The following lists events that happened during 2019 in Australia.

Incumbents

Monarch A monarch () is a head of stateWebster's II New College Dictionary. "Monarch". Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 2001. p. 707. Life tenure, for life or until abdication, and therefore the head of state of a monarchy. A monarch may exercise the highest ...

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Elizabeth II Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 19268 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II, her death in 2022. ...

Governor-General Governor-general (plural governors-general), or governor general (plural governors general), is the title of an official, most prominently associated with the British Empire. In the context of the governors-general and former British colonies, ...

– Sir Peter Cosgrove (until 1 July), then

David Hurley David John Hurley (born 26 August 1953) is an Australian former senior officer in the Australian Army who served as the 27th governor-general of Australia from 2019 to 2024. He was previously the 38th governor of New South Wales from 2014 to ...

Prime Minister A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...

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Scott Morrison Scott John Morrison (born 13 May 1968) is an Australian former politician who served as the 30th prime minister of Australia from 2018 to 2022. He held office as leader of the Liberal Party of Australia, leader of the Liberal Party and was ...

Deputy Prime Minister A deputy prime minister or vice prime minister is, in some countries, a Minister (government), government minister who can take the position of acting prime minister when the prime minister is temporarily absent. The position is often likened to th ...

– Michael McCormack **

Opposition Leader The Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest political party not in government, typical in countries utilizing the parliamentary system form of government. The leader of the opposition is typically se ...

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Bill Shorten William Richard Shorten (born 12 May 1967) is an Australian former politician and trade unionist. He was the leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and Leader of the Opposition (Australia), Leader of the Opposition from 2013 to 2019. He also ...

(until 30 May), then

Anthony Albanese Anthony Norman Albanese ( or ; born 2 March 1963) is an Australian politician serving as the 31st and current prime minister of Australia since 2022. He has been the Leaders of the Australian Labor Party#Leader, leader of the Labor Party si ...

* Chief Justice –

Susan Kiefel Susan Mary Kiefel (; born 1954) is an Australian lawyer and barrister who was the 13th Chief Justice of Australia from 2017 to 2023. She concurrently served on the High Court of Australia from 2007 to 2023, previously being a judge of both the ...

State and territory leaders

Premier of New South Wales The premier of New South Wales is the head of government in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The Government of New South Wales follows the Westminster system, Westminster Parliamentary System, with a Parliament of New South Wales actin ...

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Gladys Berejiklian Gladys Berejiklian (; born 22 September 1970) is an Australian businesswoman and former politician who served as the 45th premier of New South Wales and the leader of the New South Wales division of the Liberal Party from 2017 to 2021. Berejikl ...

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Michael Daley Michael John Daley (born 1 November 1965) is an Australian politician and has been the Attorney-General of New South Wales since 28 March 2023. He was previously the Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of New South Wales from November 20 ...

(until 25 March), then

Penny Sharpe Penelope Gail Sharpe (born 22 October 1970) is an Australian politician. She has served as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since 2005, representing the Labor Party. Since March 2023, Sharpe is the Leader of the Government ...

(until 29 June), then

Jodi McKay Jodi Leyanne McKay (born 16 August 1969) is an Australian former politician who was the Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of New South Wales from June 2019 until May 2021. She previously served as a member of the New South Wales Legisla ...

Premier of Queensland The premier of Queensland is the head of government in the Australian state of Queensland. By convention the premier is the leader of the party with a parliamentary majority in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland. The premier is appointed ...

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Annastacia Palaszczuk Annastacia Palaszczuk ( , born 25 July 1969) is an Australian politician who served as the 39th premier of Queensland from 2015 to 2023. She held office as the leader of the Queensland branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 2012 unt ...

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Deb Frecklington Deborah Kay Frecklington (born 3 September 1971) is an Australian politician who serves as the member for Nanango in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, having won the seat at the 2012 state election. She was the Leader of the Queensland ...

Premier of South Australia The premier of South Australia is the head of government in the state of South Australia, Australia. The Government of South Australia follows the Westminster system, with a Parliament of South Australia acting as the legislature. The premier i ...

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Steven Marshall Steven Spence Marshall (born 21 January 1968) is a former Australian politician who served as the 46th premier of South Australia between 2018 and 2022. He was a member of the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia in the ...

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Peter Malinauskas Peter Bryden Malinauskas (English: ; ; born 14 August 1980) is an Australian politician serving as the 47th and current premier of South Australia since 2022. He has been the leader of the South Australian branch of the Australian Labor Party ...

Premier of Tasmania The premier of Tasmania is the head of the Government of Tasmania, executive government in the Australian state of Tasmania. By convention, the leader of the party or political grouping which has majority support in the Tasmanian House of Assem ...

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Will Hodgman William Edward Felix Hodgman (born 20 April 1969) is a former Australian politician and diplomat. He was the premier of Tasmania from 2014 to 2020 and state leader of the Liberal Party from 2006 to 2020. He later served as High Commissioner of ...

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Rebecca White Rebecca Peta White (born 4 February 1983) is an Australian politician. She was elected to the House of Representatives at the 2025 federal election, representing the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and the Tasmanian seat of Lyons. She was previo ...

Premier of Victoria The premier of Victoria is the head of government of the state of Victoria in Australia. The premier leads the Cabinet of Victoria and selects its ministers. The premier is appointed by the governor of Victoria, must be a member of the Vic ...

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Daniel Andrews Daniel Michael Andrews (born 6 July 1972) is an Australian former politician who served as the 48th premier of Victoria from 2014 to 2023. He held office as the leader of the Victorian branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 2010 and ...

– Michael O'Brien *

Premier of Western Australia The premier of Western Australia is the head of government of the state of Western Australia. The role of premier at a state level is similar to the role of the prime minister of Australia at a federal level. The premier leads the executive br ...

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Mark McGowan Mark McGowan (born 13 July 1967) is an Australian former politician and naval officer who served as the 30th premier of Western Australia from 2017 until his retirement in 2023. He was the leader of the Western Australian branch of the Austr ...

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Mike Nahan Michael Dennis Nahan (born 2 July 1950) is an Australian politician who served as the leader of the Western Australian Liberal Party and Leader of the Opposition from the 2017 state election until his resignation in June 2019. He served as Tre ...

(until 13 June), then

Liza Harvey Liza Mary Harvey (née Browne; born 25 October 1966) is an Australian politician who was the Liberal Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 2008 to 2021, representing the seat of Scarborough. She was a minister in t ...

Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory The chief minister of the Australian Capital Territory is the head of government of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). The leader of the party with the largest number of seats in the unicameral Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assemb ...

