2025 in Australia

2025 in Australia
Monarch	Charles III
Governor-General	Sam Mostyn
Prime minister	Anthony Albanese
Population	27,122,411 people at 31 March 2025.
Australian of the Year	Neale Daniher
Elections	Western Australia

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The following is a list of events including expected and scheduled events for the year 2025 in Australia.

Incumbents

Further information: Table of precedence for the Commonwealth of Australia

Monarch

• 
  Charles III

Governor-General

• 
  Sam Mostyn

Prime Minister

• 
  Anthony Albanese

Deputy Prime Minister

• 
  Richard Marles

Opposition Leader

• 
  Peter Dutton

Chief Justice

• 
  Stephen Gageler

State and territory leaders

• Premier of New South Wales – Chris Minns
  • Opposition Leader – Mark Speakman
• Premier of Queensland – David Crisafulli
  • Opposition Leader – Steven Miles
• Premier of South Australia – Peter Malinauskas
  • Opposition Leader – Vincent Tarzia
• Premier of Tasmania – Jeremy Rockliff
  • Opposition Leader – Dean Winter
• Premier of Victoria – Jacinta Allan
  • Opposition Leader – Brad Battin
• Premier of Western Australia – Roger Cook
  • Opposition Leader – Shane Love
• Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory – Andrew Barr
  • Opposition Leader – Leanne Castley
• Chief Minister of the Northern Territory – Lia Finocchiaro
  • Opposition Leader – Selena Uibo

Governors and administrators

• Governor of New South Wales – Margaret Beazley
• Governor of Queensland – Jeannette Young
• Governor of South Australia – Frances Adamson
• Governor of Tasmania – Barbara Baker
• Governor of Victoria – Margaret Gardner
• Governor of Western Australia – Chris Dawson
• Administrator of the Australian Indian Ocean Territories – Farzian Zainal
• Administrator of Norfolk Island – George Plant
• Administrator of the Northern Territory – Hugh Heggie

