2025 in Australia

Australia-related events during the year of 2025

2025 in Australia

Monarch| Charles III
Governor-General| Sam Mostyn
Prime minister| Anthony Albanese
Population| 27,122,411 people at 31 March 2025.[1]
Australian of the Year| Neale Daniher
Elections| Western Australia, Federal

* 2024
* 2023
* 2022
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Australia |

* 2026
* 2027
* 2028
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See also:|

* 2025 in Australian television
* 2025 in Australian literature
* Other events of 2025
* Federal election
* Timeline of Australian history

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

## Incumbents

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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 (until May) Sussan Ley (from May)

Chief Justice

* Stephen Gageler

### State and territory leaders

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* 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 (Until 25 March) then Basil Zempilas
* 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

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* 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

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### January

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* 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.[2]
* 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.[3]
* 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.[4]
* 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.[5]
* A man is shot dead by police in a hospital carpark in Taree, 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 in Wingham 13 kilometres away.[6]
* 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.[7]
* A 3-year-old boy dies in a caravan fire at Boort, Victoria.[8]
* 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.[9]
* 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.[10]
* An abseiler is killed when he falls 20 metres off a cliff in the Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park near Sydney.[11]
* 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.[12]
* 4 January – Two people are killed in a light plane crash near Nambucca Heads, just off the New South Wales Mid North Coast.[13]
* 5 January –
* A Forty Winks furniture showroom in the Melbourne suburb of Nunawading is destroyed by fire in a suspected arson attack.[14]
* The 50th anniversary of the Tasman Bridge disaster is commemorated.[15]
* 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.[16]
* 7 January - A man is charged for allegedly threatening worshippers at a Sydney synagogue.[17]
* 8 January – After being lost in Kosciuszko National Park since Boxing Day, a 23-year-old bushwalker is found alive.[18]
* 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.[19]
* It is confirmed that 32-year-old Australian man, Happy Charity co-founder Rory Sykes has been killed in the Southern California wildfires.[20]
* The 60th anniversary of the Wanda Beach Murders is commemorated by the victims' families.[21]
* 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.[22] 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.[23]
* 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.[24] The boy is subsequently charged with attempted murder.[25] With police alleging the victim was attacked with a knife taken from the supermarket, Coles withdraws kitchen knives from sale across Australia.[24][26]
* 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.[27] The woman is subsequently charged with two counts of causing harm to, and one count of obstructing, a Commonwealth public official.[27]
* 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.[28] Federal opposition leader Peter Dutton also says if that if Jenkins has been executed, Russian's ambassador to Australia should be expelled.[28]
* 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.[29] 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.[29]
* 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.[30] Police suspect the fire was deliberately lit by two arsonists in a case of mistaken identity.[30]
* A three-year-old Australian girl dies in an accidental drowning while holidaying with her family in Bali.[31]
* 17 January – A house in the Sydney suburb of Dover Heights, formerly owned by Jewish leader Alex Ryvchin is targeted with antisemitic vandalism.[32] Two cars are also set alight and red paint also used to damage a nearby property.[32] The attack is widely condemned.[32]
* 19 January –
* A caravan loaded with powergel explosives is discovered in the Sydney suburb of Dural along with antisemitic material and a list of Jewish synagogues, prompting a major counterterrorism investigation to be launched by the New South Wales Police Force, the AFP, ASIO and the Joint Counter Terrorism Team with police alleging the explosives were intended for targeted antisemitic attacks in the Jewish community.[33][34][35] A Liverpool home is raided two days after the caravan was discovered.[36]
* A 22-month-old girl dies in a house fire in the Hobart suburb of Rokeby.[37] Her five-year-old sister is taken to hospital in a critical condition but later dies in hospital.[38]
* Federal Member for Hinkler Keith Pitt submits his resignation effective immediately, likely leaving the electorate without a member of parliament until the 2025 Australian federal election. [39]
* 21 January – A childcare centre near a synagogue in the Sydney suburb of Maroubra is set on fire and spray painted with antisemitic graffiti.[40] 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."[40] 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.[41][42]
* 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.[43]
* 23 January –
* A crew from Australian space company Equatorial Launch Australia including its CEO Michael Jones are allegedly threatened and assaulted in an incident on a rural property near Weipa, Queensland.[44] Three people, aged 36, 64 and 27, are subsequently arrested and charged on 29 January 2025 with over 50 offences.[44]
* Twenty bronze statues in Prime Ministers Avenue in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens are vandalised, two of which are severed and stolen.[45] 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".[45]
* 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.[46]
* Former Australian rules footballer Neale Daniher is named 2025 Australian of the Year.[47]
* 26 January –
* The 2025 Australia Day Honours list is announced.[48] 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).[48]
* 16 members of the National Socialist Network are arrested in Adelaide and charged with various offences.[49]
* 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.[50][51]
* 28 January – The Great 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 organisation Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife.[52] The $200,000 campaign results in its customers boycotting the brand, alleging the campaign would see state forests converted into national parks, reducing the freedom to partake in outdoor recreational activities.[53]
* 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.[54]
* Prime minister Anthony Albanese confirms the Australian Government is urgently attempting to verify a report it has received from Russia that alleges prisoner-of-war Oscar Jenkins is actually alive despite earlier reports he had been executed by Russian forces.[55]
* 30 January – After pleading guilty to manslaughter after killing his wife Vanessa Godfrey in a hotel room on the Sunshine Coast during a drug-induced psychotic episode on 14 February 2022, Jeffrey James Godfrey is sentenced in the Brisbane Supreme Court to 12 years in jail and is automatically declared a serious violent offender.[56]
* 31 January –
* An internal investigation is released which finds eight Western 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 of Floreat on 24 May 2024 while attempting to locate his wife and daughter.[57] Before the murders, Bombara's daughter had repeatedly attempted to warn police about her father's but to no avail.[57]
* The federal government's National Redress Scheme awards compensation to two men who allege they were sexually abused when they were children by cardinal George Pell who died in 2023.[58]