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Andrew Barr Andrew James Barr (born 29 April 1973) is an Australian politician who has been serving as the 7th and current chief minister of the Australian Capital Territory since 2014 and the treasurer of the Australian Capital Territory since 2011. He ...

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Alistair Coe Alistair Bruce Coe (born 9 January 1984) is an Australian politician and a former leader of the Liberal Party and Leader of the Opposition in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). He was a member of the ACT Legislative Assembly from 2008 to ...

Chief Minister of the Northern Territory The chief minister of the Northern Territory is the head of government of the Northern Territory. The office is the equivalent of a state premier. When the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly was created in 1974, the head of government w ...

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Michael Gunner Michael Patrick Francis Gunner (born 6 January 1976) is an Australian former politician who was the 11th Chief Minister of the Northern Territory from 2016 to 2022. He was a Labor member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, holding ...

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Gary Higgins Gary John Higgins (born 26 May 1954) is an Australian former politician. A member of the Country Liberal Party, he was elected to represent the seat of Daly in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly at the 2012 election. After the 2016 e ...

Governors and administrators

Governor of New South Wales The governor of New South Wales is the representative of the monarch, King Charles III, in the state of New South Wales. In an analogous way to the governor-general of Australia, Governor-General of Australia at the national level, the governor ...

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Margaret Beazley Margaret Joan Beazley, , (born 23 July 1951) is an Australian Judge, jurist who is the 39th and current governor of New South Wales, serving since 2 May 2019. She was the president of the New South Wales Court of Appeal, the List of the first wo ...

Governor of Queensland The governor of Queensland is the representative of the monarch, currently King Charles III, in the state of Queensland. In an analogous way to the governor-general of Australia, governor-general at the national level, the governor Governors of ...

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Paul de Jersey Paul de Jersey, (born 21 September 1948) is an Australian jurist who served as the 26th governor of Queensland, from 29 July 2014 to 1 November 2021. He was Chief Justice of Queensland from 1998 to 2014. Education De Jersey was educated at ...

Governor of South Australia The governor of South Australia is the representative in South Australia of the monarch, currently King Charles III. The governor performs the same constitutional and ceremonial functions at the state level as does the governor-general of Aust ...

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Hieu Van Le Hieu Van Le, (; born 1 January 1954) was the 35th governor of South Australia, in office from 1 September 2014 to 31 August 2021. He served as the state's lieutenant-governor from 2007 to 2014. He also served as chair of the South Australian Mu ...

Governor of Tasmania The governor of Tasmania is the representative in the Australian state of Tasmania of the monarch, currently King Charles III. The incumbent governor is Barbara Baker, who was appointed in June 2021. The official residence of the governor is Gov ...

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Kate Warner Catherine Ann Warner (born 14 July 1948) is an Australian lawyer and legal academic who was the 28th Governor of Tasmania from 2014 to 2021. Early life and education Warner was born Catherine Ann Friend in Hobart, Tasmania, and attended St Mi ...

Governor of Victoria The governor of Victoria is the representative of Monarchy of Australia, the monarch, currently King Charles III, in the Australian state of Victoria (state), Victoria. The governor is appointed by the monarch on the advice of the premier of V ...

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Linda Dessau Linda Marion Dessau (born 8 May 1953) is an Australian jurist and barrister who served as the 29th governor of Victoria from 2015 to 2023. She was the first female and the first Jewish holder of the office. She was previously a judge of the ...

Governor of Western Australia The governor of Western Australia is the representative in Western Australia of the monarch, King Charles III. As with the other governors of the Australian states, the governor of Western Australia performs constitutional, ceremonial and commun ...

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Kim Beazley Kim Christian Beazley (born 14 December 1948) is an Australian former politician and diplomat. Since 2022 he has served as chairman of the Australian War Memorial. Previously, he was leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and Leader of the ...

* Administrator of the Australian Indian Ocean Territories –

Natasha Griggs Natasha Louise Griggs (born 24 January 1969) is an Australian former politician and the administrator of the Australian Indian Ocean Territories from 2017 to 2022. Griggs was first elected at the 2010 federal election as a member of the Hous ...

Administrator of Norfolk Island The administrator of Norfolk Island acts as a representative both of the Crown and the Government of Australia The Australian Government, also known as the Commonwealth Government or simply as the federal government, is the national Exe ...

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Eric Hutchinson Eric Hutchinson (born September 8, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter best known for his songs "Rock & Roll", "OK, It's Alright with Me", "Not There Yet", "Watching You Watch Him", and "Tell the World". Hutchinson was named an AOL "About to ...

Administrator of the Northern Territory The administrator of the Northern Territory is an official appointed by the governor-general of Australia to represent the Crown in right of the Northern Territory. They perform functions similar to those of a state governor. Strictly speaking ...

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Vicki O'Halloran Vicki Susan O'Halloran (born 20 June 1964) is an Australian businesswoman and community worker, who was CEO of Somerville Community Services in the Northern Territory from 1998 to 2017. On 31 October 2017, she was sworn in as the 22nd administrat ...

Events

January

* 3 January – One man is killed and another is injured following a double stabbing at the Asia-Pacific headquarters of the

Church of Scientology The Church of Scientology is a group of interconnected corporate entities and other organizations devoted to the practice, administration and dissemination of Scientology, which is variously defined as a cult, a business, or a new religiou ...

in the Sydney suburb of Chatswood. * 5 January – A far-right

political rally Politics () is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of status or resources. The branch of social science that studies poli ...

held in

Melbourne Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victori ...

, marked by scuffles with police and counter-protesters, is attended by Independent Senator

Fraser Anning William Fraser Anning (born 14 October 1949) is an Australian racist and former politician who was a senator for Queensland from November 2017 to June 2019. Anning is known for holding far-right, nativist, and anti-Muslim views, and has been ...

, who admits to using tax-payer funded travel to attend the event. *7 January – A mass fish die-off occurs on the Lower

Darling River The Darling River (or River Darling; Paakantyi: ''Baaka'' or ''Barka''), is the third-longest river in Australia, measuring from its source in northern New South Wales to its confluence with the Murray River at Wentworth. Including its long ...

Menindee Lakes The Menindee Lakes is a system of 9 large, but relatively shallow lakes, located in south-west New South Wales on the Darling (Barka) River, about upstream of the Darling River's junction with the Murray River. The Darling River is fed by nine ...

