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2025 in Australia

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2025 in Australia
MonarchCharles III
Governor-GeneralSam Mostyn
Prime ministerAnthony Albanese
Population27,122,411 people at 31 March 2025.[1]
Australian of the YearNeale Daniher
ElectionsWestern Australia,Federal,Tasmania
2025
in
Australia
Decades:
See also:

The following is a list of events including expected and scheduled events for the year2025 inAustralia.

Incumbents

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Further information:Table of precedence for the Commonwealth of Australia

Monarch

Governor-General

Prime Minister

Deputy Prime Minister

Opposition Leader

Chief Justice

State and territory leaders

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Governors and administrators

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Events

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January

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  • 1 January –
  • 2 January –
    • Police in Fiji confirm they are investigating the alleged sexual assault and robbery of twoVirgin Australia crew members while they were celebrating New Year's Eve at a nightclub inNadi.[5]
    • A man is shot dead by police in a hospital carpark inTaree, New South Wales after he allegedly pointed a gun at officers.[6] Police were initially responding to reports of the man firing shots into the air inWingham 13 kilometres away.[6]
    • A 28-year-old man is believed to have been killed in ashark attack while surfing at Granites Beach nearStreaky Bay in South Australia.[7]
    • A 3-year-old boy dies in a caravan fire atBoort, Victoria.[8]
  • 3 January –
  • 4 January – Two people are killed in a light plane crash nearNambucca Heads, just off the New South WalesMid North Coast.[13]
  • 5 January –
  • 6 January – In his first major announcement prior to the2025 Australian federal election, prime ministerAnthony Albanese announces a federal Labor government would provide $7.2 billion in funding to cover 80% of the cost of upgrading of Queensland'sBruce Highway.[16]
  • 7 January –
    • A man is charged for allegedly threatening worshippers at a Sydney synagogue.[17]
    • ACessna 208 Caravan floatplane crashes during takeoff at Thomson Bay offRottnest Island. The pilot and two passengers were killed, while another three passengers survived with serious injuries.[18]
  • 8 January – After being lost inKosciuszko National Park since Boxing Day, a 23-year-old bushwalker is found alive.[19]
  • 11 January –
  • 13 January –
    • A 58-year-old taxi driver and his two passengers, an 81-year-old woman and her 56-year-old daughter, are killed are when theToyota Camry they were in was hit head-on by aToyota RAV4 driven at high speed by a 43-year-old man travelling the wrong way on theLeach Highway in Perth.[23] Authorities allege that the 43-year-old driver, who also died in the crash, had made a "conscious decision" to enter the highway via an off-ramp and drive on the wrong side of the highway, with police also launching an investigation into whether he had committedmurder-suicide.[24]
    • A 63-year-oldColes Supermarket employee is critically injured when she is allegedly stabbed in the back by a 13-year-old boy while working at a supermarket inIpswich, Queensland.[25] The boy is subsequently charged with attempted murder.[26] With police alleging the victim was attacked with a knife taken from the supermarket, Coles withdraws kitchen knives from sale across Australia.[25][27]
    • AnAustralian Federal Police officer is allegedly stabbed in the neck with a pen by a 34-year-old Perth woman who they were escorted off an aircraft while disembarking atPerth Airport.[28] The woman is subsequently charged with two counts of causing harm to, and one count of obstructing, a Commonwealth public official.[28]
  • 15 January – Prime Minister Anthony Albanese vows to take the strongest possible action against Russia if it can be verified thatRussia's military had executed 32-year-old prisoner of warOscar Jenkins, after being captured while serving in theUkrainian armed forces.[29] Federal opposition leader Peter Dutton also says if that if Jenkins has been executed,Russian's ambassador to Australia should be expelled.[29]
  • 16 January –
    • A 44-year-old Sydney man becomes the first person to be charged in a newAFP operation that attempts to crackdown on antisemitic behaviour.[30] The man is charged following a search of his home inBlacktown in relation to the alleged posting of death threats to a social media page run by a Jewish organisation.[30]
    • 27-year-old Melbourneburlesque performer Katie Tangey who performed under the name of Vivien May-Royale is killed after becoming trapped in a townhouse fire in the Melbourne suburb ofTruganina.[31] Police suspect the fire was deliberately lit by two arsonists in a case of mistaken identity.[31]
