Sydney, New South Wales. The Federal Government's Telstra privatisation bill fails to pass the Senate. November 6 November - The Queensland Court of Appeal sets aside the convictions of Pauline Hanson and David Ettridge. 11 November - Turkish Kurd asylum seekers who landed on Melville Island last week are sent to Indonesia amid a cloud of political controversy. 14 November - The Queensland Crime and Misconduct Committee resolved that it would investigate the imprisonment of Pauline Hanson and David Ettridge. 20 November - A shipment of 70,000 sheep bound for the Middle East was delayed when Victorian authorities found shredded ham placed into the sheep's feed. Activists declared they'd put pig meat into the feed in an attempt to stop the live sheep from meeting the criteria for Muslim markets. 28 November – Simon Crean resigns as Opposition Leader. Mark Latham defeats Kim Beazley by two votes in a party room ballot on 2 December. December 3 December - Former Queensland Chief Magistrate Di Fingleton walks free from jail after six months. 8 December - The Federal Government announces a budget surplus. 16 December - The Federal Government made its long-awaited announcement on the excise rate for fuel alternatives after their final Cabinet meeting for the year. LPG for cars, previously free of excise, will be taxed by 2.5 cents per litre from mid-2008. 17 December - Health Minister, Tony Abbott, unveils the Government's medical indemnity insurance package. 18 December - The Productivity Commission's draft report on housing affordability for first homebuyers is released and puts forward measures including the scrapping of stamp duties, as well as the means testing of the $7,000 First Home Owners Grant. The Productivity Commission concedes there's no quick fix for the big jump in house prices over the last few years. Arts and literature ARIA Music Awards of 2003 Alex Miller's novel Journey to the Stone Country wins the Miles Franklin Award Film 30 June – Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith begins principal photography at Fox Studios Australia in Sydney. Kangaroo Jack Ned Kelly Television October – After protests from the Vietnamese community, SBS decides to cancel its broadcasts of the state-run news service from Vietnam. 31 December – Southern Cross Ten goes on air as a supplementary broadcaster to existing solus broadcaster Central GTS/BKN in the Spencer Gulf region of South Australia and the Broken Hill area of New