. Up to 1 million fish, including endangered species, ultimately die in what is described as possibly the largest fish die-off in Australian history. * 24 January – Professor

Tanya Monro Tanya Mary Monro (born 1973)
, science.org.au

is appointed Australia's next

Chief Defence Scientist The Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG) is a part of the Department of Defence (Australia), Australian Department of Defence, which provides science and technology support to Defence and defence industry. The agency's name was changed ...

, the first woman in the position. *29 January – The South Australian Murray Darling Basin Royal Commission report is released. The commission, which commenced in 2018, was critical of the Murray Darling Basin Plan and the Commonwealth Murray Darling Basin Authority.

February

* Four people are killed and over a thousand people remain evacuated from homes in

Townsville The City of Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. With a population of 201,313 as of 2024, it is the largest settlement in North Queensland and Northern Australia (specifically, the parts of Australia north of ...

flooding A flood is an overflow of water ( or rarely other fluids) that submerges land that is usually dry. In the sense of "flowing water", the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide. Floods are of significant concern in agriculture, civi ...

peaks in the city, following a metre of rainfall in the first week of the month. Among the dead were two men on 4 February, and two young boys on 25 February, all from drowning. * 4 February – The

Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry The Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry, also known as the Banking Royal Commission and the Hayne Royal Commission, was a royal commission established on 14 December 2017 by the Austral ...

final report is tabled in Parliament. The report makes 76 recommendations. *12 February – The Liberal-National Coalition government becomes the first Australian federal government to lose a vote on its own legislation in 78 years, after a defeat on the floor of the

House of Representatives House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entities. In many countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often ...

. *13 February – Nineteen homes are destroyed by bushfires in the

New England New England is a region consisting of six states in the Northeastern United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. It is bordered by the state of New York (state), New York to the west and by the ...

and

Northern Rivers Northern Rivers is the most northeasterly Regions of New South Wales, region of the Australian state of New South Wales, located between north of the state capital, Sydney, and encompasses the catchments and fertile valleys of the Clarence Ri ...

regions of

New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...

. *26 February – Following the lifting of a

suppression order A gag order (also known as a gagging order or suppression order) is an order, typically a legal order by a court or government, restricting information or comment from being made public or passed on to any unauthorized third party. The phrase may ...

, it is revealed that

Cardinal George Pell George Pell (8 June 1941 – 10 January 2023) was an Australian cardinal of the Catholic Church. From 2002, he faced recurring accusations of sexual abuse, although his subsequent sexual abuse conviction was quashed on appeal to the High Cour ...

had been convicted in December 2018 of sexually abusing two choirboys in 1996.

March

*13 March – Cardinal

George Pell George Pell (8 June 1941 – 10 January 2023) was an Australian cardinal of the Catholic Church. From 2002, he faced recurring accusations of sexual abuse, although his subsequent sexual abuse conviction was quashed on appeal to the High Cour ...

is sentenced to six years in prison following his conviction over the sexual abuse of two choirboys. *19 March – a few days prior to the state election, a video from September 2018 surfaced in which NSW Labor leader

made comments about Asian immigration in Sydney. Daley said "Our young children will flee and who are they being replaced with? They are being replaced by young people from typically Asia with PhDs," and "So there's a transformation happening in Sydney now where our kids are moving out and foreigners are moving in and taking their jobs". *23 March – **The Liberal-National Coalition government led by

wins the

2019 New South Wales state election The 2019 New South Wales state election was held on Saturday 23 March 2019 to elect the 57th Parliament of New South Wales, including all 93 seats in the Legislative Assembly and 21 of the 42 seats in the Legislative Council. The election was ...

and returns to office with a reduced majority. **Tropical Cyclone Trevor makes landfall in the

Northern Territory The Northern Territory (abbreviated as NT; known formally as the Northern Territory of Australia and informally as the Territory) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian internal territory in the central and central-northern regi ...

April

*11 April – Actor

Geoffrey Rush Geoffrey Roy Rush (born 6 July 1951) is an Australian actor. Known for often playing eccentric roles on both stage and screen, he has received List of awards and nominations received by Geoffrey Rush, numerous accolades, including an Academy Aw ...

is awarded $850,000 in damages after winning a defamation case against ''

The Daily Telegraph ''The Daily Telegraph'', known online and elsewhere as ''The Telegraph'', is a British daily broadsheet conservative newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed in the United Kingdom and internationally. It was found ...

''. *12–14 April – After 25 years, Australia's Dirt n Dust Festival is held for the final time at

Julia Creek, Queensland Julia Creek is an outback town and locality in the Shire of Mckinlay, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Julia Creek had a population of 549 people. The town of Oorindi is within the west of the locality () beside the Oorindi rai ...

. Although scheduled for 2020 and 2021, those events were cancelled due to the

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...

. It was announced in 2021 that the festival had been permanently cancelled due to a lack of volunteers.

May

*16 May –

Bob Hawke Robert James Lee Hawke (9 December 1929 – 16 May 2019) was an Australian politician and trade unionist who served as the 23rd prime minister of Australia from 1983 to 1991. He held office as the Australian Labor Party, leader of the La ...

, Australia's 23rd Prime Minister, dies at the age of 89. *18 May –

2019 Australian federal election The 2019 Australian federal election was held on Saturday, 18 May 2019, to elect members of the 46th Parliament of Australia. The election had been called following the dissolution of the 45th Parliament as elected at the 2016 double dissol ...

Liberal Liberal or liberalism may refer to: Politics * Generally, a supporter of the political philosophy liberalism. Liberals may be politically left or right but tend to be centrist. * An adherent of a Liberal Party (See also Liberal parties by country ...

National National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, c ...

Coalition A coalition is formed when two or more people or groups temporarily work together to achieve a common goal. The term is most frequently used to denote a formation of power in political, military, or economic spaces. Formation According to ''A G ...

government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a State (polity), state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive (government), execu ...

is narrowly re-elected, defeating the Labor Party led by

. *26 May – The

Sydney Metro Sydney Metro is a fully automated rapid transit rail system in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It currently consists of the Metro North West & Bankstown Line, running between Tallawong and Sydenham and consisting of 21 stations on of t ...

is opened from Tallawong to Chatswood. *30 May –

is elected

unopposed An uncontested election is an election in which the winning candidate did not face a serious challenger. This often entails the number of candidates being the same as or fewer than the number of places available for election, meaning that all cand ...

as leader of the

Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party (ALP), also known as the Labor Party or simply Labor, is the major Centre-left politics, centre-left List of political parties in Australia, political party in Australia and one of two Major party, major parties in Po ...

and

Leader of the Opposition The Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held by the leader of the Opposition (parliamentary), largest political party not in government, typical in countries utilizing the parliamentary system form of government. The leader of the ...