    • A three-year-old Australian girl dies in an accidental drowning while holidaying with her family in Bali.[32]
  • 17 January – A house in the Sydney suburb ofDover Heights, formerly owned by Jewish leaderAlex Ryvchin is targeted with antisemitic vandalism.[33] Two cars are also set alight and red paint also used to damage a nearby property.[33] The attack is widely condemned.[33]
  • 19 January –
    • A caravan loaded withpowergel explosives is discovered in the Sydney suburb ofDural along with antisemitic material and a list of Jewish synagogues, prompting a major counterterrorism investigation to be launched by theNew South Wales Police Force, theAFP,ASIO and the Joint Counter Terrorism Team with police alleging the explosives were intended for targeted antisemitic attacks in the Jewish community.[34][35][36] ALiverpool home is raided two days after the caravan was discovered.[37]
    • A 22-month-old girl dies in a house fire in the Hobart suburb ofRokeby.[38] Her five-year-old sister is taken to hospital in a critical condition but later dies in hospital.[39]
    • Federal Member for HinklerKeith Pitt submits his resignation effective immediately, likely leaving the electorate without a member of parliament until the2025 Australian federal election.[40]
  • 21 January – A childcare centre near a synagogue in the Sydney suburb ofMaroubra is set on fire and spray painted with antisemitic graffiti.[41] NSW premierChris Minns describes the alleged perpetrators as "bastards" who will be "rounded up" by New South Police while prime minister Anthony Albanese describes the incident as "an evil hate crime."[41] The latest attack of antisemitism prompts Albanese to call a meeting ofNational Cabinet, during which theAustralian Federal Police confirm they are investigating whether foreign actors have paid local criminals to carry out the attacks.[42][43]
  • 22 January –Western Australia Police commissioner Col Blanch confirms a homeowner who killed a 20-year-old man who police allege was armed with a machete during a home invasion inKalgoorlie on 29 November 2024 would not be charged.[44]
  • 23 January –
    • A crew from Australian space companyEquatorial Launch Australia, including its CEO Michael Jones, were allegedly threatened and assaulted in an incident on a rural property nearWeipa, Queensland. Three people, aged 36, 64 and 27, were subsequently arrested and charged on 29 January 2025 with over 50 offences.[45]
    • Twenty bronze statues inPrime Ministers Avenue in theBallarat Botanical Gardens are vandalised, two of which are severed and stolen.[46] The vandalism is condemned by the Gardens' foundation chair Mark Schultz who says he hopes the alleged offenders are identified and charged with "wanton destruction of public property".[46]
  • 25 January –
  • 26 January –
  • 27 January –
  • 28 January – TheGreat Northern Brewing Co. halts its "Outdoors for a Cause" campaign which intended to raise money to buy land for national parks in support of the non-profit organisationFoundation for National Parks & Wildlife.[53] The $200,000 campaign results in its customers boycotting the brand, alleging the campaign would seestate forests converted intonational parks, reducing the freedom to partake in outdoor recreational activities.[54]
  • 29 January –
    • TheSupreme Court of Queensland convicts 14 members of the religious group "Saints", including its leader Brendan Stevens, for manslaughter over thedeath of eight-year old Elizabeth Struhs in 2022 fromdiabetic ketoacidosis, which came after the group withheld herinsulin medication as part of their religious beliefs. Struh's parents and brother are also among those convicted.[55]
    • Prime minister Anthony Albanese confirms the Australian Government is urgently attempting to verify a report it has received from Russia that alleges prisoner-of-warOscar Jenkins is actually alive despite earlier reports he had been executed by Russian forces.[56]
  • 30 January – After pleading guilty to manslaughter after killing his wife Vanessa Godfrey in a hotel room on theSunshine Coast during a drug-induced psychotic episode on 14 February 2022, Jeffrey James Godfrey is sentenced in theBrisbane Supreme Court to 12 years in jail and is automatically declared a serious violent offender.[57]
  • 31 January –
    • An internal investigation is released which finds eightWestern Australia Police Force officers did not perform their duties and were subsequently disciplined after failing to correctly assess the risks before Mark Bombara murdered his wife's best friend Jennifer Petelczyz and her daughter Gretle before killing himself in the Perth suburb ofFloreat on 24 May 2024 while attempting to locate his wife and daughter.[58] Before the murders, Bombara's daughter had repeatedly attempted to warn police about her father's but to no avail.[58]
    • The federal government'sNational Redress Scheme awards compensation to two men who allege they were sexually abused when they were children by cardinalGeorge Pell who died in 2023.[59]