Events

January

• 1 January –
  • One home and a number of other buildings are destroyed in a bushfire burning in the communities of The Lakes, Woottating and Wooroloo east of Perth, while a separate bushfire burning in the Great Southern region forces the closure of the South Coast Highway.
  • Woolworths Group announce that it will be running a "Perfect for Australia Day" promotion in Woolworths Supermarkets and Big W stores following last year's controversial decision to not stock Australia Day-themed merchandise.
  • The National Archives of Australia releases Cabinet documents from 2003 and 2004 which reveal the Howard Government avoiding disclosing it had sent Australian troops to the Middle East months before officially authorising the country's involvement in the Iraq War.
• 2 January –
  • Police in Fiji confirm they are investigating the alleged sexual assault and robbery of two Virgin Australia crew members while they were celebrating New Year's Eve at a nightclub in Nadi.
  • A man is shot dead by police in a hospital carpark in Taree, New South Wales after he allegedly pointed a gun at officers. Police were initially responding to reports of the man firing shots into the air in Wingham 13 kilometres away.
  • A 28-year-old man is believed to have been killed in a shark attack while surfing at Granites Beach near Streaky Bay in South Australia.
  • A 3-year-old boy dies in a caravan fire at Boort, Victoria.
• 3 January –
  • A 7-year-old boy drowns in a river near a campsite on the Angusvale Track at Cobbannah in the East Gippsland region of Victoria.
  • A 56-year-old man is killed and a 60-year-old woman is injured when the jetski they were on collided with mangroves on the Barron River in Cairns, Queensland.
  • An abseiler is killed when he falls 20 metres off a cliff in the Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park near Sydney.
  • A 72-year-old man is arrested in relation to the alleged murder 25-year-old Meaghan Louise Rose who was found dead at Point Cartwright on the Sunshine Coast in 1997.
• 4 January – Two people are killed in a light plane crash near Nambucca Heads, just off the New South Wales Mid North Coast.
• 5 January –
  • A Forty Winks furniture showroom in the Melbourne suburb of Nunawading is destroyed by fire in a suspected arson attack.
  • The 50th anniversary of the Tasman Bridge disaster is commemorated.
• 6 January – In his first major announcement prior to the 2025 Australian federal election, prime minister Anthony Albanese announces a federal Labor government would provide $7.2 billion in funding to cover 80% of the cost of upgrading of Queensland's Bruce Highway.
• 7 January – A pilot and two foreign tourists are killed when a Cessna 208 seaplane carrying seven people crashes shortly after taking off at Rottnest Island in Western Australia. Three others sustain serious injuries while another person is uninjured.
• 8 January – After being lost in Kosciuszko National Park since Boxing Day, a 23-year-old bushwalker is found alive.
• 11 January –
  • Deputy leader of the Opposition in South Australia, Jing Lee announces she has resigned from the Liberal Party and will serve as an independent member of the upper house until the 2026 South Australian state election.
  • It's confirmed 32-year-old Australian man, Happy Charity co-founder Rory Sykes has been killed in the Southern California wildfires.
  • The 60th anniversary of the Wanda Beach Murders is commemorated by the victims' families.
• 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 the Toyota Camry they were in was hit head-on by a Toyota RAV4 driven at high speed by a 43-year-old man travelling the wrong way on the Leach Highway in Perth. 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 committed murder-suicide.
  • A 63-year-old Coles Supermarket employee is critically injured when she is allegedly stabbed in the back by a 13-year-old boy while working at a supermarket in Ipswich, Queensland. The boy is subsequently charged with attempted murder. With police alleging the victim was attacked with a knife taken from the supermarket, Coles withdraws kitchen knives from sale across Australia.
  • An Australian 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 at Perth Airport. The woman is subsequently charged with two counts of causing harm to, and one count of obstructing, a Commonwealth public official.
• 15 January – Prime Minister Anthony Albanese vows to take the strongest possible action against Russia if it can be verified that Russia's military had executed 32-year-old prisoner of war Oscar Jenkins, after being captured while serving in the Ukrainian armed forces. Federal opposition leader Peter Dutton also says if that if Jenkins has been executed, Russian's ambassador to Australia should be expelled.
• 16 January –
  • A 44-year-old Sydney man becomes the first person to be charged in a new AFP operation that attempts to crackdown on antisemitic behaviour. The man is charged following a search of his home in Blacktown in relation to the alleged posting of death threats to a social media page run by a Jewish organisation.
  • 27-year-old Melbourne burlesque 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 of Truganina. Police suspect the fire was deliberately lit by two arsonists in a case of mistaken identity.
  • A three-year-old Australian girl dies in an accidental drowning while holidaying with her family in Bali.
• 17 January – A house in the Sydney suburb of Dover Heights, formerly owned by Jewish leader Alex Ryvchin is targeted with antisemitic vandalism. Two cars are also set alight and red paint also used to damage a nearby property. The attack is widely condemned.
• 19 January – A 22-month-old girl dies in a house fire in the Hobart suburb of Rokeby. Her five-year-old sister is taken to hospital in a critical condition but later dies in hospital.
• 21 January – A childcare centre near a synagogue in the Sydney suburb of Maroubra is set on fire and spray painted with antisemitic graffiti. NSW premier Chris 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." The latest attack of antisemitism prompts Albanese to call a meeting of National Cabinet, during which the Australian Federal Police confirm they are investigating whether foreign actors have paid local criminals to carry out the attacks.
• 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 in Kalgoorlie on 29 November 2024 would not be charged.
• 23 January – Twenty bronze statues in Prime Ministers Avenue in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens are vandalised, two of which are severed and stolen. 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".
• 25 January –
  • Victorian premier Jacinta Allan, Melbourne lord mayor Nick Reece and federal member for Deakin Michael Sukkar condemn the vandalism to an Anzac memorial in Parkville, a memorial to John Batman at Queen Victoria Market and to a Maroondah City Council citizenship ceremony marquee at Ringwood North.
  • Former Australian rules footballer Neale Daniher is named 2025 Australian of the Year.
• 26 January –
  • The 2025 Australia Day Honours list is announced. Allen Cheuk-Seng Cheng, Megan Davis, James Edelman, Gillian Triggs, Lyn Williams and Galarrwuy Yunupingu are all bestowed with the highest honour of the Companion of the Order of Australia (AC).
  • 16 members of the National Socialist Network are arrested in Adelaide and charged with various offences.
• 27 January – The Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service confirm they would increase patrols on K'gari following a string of incidents in which dingoes have bitten children.
• 29 January – The Supreme Court of Queensland convicts 14 members of the religious group "Saints", including its leader Brendan Stevens, for manslaughter over the death of eight-year old Elizabeth Struhs in 2022 from diabetic ketoacidosis, which came after the group withheld her insulin medication as part of their religious beliefs. Struh's parents and brother are also among those convicted.