, replacing

Richard Marles Richard Donald Marles (born 13 July 1967) is an Australian politician and lawyer serving as the 19th and current deputy prime minister of Australia and the Minister for Defence (Australia), minister for Defence since May 2022. He has been the ...

is elected deputy unopposed, succeeding

Tanya Plibersek Tanya Joan Plibersek (born 2 December 1969) is an Australian politician who has been Minister for Social Services in the Albanese government since 2025. She was previously the Minister for the Environment and Water from 2022 to 2025. She was ...

June

*4 June – At least four men are killed and a woman is injured after a 45-year-old gunman allegedly goes on a shooting spree in the city centre of

Darwin, Northern Territory Darwin ( Larrakia: ') is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. The city has nearly 53% of the Northern Territory's population, with 139,902 at the 2021 census. It is the smallest, wettest, and most northerly of the Australi ...

. *4–5 June – The

Australian Federal Police The Australian Federal Police (AFP) is the principal Federal police, federal law enforcement agency of the Australian Government responsible for investigating Crime in Australia, crime and protecting the national security of the Commonwealth ...

raid the home of

News Corp Australia News Corp Australia is an Australian media conglomerate and wholly owned subsidiary of News Corp. The group's interests span newspaper and magazine publishing, Internet, market research, DVD and film distribution, and film and television prod ...

journalist Annika Smethurst and the headquarters of the ABC over national security and special forces stories. *24 June – Parts of the Darwin CBD are evacuated after the city is impacted by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake originating in

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...

July

*1 July –

is sworn in as the 27th Governor-General of Australia. *8–27 July – A biennial joint Australia-United States military exercise

Talisman Saber Exercise Talisman Sabre (also spelled Talisman Saber, the US English alternative title) is a biennial, multinational military exercise led by Australia and the United States. Talisman Sabre involves joint exercises performed by the Australian De ...

2019 is held.

August

*13 August – 2019 Sydney stabbing attack *16 August – Pro-Hong Kong protesters clash with pro-China supporters in Melbourne, while police are forced to intervene during similar confrontations in Sydney and Adelaide, following the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests. *21 August – The Victorian

Court of Appeal An appellate court, commonly called a court of appeal(s), appeal court, court of second instance or second instance court, is any court of law that is empowered to Hearing (law), hear a Legal case, case upon appeal from a trial court or other ...

dismisses

's appeal to overturn his conviction for child sex offences. *29 August – An attempt to deport the

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...

Tamil Tamil may refer to: People, culture and language * Tamils, an ethno-linguistic group native to India, Sri Lanka, and some other parts of Asia **Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka ** Myanmar or Burmese Tamils, Tamil people of Ind ...

Nadesalingam family

asylum seekers An asylum seeker is a person who leaves their country of residence, enters another country, and makes in that other country a formal application for the right of asylum according to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article 14. A pers ...

was thwarted by a last-minute injunction, forcing the plane carrying the couple and their children out of Australia to land in Darwin.

September

*9 September – Homes and buildings, including the historic Binna Burra Lodge, are destroyed by a bushfire in Queensland's

Scenic Rim The Scenic Rim is a group of forested mountain ranges of the Great Dividing Range, located south of Brisbane agglomeration, straddling the border between south-eastern Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales, Australia. In 2021, the Sce ...

region.

October

*26 October – Climbing

Uluru Uluru (; ), also known as Ayers Rock ( ) and officially gazetted as UluruAyers Rock, is a large sandstone monolith. It outcrop, crops out near the centre of Australia in the southern part of the Northern Territory, south-west of Alice Spri ...

is banned by authority of the

Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park is a protected area in the Northern Territory of Australia. The park is home to both Uluru and Kata Tjuta. It is located south of Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin by road and south-west of Alice Springs al ...

board. *31 October – The

Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety was an Australian royal commission investigating the aged care sector following systemic failures and abuse in the sector being exposed by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The com ...

interim report is published and tabled in Parliament.

November

*8 November – Three people are killed and 150 homes are destroyed by a large number of bushfires burning across New South Wales and

South East Queensland South East Queensland (SEQ) is a Bioregion, bio-geographical, Megalopolis, metropolitan and Statistics, statistical Regions of Queensland, region of the States and territories of Australia, state of Queensland in Australia, with a population of ...

. *11 November – A week-long State of Emergency is declared in New South Wales and the

Australian Defence Force The Australian Defence Force (ADF) is the Armed forces, military organisation responsible for the defence of Australia and its national interests. It consists of three branches: the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Australian Army and the Royal Aus ...

is put on alert amid mounting bushfire warnings.

December

*30–31 December – Eight people are killed, hundreds of homes are destroyed and the

Royal Australian Navy The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is the navy, naval branch of the Australian Defence Force (ADF). The professional head of the RAN is Chief of Navy (Australia), Chief of Navy (CN) Vice admiral (Australia), Vice Admiral Mark Hammond (admiral), Ma ...

is mobilised to assist evacuation efforts following bushfires on the New South Wales South Coast and in Victoria's

East Gippsland East Gippsland is the eastern region of Gippsland, Victoria (state), Victoria, Australia covering (14%) of Victoria (Australia), Victoria. It has a population of 80,114. Australian Bureau of Statistics2006 Census Community Profile Series: Ea ...

Music, arts and literature

*10 May – Tony Costa wins the

Archibald Prize The Archibald Prize is an Australian portraiture art prize for painting, generally seen as the most prestigious portrait prize in Australia. It was first awarded in 1921 after the receipt of a bequest from J. F. Archibald, J. F. Archib ...

for his portrait of artist

Lindy Lee Lindy Lee (born 1954) is an Australian painter and sculptor of Chinese heritage, whose work blends the cultures of Australia and her ancestral China and explores her Buddhist faith. She has exhibited widely, and is particularly known for her lar ...

. * 30 July –

Melissa Lucashenko Melissa Lucashenko is an Indigenous Australians, Indigenous Australian writer of adult literary fiction and literary non-fiction, who has also written young adult fiction, novels for teenagers. In 2013 at the Walkley Awards, she won the "Featu ...

wins the

Miles Franklin Award The Miles Franklin Literary Award is an annual literary prize awarded to "a novel which is of the highest literary merit and presents Australian life in any of its phases". The award was set up according to the Will (law), will of Miles Franklin ...

for '' Too Much Lip''

Sport

January

* 5 January – Tennis: The

Swiss Swiss most commonly refers to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Swiss may also refer to: Places * Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina * Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses * Swiss Café, an old café located ...

team consisting of

Roger Federer Roger Federer ( , ; born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 3 ...

and

Belinda Bencic Belinda Bencic (; born 10 March 1997) is a Swiss professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 4 which she achieved in February 2020. Bencic has won nine career singles titles, including Tennis at the 2020 ...

defeat

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

2–1 in the final of the

2018 Hopman Cup The Hopman Cup XXX (also known as the 2018 Mastercard Hopman Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 30th edition of the Hopman Cup tournament between nations in men's and women's tennis. It took place at the Perth Arena in Perth, Western Australia ...