February

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March

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  • 1 March –
  • 3 March –Victoria Police announce a $1 million reward for information relating to the murder of 48-year-old Gianni "John" Furlon who was killed in a car bombing on 3 August 1998 in the Melbourne suburb ofCoburg North.[94]
  • 4 March –Western Australia Police arrest a 16-year old boy inEaton who allegedly made an online threat against the newly-opened Sydney Islamic House mosque.[95]
  • 5 March –
    • A secondBankstown Lidcombe Hospital nurse is charged with using a carriage service to menace, harass or offend, and possessing a prohibited drug in relation to an alleged antisemitic video incident in February 2025.[96]
    • Queensland authorities advise residents in southeast Queensland to evacuate in response to the approachingCyclone Alfred.[97]
  • 6 March –
    • Cyclone Alfred brings stormy weather and heavy rainfall to southeast Queensland and northeast New South Wales.[98]
    • Police arrest a 17-year old youth who breached security atAvalon Airport and attempted to board aJetstar plane with a loaded shotgun and a fake homemade explosives.[99][100] The incident leads to the temporary closure of Avalon Airport and prompted investigations by federal and state authorities into the airport's security practices.[101][102]
  • 8 March –
  • 10 March – A 37-year-old man is killed by a shark while surfing at a beach nearEsperance, Western Australia.[106]
  • 11 March –
  • 12 March –
    • TheWhite House announces that the United States will not be granting Australia an exemption fromtariffs on aluminium and steel imports despite presidentDonald Trump previously stating he would consider excluding Australia from the 25% tariffs.[110] Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese criticises the decision describing it as "entirely unjustified" and "fundamentally at odds with the benefits that our economic partnership has delivered over more than 70 years."[110]
    • Americaninfluencer Sam Jones is widely condemned after she posts footage onInstagram of her taking a babywombat from its mother and holding it up to the camera.[111] After various wildlife organisations criticise her actions, prime minister Anthony Albanese suggests Jones attempts to take a baby crocodile from its mother to see what happens.[112] After returning to the United States, after having been threatened with having her visa cancelled, Jones subsequently apologises but also criticises Albanese for his comments and accuses the Australian Government of allowing farmers to kill wildlife including wombats.[113]
    • A total of ten men aged between 22 and 36 are all found guilty of murdering 19-year-old man Girum Mekonnen at O'Callaghan Park in the Brisbane suburb ofZillmere in September 2020, while two other men are acquitted of all their charges. JusticeLincoln Crowley convicts Ben Abio, Alex Edward Deng, Kresto Wal Wal, Majok Riel Majok, Joseph Lokolong, Abraham Ajang Yaak, Juma Makuol, Santo Wal, Chan Kon and Gabreal Wal on the basis they were all party to a common unlawful purpose.[114] The ten men all receive life sentences for the murder.[115]
    • TheHigh Court of Australia dismisses an appeal by the Commonwealth, ruling that they are liable for compensation for lost or impairednative title rights relating to abauxite mining lease on theGove Peninsula inNorth East Arnhem Land.[116]
  • 17 March –
  • 18 March –
  • 21 March –
  • 22 March – A 54-year-old construction worker dies after falling into a silo at aBoral quarry atMontrose on Melbourne's outskirts.[125]
  • 24 March –
  • 26 March –
    • Australian clothing retailerJeanswest collapses with the company's 90 stores across Australia set to close within months, putting hundreds of employees out of work.[128]
    • Alcoa receives a $400,000 fine after pleading guilty in theRockingham Magistrates Court to failing to ensure the health and safety of workers after work experience students at its refinery inKwinana suffered caustic burns when a pump discharged a hot caustic solution in September 2022.[129]
    • A woman is injured when a man allegedly drives a car into theQantas call centre inGoodwood near Hobart.[130] He is subsequently charged with a number of offences including attempted murder and arson.[130]
    • Australian Greens senatorSarah Hanson-Young waves a dead fish during Question Time during a debate about legislation relating to reforms to Tasmania'ssalmon farming industry.[131]
  • 27 March –
  • 28 March –
  • 31 March – A 16-year-old girl, a 13-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy are found with stab wounds at a property in the Sydney suburb ofBaulkham Hills.[138] They were treated by paramedics before being taken toWestmead Hospital in a stable condition.[138] A 47-year-old woman is also found at the scene with stab wounds and is taken to hospital under police guard.[138] The woman is subsequently charged with the attempted murder of the three children.[139]