### February

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* 1 February – To reduce the risk of intentional overdoses and liver damage, changes to the sale of paracetamol take effect which now makes it illegal for supermarkets and convenience stores to sell packs of more than 16 tablets.[59]
* 2 February – Residents in the six suburbs of Townsville are told to evacuate their homes by midday after a slow moving weather system brings intense rainfall and widespread flooding to North Queensland.[60] A woman dies after an SES boat with six people aboard capsizes in floodwaters at Ingham.[61]
* 3 February – A 17-year-old girl is killed in a shark attack while swimming at Bribie Island.[62]
* 4 February –
* A second woman is found dead following flooding at Bemerside, Queensland.[63]
* New South Wales transport minister Jo Haylen resigns after admitting to her use of ministerial drivers for private trips, which she describes as an "error of judgement".[64] The scandal prompts state premier Chris Minns to update the policy pertaining to the use of ministerial drivers.[64]
* The Western Australian Local Government Standards Panel finds Perth lord mayor Basil Zempilas had committed a minor breach of the Local Government Act by promoting his campaign for the 2025 Western Australian state election on his mayoral Facebook page.[65] However, Zempilas raises concerns about how the details of the decision is leaked to the media and confirms he will be reporting it to the Corruption and Crime Commission.[65]
* 7 February – 48-year-old Jonathan Wright is sentenced in the Toowoomba Supreme Court to life in prison for murdering Paul Sia after deliberately ramming Sia's vehicle off the road and then running him down with a 4WD on the Toowoomba Connection Road near Toowoomba on 20 November 2022 after an apparent drug deal had gone wrong.[66]
* 8 February –
* The 2025 Prahran state by-election is held.[67]
* The 2025 Werribee state by-election is held.[67]
* It is confirmed that human remains have been found inside the body of a crocodile located alongside the Watson River in Far North Queensland during a search for a 60-year-old Aurukun man who failed to return home from a fishing trip.[68]
* 11 February –
* Sam Kerr is found not guilty by a jury in London of racially harassing a Metropolitan Police officer after calling him "stupid and white" in January 2023.[69]
* The Country Liberal Party Northern Territory Government of Lia Finocchiaro confirms it has ended the NT treaty plans of the former labor government.[70]
* 12 February – A TikTok creator posts a video of two NSW Health workers at Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital appearing to brag about refusing to treat Israeli patients.[71][72] The two nurses are immediately stood down pending an investigation.[71] However, NSW Health Minister Ryan Park states that he would not allow them to work in state health facilities again.[73] The incident is condemned by NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.[71] The male nurse who appears in the video says that it had been "just a joke" and "a misunderstanding" and that he plans to apologise to the Jewish community.[74]
* 13 February – The Department of Defence confirms it has lodged formal objections with the People's Liberation Army after an incident in the South China Sea on 11 February in which a Chinese fighter jet released flares within 30 metres of an RAAF P-8 Poseidon aircraft.[75]
* 14 February – Severe Tropical Cyclone Zelia crosses Western Australia's Pilbara coast near the mouth of the De Grey River north-east of Port Hedland.[76]
* 16 February – Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police Shane Patton resigns following a vote of no confidence from members of the police union.[77]
* 18 February – Around 157 false killer whales are found stranded on a beach near Arthur River, Tasmania.[78]
* 20 February – Australian and New Zealand Defence Ministers Richard Marles and Judith Collins confirm that the Australian and New Zealand Defence Forces are monitoring three Chinese warships that are sailing through international waters near Sydney.[79][80]
* 21 February – Three airlines divert aircraft in response to reports of Chinese warships conducting live-fire exercises in the Tasman Sea.[81] Foreign Minister Penny Wong meets with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the G20 summit in South Africa to raise Australian concerns about Chinese naval activities in the Tasman Sea.[82]
* 22 February:
* Chinese warships conduct a second day of live fire exercises in the Tasman Sea while being monitored by Australian and New Zealand naval forces.[83] Marles criticises China for failing to give "satisfactory reasons" for its live-fire drill on Friday.[84]
* The Albanese government announces it will invest A$8.5 billion in Medicare services including A$18 million in subsidised doctor's visits.[85]
* 23 February –
* Chinese Defence Ministry spokesperson Wu Qian defends Chinese live-fire naval drills in the Tasman Sea, claiming they complied with international law and did not affect aviation flight safety.[84]
* A large search commences after a 58-year-old Sydney fisherman is dragged into the water while attempting to retrieve a mako shark during a fishing competition near Newcastle.[86]
* 26 February – A female Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital nurse is charged with three federal offences including threatening violence and using a carriage service to threaten to kill and cause offense in relation to an alleged antisemitic video incident.[87]
* 28 February –
* Ally Fashion collapses with liquidators appointed to the company after the Federal Court orders it to be wound up due to insolvency.[88]
* Star Entertainment Group enters a brief temporary trading halt before the share market opens prompting shares in the company to plummet by more than 15%.[89]
* Queensland police commissioner Steve Gollschewski announces he is stepping down from the position immediately after being diagnosed with cancer.[90]

### March

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* 1 March –
* A seven-day search for the remains of the three Beaumont children at the former Castalloy site in the Adelaide suburb of North Plympton concludes without any new evidence discovered.[91]
* A magnitude 4.4 earthquake occurs in Townsville, Queensland.[92]
* 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 of Coburg North.[93]
* 4 March – Western Australia Police arrest a 16-year old boy in Eaton who allegedly made an online threat against the newly-opened Sydney Islamic House mosque.[94]
* 5 March:
* A second Bankstown 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.[95]
* Queensland authorities advise residents in southeast Queensland to evacuate in response to the approaching Cyclone Alfred.[96]
* 6 March:
* Cyclone Alfred brings stormy weather and heavy rainfall to southeast Queensland and northeast New South Wales.[97]
* Police arrest a 17-year old youth who breached security at Avalon Airport and attempted to board a Jetstar plane with a loaded shotgun and a fake homemade explosives.[98][99] The incident leads to the temporary closure of Avalon Airport and prompted investigations by federal and state authorities into the airport's security practices.[100][101]
* 8 March –
* Thirteen Australian Defence Force personnel are injured when two army vehicles carrying a total of 36 personnel are involved in an incident near Lismore, New South Wales.[102] One vehicle left the roadway and rolled, causing the other vehicle to tip over while trying to avoid a collision.[103]
* The 2025 Western Australian state election is held. The Labor Party led by Roger Cook is re-elected in a convincing victory over the Liberal Party which polled poorly. However, Perth lord mayor and former Channel 7 presenter Basil Zempilas wins the seat of Churchlands for the Liberal Party.[104]
* 10 March – A 37-year-old man is killed by a shark while surfing at a beach near Esperance, Western Australia.[105]
* 11 March –
* In a keynote address to the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Qantas chair John Mullen opined that corporate Australia "did itself no favours" by vocally campaigning in support of the 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum stating that companies risked appearing like they were "virtue signalling".[106] His comments were criticised by Noongar law academic Hannah McGlade who said they showed "a lack of respect to Aboriginal people" and accused Mullen of losing credibility with his comments.[107]
* American actor Leonardo DiCaprio publicly criticises the Australian Government for approving South32's proposed expansion of its bauxite mine at Worsley in Western Australia's Northern Jarrah Forest with DiCaprio expressing his view on Instagram that mining developments were being prioritised over environmental protection due to separate government policies.[108]
* 12 March –
* The White House announces that the United States will not be granting Australia an exemption from tariffs on aluminium and steel imports despite president Donald Trump previously stating he would consider excluding Australia from the 25% tariffs.[109] 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."[109]
* American influencer Sam Jones is widely condemned after she posts footage on Instagram of her taking a baby wombat from its mother and holding it up to the camera.[110] 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.[111] 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.[112]
* 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 of Zillmere in September 2020, while two other men are acquitted of all their charges. Justice Lincoln 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.[113] The ten men all receive life sentences for the murder.[114]
* The High Court of Australia dismisses an appeal by the Commonwealth, ruling that they are liable for compensation for lost or impaired native title rights relating to a bauxite mining lease on the Gove Peninsula in North East Arnhem Land.[115]
* 17 March –
* Authorities in South Australia close Waitpinga Beach and Parsons Beach to the public after a microalgal bloom leads to a fishkill and the sickening of two surfers.[116]
* The Reserve Bank of Australia reveals the new design of the Australian five-dollar note will be a celebration of First Nation peoples' connection to Country.[117]
* 18 March –
* After entering its third day of deliberations in the Cairns Supreme Court, a jury is discharged after they advised they were deadlocked and unable to reach a verdict in the trial of 40-year-old Rajwinder Singh who is charged with murdering 24-year-old Toyah Cordingly on Wangetti Beach near Cairns in October 2018. [118]
* An inquest commences into the murder of Lilie James, a water polo coach who was killed by Paul Thijssen at St Andrew's Cathedral School in Sydney before he took his own life.[119][120]
* 21 March –
* The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission hands down a 441-page report following their investigation into Australian supermarket operations.[121] The report finds that Woolworths and Coles don't have a strict duopoly in Australia and is unable to conclude whether price gouging is occurring.[121]
* A 39-year-old Australian woman dies when the snorkelling boat she was on capsizes in rough seas off Bali.[122]
* 22 March – A 54-year-old construction worker dies after falling into a silo at a Boral quarry at Montrose on Melbourne's outskirts.[123]
* 24 March –
* Peabody Energy is ordered to pay $196,560 in fines plus legal and investigative costs to the New South Wales Environment Protection Authority after the company pleaded guilty in 2024 to two incidents which occurred in 2022 in which contaminated water entered Camp Gully Creek and the Hacking River which flows through the Royal National Park.[124]
* Federal teal independent MP Monique Ryan and her husband Peter Jordan both apologise after Jordan was observed removing a sign belonging to Ryan's political rival Amelia Hamer in the Melbourne suburb of Camberwell, Victoria.[125] In his apology, Jordan claims the sign had been illegally placed on public property but concedes he should have reported his concerns to council.[125]
* 26 March –
* Australian clothing retailer Jeanswest collapses with the company's 90 stores across Australia set to close within months, putting hundreds of employees out of work.[126]
* Alcoa receives a $400,000 fine after pleading guilty in the Rockingham Magistrates Court to failing to ensure the health and safety of workers after work experience students at its refinery in Kwinana suffered caustic burns when a pump discharged a hot caustic solution in September 2022.[127]
* A woman is injured when a man allegedly drives a car into the Qantas call centre in Goodwood near Hobart.[128] He is subsequently charged with a number of offences including attempted murder and arson.[128]
* Australian Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young waves a dead fish during Question Time during a debate about legislation relating to reforms to Tasmania's salmon farming industry.[129]
* 27 March –
* 40-year-old former South Australian opposition leader David Speirs pleads guilty in the Adelaide Magistrates Court to two counts of supplying or administering a drug that wasn't cannabis to another person at Kingston Park between 1 August 2024 and 10 August 2024.[130]
* Australian discount retailer The Reject Shop agrees to a $259 million takeover bid by Canada's Dollarama.[131]
* 28 March –
* Prime minister Anthony Albanese officially calls the date for the 2025 Australian federal election sending voters to the polls on 3 May 2025 following a five-week election campaign.[132]
* 35-year-old former New South Wales police officer Kristian White is sentenced in the New South Wales Supreme Court to a two-year community correction order, requiring him to perform 425 hours of community service, after he was found guilty in November 2024 of the manslaughter of 95-year-old Clare Nowland, whom he tasered in an aged care facility in Cooma, New South Wales.[133] The sentence is criticised by Nowland's family who describe it as "a slap on the wrist" with legal experts also expressing surprise at the non-custodial sentence imposed.[134]
* A pilot is critically injured when his aircraft crashes during an aerobatic display at the Australian International Airshow at Avalon Airport in Victoria.[135]
* 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 of Baulkham Hills.[136] They were treated by paramedics before being taken to Westmead Hospital in a stable condition.[136] A 47-year-old woman is also found at the scene with stab wounds and is taken to hospital under police guard.[136] The woman is subsequently charged with the attempted murder of the three children.[137]

