User:Jason Rees/Aus names

Background
Ahead of the 1963-64 tropical cyclone season starting on December 1, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology introduced a scheme to name tropical cyclones whenever it was determined that a system had developed. The BoM's Tropical Cyclone Warning Centers (TCWCs) in Perth, Darwin and Brisbane were each allocated a separate list of fourteen female names, that started with every third letter, while the letters Q, X, Y and Z were not used. The names were designed to be used in public bulletins, allocated in alphabetical order by the warning centre concerned and on the first indication that a tropical cyclone had developed within their individual area of responsibility. It was also decided that should a tropical cyclone would retain its original name, should it move into another TCWC's area of responsibility. The first name was assigned to Tropical Cyclone Bessie by TCWC Perth on January 6, 1964, before TCWC Brisbane named Tropical Cyclone Audrey later that month. Over the next two years, these naming lists were used by the individual warning centres, before a fresh list of 90 female names was introduced ahead of the 1965-66.

After Severe Tropical Cyclone Tracy had impacted the Northern Territory,

At around the same time the Australian Science Minister ordered that tropical cyclones within the Australian region should carry both men's and women's names, as the minister thought "that both sexes should bear the odium of the devastation caused by cyclones." Male names were subsequently added to the lists for the Southern Pacific and each of the three Australian tropical cyclone warning centres ahead of the 1975–76 season.

During September 1975, the BoM announced a fresh list of names which contained both male and female names and promised that the first tropical cyclone to form in the northeastern region would be named Alan.

During January 2008, the Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi, dan Geofisika's (BMKG) tropical cyclone warning centre commenced operations, before they named their first system Durga on April 22, 2008, after it had become a tropical cyclone. Ahead of the 2008–09 season, the BoM decided to merge their three naming lists into one national naming list, while the BMKG publically issued two sets of Indonesian names.

The issue of tropical cyclones being renamed when they moved across 90°E into the South-West Indian Ocean, was subsequently brought up during October 2008 at the 18th session of the RA I Tropical Cyclone Committee. However, it was decided to postpone the matter until the following committee meeting so that various consultations could take place. During the 2009 Tropical Cyclone RSMCs/TCWCs Technical Coordination Meeting, it was reaffirmed that a tropical cyclone name should be retained throughout a system's lifetime, including when moving from one basin to another, to avoid confusion. As a result, it was proposed at the following year's RA I tropical cyclone committee, that systems stopped being renamed when they moved into the South-West Indian Ocean from the Australian region. It was subsequently agreed that during an interim period, cyclones that moved into the basin would have a name attached to their existing name, before it was stopped at the start of the 2012–13 season. Tropical Cyclone Bruce was subsequently the first tropical cyclone not to be renamed, when it moved into the South-West Indian Ocean during 2013-14.

Papua New Guinea
When a tropical cyclone is named by Papua New Guinea's National Weather Service, it is automatically retired as it is rare for a tropical cyclone to be named by them.

Fiji and New Zealand
The Fiji office of the New Zealand Meteorological Service started to name tropical cyclones during the 1969-70 season with the first name Alice being assigned on January 4, 1970.