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.

Beazley was drilling test sites for oil with Matahower in the lower Sepik and he and McGregor recruited labour on the Sepik and explored grass country to Wee Wak.

Beazley also prospected the Arrabundio for gold and on his promising report to Freeman, Akmana Gold Prospecting Coy was floated in 1928.

Current records at the Australian Museum show that Beazley ’ s wig, described as “ a cap composed of human hair from the headwaters of the U – at River, Central Mountains, Mandated Territory of NG ”, was lodged on 31 January 1930, presumably on his quick visit to Sydney after the first expedition.

Sport: In the first half of the twentieth century, before Major League Baseball was racially integrated, dark-skinned and dark-complexion players were nicknamed Nig ; examples are: Johnny Beazley ( 1941 – 49 ), Joe Berry ( 1921 – 22 ), Bobby Bragan ( 1940 – 48 ), Nig Clarke ( 1905 – 20 ), Nig Cuppy ( 1892 – 1901 ), Nig Fuller ( 1902 ), Johnny Grabowski ( 1923 – 31 ), Nig Lipscomb ( 1937 ), Charlie Niebergall ( 1921 – 24 ), Nig Perrine ( 1907 ), and Frank Smith ( 1904 – 15 ).

It was here that he studied under such archaeologists as John Beazley and Arthur Evans, the latter of whom acted as his supervisor.

The service was attended by a host of former and current Test cricketers, as well as Australia's then prime minister, John Howard, leader of the opposition Kim Beazley and former prime minister Bob Hawke.

The Rock Party released a 12 " single " Everything To Live For ", which was produced by Joe Wissert, Phil Rigger and Phil Beazley.

He was the only deputy Labor leader who served under three leaders ( Scullin, Curtin and Chifley ) until Jenny Macklin ( Crean, Latham and Beazley, 2001 – 06 ).

He was succeeded by John Beazley.

In November 2001, following Labor's third consecutive election defeat, he was elected unopposed as the Leader of the Labor Party and the opposition following the resignation of Kim Beazley.

Polls continued to suggest that the public much preferred Beazley to Crean ; nevertheless, when the vote was taken on 16 June 2003, Crean won by 58 votes to 34.

Following the defeat of Kim Beazley and election of Kevin Rudd as Federal Labor leader in December 2006, Crean was reappointed as Shadow Trade Minister and also retained responsibility for regional development.

Beazley was born in Perth, Western Australia.

His father, Kim Beazley Snr, was the Labor MP for Fremantle from 1945 to 1977 and education minister in the Whitlam Government ( 1972 – 75 ).

Beazley was educated at Hollywood Senior High School and later at the University of Western Australia and Balliol College, Oxford ( having been a 1973 Rhodes Scholar ), where he gained a Master of Philosophy degree.

Beazley became a protege of Bob Hawke, Labor leader from 1983, and in that year he was appointed Minister for Aviation in Hawke's first ministry.

Beazley was then Minister for Transport and Communications ( 1990 – 91 ), Finance ( 1991 ), Employment, Education and Training ( 1991 – 93 ), and Finance again ( 1993 – 96 ).

Beazley was Deputy Prime Minister 1995 – 96.

Keating resigned, and Beazley was elected unopposed as Labor leader.

Beazley led the ALP contingent at the Constitutional Convention in February 1998 which was called to discuss the issue of Australia becoming a republic.

Beazley resigned the Labor leadership after the election and was succeeded by Simon Crean.

In June 2004 Beazley battled claims he had a " special relationship " with Ratih Harjono when he was Defence Minister ; it was alleged this relationship posed a security risk.

But after Latham resigned as leader on 18 January 2005, Beazley announced he would contest the leadership, saying that he was " absolutely fired with ambition ".

The Labor Caucus ( parliamentary Labor Party ) re-elected Crean in June 2003, not convinced that Beazley offered a better alternative.

In July 2004 Beazley himself was re-elected to the ALP front bench as Shadow Minister for Defence.

He is also a long-time friend of former federal Labor Leader Kim Beazley.

After Labor's defeat in the October 2004 federal election, at which he became the longest-serving Labor member of the Parliament, Beazley again returned to the backbench, saying " my time as leader of the Labor Party has come and gone, it's over for me as far as leadership is concerned ".

Kim Beazley in November 2005 declaring Labor would " oppose the Howard Government's WorkChoices | industrial relations legislation in every respect, at every stage until the Australian federal election, 2007 | next election ".

Beazley announced on 13 December 2006 that he would not stand for re-election at the 2007 federal election and that he would retire from Parliament after the election.

At the 1996 federal election, the Keating government lost office and, following Paul Keating's resignation of the leadership, Kim Beazley, a Western Australian, became the new Leader of the Opposition.

Murphy was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Shadow Minister for Health Stephen Smith from December 2001 to February 2003 and then Parliamentary Secretary to federal Labor leaders Simon Crean, Mark Latham, Kim Beazley and Kevin Rudd from February 2003 to December 2007.

From 1978 to 1980 Swan was an advisor to the Leader of the Opposition Bill Hayden, and from 1983 to 1984 was an advisor to federal Labor ministers Mick Young and Kim Beazley.

Kim Beazley in November 2005 declaring Labor will " oppose the Howard Government's industrial relations legislation in every respect, at every stage until the Australian federal election, 2007 | next election ".

Successive Labor leaders, particularly Bob Hawke and Kim Beazley, have sought to build on the Curtin tradition of " patriotic Laborism ".

After Crean's resignation, Beazley and the Labor Party's Treasury spokesperson, Mark Latham, announced that they would contest the Labor leadership.

At the meeting of Labor MPs on 2 December, Latham defeated Beazley by 47 votes to 45.

He faced a preselection challenge for his seat from Martin Pakula, a member of his former union, a move which he blamed on Beazley, Hong Lim, and the Labor Right.

* The Beazley and Crean families ( Australian Labor Party )

With Labor sinking in the polls during the run-up to the 1996 election, Beazley shifted to Brand, a slightly more secure seat south of Perth.

However, due to the uneven nature of the swing, Labor came up eight seats short of making Beazley Prime Minister.

Beazley immediately announced that he would be contesting the leadership when the Labor Caucus met on 2 December 2003.

In July 2004, however, Latham arranged for Beazley to return to the Labor front bench as Shadow Defence Minister.

Referring to widespread doubt that Labor could win the 2007 election under a leader who had already lost two elections, Beazley said: " There's no doubt in my mind that I can lead a winning team in the next election.