### April

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* 1 April –
* Authorities attempt to repair broken flood levees as the worst flooding since 1974 continues in outback Queensland.[138]
* 29-year-old Andre Rebelo is sentenced in the Western 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 of Bitcon in May 2020 after he had taken out three life insurance policies in her name and forging her will.[139]
* 2 April –
* It is announced that an independent review led by former state governor Malcolm McCusker will be held into the 2025 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.[140]
* New South Wales education minister Prue Car criticises a school in the Sydney suburb of Kellyville for their decision to allow students to "opt out" of their annual Anzac Day commemoration.[141] 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..."[142]
* 3 April –
* 60-year-old Luke Samouel Simon is sentenced in the New 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 in Oberon, New South Wales in February 2023.[143] The murderer's daughter Linda Simon later states that she is "happy that justice was served" which had provided her family with "closure."[144]
* Two climate protestors from Rising Tide Australia are ushered out of a hospital in Maitland, New South Wales after they begin yelling at prime minister Anthony Albanese during his visit to the hospital.[145]
* Albanese is uninjured after he falls backwards from a stage at a Mining and Energy Union conference in Lovedale, New South Wales while repositioning himself for a photo opportunity.[146]
* 4 April –
* After 18 years in custody, 59-year-old Tony Mokbel is granted bail by the Victorian Court of Appeal after three judges approved his bail application.[147]
* A series of cyberattacks hit large Australian superannuation funds including AustralianSuper, Rest, Hostplus, Insignia, and Australian Retirement.[148]
* 5 April – During opposition leader Peter Dutton's visit to Cazalys 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.[149]
* 8 April – A 10-year-old Australian girl is killed in a cooking school fire in Singapore.[150]
* 9 April – The Australian Transport Safety Bureau releases their final report into the fatal 2023 Gold Coast mid-air collision which highlights a series of safety issues that contributed to the collision between the two helicopters near Sea World including a faulty radio antenna.[151]
* 10 April – After appearing in the Brisbane Children's Court, a male teenager is committed to stand trial in the Brisbane Supreme Court charged with "a commonwealth offence of committing acts done “in preparation for, or planning, a terrorist act” allegedly targeting federal opposition leader Peter Dutton.[152]
* 11 April – 64-year-old child killer Rick Thorburn who murdered 12-year-old Tiahleigh Palmer in 2015 is found dead in his jail cell at the Woodford Correctional Centre, north of Brisbane.[153]
* 15 April – Prime minister Anthony Albanese condemns a decision by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency which finds Vegemite to be non-compliant with Canadian health regulations due to the added Vitamin 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.[154] A science-based health risk assessment from Health Canada finds Vegemite presents a low risk to human health when consumed in the suggested serving sizes.[155] 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.[155]
* 16 April – Australian footwear chain Wittner collapses and administrators appointed after 113 years of operations.[156]
* 19 April – Prosecutors for the occupied territory of Luhansk confirm Australian teacher Oscar Jenkins has been charged with being a mercenary in an armed conflict with the Russian Federation on the side of enemy troops.[157]
* 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.[158]
* 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 at Erina on the New South Wales Central Coast on 23 March 2025.[159] Torrens subsequently dies by suicide in his jail cell at the Silverwater Correctional Complex on 24 April.[160]
* 21 April – The death of Pope 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.[161] Both Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton also suspend their campaigning for the federal election out of respect.[162] The pope's death also results in Ukrainian-born Melbourne-based Cardinal Mykola Bychok becoming the youngest member of the 2025 papal conclave.[163]
* 23 April –
* 71-year-old supermarket owner Linford Feick is fatally stabbed after confronting an accused shoplifter in his Darwin supermarket.[164] An 18-year-old man is subsequently charged with Feick's murder.[164]
* A series of violent and aggressive incidents occur in the lead-up to the federal election, prompting the Australian Electoral Commission to call for respectful behaviour during the election campaign.[165] 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 of Ashfield; A 30-year-old man allegedly intimidating and behaving aggressively towards volunteers and kicking over corflutes in the Sydney suburb of Macquarie Park; and three men disrupting a candidate's forum in the Melbourne seat of Kooyong which local member Monique Ryan describes as "stupid, pointless posturing" by "right-wing bullies."[165]
* 24 April –
* 40-year-old former South Australian Liberal party leader David Speirs is sentenced in the Adelaide Magistrates Court after having earlier pleaded guilty to two counts of supplying drugs.[166] He is fined $9,000 fine and sentenced to 37.5 hours of community service after being convicted of supplying cocaine to two people in 2024.[167]
* An anonymous submission to a parliamentary inquiry into Victoria's ambulance service reveals Ambulance Victoria breached strict COVID-19 rules in 2021 by holding an illegal gathering at a funeral while Victorians were enduring Stage 4 lockdowns at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria.[168] Despite a 10-person limit for funerals being in place, it's alleged up to 40 persons attended the funeral gathering.[168] Premier Jacinta Allan condemned the event, describing it as incident which was entirely inappropriate.[168]
* 25 April –
* The 110th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings are commemorated at annual Anzac Day services across Australia and New Zealand.[169]
* Jacob Hersant, a figurehead of neo-Nazi organisation National Socialist Network, is escorted by Victoria Police away from an Anzac Day dawn service at Melbourne's Shrine of Remembrance after allegedly disrupting the service by leading booing during a Welcome to Country address by Bunurong elder Mark Brown.[170][171][172] A similar incident occurs at Perth's ANZAC Day dawn service at Kings Park where a heckler disrupts an Acknowledgement of Country, which premier Roger Cook describes as "disgusting."[173] Among the leaders who condemn the heckling at Anzac services is Prime Minister Anthony Albanese who states: "The disruption of Anzac Day is beyond contempt, and the people responsible must face the full force of the law. This was an act of low cowardice on a day when we honour courage and sacrifice."[173]
* A 36-year-old woman dies after falling 80 metres from Mapleton Falls on the Sunshine Coast.[174]
* Valerie the dachshund attracts international attention when she is finally rescued after spending 529 days roaming Kangaroo Island off South Australia after disappering while her owners were on a camping holiday in November 2023.[175]
* 26 April – The family of Virginia Giuffre, a prominent accuser of Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew, announces that Giuffre had taken her own life on her farm at Neergabby, 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".[176]
* 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 of Melbourne's Parliament House clashed with counter-protestors.[177] Following the rally, some protestors moved through the CBD obstructing traffic and removing road signs before a stand-off with police occurs on Swanston Street culminating in officers deploying OC spray.[177]
* 28 April – The coronial inquest into the Bondi Junction stabbings commences in the Coroners Court of New South Wales.[178]
* 29 April – The 2023 Leongatha mushroom poisoning trial commences in the Supreme Court in Morwell, Victoria.[179]