April

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  • 1 April –
    • Authorities attempt to repair broken flood levees as the worst flooding since 1974 continues inoutback Queensland.[140]
    • 29-year-old Andre Rebelo is sentenced in theWestern Australian Supreme Court to life imprisonment after he was found guilty in December 2024 of murdering his 58-year-old mother Colleen Rebelo in the Perth suburb ofBicton in May 2020 after he had taken out three life insurance policies in her name and forging her will.[141]
  • 2 April –
    • It is announced that an independent review led by former state governorMalcolm McCusker will be held into the2025 Western Australian state election, following reports of widespread issues on polling day such as a shortage of ballot papers, delays with the counting and long wait times.[142]
    • New South Wales education ministerPrue Car criticises a school in the Sydney suburb ofKellyville for their decision to allow students to "opt out" of their annualAnzac Day commemoration.[143] The principal of the school later apologises and says it is now an expectation that "all students" attend the service, while acknowledging the initial messaging "was seen as disrespectful by some members of the broader community and has detracted from our longstanding tradition of acknowledging and respecting Anzac Day..."[144]
  • 3 April –
    • 60-year-old Luke Samouel Simon is sentenced in theNew South Wales Supreme Court to 31 years in jail with a non-parole period of 22 years for the murder of his daughter's fiance, 38-year-old tradie Damien Conlon inOberon, New South Wales in February 2023.[145] The murderer's daughter Linda Simon later states that she is "happy that justice was served" which had provided her family with "closure."[146]
    • Two climate protestors from Rising Tide Australia are ushered out of a hospital inMaitland, New South Wales after they begin yelling at prime minister Anthony Albanese during his visit to the hospital.[147]
    • Albanese is uninjured after he falls backwards from a stage at aMining and Energy Union conference inLovedale, New South Wales while repositioning himself for a photo opportunity.[148]
  • 4 April –
  • 5 April – During opposition leaderPeter Dutton's visit toCazalys Stadium is Darwin during the federal election campaign,10 News First camera operator Ghaith Nadir suffers a minor injury to his forehead after Dutton kicks a football which hits Nadir's camera, forcefully pushing the viewfinder into his forehead.[151]
  • 8 April – A 10-year-old Australian girl is killed in a cooking school fire in Singapore.[152]
  • 9 April – TheAustralian Transport Safety Bureau releases their final report into the fatal2023 Gold Coast mid-air collision which highlights a series of safety issues that contributed to the collision between the two helicopters nearSea World including a faulty radio antenna.[153]
  • 10 April – After appearing in the Brisbane Children's Court, a male teenager is committed to stand trial in theBrisbane Supreme Court charged with "a commonwealth offence of committing acts done "in preparation for, or planning, a terrorist act" allegedly targeting federal opposition leaderPeter Dutton.[154]
  • 11 April – 64-year-old child killer Rick Thorburn who murdered 12-year-oldTiahleigh Palmer in 2015 is found dead in his jail cell at theWoodford Correctional Centre, north of Brisbane.[155]
  • 15 April – Prime minister Anthony Albanese condemns a decision by theCanadian Food Inspection Agency which findsVegemite to be non-compliant with Canadian health regulations due to the addedVitamin B which would force a chain of Australian-style cafes in Toronto to remove $9000 worth of stock and ban the product from being served.[156] A science-based health risk assessment fromHealth Canada finds Vegemite presents a low risk to human health when consumed in the suggested serving sizes.[157] The CFIA therefore allows the cafe to continue selling the product with revised labelling while they reach a longer term plan for Vegemite sales across Canada.[157]
  • 16 April – Australian footwear chain Wittner collapses and administrators appointed after 113 years of operations.[158]
  • 19 April – Prosecutors for the occupied territory ofLuhansk confirm Australian teacherOscar Jenkins has been charged with being a mercenary in an armed conflict with theRussian Federation on the side of enemy troops.[159]
  • 20 April – At least seven people are reported to have drowned following two days of strong swells along the coasts of New South Wales and Victoria.[160]
  • 21 April – 53-year-old Adrian Torrens is charged with murder after the body of 19-year-old woman Audrey Griffin was found in a creek atErina on theNew South Wales Central Coast on 23 March 2025.[161] Torrens subsequently dies by suicide in his jail cell at theSilverwater Correctional Complex on 24 April.[162]
  • 21 April –
    • A 22-year-old woman is killed and another man shot during a string of alleged carjackings on theSunshine Coast.[163] A 41-year-old Tewantin man is subsequently charged with 15 offences including unlawful possession of a firearm, armed robbery and dangerous operation of a vehicle causing death.[164] The man is accused of losing control of his vehicle and crashing into another vehicle, fatally injuring a 22-year-old passenger before allegedly shooting a 62-year-old man who had stopped to help others involved in the accident.[164] Helen Powers, the mother ofThe Twinnies also alleges the man threatened her with the gun after stopping to assist.[164] The Twinnies subsequently give an interview about the incident which goes viral for their unique way of communicating.[165][166]
    • The death ofPope Francis prompts Catholics in Australia as well as other religious and political leaders to pay their respects, while flags on government buildings fly at half-mast.[167] Both Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton also suspend their campaigning for the federal election out of respect.[168] The pope's death also results in Ukrainian-born Melbourne-based CardinalMykola Bychok becoming the youngest member of the2025 papal conclave.[169]
  • 23 April –
    • 71-year-old supermarket owner Linford Feick is fatally stabbed after confronting an accused shoplifter in his Darwin supermarket.[170] An 18-year-old man is subsequently charged with Feick's murder.[170]
    • A series of violent and aggressive incidents occur in the lead-up to thefederal election, prompting theAustralian Electoral Commission to call for respectful behaviour during the election campaign.[171] The incidents include a 17-year-old boy allegedly punching a 79-year-old man who was allegedly attempting to vandalise a corflute outside a pre-polling centre in the Sydney suburb ofAshfield; A 30-year-old man allegedly intimidating and behaving aggressively towards volunteers and kicking over corflutes in the Sydney suburb ofMacquarie Park; and three men disrupting a candidate's forum in the Melbourne seat ofKooyong which local memberMonique Ryan describes as "stupid, pointless posturing" by "right-wing bullies."[171]
  • 24 April –
    • 40-year-old former South Australian Liberal party leaderDavid Speirs is sentenced in theAdelaide Magistrates Court after having earlier pleaded guilty to two counts of supplying drugs.[172] He is fined $9,000 fine and sentenced to 37.5 hours of community service after being convicted of supplyingcocaine to two people in 2024.[173]
    • An anonymous submission to a parliamentary inquiry into Victoria's ambulance service revealsAmbulance Victoria breached strictCOVID-19 rules in 2021 by holding an illegal gathering at a funeral while Victorians were enduringStage 4 lockdowns at the height of theCOVID-19 pandemic in Victoria.[174] Despite a 10-person limit for funerals being in place, it's alleged up to 40 persons attended the funeral gathering.[174] PremierJacinta Allan condemned the event, describing it as incident which was entirely inappropriate.[174]
  • 25 April –
  • 26 April – The family ofVirginia Giuffre, a prominent accuser ofJeffrey Epstein andPrince Andrew, announces that Giuffre had taken her own life on her farm atNeergabby, Western Australia stating that "she lost her life to suicide, after being a lifelong victim of sexual abuse and sex trafficking" and that she "was a fierce warrior in the fight against sexual abuse and sex trafficking".[182]
  • 27 April – A 37-year-old woman and a 41-year-old man are arrested, and four police officers are injured after protesters at an anti-vilification law rally organised by Women's Voices Australia held on the steps ofMelbourne's Parliament House clashed with counter-protestors.[183] Following the rally, some protestors moved through the CBD obstructing traffic and removing road signs before a stand-off with police occurs onSwanston Street culminating in officers deployingOC spray.[183]
  • 28 April – The coronal inquest into theBondi Junction stabbings commences in theCoroners Court of New South Wales.[184]
  • 29 April – The2023 Leongatha mushroom murders trial commences in theSupreme Court inMorwell, Victoria.[185]