Future and scheduled events

• 8 February –
  • 2025 Prahran state by-election
  • 2025 Werribee state by-election
• 8 March – 2025 Western Australian state election
• 3 May – 2025 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election
• 23 August – 2025 Northern Territory local elections
• TBC – 2025 Australian federal election

Arts and Entertainment

January

• 1 January – Sydney's Burwood Council defends the demolition of the childhood home of Malcolm, Angus and George Young at 4 Burleigh Street, after it was purchased for $5.8 million in February 2023. The council confirms that despite the property being on the National Trust Register of Historic Houses, the register did not offer protection from the building being demolished as it has no statutory authority.
• 2 January – While in Australia to promote his biopic Better Man which was filmed at Melbourne's Docklands Studios, British singer Robbie Williams is presented with the keys to the city in Federation Square. At the event, he also defends using the Australian Broadcasting Corporation to promote the film during the New Year's Eve broadcast on ABC TV.
• 3 January – Nicole Kidman is presented with the International Star Award at the 36th Palm Springs International Film Festival in California for her role in Babygirl, which she dedicates to her late parents.
• 6 January – A Sydney developer apologises and conveys their "heartfelt regret" for the "oversight" which saw Sydney's "AC/DC house" in Burwood demolished, claiming they were not informed of the property's cultural significance. The demolition of the house casts questions on the effectiveness of the heritage protection process in saving historically significant landmarks from being destroyed.
• 8 January – The 50th anniversary of the Coca-Cola billboard in the Sydney suburb of Kings Cross is commemorated.
• 9 January – Australian actor Benjamin Rigby confirms his house is one of many to be destroyed in the Southern California wildfires.
• 14 January – The Australian Broadcasting Corporation confirms Hamish Macdonald will be succeeding Sarah Macdonald as the host of ABC Radio Sydney's Mornings program. He will be hosting the show from Monday to Thursday with Kathryn Robinson hosting the Friday edition.
• 23 January – Organisers of the Splendour in the Grass music festival confirms the event will not be returning in 2025.
• 25 January –
  • "Good Luck, Babe!" by American singer Chappell Roan tops Triple J's Hottest 100.
  • The 53rd annual Country Music Awards of Australia are held in Tamworth. Troy Cassar-Daley wins Album of the Year for Between the Fires, and Song of the Year for "Some Days". Cassar-Daley is also named Male Artist of the Year while Max Jackson is awarded Female artist of the Year. Jackson also wins Single of the Year for "Little More Country". Lane Pittman is named New Talent of the Year while Keith Urban is inducted onto the Australian Roll of Renown.