### May

[edit]

* 1 May – The South Australian Parole Board confirms one of the convicted Snowtown murderers, James Vlassakis has applied for parole with his hearing expected to be held in at least eight weeks.[180]
* 2 May – 25-year-old Tyrone Thompson is sentenced to 22 years and six months imprisonment for murdering 21-year-old Mackenzie Anderson on 25 March 2022 in Newcastle while he was on parole for a previous DV assault.[181]
* 3 May – The 2025 Australian federal election is held which sees the Australian Labor Party led by prime minister Anthony Albanese return to government defeating the Coalition in a landslide victory, and also sees Liberal leader Peter Dutton defeated in his own seat of Dickson by ALP candidate Ali France \- a seat he was first elected to at the 2001 election.[182][183][184]
* 4 May – Following his re-election as the Member for New England, Nationals MP and former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce announces he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and will undergo surgery.[185]
* 5 May –
* Police officers discover the bodies of brothers, seven-year-old Max Johnson and six-year-old Sam Johnson at a home in Coonabarabran, New South Wales.[186][187] Their 66-year-old grandmother is found at the scene with self-inflicted wounds and was arrested at the scene.[188] She is taken to hospital before being transferred to a mental health facility.[188] She is subsequently charged with murder.[187]
* Queensland Police charge a 55-year-old man with one count each of murder (domestic violence), fraud and attempted fraud after a 54-year-old woman drowned while kayaking at Lake Samsonvale on 27 November 2020.[189]
* 6 May –
* Mike Bush is offiially announced as Victoria's new chief police commissioner to officially commence in the role on 27 June 2025.[190]
* Hungry Jack's pays fines to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission totalling just over $150,000 for allegedly distributing Garfield toys between 20 May 2024 and 30 May 2024 without the required warnings about button batteries.[191]
* 7 May –
* Three children aged 4, 7 and 9 die in a suspicious house fire in the Toowoomba suburb of Harristown.[192]
* NSW police commissioner Karen Webb announces her resignation after 38 years of service with the New South Wales Police Force.[193]
* 8 May –
* After a 12-week trial, a jury finds 24-year-old Jack Brearley and 29-year-old Brodie Palmer guilty of murdering 15-year-old schoolboy Cassius Turvey in the Perth suburb of Middle Swan in October 2022 while 27-year-old Mitchell Forth is found guilty of manslaughter.[194] A fourth person is acquitted of both murder and manslaughter.[194]
* Australian Greens leader Adam Bandt concedes defeat seat of Melbourne which is won by Labor's Sarah Witty.[195]
* 9 May – 200 members of the Coonabarabran community gather on the Castlereagh River for a candlelight vigil to mourn the deaths of brothers Max and Sam Johnson who were allegedly murdered by their grandmother.[196][187]
* 11 May – Following his demotion from the Cabinet, Labor's Ed Husic describes deputy prime minister Richard Marles as a "factional assassin" in a television interview and says he believes the reason he was demoted from the front bench was partly due to his views on the Gaza conflict.[197]
* 12 May – 2025 National Party of Australia leadership spill: David Littleproud is elected to become leader of the Australian National Party.[198]
* 13 May – 2025 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election: Sussan Ley is elected to become the first woman leader of the Australian Liberal Party.[198]

### Future and scheduled events

[edit]

* 15 May – 2025 Australian Greens leadership election
* 24 May – 2025 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election[199]
* 23 August – 2025 Northern Territory local elections[200][201]

## Arts and entertainment

[edit]

### January

[edit]

* 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.[202] 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.[202]
* 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.[203] 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.[204]
* 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.[205]
* 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.[206][207] The demolition of the house casts questions on the effectiveness of the heritage protection process in saving historically significant landmarks from being destroyed.[208]
* 8 January – The 50th anniversary of the Coca-Cola billboard in the Sydney suburb of Kings Cross is commemorated.[209]
* 9 January – Australian actor Benjamin Rigby confirms his house is one of many to be destroyed in the Southern California wildfires.[210]
* 14 January – The Australian Broadcasting Corporation confirms Hamish Macdonald will be succeeding Sarah Macdonald as the host of ABC Radio Sydney's Mornings program.[211] He will be hosting the show from Monday to Thursday with Kathryn Robinson hosting the Friday edition.[211]
* 23 January – Organisers of the Splendour in the Grass music festival confirm the event will not be returning in 2025.[212]
* 25 January –
* "Good Luck, Babe!" by American singer Chappell Roan tops Triple J's Hottest 100.[213]
* The 53rd annual Country Music Awards of Australia are held in Tamworth.[214] 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.[214] Jackson also wins Single of the Year for "Little More Country".[214] Lane Pittman is named New Talent of the Year while Keith Urban is inducted onto the Australian Roll of Renown.[214]
* 31 January –
* Organisers of the Groovin' the Moo music festival confirm the event will not be returning in 2025.[215]
* Queensland Ballet announces Ivan Gil-Ortega as their new artistic director.[216] Gil-Ortega succeeds Leanne Benjamin who departed from the role in August 2024 after having taken over from Li Cunxin just six months prior.[217]

### February

[edit]