. * 26 January – ** Cricket:

Brisbane Heat The Brisbane Heat are an Australian professional franchise men's and women's cricket team, competing in Australia's domestic Twenty20 cricket competition, the Big Bash League (BBL). The Heat are the successors of the Queensland Bulls who playe ...

defeat

Sydney Sixers The Sydney Sixers is an Australian professional franchise men's cricket team, competing in Australia's domestic Twenty20 cricket competition, the Big Bash League (BBL). Along with the Sydney Thunder, the Sixers are the successors of the Spee ...

by 3 wickets at

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in Sydney in the final of the

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. ** Tennis:

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defeats

Petra Kvitová Petra Kvitová (; born 8 March 1990) is a Czech professional tennis player. Known for her powerful left-handed groundstrokes and variety, Kvitová has won 31 career singles titles, including two Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major titles ...

7–6 (7–2), 5–7, 6–4 at

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in the final of the 2019 Australian Open women's singles. * 27 January – Tennis:

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defeats

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6–3, 6–2, 6–3 at

in the final of the 2019 Australian Open men's singles.

February

* 15 February — ** Rugby league: The Indigenous All Stars defeat the

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34–14 in the 2019 All Stars match. Indigenous halfback Tyrone Roberts, of the

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, wins the

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medal for Man of the Match. ** Rugby league: The Māori Women's All Stars defeat the Indigenous Women's All Stars 8–4 in the 2019 Women's All Stars match. * 16 February – ** Association football:

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defeats

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4–2 at

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, Sydney to win the 2019 W-League Grand Final. ** Basketball:

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defeat

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93–73 to win the 2018–19 WNBL series in the third game of the grand final series at

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in Canberra. * 17 February – ** Cricket:

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defeat

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by 13 runs to win the

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. ** Rugby league: 2018 NRL premiers

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defeat

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champions

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20–8 in the 2019 World Club Challenge, held at

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March

* 17 March – ** Basketball:

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defeat

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97–82 to win the 2018–19 NBL series in the fourth game of the grand final series at

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. ** Motorsport: Mercedes driver

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wins the

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at Albert Park in Melbourne from Mercedes teammate

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and

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. *31 March – Australian rules football: Adelaide Football Club (AFL Women's), Adelaide wins the 2019 AFL Women's Grand Final, defeating Carlton Football Club (AFL Women's), Carlton 10.3 (63) to 2.6 (18).

May

* 19 May – ** Association Football:

defeat

0(4) to 0 (1) on penalties to claim the 2018-19 A-League season at Perth's Optus Stadium. It's the 4th A League title win for

June

*5 June – Rugby league: Queensland rugby league team, Queensland defeat New South Wales rugby league team, New South Wales 18–14 at Suncorp Stadium in the first match of the 2019 State of Origin series. Queensland winger Dane Gagai is awarded man of the match. *23 June – **Golf: Hannah Green (golfer), Hannah Green wins the 2019 Women's PGA Championship. **Tennis: Ashleigh Barty wins the 2019 Birmingham Classic, becoming the List of WTA number 1 ranked tennis players, No. 1 ranked WTA tennis player. **Rugby league: New South Wales rugby league team, New South Wales defeat Queensland rugby league team, Queensland 38–6 at Optus Stadium in the second match of the 2019 State of Origin series. NSW prop Jake Trbojevic is awarded man of the match. *24 June – Surfing: Sally Fitzgibbons is ranked No. 1 in women's surfing after winning the Rio Pro in Brazil.

July

*10 July – Rugby league: New South Wales rugby league team, New South Wales win the 2019 State of Origin series, defeating Queensland rugby league team, Queensland 26–20 at ANZ Stadium in the third match. NSW fullback James Tedesco is awarded both man of the match and the State of Origin series#Wally Lewis Medal, Wally Lewis Medal for player of the series.

August

*29 August 2019 - Rugby league: After 25 seasons, the final NRL game is played at Willows Sports Complex in

when more than 15,000 spectators watch the North Queensland Cowboys beat the Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs.

September

*8 September – Rugby league: Melbourne Storm win the minor premiership following the final main round of the 2019 NRL season.

finish in last position, claiming the wooden spoon (award), wooden spoon. *9 September – Cricket: At Old Trafford, Australia national cricket team, Australia defeats England cricket team, England in the fourth Test of the 2019 Ashes series thereby retaining The Ashes. *28 September – Australian rules football: Richmond Football Club, Richmond defeats Greater Western Sydney Giants, Greater Western Sydney 17.12 (114) to 3.7 (25), winning the 2019 AFL Grand Final. *29 September – Surfing: Mitch Parkinson wins the So Sri Lanka Pro 2019 as a part of the World Surf League, his first career WSL title.

October

*6 October – ** Rugby league:

defeat Canberra Raiders 14–8 to win the 2019 NRL Grand Final at ANZ Stadium, becoming the first team since 1992/1993 to win back to back rugby league titles. Raiders five-eighth Jack Wighton is awarded the Clive Churchill Medal for Man of the Match. Pre-match entertainment is headlined by American pop rock band OneRepublic, featuring Thandi Phoenix, while Daryl Braithwaite performs at halftime. ** Rugby league: Brisbane Broncos#NRL Women's team, Brisbane Broncos defeat St. George Illawarra Dragons#NRL Women's team, St. George Illawarra Dragons 30–6 in the NRL Women's Premiership 2019 NRL Women's season, Grand Final, winning the title for the second year in a row.

November

*5 November – Horse racing: Vow And Declare wins the 2019 Melbourne Cup.

