The day Australia's 'legislative machinery' was set in motion
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Source: ABC News
Published: 2026-05-09 04:30 UTC+10:00
Section: General
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Politics, Australia, World News
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More than 12,000 people packed into Melbourne's Royal Exhibition Building for the opening of the first Australian parliament in 1901. (State Library of Victoria)
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