* 3 February - Following the Daily Mail's publication of photos of Nova 96.9 radio presenter Kate Ritchie sitting in a park looking distressed, Ritchie announces she is taking a break from the Fitzy and Wippa with Kate Ritchie radio show due to mental health issues which she says are being exacerbated by "relentless stalking" by the paparazzi.[218]
* 6 February – The Coroners Court of Victoria confirms that the investigation into the death of celebrity chef Jock Zonfrillo at a Melbourne hotel on 30 April 2023 was finalised in August 2024 when the coroner determined the findings would not be disclosed to the public.[219]
* 7 February – The 14th AACTA Awards are held on the Gold Coast.[220] Among the major winners, Better Man wins the AACTA Award for Best Film with Jonno Davies winning for Best Lead Actor in a Film.[220] Sarah Snook wins for Best Lead Actress in a Film for Memoir of a Snail.[220] Heartbreak High wins for Best Drama Series while Boy Swallows Universe wins the AACTA Award for Best Miniseries or Telefeature.[220]
* 13 February – Following criticism of Lebanese Australia artist Khaled Sabsabi from shadow arts minister Claire Chandler during Question Time in The Senate, Creative Australia rescinds an invitation to Sabsabi and curator Michael Dagostino for the 61st Venice Biennale.[221] The rescinding of the invitations is condemned by the arts community triggering resignations and prompts Australian Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young to call for a full independent inquiry into the controversy.[222]
* 14 February – Creative Australia's visual arts head Mikala Tai and program manager Tahmina Maskinyar resign over the decision to drop Sabsabi.[223]
* 26 February – Southern Cross Austereo announces that the company and Triple M presenter Marty Sheargold had "mutually agreed to part ways" after he is widely condemned for comments which included alleging endometriosis was a "made up condition" as well as those in which he criticised women's sport and players from the Matildas.[224][225]

### March

[edit]

* 21 March – Maud Page is announced as the new director of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, making her the first woman to hold the position in the gallery's history.[226]
* 25 March –
* The annual Queensland Music Awards are held in Brisbane.[227] Troy Cassar-Daley wins the public-voted Album of the Year award for Between the Fires while Young Franco's "Wake Up" wins Song of the Year.[227] Amy Shark wins the awards for both the highest selling album (Sunday Sadness) and the highest selling single ("Beautiful Eyes") while Christine Anu receives the Lifetime Achievement Award.[227]
* 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" in Gaza. She received some backlash and accusations of antisemitism.[228][229][230] Brisbane City Council withdraws funding from the event, with lord mayor Adrian 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."[231] 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.[232] Green received support from local musicians who rejected Schrinner's characterisations and said "These inflammatory claims are unfounded and dangerous in their attempt to suppress dissenting voices".[228]
* 26 March – The opening performance of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival is cancelled after an audience member dies during the Opening Night Allstars Supershow at the Palais Theatre in St Kilda.[233]
* 31 March –
* Runner starring Alan Ritchson and Owen Wilson commences filming in Queensland.[234]
* Pianist Jayson Gillham confirms that his dispute with former managing director of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Sophie Galaise has been resolved.[235] However, he also confirms his legal case against the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra pertaining to the cancellation of his performances after he made comments about the Gaza war, is still ongoing.[235]

### April

[edit]

* 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 the Chicken Jockey TikTok trend which also sees disruptive behaviour from patrons across Australia during screenings of A Minecraft Movie.[236]
* 18 April – It's announced Byron 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.[237]
* 27 April – Kita Alexander's cover of Madonna's 1983 song "Holiday" commences being used in a Queensland tourism campaign.[238]
* 29 April – Australian cookbook author Nagi Maehashi alleges Penguin Random House Australia has infringed her copyright, accusing fellow cookbook author Brooke Bellamy of plagiarism.[239] Maehashi accuses Bellamy of publishing her recipes for caramel slice and baklava in her book Bake with Brooki.[239] Bellamy rejects the allegations and claims her book contains over 100 recipes she created over many years.[239] Although standing by her allegations, Maehashi subsequently issues a plea for online trolling of Bellamy to stop, emphasising it is a legal dispute between herself and Penguin Random House Australia.[240] After Maehashi made her claims, US author Sally McKenney also levels similar accusations against Bellamy relating to a vanilla cake recipe.[241] The allegations prompt an international conversation about the law surrounding the ownership, sharing, copying or republishing of recipes.[242][243][244]

### May

[edit]

* 4 May – Lauren Zonfrillo, the widow of celebrity chef Jock Zonfrillo confirms that she will not be revealing the cause of her husband's death, following the Coroners Court of Victoria confirming that the findings would not be released publicly.[245]
* 8 May – Chief Justice of the Federal Court Debra Mortimer orders the discrimination case brought by pianist Jayson Gillham against the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra to go to trial.[246]
* 9 May – Julie Fragar wins the Archibald Prize for her portrait of artist Justene Williams.[247]

## Sport

[edit]

### January

[edit]

* 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.[248] Balta is granted conditional bail to appear before Corowa Local Court on 30 January 2025.[248]
* 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.[249]
* 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."[250]
* 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.[251] Police commence investigations into the damage but animal rights activists deny that protestors would have been responsible.[251]
* 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.[252] 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.[252]
* 5 January –
* Australia regain the Border–Gavaskar Trophy after defeating India by six wickets in the fifth test at the Sydney Cricket Ground.[253]
* The United States wins the 2025 United Cup tennis tournament, defeating Poland in the final at Ken Rosewall Arena in Sydney.[254]
* The 2025 Brisbane International tennis tournament concludes. Czech Jiří Lehečka wins the men's singles after American Reilly Opelka retires due to injury.[255] Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka defeats Russia's Polina Kudermetova in the women's singles.[256] 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.[257][258]
* 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.[259]
* 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.[260]
* 7 January – A fire breaks out in the Norman Robinson Stand at Melbourne's Caulfield Racecourse.[261] Police quickly deem the fire to be suspicious and establish a crime scene.[261] A 51-year-old man is subsequently arrested.[261]
* 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.[262]
* 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.[263]
* 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.[264]
* 12 January – Australia defeat England by four wickets at North Sydney Oval in the first Women's Ashes WODI match.[265]
* 14 January – Australia defeat England by 21 runs at Sydney's Junction Oval in the second Women's Ashes WODI.[266]
* 17 January –
* Australian motorcyclist Daniel Sanders wins the 2025 Dakar Rally.[267]
* Australia defeat England by 86 runs at Hobart's Bellerive Oval in the third Women's Ashes WODI.[268]
* 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".[269] 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.[269] 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.[270] Djokovic ultimately accepts the apology.[271]
* 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.[272]
* Sam Welsford claims victory in the 2025 Down Under Classic.[273]
* 19 January – Swiss cyclist Noemi Rüegg claims victory in the 2025 Women's Tour Down Under.[274]
* 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.[275]
* 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.[276]
* 25 January –
* Jhonatan Narváez wins the 2025 Tour Down Under.[277]
* Australia defeat England by 72 runs at the Adelaide Oval in the third Women's Twenty20 International.[278]
* 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.[279][280]
* 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.[281] Tournament director Craig Tiley later condemns the heckling and says he was pleased when the woman was removed from Rod Laver Arena.[282]

### February

[edit]

* 1 February –
* Australia wins the first test match against Sri Lanka at Galle International Stadium by an innings and 242 runs.[283]
* Australia completes a 16-0 whitewash of The Women's Ashes series after they defeat England by an innings and 122 runs at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.[284] Alana King is named Player of the Series.[284]
* 3 February – Travis Head wins the Allan Border Medal while Annabel Sutherland wins the Belinda Clark Award at the Australian Cricket Awards in Melbourne.[285]
* 6 February – America's National Football League announces it will play one of its regular season games featuring the Los Angeles Rams at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in 2026 as part of a multi-year agreement after discussions with the Victorian Government.[286]
* 8 February – A Launceston man aged in his 60's drowns while competing in Tasmania's Coles Bay Triathlon.[287]
* 9 February – Jordan Mailata becomes the first Australian to play in a winning Super Bowl team when the Philadelphia Eagles defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22 in Super Bowl LIX at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.[288]
* 11 February –
* Sydney Kings player Xavier Cooks is suspended from the National Basketball League following a potential anti-doping violation.[289]
* Matildas captain Sam Kerr says she is "fully focused on getting back on to the pitch" after a jury finds her not guilty of racially harassing a London police officer following her admission of calling him "stupid and white".[290]
* 12 February – Olympic diver Melissa Wu announces her retirement.[291]
* 20 February – Japan defeats The Matildas 4-0 in the opening match of the 2025 SheBelieves Cup at Shell Energy Stadium in Houston, Texas.[292]
* 23 February – The United States defeat The Matildas 2-1 in the SheBelieves Cup match at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.[293]
* 26 February – Colombia defeat The Matildas 2-1 in the SheBelieves Cup match at Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego, California.[294]

