* 1974 – Belinda Emmett, Australian actor ( d. 2006 )

The first occasion was in 1988 for a museum tour as part of the Australian Bicentenary celebrations ; the second was for the 2006 / 7 Ashes series.

In 2006, 615, 549 registered participants played Australian football in Australia.

* Bloody Sunday, a 2006 radio programme on Australian network Triple J

It was proposed by the Beazley led Australian Labor Party opposition in a 2006 press release, with the intention of protecting children who were vulnerable due to claimed parental computer illiteracy.

During the combat operations from the atoll against Afghanistan ( 2001 – 2006 ) and Iraq ( 2003 – 2006 ), a number of allied militaries were based on the island including Australian, Japanese and the Republic of Korea.

* 2006 – Scobie Breasley, Australian jockey ( b. 1914 )

According to the Australian government's June 2006 publication of prison statistics, Aborigines make up 24 % of the overall prison population in Australia.

The Fiji Times reported on 14 September 2006 that Prime Ministers Qarase and Howard had discussed possible Australian assistance for the reform of Fiji's sugar industry, with Howard reported receptive to giving aid.

* 1962 – Steve Irwin, Australian herpetologist ( d. 2006 )

* 1945 – Peter Brock, Australian motorsports champion ( d. 2006 )

During this period it was the title sponsor for the Australian GP ( 1986 – 1993 and 2002 – 2006 ), the British GP ( 1990 – 1993 and 2000 – 2006 ) and the San Marino GP ( 2003 – 2006 ).

* 1933 – Ed Casey, Australian politician ( d. 2006 )

Hewitt was defeated in the second round of the 2006 Australian Open by Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina.

In 2006, Australian film director Peter Clifton proposed production of The Bloody Ashes, a film on the bodyline series.

In February 2006, the Mauritanian government denounced amendments to an oil contract made by former leader Maaouiya Ould Taya with Woodside Petroleum, an Australian company.

* 2006 – Richard Carleton, Australian reporter ( b. 1943 )

* 1928 – Pro Hart, Australian artist ( d. 2006 )

In 2006, Fraser launched a " scathing attack " on the Howard Liberal government, attacking their policies on areas such as refugees, terrorism and civil liberties, and that " if Australia continues to follow United States policies, it runs the risk of being embroiled in the conflict in Iraq for decades, and a fear of Islam in the Australian community will take years to eradicate ".

* 2006 – Minnie Pwerle, Australian Aboriginal artist

* 2006 – Kurt von Trojan, Australian author ( b. 1937 )

The MX-5 has won many awards including Wheels Magazine's Car of the Year for 1989 and 2005 ; Sports Car Internationals " best sports car of the 1990s " and " ten best sports cars of all time "; 2005 – 2006 Car of the Year Japan ; and 2005 Australian Car of the Year.

In March 2006, Fox announced that Abdul had signed to stay on American Idol as a judge for at least three more years.

* Rock star and 2006 American Idol contestant Chris Daughtry is from nearby suburban McLeansville and is a resident of nearby Oak Ridge.

* Damien Leith, Australian Idol 2006 winner and singer-songwriter lived in Milltown until he moved to Australia.

* Kellie Pickler, 2006 American Idol contestant and successful country recording artist, and three-time Stanly County AIDS Rodeo for Charity Champion ( 2002-2004 ).

Warwick appeared on the May 24, 2006, fifth-season finale of American Idol.

* Lovely Idol ( 2006 )

2006 American Idol runner-up Katharine McPhee covered " Brand New Key " as the bonus track on her 2010 album Unbroken.

At the 2006 Q Awards, Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner criticised the magazine ’ s choice of boy band Take That for their “ Idol ” award.

Southern Cross dropped Rove Live and Totally Wild in 2004, Big Brother in 2006, The Bold and the Beautiful in 2007, Hueys Cooking Adventures, Australian Idol and Thank God You're Here in 2008 ( though it was brought back in 2009 with its move to Seven ), and Neighbours and The Simpsons in 2009, TDT now broadcast these shows.

In 2006, McBride served as a guest coach on Canadian Idol.

This has included the first three seasons of Canadian Idol, which NTV began to carry in 2006, as well as sports programming such as CTV's coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Anderson aroused controversy over some jokes he made about the late father of Australian Idol finalist Shannon Noll at the 2006 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

In 2006, Fear Factor faced tough competition with the TV ratings champion, Fox's talent series American Idol on Tuesday nights, and the ratings declined further.

In 2006, DeYoung appeared along with Supertramp's Roger Hodgson on Canadian Idol where he performed with and mentors the contestants.

* Idol Chat & Idol Tonight ( 2006 – 2009 )-Official discussion of the week's events on American Idol.

With other American Idol alumni, she appeared on The Tyra Banks Show in 2006.

In a bid to counter sagging ratings, contestants on Australian Idol were allowed to bring instruments on stage with them and had the opportunity to sing original material from the 2006 season, a world first.

In March 2006, the series American Idol Extra debuted, featuring Treadway as host.

The 2006 event was headlined by Embrace, a-ha and Billy Idol, and featured Nizlopi, The Wonder Stuff, The Lightning Seeds, The Stranglers, Gary Numan and The Storys.

Also during 2006, Paulini and previous Australian Idol contestants Ricki-Lee Coulter, Emily Williams and Kate DeAraugo were asked by Sony BMG to be part of an all-girl band concept called Young Divas, for a 17-date national tour to promote all members as solo artists.

In 2006 this included Australian Idol contestants, Dean Geyer, Ricky Muscat, Jessica Mauboy, Chris Murphy and Damien Leith, with a crowd of about 5000 in attendance.

A 2006 national tour starred American Idol finalist Diana DeGarmo as Brooklyn and Melba Moore as Paradice.