May

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June

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July

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  • 1 July – 26-year-old childcare worker Joshua Dale Brown is arrested on over 70 charges, includingchild sexual abuse and producing child abuse material. The charges relate to offences allegedly committed against eight children at aPoint Cook childcare centre between April 2022 and January 2023. The alleged victims are between five months and two years of age.Victoria Police and theDepartment of Health orders infectious diseases screening for 1,200 children who attended centres where Brown was employed between January 2017 and May 2025.[231]
  • 2 July –
    • It is revealed that anotherMelbourne man, Michael Simon Wilson, had been charged with serious sex offences, including bestiality and possession of child abuse material. The charges relate to the alleged sexual assault of a teenage boy inCoburg on 16 August 2024. TheABC reports that detectives discovered material on Wilson's devices that linked him with Joshua Dale Brown, with police alleging that the two men were known to each other.[232]
    • The Yoorrook Justice Commission finds that British colonial settlers committed genocide against the Aboriginal population of Victoria from 1834 to 1851.[233]
    • AirlineQantas is hit by acyberattack affecting a third-party platform used for its customer service support, compromising the data of 6 million customers.[234]
  • 3 July – A man from northern New South Wales dies fromAustralian bat lyssavirus, making him the first confirmed case of the disease in NSW and only the fourth human case since the virus was discovered in 1996.[235]
  • 4 July – Two suspected antisemitic attacks are made on a synagogue inEast Melbourne and a Jewish-owned restaurant in theMelbourne central business district.[236]
  • 6 July – One person is injured in a lion attack at theDarling Downs Zoo in Queensland.[237]
  • 7 July –
  • 19 July –2025 Tasmanian state election[240]
  • 20 July – AReims-Cessna F406 operated by a logistics company crashes and catches fire inOakey,Queensland, killing the pilot and amedical examiner on board.[241]
  • 25 July – New South Wales State MPGareth Ward is convicted of sexual assault and rape in a case brought by two male victims.[242]
  • 30 July –

August

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September

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October

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November

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December

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  • 4 December
  • 6 December – Australia imposes a weapons embargo on Afghanistan and sanctions on four senior Taliban officials (Minister for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of ViceSheikh Mohammad Khalid, Minister of Higher EducationNeda Mohammad, Minister of JusticeAbdul-Hakim Sharei, and Chief JusticeAbdul Hakim Haqqani), citing their role inhuman rights violations against women.[317]
  • 7 December – A firefighter is killed by a falling tree during a bushfire inBulahdelah, New South Wales, that affects 3,500 ha (8,600 acres) and destroys four homes.[318]
  • 8 December –Barnaby Joyce joinsOne Nation.[319]
  • 10 December
    • TheOnline Safety Amendment comes into effect, introducing identification-based age checks to social media with the goal of restricting access to minors under the age of 16.[320]
    • TheParliament of Queensland confirms plans to introduce new legislation in 2026 enabling child offenders aged ten years or over to be fit withankle bracelets without parental consent following a successful 2021 trial targeting serious youth offenders.[321]
  • 14 December – At least 16 people are killed and 43 wounded during amass shooting at aHanukkah function atBondi Beach.New South Wales Police CommissionerMal Lanyon classifies the incident as aterrorist attack.[322][323] One of the shooters is killed while a second shooter is in police custody.[323]
  • 15 December – Prime Minister Albanese vows to "eradicate"antisemitism in Australia and proposes new toughergun laws limiting the number of weapons and firearms licenses in response to the Bondi Beach massacre.[324]
  • 16 December – Taekwondo instructor Kwang Kyung Yoo is sentenced to life imprisonment for the 2024 murder of a seven-year old boy and his parents inSydney.[325]
  • 17 December:
    • The surviving Bondi Beach shooting perpetrator is charged by the New South Wales Police with 59 offenses including 15 counts of murder, committing a terrorist act and 40 counts of causing grievous bodily harmed.[326]
    • New South Wales PremierChris Minns announces that theNew South Wales Parliament will reconvene the following week to introduce new firearms laws and a ban on protests during a "terror designation."[327]
  • 18 December:
    • Albanese announces that the federal government will introduce newhate speech legislation creating new aggravated offenses and giving theDepartment of Home Affairs new visa cancellation powers.[328]
    • NSW Police conduct an operation inLiverpool, New South Wales and detain seven men in response to a "potential violent act being planned." NSW Police confirm that the seven men are assisting with their inquiries.[329]
  • 19 December:
    • Hundreds of surfers and beach-goers form a circle off the coast of Bondi Beach to pay tribute to victims of the Bondi Beach shooting.[330]
    • Albanese announces that the federal government will introduce a newgun buy-back scheme to reimburse gun owners who hand in firearms that have been proscribed by new firearms legislation to be introduced in the wake of the Bondi beach shooting.[331]
  • 21 December:
    • A national day of reflection to honour victims of the Bondi Beach shooting is held.[332] 10,000 people gather on Bondi Beach to honour the victims of the terror attack.[333]
    • Anti-immigration protests are held in Sydney and Melbourne in the wake of the Bondi Beach shooting.[334] The Sydney rally was organised by One Nation leader Barnaby Joyce, who called for the Albanese government to be fired.[335]
  • 24 December – The New South Wales Parliament passes new laws tightening access to firearms for people with suspected terror links and restricting mass protests following major terror incidents.[336]
  • 25 December – A suspected firebombing is carried out on a car belonging to a rabbi in theSt Kilda East suburb ofMelbourne.[337]

Arts and entertainment

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January

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February

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March

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  • 21 March – Maud Page is announced as the new director of theArt Gallery of New South Wales, making her the first woman to hold the position in the gallery's history.[362]
  • 25 March –
    • The annualQueensland Music Awards are held in Brisbane.[363]Troy Cassar-Daley wins the public-voted Album of the Year award forBetween the Fires whileYoung Franco's "Wake Up" wins Song of the Year.[363]Amy Shark wins the awards for both the highest selling album (Sunday Sadness) and the highest selling single ("Beautiful Eyes") whileChristine Anu receives the Lifetime Achievement Award.[363]
    • Brisbane pianist Kellee Green wins the Jazz Award at the Queensland Music Awards for her work "River to Sea". In her acceptance speech she criticised the federal government for helping Israel "kill innocent Palestinian men, women and children" inGaza. She received some backlash and accusations ofantisemitism.[364][365][366]Brisbane City Council withdraws funding from the event, with lord mayorAdrian Schrinner criticising the decision to present Green with the award and for her acceptance speech, stating: "The decision to hand a major prize to an offensively titled anti-Jewish song raises serious questions about whether the awards have been hijacked by extremists...The promotion of antisemitism at Tuesday night's Queensland Music Awards was utterly shameful and divisive. Allowing such vile hate speech to occur shows the awards seem to be no longer capable of achieving their own stated goal to 'promote diversity and inclusion'. As a result, we will be immediately withdrawing our funding and support for these awards."[367]Brigidine College asks Green to take leave from her position as a teacher and issues a letter to parents which states that the college does not condone her comments and told parents that they value their connection with the Jewish community.[368] Green received support from local musicians who rejected Schrinner's characterisations and said "These inflammatory claims are unfounded and dangerous in their attempt tosuppress dissenting voices".[364]
  • 26 March – The opening performance of theMelbourne International Comedy Festival is cancelled after an audience member dies during the Opening Night Allstars Supershow at thePalais Theatre inSt Kilda.[369]
  • 31 March –