### March

[edit]

* 1 March –
* The Young Socceroos win the 2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup defeating Saudi Arabia in a penalty shootout in Shenzhen.[295]
* The 2025 NRL season commences at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.[296][a]
* The Australian Jillaroos defeat England 90- 4 in the rugby league test match at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.[296]
* 4 March -
* Due to the impact of Cyclone Alfred on South East Queensland, the two Round 1 AFL games which were scheduled to be played at Brisbane's Gabba and Carrara Stadium on the Gold Coast are both postponed to later rounds.[297]
* Due to the impact of Cyclone Alfred on South East Queensland, the NRL announces it will relocate the Round 1 game between the Dolphins and the South Sydney Rabbitohs from Lang Park in Brisbane to Western Sydney Stadium.[298]
* 9 March – Neil Robertson defeats Stuart Bingham 10-0 to win the 2025 World Grand Prix snooker tournament in Hong Kong.[299] It is the second time Robertson has won the World Grand Prix.[299]
* 16 March – Lando Norris wins the 2025 Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.[300]
* 22 March – Marhoona, ridden by Damian Lane and trained by Michael Freedman, wins the Golden Slipper Stakes at Rosehill Racecourse.[301]
* 25 March – Queensland premier David Crisafulli announces the venues for the 2032 Olympic Games.[302] Admitting he is breaking his 'no new stadium' promise prior to the 2024 Queensland state election, he confirms a new 60,000-seat Olympic stadium would be built at Victoria Park alongside a new National Aquatic Centre.[302] As part of the announcement, Crisafulli announces that the 2032 Olympics would likely be The Gabba's "swansong" prior to its demolition.[303] The Fitzroy River in the city of Rockhampton is contentiously chosen as the venue for the rowing and canoe sprints which is met with opposition from Rowing Australia and World Rowing citing the river's current as problematic.[304]
* 29 March – South Australia ends a 29-year-drought by winning the 2024-2025 Sheffield Shield, defeating Queensland by four wickets at Adelaide's Karen Rolton Oval.[305]
* 30 March – Min Woo Lee claims his first PGA tour victory, winning the Houston Open finishing 20 under par.[306]

### April

[edit]

* 1 April – Upon the release of the WTA rankings, world #12 tennis player Daria Kasatkina officially switches allegiances to Australia, celebrating her first official day as an Australian player after she is granted permanent residency.[307]
* 3 April -
* Two men smuggle firearms, one of which is loaded, into the Melbourne Cricket Ground for the AFL match between Collingwood and Carlton. Police discover the weapons while searching the men after they refuse requests to leave the MCG over their behaviour.[308] The incident raises concerns about security measures at the MCG, in particular AI technology which was being used to screen for weapons.[309]
* It is announced former Wallabies player Jordan Petaia has signed a three-year contract with American NFL team the Los Angeles Chargers.[310]
* 4 April – The Matildas defeat South Korea 1-0 in an international friendly at the Sydney Football Stadium.[311]
* 7 April –The Matildas defeat South Korea 2-0 in an international friendly match at McDonald Jones Stadium in Newcastle.[312]
* 8 April – Will Pucovski announces his retirement from all forms of cricket.[313]
* 10 April – The Australian Transport Safety Bureau releases a report into the incident involving an aerobatic Extra EA 300-LT aircraft delivering the trophy at the Bathurst 1000 in December 2024, during which the aircraft sustained damage when the tail hit a concrete barrier.[314] 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.[314]
* 21 April – John Evans and Bree Rizzo win the men's and women's finals respectively at the 2025 edition of the Stawell Gift.[315]
* 22 April – After admitting to assaulting a man in Mulwala, 25-year-old Richmond 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.[316] Following sentencing, the AFL 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.[317]
* 25 April – A scheduled Welcome to Country address by Wurundjeri elder Joy Murphy Wandin at Melbourne's AAMI Park ahead of the ANZAC Day match against the Melbourne Storm and the South Sydney Rabbitohs is cancelled.[318] The decision is made after neo-Nazi Jacob Hersant and his associates disrupt the dawn service during the Welcome to Country by at Melbourne's Shrine of Remembrance earlier in the day.[318] Murphy Wandin describes the decision as hurtful as she had planned to wear her father's war medals during the address.[318] 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."[318] 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.[319]
* 27 April –
* Isabella Nichols and Jack Robinson complete an Aussie double by winning the respective women's and men's finals in the Rip Curl Pro finals at Bells Beach.[320]
* 23-year-old Jeremy Crawshaw is drafted by the Denver Broncos in the NFL.[321]

### May

[edit]

* 1 May – The NRL Magic Round commences in Brisbane.[322]
* 3 May – Tahli Gill and Dean Hewitt win bronze at the 2025 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship at Fredericton in Canada - Australia's first ever World Curling Championships medal.[323]
* 7 May – It's announced that the Australian Rugby League Commission has reached an agreement with the Western Australian Government which will result in a Perth-based team entering the National Rugby League in 2027.[324]
* 8 May – Football Australia CEO James Johnson resigns.[325]
* 9 May – Former Australian cricketer Stuart MacGill is sentenced to a one year and 10-month intensive corrections order and almost 500 hours of community service after having been found guilty in March of knowingly taking part in the supply of cocaine.[326]

## Deaths

[edit]

### January

[edit]

* 1 January –
* Chad Morgan, country musician (b. 1933)[327]
* Tom Wyatt, horticulturist (b. 1946)[328]
* 3 January –
* Kate Coolahan, Australian-born commercial artist and fashion illustrator (b. 1929) (died in New Zealand)[329]
* Ron Challinor, actor (b. 1944)[330]
* 5 January –
* Mike Rinder, former senior executive of Church of Scientology International (b. 1955)[331]
* Jim Short, comedian (b. 1967)[332]
* 6 January – Ken Randall, journalist (b. c. 1936)[333]
* 8 January –
* Lyn Lepore, Paralympic tandem cyclist (b. 1961)[334]
* Bill McMaster, Australian rules footballer (b. 1930)[335]
* 9 January –
* Bill Clements, Australian rules footballer (b. 1933)[336]
* Ian Miles, Australian rules footballer (b. 1952)[337]
* 10 January –
* Frank Cicutto, business executive, CEO of National Australia Bank (b. c. 1950)[338]
* Ted Kilmurray, Australian rules footballer (b. 1934)[339]
* 12 January –
* Arnold Frolows, radio personality (b. 1950)[340]
* Darryl Pearce, basketballer (b. 1960)[341]
* Jan Randles, Paralympic marathon runner (b. 1945)[342]
* Keith Rayner, bishop (b. 1929)[343]
* Bob Sercombe, politician (b. 1949)[344]
* 13 January – Tony Gresham, golfer (b. 1940)[345]
* 14 January –
* Simon Townsend, television presenter (b. 1945)[346]
* Alan Green, businessman (b. 1947)[347]
* 16 January – Colin MacNeil, Australian rules footballer (b. 1936)[348]
* 20 January –
* Leila Hayes, actress (b. 1942) (death announced on this date)[349]
* Adam Steinhardt, pole vaulter (b. 1969)[350]
* 22 January – Nicholas Eadie, actor (b. 1958)[351]
* 24 January – Ken Newland, Australian rules footballer (b. 1949) (death announced on this date)[352]
* 26 January – Grant Tambling, Northern Territory politician (b. 1943)[353]
* 28 January – Alan Demack, judge (b. 1934)[354]
* 29 January –
* Bruce Howe, musician[355]
* Harold Luntz, law professor (b. 1937)[356]
* Gary Stevens, rugby league player (b. 1944)[357]