Deaths

January

* 1 January – Paul Neville (politician), Paul Neville, Queensland politician (b. 1940) * 2 January – Darius Perkins, actor (b. 1964) * 4 January – John Thornett, rugby union player (b. 1935) * 6 January – Annalise Braakensiek, model (b. 1972) * 7 January – Jimmy Hannan, television presenter (b. 1934) * 8 January – William Cole (public servant), Sir William Cole, public servant (b. 1926) * 16 January – Chris Wilson (Australian musician), Chris Wilson, blues musician (b. 1956) * 17 January – Tara Simmons, musician (b. 1984) * 19 January – Robert Furlonger, diplomat and public servant (b. 1921) * 20 January – Fred Castledine, Australian rules footballer (b. 1937) * 22 January – Eileen Massey, cricketer (b. 1935) * 24 January – Jim McCabe (politician), Jim McCabe, Victorian politician (b. 1922) * 29 January – Ian George, Anglican bishop (b. 1934) * 30 January ** Maureen Brunt, economist (b. 1928) ** Alan Hayes, Australian rules footballer (Richmond Football Club, Richmond) (b. 1939)

February

* 1 February – Andrew McGahan, novelist (b. 1966) * 3 February ** Carmen Duncan, actor (b. 1942) ** John Sinclair (environmentalist), John Sinclair, conservationist (b. 1939) * 9 February – Barney Cooney, Victorian politician (b. 1934) * 11 February – Jeffrey Miles, Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory, Australian Capital Territory Supreme Court Chief Justice (b. 1935) * 13 February – Leonard Casley, self-proclaimed monarch of the Principality of Hutt River (b. 1925) * 21 February – Rupert Myers, Sir Rupert Myers, metallurgist and university administrator (b. 1921) * 24 February ** Paul Blackwell (actor), Paul Blackwell, actor (b. 1954) ** Philip Cummins, Supreme Court of Victoria, Victorian Supreme Court judge (b. 1939) ** Margaret Scott (dancer), Dame Margaret Scott, ballet dancer (b. 1922) * 25 February – John Herron (Australian politician), John Herron, Queensland politician and diplomat (b. 1932) * 27 February ** Bill Landeryou, Victorian politician and union official (b. 1941) ** Milton Morris, New South Wales politician (b. 1924) * 28 February – Bruce Rosier, Anglican bishop (b. 1928)

March

* 1 March – Mike Willesee, television journalist (b. 1942) * 3 March – Richard Lewis (Australian politician), Richard Lewis, Western Australian politician (b. 1939) * 4 March – Les Carlyon, newspaper editor (b. 1942) * 10 March – Gordon McIntosh, Western Australian politician (b. 1925) * 11 March – Desmond Ford, theologian (b. 1929) * 13 March – Edmund Capon, art historian (died in the United Kingdom) (b. 1940) * 18 March – Giovanni Sgro, Victorian politician (b. 1931) * 19 March ** Lance Oswald, Australian rules footballer (St Kilda Football Club, St Kilda) (b. 1937) ** Ian Thorogood, Australian rules footballer (Carlton Football Club, Carlton) and coach (b. 1936) ** Kenneth To, swimmer (b. 1992) * 20 March – Noel Hush, chemist (b. 1924) * 22 March – Jack Absalom, artist, author and adventurer (b. 1927) * 24 March – Vicky Kippin, Queensland politician (b. 1942) * 25 March – Stylianos Harkianakis, Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Australia (b. 1935) * 27 March – Bruce Yardley, Test cricketer (b. 1947) * 30 March – Geoff Harvey, musician and television personality (b. 1935) * 31 March – Peter Coleman, 30th Leader of the Opposition (New South Wales), New South Wales Leader of the Opposition (b. 1928)

April

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* 1 April – Bill Butchart, middle-distance runner (b. 1933) * 4 April – John Winneke, Supreme Court of Victoria, Victorian Supreme Court judge (b. 1938) * 6 April – Lloyd McDermott, barrister and rugby union player (b. 1939) * 7 April ** Peter Armstrong (rugby league), Peter Armstrong, rugby league footballer (b. 1936) ** Joe Bertony, spy and engineer (b. 1922) * 9 April – Rod Galt, Australian rules footballer (St Kilda Football Club, St Kilda, Carlton Football Club, Carlton) (b. 1951) * 11 April ** Lewis Cooper (cricketer), Lewis Cooper, cricketer (b. 1937) ** Peter Smedley, businessman (b. 1943) * 13 April ** Ron Austin (activist), Ron Austin, LGBT rights activist (b. 1929) ** Wally Carr, boxer (b. 1954) ** Michael Coper, legal scholar (b. 1946) * 15 April – Rex Harry, cricketer (b. 1936) * 16 April – Suzanne Twelftree, Paralympic wheelchair tennis player and powerlifter (b. 1956) * 18 April – Andrew Mallard, wrongfully convicted ex-convict (died in the United States) (b. 1962) * 20 April – Joyce Evans (photographer), Joyce Evans, photographer (b. 1929) * 23 April – Scott W. Sloan, civil engineer and academic (b. 1954) * 26 April – Eric Kent, Victorian politician (b. 1919) * 29 April – Les Murray (poet), Les Murray, poet (b. 1938) * 30 April – Max Evans (politician), Max Evans, Western Australian politician (b. 1930)

May

* 1 May – Arvi Parbo, Sir Arvi Parbo, businessman (b. 1926) * 2 May – Mike Williamson (broadcaster), Mike Williamson, sports commentator (b. 1928) * 3 May – Enrico Taglietti, architect (b. 1926) * 4 May – Adam Sky (Australian DJ), Adam Sky, DJ (b. 1976) * 12 May – Alan Grover, Olympic rowing coxswain (b. 1944) * 14 May – Barbara York Main, arachnologist (b. 1929) * 16 May ** David Cervinski, soccer player (b. 1970) **

, 23rd Prime Minister of Australia and Australian Council of Trade Unions#Leadership, President of the ACTU (b. 1929) * 19 May – John Millett (poet), John Millett, poet (b. 1921) * 20 May – Peter Hitchcock (nature conservationist), Peter Hitchcock, environmentalist (b. 1944) * 21 May ** Lawrence Carroll, painter (died in the United States) (b. 1954) ** Densey Clyne, naturalist (b. 1922) ** Brian Kann, Australian rules footballer (Hawthorn Football Club, Hawthorn) (b. 1933) ** Peter Schulze, Tasmanian politician (b. 1935) * 24 May – Alan Murray (golfer), Alan Murray, golfer (b. 1940) * 25 May – Jean Burns, aviator (b. 1919) * 26 May – Kath Venn, Tasmanian politician (b. 1926) * 27 May – Judith McKenzie (archaeologist), Judith McKenzie, archaeologist (b. 1957) * 28 May – Nick Yakich, rugby league footballer (b. 1940) * 30 May – Allan Edwards (Australian cricketer), Allan Edwards, cricketer (b. 1921)