April

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  • 17 April –Palace Cinemas chief executive Benjamin Zeccola says a screen will need to be replaced at an estimated cost of $50,000 after cinema goers threw their drinks at it as part of theChicken Jockey TikTok trend which also sees disruptive behaviour from patrons across Australia during screenings ofA Minecraft Movie.[372]
  • 18 April – It is announcedByron Bay Bluesfest would return in 2026 after the 2025 event attracts 109,000 patrons - a decision which angers some people who say they feel betrayed after having bought tickets to what they thought was the final festival.[373]
  • 27 April –Kita Alexander's cover ofMadonna's 1983 song "Holiday" commences being used in a Queensland tourism campaign.[374]
  • 29 April – Australian cookbook authorNagi Maehashi allegesPenguin Random House Australia has infringed her copyright, accusing fellow cookbook author Brooke Bellamy of plagiarism.[375] Maehashi accuses Bellamy of publishing her recipes forcaramel slice andbaklava in her bookBake with Brooki.[375] Bellamy rejects the allegations and claims her book contains over 100 recipes she created over many years.[375] Although standing by her allegations, Maehashi subsequently issues a plea for onlinetrolling of Bellamy to stop, emphasising it is a legal dispute between herself and Penguin Random House Australia.[376] After Maehashi made her claims, US author Sally McKenney also levels similar accusations against Bellamy relating to avanilla cake recipe.[377] The allegations prompt an international conversation about the law surrounding the ownership, sharing, copying or republishing of recipes.[378][379][380]

May

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July

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Sport

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January

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February

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March

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April

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  • 1 April – Upon the release of theWTA rankings, world #12 tennis playerDaria Kasatkina officially switches allegiances to Australia, celebrating her first official day as an Australian player after she is granted permanent residency.[444]
  • 3 April –
    • Two men smuggle firearms, one of which is loaded, into theMelbourne Cricket Ground for theAFL match betweenCollingwood andCarlton. Police discover the weapons while searching the men after they refuse requests to leave the MCG over their behaviour.[445] The incident raises concerns about security measures at the MCG, in particular AI technology which was being used to screen for weapons.[446]
    • It is announced formerWallabies playerJordan Petaia has signed a three-year contract with AmericanNFL team theLos Angeles Chargers.[447]
  • 4 April –The Matildas defeatSouth Korea 1-0 in aninternational friendly at theSydney Football Stadium.[448]
  • 7 April – The Matildas defeat South Korea 2-0 in an international friendly match atMcDonald Jones Stadium inNewcastle.[449]
  • 8 April –Will Pucovski announces his retirement from all forms of cricket.[450]
  • 10 April – TheAustralian Transport Safety Bureau releases a report into the incident involving an aerobaticExtra EA 300-LT aircraft delivering the trophy at theBathurst 1000 in December 2024, during which the aircraft sustained damage when the tail hit a concrete barrier.[451] The report finds the pilot breach safety restrictions by not inspecting the damage to the aircraft before taking off despite being alerted to the issue by a helicppter, and also found the aircraft's landing and take-off occurred in no-fly zones occupied by spectators.[451]
  • 21 April – John Evans andBree Rizzo win the men's and women's finals respectively at the 2025 edition of theStawell Gift.[452]
  • 22 April – After admitting to assaulting a man inMulwala, 25-year-oldRichmond player Noah Balta is sentenced in Albury Local Court to an 18-month community corrections order, fined $3,000 and issued with a 10pm to 6am curfew which he must adhere to until 22 July 2025.[453] Following sentencing, theAFL says they will take no further action in addition to the punishment they had already issued to Balta but says Balta will continue to undertake a behavioral change program, and that his actions do not represent behaviours acceptable to anyone in the AFL of the community.[454]
  • 25 April – A scheduledWelcome to Country address byWurundjeri elderJoy Murphy Wandin at Melbourne'sAAMI Park ahead of the ANZAC Day match against theMelbourne Storm and theSouth Sydney Rabbitohs is cancelled.[455] The decision is made after neo-NaziJacob Hersant and his associates disrupt the dawn service during the Welcome to Country by at Melbourne'sShrine of Remembrance earlier in the day.[455] Murphy Wandin describes the decision as hurtful as she had planned to wear her father's war medals during the address.[455] Melbourne Storm chairman Matt Trips blames the cancellation on a "misunderstanding between the board and management" which led to "confusion with the pre-game cultural ceremony."[455] Murphy alleges chief executive Justin Rodski had told her that the cancellation was partly because they wanted to "protect her" after the incident at the Shrine of Remembrance.[456]
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Further information:Public holidays in Australia
HolidayDateACTNSWNTQLDSATASVICWARef.
New Year's DayWednesday 1 JanuaryYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes[607]
Australia DayMonday 27 JanuaryYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Royal Hobart Regatta (only observed in certain areas of Tasmania)Monday 10 FebruaryNoNoNoNoNoYesNoNo
Labour Day (WA)Monday 3 MarchNoNoNoNoNoNoNoYes
Public holiday under different namesMonday 10 MarchCanberra DayNoNoNoAdelaide Cup DayEight Hours DayLabour DayNo
Good FridayFriday 18 AprilYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Easter SaturdaySaturday 19 AprilYesYesYesYesYesNoYesNo
Easter SundaySunday 20 AprilYesYesNoYesNoNoYesNo
Easter MondayMonday 21 AprilYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Easter TuesdayTuesday 22 AprilNoNoNoNoNoYesNoNo
ANZAC DayFriday 25 AprilYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
May DayMonday 5 MayNoNoYesLabour Day (QLD)NoNoNoNo
Reconciliation DayMonday 2 JuneYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Western Australia DayNoNoNoNoNoNoNoYes
King's BirthdayMonday 9 JuneYesYesYesNoYesYesYesNo
Picnic DayMonday 4 AugustNoNoYesNoNoNoNoNo
Royal Queensland Show (Brisbane area only)Wednesday 13 AugustNoNoNoYesNoNoNoNo
Friday before theAFL Grand FinalFriday 26 SeptemberNoNoNoNoNoNoYesNo
King's BirthdayMonday 29 SeptemberNoNoNoNoNoNoNoYes
Labour DayMonday 6 OctoberYesYesNoKing's

