that the population of Australia now exceeds 22 million. 29 March – 100 boats have arrived since November 2007 bringing 4,386 asylum-seekers and at least 225 crew members to Australia. The 100th boat, with 41 passengers and 3 crew on board, was intercepted in the vicinity of Christmas Island. 31 March – The Queensland Government, the City of Gold Coast council and Australian Commonwealth Games Association officially launch the Gold Coast's bid to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games. April 3 April – MV Shen Neng 1, a Chinese bulk carrier, runs aground off Great Keppel Island spilling fuel oil in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. 8 April – The Governor of Tasmania commissions David Bartlett to form a minority Labor government with the conditional support of the Tasmanian Greens, following the hung parliament result of the 2010 state election. 12 April – The Minister for Education, Julia Gillard, announces a taskforce has been established to investigate allegations of rorting in the Government's $16b Building the Education Revolution program aimed at upgrading facilities at Australian schools. 14 April – Peter Wellington MP introduces the Daylight Saving for South East Queensland Referendum Bill 2010 into Queensland Parliament which calls for a referendum to be held at the next State election on introduction of daylight saving time for South East Queensland. 20 April – The 5.2 Kalgoorlie-Boulder earthquake shook Western Australia with a maximum Mercalli intensity of V (Moderate), damaging buildings and injuring two. 27 April – Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announces the deferral of the introduction of the proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme until after the end of the current commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol (which ends in 2012), citing a lack of bipartisan support for the proposal and slower progress than expected in terms of global action on climate change. May 2 May – The Rudd Government announces it will tax the above-normal profits—known as super profits—of the mining industry to fund a superannuation rise and a company tax cut. 11 May – The 2010 Australian federal budget was released by the Treasurer of Australia, Wayne Swan. 15 May – 16-year-old sailor Jessica Watson completes a solo voyage around the world. June 3 June – The township of Lennox Head on the North Coast of New South Wales is affected by a tornado, which destroys at least 40 properties. 19 June – A by-election is held for the New