June

* 1 June – Christobel Mattingley, writer (b. 1931) * 4 June ** Roger Covell, musicologist (b. 1931) ** Max Kay, entertainer and manager (b. 1936) * 5 June ** Stan Smith (Australian footballer, born 1925), Stan Smith, Australian rules footballer (Collingwood Football Club, Collingwood) (b. 1925) ** Peter Toogood, golfer (b. 1930) * 8 June ** John Causby, cricketer (b. 1942) ** Bob Henderson (Australian footballer), Bob Henderson, Australian rules footballer (Fitzroy Football Club, Fitzroy) (b. 1934) * 12 June – Don Benson, Australian rules footballer (Richmond Football Club, Richmond) (b. 1920) * 13 June – Anne Hamilton-Byrne, cult leader of The Family (Australian New Age group), The Family (b. 1921) * 15 June – John Wilson (Australian footballer), John Wilson, Australian rules footballer (Richmond Football Club, Richmond) (b. 1940) * 18 June – Alf Hughes, Australian rules footballer (Hawthorn Football Club, Hawthorn) (b. 1930) * 19 June – Christine Barnetson, swimmer (b. 1948) * 20 June ** Bill Collins (television presenter), Bill Collins, film critic (b. 1934) ** Noel White (rugby league), Noel White, rugby league footballer (b. 1923) * 21 June ** Lindsay Drake, rugby league footballer (b. 1950) ** John Vernon (athlete), John Vernon, Olympic high jumper (b. 1929) * 23 June ** John Kobelke, Western Australian politician (b. 1949) ** George Strickland (politician), George Strickland, Western Australian politician (b. 1942) * 24 June – Steve Dunleavy, journalist (died in the United States) (b. 1938) * 25 June ** Mack Atkins, Australian rules footballer (Hawthorn Football Club, Hawthorn) (b. 1931) ** Bryan Marshall, actor (b. 1938) * 26 June – Ian Johnson (businessman), Ian Johnson, television executive (b. 1949) * 28 June – Brian Rhodes (cricketer), Brian Rhodes, cricketer (b. 1951) * 30 June – Doug Ford (cricketer), Doug Ford, cricketer (b. 1928)

July

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* 2 July – Bruce Wallrodt, Paralympic athlete (b. 1951) * 5 July ** Dorothy Buckland-Fuller, sociologist and social activist (b. 1922) ** Neil Davey, public servant (b. 1922) ** Kevin Higgins (Australian footballer), Kevin Higgins, Australian rules footballer (Geelong Football Club, Geelong, Fitzroy Football Club, Fitzroy) (b. 1951) * 6 July ** Bill Casimaty, farmer (b. 1935) ** Peter Hamilton (footballer, born 1956), Peter Hamilton, Australian rules footballer (Melbourne Football Club, Melbourne) (b. 1956) ** John Waddington (footballer), John Waddington, Australian rules footballer (North Melbourne Football Club, North Melbourne) (b. 1938) * 8 July ** Nick Garratt, rowing coach (b. 1947) ** Neil Oliver (politician), Neil Oliver, Western Australian politician (b. 1933) * 10 July – Nino Randazzo, journalist and member of the Senate of the Republic (Italy), Italian Senate (b. 1932) * 13 July ** Richard Carter (actor), Richard Carter, actor (b. 1953) ** Kerry Reed-Gilbert, poet, author, collector and Aboriginal rights activist (b. 1956) * 15 July – Doug Flett, songwriter (b. 1935) * 19 July – David Hunt (judge), David Hunt, Supreme Court of New South Wales, New South Wales Supreme Court judge (b. 1935) * 20 July – Peter McNamara, tennis player and coach (died in

) (b. 1955) * 21 July ** Laurie Hergenhan, literary scholar (b. 1931) ** Ann Moyal, historian (b. 1926) * 24 July – Margaret Fulton, cookbook writer (b. 1924) * 25 July – Bruce Webster (politician), Bruce Webster, New South Wales politician and broadcaster (b. 1927) * 26 July – Graham Freudenberg, political speechwriter (b. 1934) * 28 July – Ian Drohan, Australian rules footballer (St Kilda Football Club, St Kilda) (b. 1932) * 29 July ** Doris Goddard, cabaret singer and actress (b. 1930) ** Sam Trimble, cricketer (b. 1934) * 31 July ** Barrington Pheloung, composer (b. 1954) ** John Scarlett (footballer), John Scarlett, Australian rules footballer (Geelong Football Club, Geelong, Sydney Swans, South Melbourne) (b. 1947)

August

* 1 August – Barrington Pheloung, composer (b. 1954) * 3 August – Damien Lovelock, musician (b. 1954) * 5 August – Russell Middlemiss, Australian rules footballer (Geelong Football Club, Geelong) (b. 1929) * 6 August ** Mick Miller (police officer), Mick Miller, police officer (b. 1926) ** George Whaley (actor), George Whaley, actor and director (b. 1934) * 8 August – Malcolm T. Elliott, radio personality (b. 1946) * 9 August – Hendricus Vogels, Olympic cyclist (b. 1942) * 10 August – Jim Forbes (Australian politician), Jim Forbes, South Australian politician (b. 1923) * 11 August ** Bluey Adams, Australian rules footballer (Melbourne Football Club, Melbourne) (b. 1935) ** Ningali Lawford, actor (died in the United Kingdom) (b. 1967) * 14 August ** Polly Farmer, Australian rules footballer (Geelong Football Club, Geelong) (b. 1935) ** Ben Unwin, actor (b. 1977) * 15 August – Glenn Tasker, President of Paralympics Australia (b. 1951) * 17 August – Ronald Gray (athlete), Ronald Gray, Olympic athlete (b. 1932) * 19 August ** John Matthews (Australian politician), John Matthews, New South Wales politician (b. 1928) ** Jan Ruff O'Herne, human rights activist, former "comfort woman" (b. 1923) * 20 August – Colin Beard, Australian rules footballer (South Fremantle Football Club, South Fremantle, Richmond Football Club, Richmond) (b. 1941) * 21 August – Norma Croker, Olympic athlete (b. 1934) * 22 August – Tim Fischer, 10th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1946) * 23 August – Peter Moscatt, rugby league footballer (b. 1943) * 24 August – Tony Nichols, Anglican prelate (b. 1938) * 28 August – Max McDonald, Victorian politician (b. 1927) * 30 August – Elaine Darling, Queensland politician (b. 1936) * 31 August – Jane Mathews, Federal Court judge (b. 1940)