Birthday

YesNoNoNo
Melbourne CupTuesday 4 NovemberNoNoNoNoNoNoYesNo
Recreation Day (all parts of Tasmania which do not observe Royal Hobart Regatta)Monday 3 NovemberNoNoNoNoNoYesNoNo
Christmas Eve

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Wednesday 24 DecemberNoNoYesYesYesNoNoNo
Christmas DayThursday 25 DecemberYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Boxing DayFriday 26 DecemberYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
New Year's Eve

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Wednesday 31 DecemberNoNoYesNoYesNoNoNo

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  498. ^Pearce, Matthew (5 February 2025)."Judge, man of faith, remembered".CQ Today. Retrieved6 February 2025.
  499. ^Iannella, Antimo (30 January 2025)."Bruce Howe, Adelaide rock pioneer credited with helping Jimmy Barnes and AC/DC's Bon Scott dies".The Advertiser. Retrieved1 February 2025.died in Semaphore on Wednesday
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  502. ^"Roger (Ruari) Carolin".Funeral Announcements. February 2025. Retrieved22 February 2025.
  503. ^"Vale: Joshua Michael Mail".North Adelaide Football Club. 4 February 2025. Retrieved6 February 2025.
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  505. ^Oury, Antoine (4 February 2025)."Architect by training, author Adrian Snodgrass has died".Actualitte. Retrieved6 February 2025.
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  511. ^"Disgraced former WA Labor MP Barry Urban dies three months after alleged attack".ABC News. 16 February 2025. Retrieved16 February 2025.the 56-year-old died in hospital on Saturday night.
  512. ^"Basil Augustus Rigg".Bowra & O'Dea funeral directors. February 2025. Retrieved29 March 2025.12 August 1925 – 15 February 2025
  513. ^"Vale James Harrison OAM".Lifeblood – Australian Red Cross. Retrieved3 March 2025.
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  523. ^Bevilacqua, Simon (8 March 2025)."Dad's final lesson: Tribute to Peter Bevilacqua".The Mercury. Retrieved15 March 2025.
  524. ^"Fred Stolle, Australian tennis legend and beloved friend, dies at 86".Tennis.com. 6 March 2025. Retrieved6 March 2025.
  525. ^Packer, Clareese (7 March 2025)."Aussie wrestler Broderick Shepherd dies overseas at 32".news.com.au. Retrieved15 March 2025.
  526. ^"Vale Donald Hazelwood AO OBE".Sydney Symphony Orchestra. 10 March 2025. Retrieved15 March 2025.
  527. ^Greenwood, ian (12 March 2025)."RIP Sven Coomer, The "Forrest Gump of Ski Boots"".Powder. Retrieved15 March 2025....passed away on Monday, March 10, at 84 in Carbondale, Colorado
  528. ^Dale, Will (12 March 2025)."Vale John French".V8 Sleuth. Retrieved15 March 2025.
  529. ^"Remembering Leanne Cowie: A Drumming Legend of The Scientists".Vinyl Me Please. 24 March 2025. Retrieved21 March 2025.Leanne Cowie passed away on March 20, 2025, at the age of 60.
  530. ^Wells, Chris (24 March 2025)."Former World Archery executive director Terry Reilly dies aged 77".World Archery. Retrieved29 March 2025.died after a battle with cancer on 21 March 2025
  531. ^Flux, Elizabeth (6 April 2025)."Kerry Greenwood, author behind Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, dies at 70".The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved7 April 2025.
  532. ^Vella, Joanna (26 March 2025)."Former Fairfield Mayor, Cabramatta MP Nick Lalich dies aged 79".The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved29 March 2025.Nick Lalich died on Wednesday morning
  533. ^"Vale Jeff Potter".Port Adelaide Football Club. 28 March 2025. Retrieved29 March 2025.Jeff Potter passed away on Wednesday, aged 83.
  534. ^Barnes, Mike (30 March 2025)."Richard Norton, Actor, Martial Arts Expert, Trainer and Stuntman, Dies at 75".The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved31 March 2025.
  535. ^"Former Magpies and Tigers AFL player Andrew Krakouer dies aged 42".ABC News. 31 March 2025. Retrieved31 March 2025.
  536. ^Tonti, Lucianne (8 April 2025)."'A true trailblazer': designer Perri Cutten remembered for her enduring mark on Australian fashion".The Guardian.
  537. ^"Former federal Liberal MP Petro Georgiou dies at 77".ABC News. 4 April 2025. Retrieved4 April 2025.
  538. ^"Actor Paul Karo, who played a trailblazing gay role on Aussie TV, has died".OUTinPerth. 5 April 2025. Retrieved5 April 2025.
  539. ^"Former Tasmanian premier Tony Rundle dies at age of 86".ABC News. 6 April 2025. Retrieved6 April 2025.
