point and march to the prime minister's official residence, Kirribilli House.
Spokesperson Lynden Baxter from the Marrickville Housing Action Group said the rent demand of $21,000 a week for Kirribilli House was based on the government's argument that public housing rents should match those in the private housing market.
The churches' “agenda for housing”, which has the backing of major Protestant, Catholic, Jewish and Islamic hierarchies, calls for an additional $200 million from the federal government.
www.greenleft.org.au /back/1997/272/272p4.htm   (686 words)

  
 Kirribilli House will be the people's: Latham - Election 2004 - www.smh.com.au
Kirribilli House will be the people's: Latham - Election 2004 - www.smh.com.au
Kirribilli House will be handed over to charities as a free fund-raising venue under a Labor government, Mark Latham said yesterday as he denounced Prime Minister John Howard for living in the harbour mansion at taxpayers' expense.
The policy, unveiled at a community barbecue at Wentworthville in the marginal Coalition-held seat of Parramatta, is powerfully symbolic but Labor says it will also save millions of dollars each year racked up by Mr Howard's constant travel by luxury jet between Canberra and Sydney.
www.smh.com.au /articles/2004/10/02/1096527987725.html?from=moreStories   (214 words)

  
 Kirribilli House and The Australiana Fund   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
He built a picturesque Gothic style house, now known as Kirribilli House, a twin gabled residence or cottage ornee.
In 1956 Kirribilli House was set aside for overseas guests of the Commonwealth or for use by the Prime Minister.
Many objects from The Australiana Fund collection of the 1840s and 1850s are located at Kirribilli House.
www.theaustralianafund.org.au /kirribilli.html   (137 words)

  
 1 Br Kirribilli opp. Opera House av 21 July - Kirribilli - Sydney rent - houses / flats   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The apartment is STREET FACING WITH NO VIEWS, the communal front lawn is for residents only and has breath taking views with the Opera House directly opposite and the Harbour Bridge to the right.
The securitry apartment block of 12 is located 2 doors down from the Prime Ministers house, so security is excellent with frequent patrols.
Kirribilli is a lovely leafy harbourside suburb, ferries go direct to the CBD and take 4 minutes, and the Milsons Point train ststaion is 3minutes walk with trains 1 stop to the CBD.
www.gumtree.com.au /sydney/64/2294964.html   (230 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Paul Keating Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Using his extensive contacts, Keating gained Labor endorsement for the seat of Blaxland in the western suburbs of Sydney, and was elected to the House of Representatives at the 1969 election, at the age of 25.
Keating was a backbencher for most of the Whitlam Labor government, but briefly became Minister for Northern Australia in 1975, one of the youngest ministers in Australian history.
In 1988, in a famous meeting at Kirribilli House, Hawke and Keating discussed the handover of the leadership to Keating.
www.ipedia.com /paul_keating.html   (1222 words)

  
 The Australian: Charges after assault at house (archived)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
POLICE on the Gold Coast have charged two men over an incident at a house in suburban Elanora.
Police said a 22-year-old man and his 33-year-old male neighbour were assaulted at the house in Darnell Street about 5.15pm (AEST) yesterday.
A female police officer was also struck by the door of a vehicle as one of the alleged attackers reversed out of a driveway.
www.theaustralian.news.com.au /common/story_page/0,5744,15337511%255E1702,00.html   (118 words)

  
 Official Establishments Annual Report 2002-03
Mr Watts is Director of the Historic Houses Trust of NSW and complements the Trust with a detailed understanding of heritage issues associated with historic buildings.
As the houses are the official residences of the Governor‑General and the Prime Minister of the day, the Trust has to fully consider issues relating to their ongoing use and serviceability.
During 2002-03 the Trust met on six occasions: at The Lodge, Canberra in August 2002; Government House, Canberra in September and November 2002; at Admiralty House, Sydney in December 2002; Government House in March 2003; and at Admiralty House in June2003.
www.dpmc.gov.au /annual_reports/oet/2002-03/index.cfm   (3257 words)

  
 WELCOME TO DISCOVER GREATER SYDNEY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Walk around Kirribilli Point and along Kirribilli Avenue past Kirribilli House, the official Sydney residence of the Prime Minister and Admiralty House, the official Sydney residence of the Governor General.
Nestled in the natural bushland of Ku-ring-gai National Park, Rose Seidler House was built between 1948 and 1950 was designed by internationally renowned architect Harry Seidler for his parents, Rose and Max Seidler who lived there until 1967.
Rose Seidler House is one of the finest examples of mid-century modern domestic architecture and contains a significant collection of original furniture by post-war designers.
www.discovergreatersydney.com.au /dgs-sydney/nth-suburbs.html   (330 words)

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