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Timeline 2002–onwards
| 2002 | Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother dies Proclamation of East Timor's independence from Indonesia |
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| 2003 | The United States forms a 'coalition of the willing' including Australia, and sends forces to Iraq to overthrow Saddam Hussein in the 'war on terrorism'. Hussein is captured on 14 December. | |
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| 2004 | Human Rights Act 2004 (ACT) An Australian first Australia and the United States sign a free trade agreement A federal election returns the government of John Howard |
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60,000 BC to 1836 | 1837 to 1899 | 1900 to 1926 | 1927 to 1951 | 1952 to 2001 | 2002 onwards