Sport

January

• 1 January – New South Wales police confirm Richmond player Noah Balta has been charged with assault following an alleged incident at a sports club in Mulwala, New South Wales in the early hours of 30 December 2024. Balta is granted conditional bail to appear before Corowa Local Court on 30 January 2025.
• 3 January –
  • Sydney Thunder player Cameron Bancroft sustains a broken nose when he and teammate Daniel Sams collide while fielding during a Big Bash League match against the Perth Scorchers at Perth Stadium.
  • The Tasmanian Government is undeterred by an independent report by Nicholas Gruen into Hobart's proposed Macquarie Point Stadium which finds the costs being significantly underestimated and describes the project as having the "hallmarks of mismanagement."
• 4 January –
  • The first day of the Magic Millions carnival on the Gold Coast is forced to be relocated to the Sunshine Coast after damage to the track at the racecourse in Bundall is discovered. Police commence investigations into the damage but animal rights activists deny that protestors would have been responsible.
  • The 2025 Canberra Tennis International tournament concludes with Brazil's João Fonseca crowned the winner of the men's singles, defeating American Ethan Quinn while Japan's Aoi Ito is crowned the winner of the women's singles, defeating China's Wei Sijia. The American duo of Ryan Seggerman and Eliot Spizzirri defeat France's Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Switzerland's Jérôme Kym in the men's doubles while the Australian pairing of Jaimee Fourlis and Petra Hule defeat Latvia's Darja Semeņistaja and Serbia's Nina Stojanović in the women's doubles.
• 5 January –
  • Australia regain the Border–Gavaskar Trophy after defeating India by six wickets in the fifth test at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
  • The United States wins the 2025 United Cup tennis tournament, defeating Poland in the final at Ken Rosewall Arena in Sydney.
  • The 2025 Brisbane International tennis tournament concludes. Czech Jiří Lehečka wins the men's singles after American Reilly Opelka retires due to injury. Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka defeats Russia's Polina Kudermetova in the women's singles. In the men's doubles, British duo Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool defeat the Czech duo of Jiří Lehečka and Jakub Menšík while Russians Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider defeat the pairing of Australian Priscilla Hon and Russian Anna Kalinskaya in the women's doubles.
• 6 January –
  • It emerges that Ice Hockey Australia had advised the International Ice Hockey Federation in December 2024 that the 2025 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships's Division II Group A tournament would no longer be played at Melbourne's Icehouse as they feared the presence of the Israeli team would put the safety of the event at risk, due to the escalation of anti-Israeli sentiment in the city.
  • While playing for the Utah Jazz in their 105-92 defeat against the Orlando Magic, Patty Mills becomes the first Australian to play 1,000 NBA basketball games in North America.
• 7 January – A fire breaks out in the Norman Robinson Stand at Melbourne's Caulfield Racecourse. Police quickly deem the fire to be suspicious and establish a crime scene. A 51-year-old man is subsequently arrested.
• 9 January – Richmond player Noah Balta is suspended for four AFL matches and will be forced to miss two pre-season matches following the alleged assault at Mulwala on 30 December 2024.
• 10 January – Sam Welsford and Amber Pate win the respective elite men's and women's events at the Australian National Criterium Championships in Perth.
• 11 January – After the running of three races, heavy rain prior to the fourth race forces the Magic Millions race day on the Gold Coast to be rescheduled to 17 January 2025 due to the track becoming unsafe.
• 12 January – Australia defeat England by four wickets at North Sydney Oval in the first Women's Ashes WODI match.
• 14 January – Australia defeat England by 21 runs at Sydney's Junction Oval in the second Women's Ashes WODI.
• 17 January –
  • Australian motorcyclist Daniel Sanders wins the 2025 Dakar Rally.
  • Australia defeat England by 86 runs at Hobart's Bellerive Oval in the third Women's Ashes WODI.
  • During the 2025 Australian Open, Nine News sports presenter Tony Jones heckles fans of Novak Djokovic during Nine News Melbourne describing Djokovic as a "has-been" and "over rated" and they should "kick him out". As a result, Djokovic refused to do an on-court interview the following Sunday night with Jim Courier and describes Jones' comments as "insulting and offensive" which also made a "mockery of Serbian fans" declaring he would boycott Channel 9. Jones, who said the comments were intended to be humerous banter said he had contacted Djokovic's camp and apologised, which he later re-iterated on Today on 20 January. Djokovic ultimately accepts the apology.
• 18 January –
  • A spectactor is seriously injured when several cyclists competing in Adelaide's Down Under Classic crash into a safety barrier on the corner of East Terrace and Rundle Street.
  • Sam Welsford claims victory in the 2025 Down Under Classic.
• 19 January – Swiss cyclist Noemi Rüegg claims victory in the 2025 Women's Tour Down Under.
• 20 January – Australia retains the Women's Ashes after they defeat England by 57 runs at the SCG.in the first Women's Twenty20 International.
• 23 January – Australia wins the second Women's Twenty20 International at Manuka Oval in Canberra, with Australia winning by six runs under the DLS method in a rain affected match.
• 25 January – Australia defeat England by 72 runs at the Adelaide Oval in the third Women's Twenty20 International.
• 26 January –
  • The 2025 Australian Open concludes in Melbourne with Madison Keys defeating Aryna Sabalenka in the women's singles and Jannik Sinner defeating Alexander Zverev in the men's singles.
  • At the official Australian Open trophy presentation, men's singles runner-up Zverev is heckled from the crowd by a spectator who screams "Australia believes Olya and Brenda” referencing domestic abuse allegations which Zverev strongly refutes. Tournament director Craig Tiley later condemns the heckling and says he was pleased when the woman was removed from Rod Laver Arena.

