first Australian to be executed since 1993. The Federal Government's sweeping industrial relations changes are endorsed by the Senate, along party lines, after a marathon sitting. 11–12 December – The 2005 Cronulla riots take place, with the rioting centred on Cronulla and other beachside suburbs. There is also rioting in the Greater Western Suburbs area of Sydney. Attacks on people of Middle Eastern appearance are also reported in Perth and Adelaide. 15 December – A Senate inquiry into the abortion drug RU-486 begins and the inquiry is told that Viagra is more dangerous than RU-486. 31 December – Sections of the Trans-Australian Railway near Nurina on the Nullarbor Plain are washed away by flooding, halting passenger and freight services for up to five days. Date unknown Yodel Australia, online advertising and internet marketing company is founded. Arts and literature Andrew McGahan's novel The White Earth wins the Miles Franklin Award. Gail Jones is awarded the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal for Sixty Lights. Tim Winton's short-story collection The Turning wins the Christina Stead Prize for fiction. Sonya Hartnett's novel Surrender wins the Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction. Film 13 October – The Australian government passes a bill granting film directors a share of the copyright in their films. 26 November – Look Both Ways wins best film at the Australian Film Institute Awards 2005. Little Fish Wolf Creek Television 8 January – Australia Unites: Reach Out To Asia raises $20 million for the 2004 Asian tsunami relief effort. It is also the first time that Australia's three major commercial television stations have co-operated to broadcast such an event. 25 May – Graham Kennedy dies at age 71. The network on which most of his shows aired, the Nine Network, passes up the offer to broadcast his funeral & the Seven Network arrives, axes Nine's coverage and Seven picks it up and wins it. Nine does eventually show parts of the funeral live. 26 June – Douglas Wood is interviewed by Sandra Sully about his time as a captive after Network Ten pays a reported $400,000 for an exclusive interview. 15 August: Big Brother: Greg Mathew, along with twin brother David Mathew, also known as "The Logan Twins" is announced the winner of the fifth series. 20 November – Madonna's Warner Bros. single "Hung Up" defeats Gold Digger by Kanye West and Jamie Foxx to be crowned the title of the