### February

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* 3 February –
* Roger Charles Carolin, botanist and pteridologist (b. 1929)[358]
* Josh Mail, Australian rules footballer (b. 1974)[359]
* 4 February –
* Troy Selwood, Australian rules footballer (b. 1984)[360]
* Adrian Snodgrass, architect (b. 1931) (death announced on this date)[361]
* Dale Tapping, Australian rules footballer and coach (b. 1965)[362]
* 5 February – Adam Hunter, Australian rules footballer (b. 1981) (death announced on this date)[363]
* 7 February – Warren Pitt, politician (b. 1948)[364]
* 11 February – Philip Brady, radio broadcaster (b. 1939)[365]
* 14 February – Leonard Warwick, bomber and murderer (b. 1947).[366]
* 15 February –
* Barry Urban, politician (b. 1968)[367]
* Basil Rigg, cricketer (b. 1925)[368]
* 17 February – James Harrison, blood donor (b. 1936)[369]
* 18 February –
* Corinne Cantrill, filmmaker (b. 1928)[370]
* Gerald Ridsdale, laicised Catholic priest and sex offender (b. 1934)[371]
* 19 February – Snowy Fleet, musician (b. 1945)[372]
* 23 February – Jacques de Jongh, musician (death announced on this date)[373]
* 24 February – Keith Slater, cricketer (b. 1935) (death announced on this date)[374]
* 25 February – Bob Hagan, rugby league player and coach (b. 1940)[375]

### March

[edit]

* 1 March – Rosemary Crowley, politician (b. 1938)[376]
* 2 March –
* Colin Burdett, Olympic basketballer (b. 1931)[377]
* Roger Gyles, lawyer and judge (b. 1938)[378]
* 3 March – Peter Bevilacqua, Australian rules footballer (b. 1933) (born in Italy)[379]
* 5 March – Fred Stolle, tennis player (b. 1938)[380]
* 6 March – Broderick Shepherd, wrestler (b. 1992)[381]
* 8 March – Donald Hazelwood, violinist (b. 1930)[382]
* 10 March – Sven Coomer, Olympic pentathlete and ski boot designer (b. 1940) (died in the United States)[383]
* 12 March – John French, racing driver (b. 1930)[384]
* 20 March – Leanne Cowie, drummer[385]
* 21 March – Terry Reilly, Olympic archer (b. 1947)[386]
* 26 March –
* Kerry Greenwood, writer (b. 1954)[387]
* Nick Lalich, politician (b. 1945)[388]
* Jeff Potter, Australian rules footballer (b. 1941)[389]
* 28 March – Richard Norton, actor and stuntman (b. 1950)[390]
* 30 March – Andrew Krakouer, Australian rules footballer (b. 1983)[391]

### April

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* 4 April –
* Perri Cutten, fashion designer (b. 1952)[392]
* Petro Georgiou, politician (b. 1947)[393]
* Paul Karo, actor (b. 1935)[394]
* 6 April – Tony Rundle, politician (b. 1939)[395]
* 8 April – Keith Windschuttle, historian (b. 1942)[396]
* 9 April – Sean King, Australian rules footballer (b. 1960)[397]
* 10 April – Doug Ringholt, Australian rules footballer (b. 1942)[398]
* 11 April –
* Robyn Kahukiwa, artist and author (b. 1938) (died in New Zealand)[399]
* Lucy Markovic, model (b. 1998) (died in Germany)[400]
* 18 April – Julian Benson, dancer and choreographer (b. 1971) (died in Ireland)[401]
* 19 April –
* Damien Broderick, author (b. 1944) (died in Portugal)[402]
* Rodney Francis Cameron, serial killer (b. 1952)[403]
* Aurelio Costarella, fashion designer (b. 1964)[404]
* Chum Taylor, motorcycle speedway rider (b. 1927)[405]
* 20 April – Kimble Rendall, musician and film director (b. 1957) (death announced on this date)[406]
* 21 April – Gerard Kennedy, actor (b. 1932)[407]
* 22 April – Keith Stackpole, cricketer (b. 1940)[408]
* 24 April – Happy Clapper, racehorse (b. 2010)[409]
* 25 April – Virginia Giuffre, American-born justice advocate (b. 1983)[410]
* 28 April –
* Peter Bosustow, Australian rules footballer (b. 1957)[411]
* Ron Sigsworth, Australian rules footballer (b. 1961)[412]

### May

[edit]

* 5 May – James Baker, musician (b. 1954)[413]
* 9 May – Gordon Nuttall, politician (b. 1953) (death announced on this date)[414]
* 10 May – Bob Cowper, cricketer (b. 1940)[415]
* 15 May – Robert Walls, Australian ruler footballer and coach (b. 1950)[416]

## Holidays

[edit]

Further information: Public holidays in Australia

Holiday  | Date  | ACT  | NSW  | NT  | QLD  | SA  | TAS  | VIC  | WA  | Ref.

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New Year's Day | Wednesday 1 January  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | [417]
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

[edit]

* 2020s portal
* Australia portal
* Australian roads portal
* New South Wales portal
* Queensland portal
* South Australia portal
* Western Australia portal
* Current events portal

Wikinews has related news:

* Category:Australia

### Country overviews

[edit]

* 2020s in Australia political history
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* 2025 in Australian music
* 2025 in Australian television
* List of Australian films of 2025

