* 1925 – Thea Astley, Australian author ( d. 2004 )

* Australian Department of the Environment and Heritage fact sheet, 2004

In 2004 it was revealed that the Australian government was willing to offer a subsidy to Southern Pacific Petroleum on the condition that the oil company would take legal action against Greenpeace, which had campaigned against the Stuart Oil Shale Project.

* Alastair Lynch – Australian Rules Footballer who played 306 game for Fitzroy, Brisbane Bears and the Brisbane Lions, including the 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 Grand Finals

According to census data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in 2004, Irish Australians are, by religion, 46. 2 % Roman Catholic, 15. 3 % Anglican, 13. 5 % other Christian denomination, 3. 6 % other religions, and 21. 5 % as " No Religion ".

* 1925 – Shirley Strickland, Australian runner ( d. 2004 )

In February 2004, the Australian Record Industry Association ( ARIA ) announced its own legal action against Kazaa, alleging massive copyright breaches.

* 1955 – David Hookes, Australian cricketer ( d. 2004 )

* organized a second multi-national research expedition ( known as Expedition Two ) in the Australian outback in 2004

* The Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands, founded in June 2004 on the uninhabited Coral Sea Islands off the coast of Queensland, in response to the Australian government's refusal to recognize same-sex marriage.

Former Australian Test player, Bruce Yardley, who himself was an off spinner in his day, was assigned with the task of ensuring Muralitharan bowled all his deliveries with the same vigour as he would do so in match conditions when tested in 2004.

The hunger strike was concluded in early January 2004 when an Australian medical team agreed to visit the island.

By August 2004, a report by the Australian Center for Independent Studies suggested that Nauru might consider relinquishing its independent status in favor of becoming an Australian territory.

* 2004 – Peter Mathers, English-born Australian novelist ( b. 1931 )

In fact at the 2004 Federal election, National Party candidates received fewer first preference votes than the Australian Greens.

* 1929 – Eddie Charlton, Australian snooker player ( d. 2004 )

Jemaah Islamiyah is also suspected of carrying out the Zamboanga bombings, the Metro Manila bombings, the 2004 Australian embassy bombing and the 2005 Bali terrorist bombing.

In 2004, then Australian Labor leader Mark Latham described conservative calls for " civility " as " The New Political Correctness ".

In 2004 he was recognised as the Australian Humanist of the Year by the Council of Australian Humanist Societies, and in June 2012 was named a Companion of the Order of Australia for his services to philosophy and bioethics.

Research and professional organizations include the Parapsychological Association ; the Society for Psychical Research, publisher of the Journal of Society for Psychical Research ; the American Society for Psychical Research, publisher of the Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research ( last published in 2004 ); the Rhine Research Center and Institute for Parapsychology, publisher of the Journal of Parapsychology ; the Parapsychology Foundation, which published the International Journal of Parapsychology ( between 1959 to 1968 and 2000 – 2001 ) and the Australian Institute of Parapsychological Research, publisher of the Australian Journal of Parapsychology.

In 2004, Benaud starred in a series of television advertisements for the Australian Tourism Commission, aimed at promoting Australia as a tourist destination.

By 2004 Neighbours was regularly attracting just under a million viewers per episode — low for Australian prime time television.

Friends ( stylized as F • R • I • E • N • D • S ) is an American sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on the National Broadcasting Company ( NBC ) from September 22, 1994 to May 6, 2004.

In summer 2004, viewers of YLE ( the Finnish Broadcasting Company ) placed Torvalds 16th in the network's 100 Greatest Finns.

The " Ministry of press and information of the RSFSR " was in 1990s renamed to " Ministry of Press, Broadcasting and Mass Communications ( Minpechati )" and in 2004 it was turned into the " Federal Agency on Press and Mass Communications ( Rospechat )" which was no longer a standalone ministry but a subdivision to the " Ministry of Culture and Mass Communications " ( originally " Ministry of culture of the RSFSR ").

* Interview from 11 July 2004, on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation network

became a hit when it aired on the Public Broadcasting Service, while Absolutely Fabulous enjoyed a significant following when it aired on Comedy Central, and The Office won a Golden Globe award in 2004 for " Best Television Series — Musical or Comedy ", beating popular American favourites such as HBO's Sex and the City and NBC's Will & Grace.

The 2004 Uganda Broadcasting Corporation Act stated that the UBC should be funded by the levying of a television licence fee.

In 2004 members of the European Broadcasting Union ( EBU ) carried out a study of Middleware with respect to system integration in broadcast environments.

* Brzezinski on repercussions for diplomacy and the war on terror, The NewsHour, Public Broadcasting Service, March 19, 2004.

In November 2004, the CBC, in partnership with Standard Broadcasting and Sirius Satellite Radio, applied to the CRTC for a license to introduce satellite radio service to Canada.

Tommy Douglas, no southern Ontarian but from Scotland, arriving in the Canadian province of Manitoba at age 14 in 1918 and in an online vote conducted by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ( CBC ) in 2004 was voted the " Greatest Canadian.

In 2004, he was nominated as one of the top 10 " Greatest Canadians " by viewers of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

A 1999 national survey named him as Canada's greatest hero, and he finished second to Tommy Douglas in the 2004 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation program The Greatest Canadian.

In 2004, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation produced a television series called The Greatest Canadian which saw 100 Canadian figures nominated for the title of ' the Greatest Canadian '.

* Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2004, Rewind " Felix the Cat " ( Concerns the dispute over who created the character.

In December 1997, sister station WFAN ( then flagship station of the MetroStars ) announced that WNEW-FM would be their FM flagship station after Infinity Broadcasting Corporation ( now CBS Radio ) reached an 6-year extension deal ( starting in the 1998 MLS season ) with the MSG Network and the MetroStars to simulcast their games until the 2004 season.

In 2004 Smuts was named by voters in a poll held by the South African Broadcasting Corporation ( S. A. B. C.

In a national TV contest, conducted by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ( CBC ) in 2004, he was crowned " Greatest Canadian " by viewers in an online vote, almost 18 years after his death.

She was also said to have had a role in the 1990 extension of the Broadcasting Act and the establishment of the Broadcasting Standards Council, which later became the Broadcasting Standards Commission ( in 2004, this was subsumed into the Office of Communications ).

Graeme Thompson was appointed MD and Controller of Programmes at ITV Tyne Tees in 2004, having been appointed Director of Broadcasting in December 1997 and then Controller of Programmes in 2001.

* BBC Annual Report and Accounts, 2003 / 2004, London: British Broadcasting Corporation, 2004

On 30 June 2004, Davies suffered a stroke while exiting a lift at Broadcasting House, where he had been promoting his then current album, Bug.