September

* 1 September – Alison Cheek, Episcopal priest (died in the United States) (b. 1927) * 3 September ** David Evans (Western Australian politician), David Evans, Western Australian politician (b. 1924) ** Tony Thiessen, Australian rules footballer (Melbourne Football Club, Melbourne, Carlton Football Club, Carlton, North Melbourne Football Club, North Melbourne) (b. 1942) * 6 September – Susan Irvine, author and educator (b. 1928) * 8 September – Paul Lyons, Olympic taekwondo practitioner (b. 1969) * 9 September – Danny Frawley, Australian rules footballer (St Kilda Football Club, St Kilda) and coach (Richmond Football Club, Richmond) (b. 1963) * 10 September – Hal Colebatch (author), Hal Colebatch, author (b. 1945) * 11 September – Penny Whetton, climatologist (b. 1958) * 13 September ** Paul Cronin, actor (b. 1938) ** Charles Henderson (weightlifter), Charles Henderson, weightlifter (b. 1922) * 16 September – Peter Lucas (footballer), Peter Lucas, Australian rules footballer (Collingwood Football Club, Collingwood) (b. 1929) * 17 September – Robert Oatey, Australian rules footballer (b. 1942) * 20 September – Jim Macken, lawyer, judge and human rights activist (b. 1927) * 21 September – David Combe, political lobbyist (b. 1943) * 23 September – Tauto Sansbury, Indigenous activist (b. 1949) * 26 September – Martin Wesley-Smith, composer (b. 1945) * 29 September – John D'Arcy (footballer), John D'Arcy, Australian rules footballer (Richmond Football Club, Richmond) (b. 1935) * 30 September – Tom Allsop, Australian rules footballer (Hawthorn Football Club, Hawthorn) (b. 1929)

October

* 1 October – Richard Scotton, health economist (b. 1930) * 2 October – Robert Hickman (footballer), Robert Hickman, Australian rules footballer (Richmond Football Club, Richmond) (b. 1942) * 4 October – Bryce Gaudry, New South Wales politician (b. 1942) * 6 October ** Neale Lavis, equestrian (b. 1930) ** Eddie Lumsden (rugby league), Eddie Lumsden, rugby league footballer (b. 1936) * 8 October ** John Bennett (Australian politician), John Bennett, Tasmanian politician (b. 1942) ** Louis Waller, legal scholar (b. 1935) ** Reg Watson, television producer and screenwriter (b. 1926) * 9 October – John Williams (Australian footballer, born 1940), John Williams, Australian rules footballer (Carlton Football Club, Carlton) (b. 1940) * 11 October – Richard Tracey (judge), Richard Tracey, Federal Court judge and military officer (died in the United States) (b. 1948) * 14 October – Patrick Ward (actor), Patrick Ward, actor (b. 1950) * 21 October – Peter Hobbs (musician), Peter Hobbs, musician (b. 1961) * 22 October – Garry Koehler, singer-songwriter (b. 1955) * 27 October ** Ivan Milat, convicted serial killer (b. 1944) ** Anne Phelan, actress (b. 1948) * 30 October ** Beatrice Faust, co-founder of Women's Electoral Lobby (Australia), Women's Electoral Lobby and author (b. 1939) ** Paul Whelan (politician), Paul Whelan, New South Wales politician (b. 1943)

November

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* 5 November ** Kevin Hogan (footballer, born 1934), Kevin Hogan, broadcaster and Australian rules footballer (Sydney Swans, South Melbourne) (b. 1934) ** Robert Smithies, rugby league footballer (Hull Kingston Rovers, Balmain Tigers, Balmain) (b. 1934) * 6 November ** John Curro, conductor (b. 1932) ** Clive Minton, ornithologist (b. 1934) * 9 November ** Dwight Ritchie, boxer (b. 1992) ** Mehmet Tillem, Victorian politician (b. 1974) * 13 November ** Stephen Albert (actor), Stephen Albert, actor and singer (b. 1950) ** Kieran Modra, Paralympic cyclist (b. 1972) * 15 November ** Tony Mann (cricketer), Tony Mann, cricketer (b. 1945) ** Ray Preston (rugby league), Ray Preston, rugby league footballer (Newtown Jets) (b. 1929) * 17 November ** Ben Humphreys, Queenslander politician (b. 1934) ** John Wegner, opera singer (b. 1950) * 19 November ** John Abel (politician), John Abel, New South Wales politician (b. 1939) ** Colin Tatz, historian (b. 1934) * 22 November ** Tony Bull (footballer), Tony Bull, Australian rules footballer (Melbourne Football Club, Melbourne) (b. 1930) ** Bill Waterhouse, bookmaker (b. 1922) * 23 November – Terry Board (footballer, born 1945), Terry Board, Australian rules footballer (Carlton Football Club, Carlton) (b. 1945) * 24 November ** J. Bruce Jacobs, academic (b. 1943) ** Clive James, writer and broadcaster (died in the United Kingdom) (b. 1939) * 25 November – Tsebin Tchen, Victorian politician (b. 1941) * 26 November – Ken Kavanagh, motorcycle racer (died in Italy) (b. 1923) * 27 November ** Martin Armiger, musician, record producer and composer (b. 1949) ** Sam Watson (activist), Sam Watson, activist, politician and writer (b. 1952) * 28 November – Graham Crouch, athlete (died in

) (b. 1948) * 30 November – Doug Cox (footballer), Doug Cox, Australian rules footballer (St Kilda Football Club, St Kilda) (b. 1957)

December

* 1 December – Stuart Fraser (musician), Stuart Fraser, musician * 2 December – Greedy Smith, musician (b. 1956) * 5 December – Don Howell, Australian rules footballer (St Kilda Football Club, St Kilda, Collingwood Football Club, Collingwood) (b. 1935) * 9 December – Paddy Guinane, Australian rules footballer (Richmond Football Club, Richmond) (b. 1939) * 10 December – Bill Welsh (footballer, born 1924), Bill Welsh, Australian rules footballer (Collingwood Football Club, Collingwood) (b. 1924) * 13 December – Graham Cooper (Australian rules footballer), Graham Cooper, Australian rules footballer (Hawthorn Football Club, Hawthorn) (b. 1938) * 14 December – Ken Wright (politician), Ken Wright, Victorian politician (b. 1925) * 15 December – Alfred Dennis (politician), Alfred Dennis, New South Wales politician (b. 1924) * 18 December – Doug Ricketson, rugby league footballer (b. 1930) * 20 December – Robert Moir, medical researcher (died in the United States) (b. 1961) * 21 December – Ron Penny, immunologist (b. 1936) * 23 December – John Cain (41st Premier of Victoria), John Cain Jr., 41st

(b. 1931) * 29 December – M. C. Ricklefs, Indonesianist (b. 1943) * 30 December – Horst Kwech, racecar driver (died in the United States) (b. 1937)

References

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