Premier Peter Beattie and Federal MP Tony Abbott, in relation to the jailing last year of Pauline Hanson and David Ettridge. 28 January - Port Kembla ethanol explosion Prime Minister John Howard and Foreign Minister Alexander Downer call for a sporting boycott in Zimbabwe. February 1 February – The first Ghan passenger train across Australia from Adelaide to Darwin sets off on its three-day journey. 6 February – The Music Industry Piracy Investigations organization uses an Anton Piller order to raid offices of P2P companies Sharman Networks and Brilliant Digital Entertainment, the homes of their key executives, as well as several internet service providers and universities. 8 February – Peter Beattie's Australian Labor Party Queensland state government is re-elected in a landslide. 11 February – A Black Hawk helicopter reportedly crashed near RAAF Base Amberley with at least five seriously injured. 14 February – Riots break out between police and Aboriginal residents of Sydney suburb Redfern 15 February – Violent riots ensue in the Sydney suburb of Redfern after an Aboriginal boy dies while allegedly fleeing police. 23 February – Premier of Tasmania Jim Bacon resigns after being diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer, handing power to his deputy, Paul Lennon. 25 February – Qantas launches its discount domestic airline, Jetstar. 29 February – Malcolm Turnbull controversially wins Liberal pre-selection for the federal seat of Wentworth, displacing sitting member Peter King. March 3 March - A bottle of wine is discovered on board the Queensland Government jet when Indigenous Policy Minister Liddy Clark and her staff visit an alcohol-free Indigenous community at Lockhart River, about 800 km north of Cairns, Queensland. 11 March – A Senate report on poverty is immediately dismissed by Prime Minister John Howard. The report shows between 2 and 3.5 million Australians, or up to 19 percent of the population, are living in poverty. 20 March - Van Tuong Nguyen is sentenced to death in the Singaporean High Court after being convicted of trafficking 396.2g of heroin into Singapore in December 2002. 27 March - Brisbane City Council Elections. Liberal candidate Campbell Newman becomes Lord Mayor of Brisbane defeating Labor candidate Tim Quinn, thus ending 13 years of Labor government in Brisbane. April 5 April – Australia's biggest supplier of the potential explosive ammonium nitrate decides to pull the product from its stores in response to concerns it could be used by terrorists. 14 April – The