  540. ^"Honouring an Oceanic Thinker: Vale Emeritus Professor Elspeth Probyn".Extracting the Ocean. 4 May 2025. Retrieved17 October 2025.
  541. ^"Keith Windschuttle remembered".The Spectator Australia. 9 April 2025. Retrieved10 April 2025.
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  543. ^Casellas, Ken (10 April 2025)."Vale Doug Ringholt".Claremont Football Club. Retrieved27 April 2025.on April 10, 2025, he lost his battle with a debilitating illness and died in Victoria at the age of 82
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  546. ^"Sparkle and courage mark Julian Benson's funeral".RTE. 26 April 2025. Retrieved27 April 2025.Benson, who died aged 54 at St Vincent's University Hospital on 18 April...
  547. ^Horton, Rich (20 April 2025)."Damien Broderick, April 22, 1944 - April 19, 2025".Black Gate. Retrieved27 April 2025.Damien Broderick has died, April 19, 2025, just a few days short of his 81st birthday...
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  550. ^Newlyn, Dennis (20 April 2025)."Australian Speedway: Passing of Chum Taylor".National Speedway Illustrated. Retrieved27 April 2025.Chum, aged 98, passed away peacefully early Saturday morning April 19, 2025...
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  553. ^"Former Test opener Keith Stackpole passes away aged 84".Cricket Australia. 23 April 2025. Retrieved23 April 2025.
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  556. ^"Carlton pays tribute to dual VFL premiership player Peter 'the Buzz' Bosustow after his death at 67".ABC News. 28 April 2025. Retrieved3 May 2025.
  557. ^"Newtown Jets RLFC passes on its deepest condolences".Newtown Rugby League Football Club Instagram. 28 April 2025. Retrieved3 May 2025.The Newtown Jets Rugby League Football Club passes its deepest condolences to the friends and family of Ron Sigsworth, who passed away this morning.
  558. ^Bartlett, Rhett (4 May 2025)."Vale Peter Nixon AO".Richmond Football Club. Retrieved18 May 2025.
  559. ^"Vale Emeritus Professor Ian Polmear AO".Monash University. 7 May 2025. Retrieved18 May 2025.
  560. ^"In memory of Dennis Robert Tipping (1939–2025)".Murphy Family Funerals. May 2025. Retrieved18 May 2025.
  561. ^"James Baker Death: Drummer Played With Hoodoo Gurus".Rolling Stone Australia. 6 May 2025. Retrieved6 May 2025.
  562. ^Mathews, Iola (12 May 2025)."Unending struggle to make a better world was much valued".The Age. Retrieved18 May 2025.
  563. ^Overington, Caroline (17 May 2025)."Fond farewell to a truly unique writer".The Australian. Retrieved18 May 2025.
  564. ^Ross, Hannah (7 May 2025)."Former ABC journalist Iain Finlay dies aged 89, choosing voluntary assisted dying".ABC News. Retrieved18 May 2025.
  565. ^"Vale Francis Crampton AM".Sport NSW. 13 May 2025. Retrieved18 May 2025.
  566. ^McKechnie, Kirrin (9 May 2025)."Disgraced former Queensland Labor minister Gordon Nuttall dies aged 71".ABC News. Retrieved10 May 2025.
  567. ^McCartney, Damien (11 May 2025)."Australian cricket in mourning after loss of Ashes hero Bob Cowper, aged 84".Nine's Wide World of Sports.Cowper died in Melbourne on Saturday morning after a long battle with cancer, aged 84
  568. ^May, Brayden (14 May 2025)."Australian baseball legend Adam Burton, 53, mourned after his death".Herald Sun. Retrieved18 May 2025.
  569. ^"AFL world devastated as legend's battle with rare cancer ends".Seven News. 15 May 2025. Retrieved15 May 2025.
  570. ^"Vale Professor Creswell John Eastman AO".NSW Health Pathology. 21 May 2025. Retrieved4 July 2025.
  571. ^"Former West Coast premiership player Adam Selwood dies at 41".ABC News. 17 May 2025. Retrieved17 May 2025.
  572. ^"Vale Vic Aanensen".sydneyswans.com.au. 17 June 2025. Retrieved20 June 2025.
  573. ^"John "Maxwell" McAlary OAM".Funeral Announcement. 4 July 2025. Retrieved16 July 2025.
  574. ^Kola, Paulin (5 July 2025)."Australian actor Julian McMahon dies aged 56".BBC. Retrieved5 July 2025.
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  576. ^"Peter Falconio's parents speak out after death of Bradley John Murdoch".The Sydney Morning Herald. 16 July 2025. Retrieved16 July 2025.
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  605. ^"SA Labor stalwart and former federal minister Nick Bolkus dies".ABC News. 25 December 2025.
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