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Can Australians speak Chinese?
According to the ABS in 2017, 21% of Australians speak a language other than English at home. Regarding Chinese-speaking consumers specifically, the 2016 Census found Australia is home to more than 1.2 million people of Chinese ancestry, with around 68% of which speak either Mandarin or Cantonese at home.
Why did Julia Gillard resign?
On 26 June 2013, after a lengthy period of leadership instability, Gillard lost the leadership of the Labor Party back to Rudd at a leadership spill. Her resignation as prime minister took effect the next day, and she announced her retirement from politics.
Where did Julia Gillard come from?
Barry, United Kingdom
Julia Gillard/Place of birth
When did Kevin Rudd get married?
November 17, 1981 (Thérèse Rein)
Kevin Rudd/Wedding dates
What did Chinese call Australia?
This name is very close to the modern Chinese name for Australia which is “Aodaliya” (澳大利亚) for the large island and “Ao Zhou” (澳洲) for the continent.
What percentage of Australians speak Chinese?
The dominant language spoken at home, other than English, in Australia was Mandarin, with 2.5% of the population, or 596,703 people speaking this language at home.
Is Julia still with Tim?
Mathieson also fathered a daughter while in his late teens. He started dating Gillard in March 2006 and has remained her partner since.
Who bought Pat rafters house?
Former prime minister Kevin Rudd and his wife Therese Rein have bought Pat Rafter’s former Sunshine Coast beach house for $17 million. The spectacular beachfront trophy home in Noosa was listed late last year and sold this May, $3 million short of its original $20 million price guide.
Why did Rudd say sorry?
On 13 February 2008, then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd moved a motion of Apology to Indigenous Australians. His apology was a formal apology on behalf of the successive parliaments and governments whose policies and laws “inflicted profound grief, suffering and loss on these our fellow Australians”.
Did China discover Australia first?
In a book titled 1421: The Year China Discovered the World Gavin Menzies claims that in the 1420’s several fleets of Chinese ships sailed around the world, making contact with many countries before Europeans explored them, including Australia.