Deaths

January

• 1 January –
  • Chad Morgan, country musician (b. 1933)
  • Tom Wyatt, horticulturist (b. 1946)
• 3 January –
  • Kate Coolahan, Australian-born commercial artist and fashion illustrator (b. 1929) (died in New Zealand)
  • Ron Challinor, actor (b. 1944)
• 5 January –
  • Mike Rinder, former senior executive of Church of Scientology International (b. 1955)
  • Jim Short, comedian (b. 1967)
• 6 January – Ken Randall, journalist (b. c. 1936)
• 8 January –
  • Lyn Lepore, Paralympic tandem cyclist (b. 1961)
  • Bill McMaster, Australian rules footballer (b. 1930)
• 9 January –
  • Bill Clements, Australian rules footballer (b. 1933)
  • Ian Miles, Australian rules footballer (b. 1952)
• 10 January –
  • Frank Cicutto, business executive, CEO of National Australia Bank (b. c. 1950)
  • Ted Kilmurray, Australian rules footballer (b. 1934)
• 12 January –
  • Arnold Frolows, radio personality (b. 1950)
  • Darryl Pearce, basketballer (b. 1960)
  • Jan Randles, Paralympic marathon runner (b. 1945)
  • Keith Rayner, bishop (b. 1929)
  • Bob Sercombe, politician (b. 1949)
• 13 January – Tony Gresham, golfer (b. 1940)
• 14 January –
  • Simon Townsend, television presenter (b. 1945)
  • Alan Green, businessman (b. 1947)
• 16 January – Colin MacNeil, Australian rules footballer (b. 1936)
• 20 January –
  • Leila Hayes, actress (b. 1942) (death announced on this date)
  • Adam Steinhardt, pole vaulter (b. 1969)
• 22 January – Nicholas Eadie, actor (b. 1958)
• 24 January – Ken Newland, Australian rules footballer (b. 1949) (death announced on this date)
• 26 January – Grant Tambling, Northern Territory politician (b. 1943)

Holidays

Further information: Public holidays in Australia

Holiday	Date	ACT	NSW	NT	QLD	SA	TAS	VIC	WA	Ref.
New Year's Day	Wednesday 1 January	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Australia Day	Monday 27 January	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Royal Hobart Regatta (only observed in certain areas of Tasmania)	Monday 10 February	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Labour Day (WA)	Monday 3 March	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Public holiday under different names	Monday 10 March	Canberra Day	No	No	No	Adelaide Cup Day	Eight Hours Day	Labour Day	No
Good Friday	Friday 18 April	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Easter Saturday	Saturday 19 April	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Easter Sunday	Sunday 20 April	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Easter Monday	Monday 21 April	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Easter Tuesday	Tuesday 22 April	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
ANZAC Day	Friday 25 April	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
May Day	Monday 5 May	No	No	Yes	Labour Day (QLD)	No	No	No	No
Reconciliation Day	Monday 2 June	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Western Australia Day		No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
King's Birthday	Monday 9 June	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Picnic Day	Monday 4 August	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Royal Queensland Show (Brisbane area only)	Wednesday 13 August	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Friday before the AFL Grand Final	Friday 26 September	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
King's Birthday	Monday 29 September	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Labour Day	Monday 6 October	Yes	Yes	No	King's Birthday	Yes	No	No	No
Melbourne Cup	Tuesday 4 November	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Recreation Day (all parts of Tasmania which do not observe Royal Hobart Regatta)	Monday 3 November	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Christmas Eve (from 7pm to 12 midnight)	Wednesday 24 December	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Christmas Day	Thursday 25 December	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Boxing Day	Friday 26 December	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
New Year's Eve (from 7pm to 12 midnight)	Wednesday 31 December	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No

• 1 January – New Year's Day
• 26 January – Australia Day
• 10 March – Canberra Day
• 18 April – Good Friday
• 19 April – Easter Saturday
• 20 April – Easter Sunday
• 21 April – Easter Monday
• 25 April – Anzac Day
• 2 June – Reconciliation Day
• 9 June – Sovereign's Birthday
• 6 October – Labour Day
• 25 December – Christmas Day
• 26 December – Boxing Day

See also

Country overviews

• 2020s in Australia political history
• History of Australia
• History of modern Australia
• Outline of Australia
• Government of Australia
• Politics of Australia
• Years in Australia
• Timeline of Australia history
• 2025 in Australian literature
• 2025 in Australian music
• 2025 in Australian television
• List of Australian films of 2025

External links

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