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284. ^ a b "Australia thrashes England by an innings and 122 runs to win Women's Ashes Test at MCG, sweep series 16-0". ABC News. 1 February 2025. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
285. ^ "Travis Head and Annabel Sutherland named Australia's top cricketers at Allan Border Medal awards night". ABC News. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
286. ^ "Melbourne to host NFL match at MCG in 2026 as part of multi-year commitment". ABC News. 6 February 2025. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
287. ^ "Launceston man drowns while competing in Coles Bay Triathlon". ABC News. 8 February 2025. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
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329. ^ "Catherine Coolahan Obituary". The Post. 11 January 2025. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
330. ^ Knox, David (8 January 2025). "Vale: Ron Challinor". TV Tonight. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
331. ^ Minton, Matt (5 January 2025). "Mike Rinder, 'Leah Remini: Scientology And The Aftermath' Co-Host, Dies at 69". Variety. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
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335. ^ "Vale Cyril "Bill" McMaster". Geelong Football Club. 8 January 2025. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
336. ^ Bartlett, Rhett (14 January 2025). "Vale Bill Clements". Richmond Football Club. "died January 9, 2025 aged 91..."
337. ^ Bartlett, Rhett (14 January 2025). "Vale Ian Miles". Richmond Football Club. Retrieved 20 January 2025. "Miles died January 9, 2025..."
338. ^ "Statement On Passing Of Former NAB CEO Frank Cicutto". National Tribune. 12 January 2025. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
339. ^ Everett, Les (15 January 2025). "Vale: Ted Kilmurray". AustralianRules.com.au. Retrieved 20 January 2025. "Ted died on 10 January 2025."
340. ^ Condon, Dan (13 January 2025). "Arnold Frolows, long time triple j music director, dies at 74". ABC News. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
341. ^ "Vale: Darryl Pearce". Adelaide 36ers. 13 January 2025. Retrieved 20 January 2025. "...passed away in Melbourne on Sunday night."
342. ^ Randles, Jan (8 December 2021). "Australia's first female Paralympic marathon gold medallist: Jan Randles' Journey". Australian Sport Reflections. Retrieved 20 January 2025. "Death: Jan Randles died on 12 January 2025 at the Frankston Palliative Care Centre."
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344. ^ "Robert Sercombe Obituary". The Age. 18 January 2025. Retrieved 20 January 2025. "3rd April 1949 to 12th January 2025, MLA for Niddrie 1988-1996..."
345. ^ "Vale: Tony Gresham OAM". Golf NSW. 13 January 2025. Retrieved 20 January 2025. "...passed away peacefully this morning (January 13th, 2025)..."
346. ^ Ross, Isabella (15 January 2025). "Wonder World presenter and creator Simon Townsend dies aged 79". ABC News. Retrieved 15 January 2025. "...Townsend passed away on Tuesday aged 79."
347. ^ Tippet, Harrison (16 December 2025). "Quiksilver founder Alan Green dies aged 77". ABC News. Retrieved 16 January 2025. "passed away on Tuesday at his home..."
348. ^ "Vale Colin MacNeil". Brisbane Lions. 17 January 2025. Retrieved 20 January 2025. "...passed away last night, at the age of 88."
349. ^ Knox, David (20 January 2025). "Vale: Leila Hayes". TV Tonight. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
350. ^ Polymeneas, Evangeline (22 January 2025). "'You fought a gallant battle': Athlete and businessman Adam Steinhardt remembered after health battle". The Advertiser. Retrieved 25 January 2025. "died in the early hours of Monday morning."
351. ^ "Veteran Australian actor Nicholas Eadie dies aged 67". ABC News. 23 January 2025.
352. ^ Batten, Dan (24 January 2025). "Geelong Hall of Famer Ken Newland dies, aged 75". Geelong Advertiser. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
353. ^ "'Proud and fierce': Champion of Territory rights and former Senator dies". NT News. 26 January 2025. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
354. ^ Pearce, Matthew (5 February 2025). "Judge, man of faith, remembered". CQ Today. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
355. ^ Iannella, Antimo (30 January 2025). "Bruce Howe, Adelaide rock pioneer credited with helping Jimmy Barnes and AC/DC's Bon Scott dies". The Advertiser. Retrieved 1 February 2025. "died in Semaphore on Wednesday"
356. ^ "Obituary: Luntz, Professor Harold AO". The Age. 30 January 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
357. ^ "Immortal Ron Coote leads tributes to Gary Stevens after death of South Sydney great". Nine's Wide World of Sports. 30 January 2025. Retrieved 1 February 2025. "Gary Stevens, who died on Wednesday night."
358. ^ "Roger (Ruari) Carolin". Funeral Announcements. February 2025. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
359. ^ "Vale: Joshua Michael Mail". North Adelaide Football Club. 4 February 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
360. ^ Otto, Tyson (4 February 2025). "'Heartbroken': AFL world rocked by shock death of Troy Selwood". news.com.au. Retrieved 6 February 2025. "death of Troy Selwood on Tuesday."
361. ^ Oury, Antoine (4 February 2025). "Architect by training, author Adrian Snodgrass has died". Actualitte. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
362. ^ Smith, Martin (4 February 2025). "Vale, Dale Tapping: Bombers VFL coach dies after cancer battle". AFL.com.au. Archived from the original on 4 February 2025. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
363. ^ Rendall, Jessica (5 February 2025). "Adam Hunter, West Coast Eagles AFL premiership player, dies aged 43". ABC News. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
364. ^ "Former Labor MP for Mulgrave, Warren Pitt AM, dies aged 76". ABC News. 7 February 2025. Retrieved 7 February 2025. "Curtis Pitt, shared the news via social media on Friday. "...he laid down his gloves in the early hours of this morning, passing away peacefully in Gordonvale.""
365. ^ "Media personality and radio presenter Philip Brady dies, aged 85". ABC News. 11 February 2025. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
366. ^ Hills, Brenden (14 February 2025). "Family Court bomber Leonard Warwick dies". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 14 February 2025. "passed away in Long Bay Jail's hospital wing at 10.45am on Friday."
367. ^ "Disgraced former WA Labor MP Barry Urban dies three months after alleged attack". ABC News. 16 February 2025. Retrieved 16 February 2025. "the 56-year-old died in hospital on Saturday night."
368. ^ "Basil Augustus Rigg". Bowra & O'Dea funeral directors. February 2025. Retrieved 29 March 2025. "12 August 1925 - 15 February 2025"
369. ^ "Vale James Harrison OAM". Lifeblood – Australian Red Cross. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
370. ^ Longhetti, Chloe-Lee (25 February 2025). "'Trailblazer': Respected Australian filmmaker Corinne Cantrill dies aged 96 as tributes flow". 9Honey. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
371. ^ "Notorious Ridsdale's death at 90 leaves scores of shattered victims". ABC News. 18 February 2025. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
372. ^ Varvaris, Mary (20 February 2025). "The Easybeats' Gordon "Snowy" Fleet Passes Away, Aged 79". The Music. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
373. ^ Taylor, Caleb (24 February 2025). "Legendary Aussie rocker Jacques De Jongh has died after battle with ill health". Seven News. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
374. ^ Santa Maria, Jake (24 February 2025). "Swan Districts legend and former Australian Test Cricket Keith Slater dies aged 89". The West Australian. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
375. ^ "Former Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs player, coach and CEO Bob Hagan dies at 85". ABC News. 26 February 2025. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
376. ^ "Rosemary Crowley obituary". The Age. 4 March 2025. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
377. ^ "Death notice for Burdett, Colin James". The Advertiser. 8 March 2025. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
378. ^ Brown, Malcolm (12 March 2025). "Corruption campaigner never backed down from a fight". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
379. ^ Bevilacqua, Simon (8 March 2025). "Dad's final lesson: Tribute to Peter Bevilacqua". The Mercury. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
380. ^ "Fred Stolle, Australian tennis legend and beloved friend, dies at 86". Tennis.com. 6 March 2025. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
381. ^ Packer, Clareese (7 March 2025). "Aussie wrestler Broderick Shepherd dies overseas at 32". news.com.au. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
382. ^ "Vale Donald Hazelwood AO OBE". Sydney Symphony Orchestra. 10 March 2025. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
383. ^ Greenwood, ian (12 March 2025). "RIP Sven Coomer, The "Forrest Gump of Ski Boots"". Powder. Retrieved 15 March 2025. "...passed away on Monday, March 10, at 84 in Carbondale, Colorado"
384. ^ Dale, Will (12 March 2025). "Vale John French". V8 Sleuth. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
385. ^ "Remembering Leanne Cowie: A Drumming Legend of The Scientists". Vinyl Me Please. 24 March 2025. Retrieved 21 March 2025. "Leanne Cowie passed away on March 20, 2025, at the age of 60."
386. ^ Wells, Chris (24 March 2025). "Former World Archery executive director Terry Reilly dies aged 77". World Archery. Retrieved 29 March 2025. "died after a battle with cancer on 21 March 2025"
387. ^ Flux, Elizabeth (6 April 2025). "Kerry Greenwood, author behind Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, dies at 70". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
388. ^ Vella, Joanna (26 March 2025). "Former Fairfield Mayor, Cabramatta MP Nick Lalich dies aged 79". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 29 March 2025. "Nick Lalich died on Wednesday morning"
389. ^ "Vale Jeff Potter". Port Adelaide Football Club. 28 March 2025. Retrieved 29 March 2025. "Jeff Potter passed away on Wednesday, aged 83."
390. ^ Barnes, Mike (30 March 2025). "Richard Norton, Actor, Martial Arts Expert, Trainer and Stuntman, Dies at 75". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
391. ^ "Former Magpies and Tigers AFL player Andrew Krakouer dies aged 42". ABC News. 31 March 2025. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
392. ^ Tonti, Lucianne (8 April 2025). "'A true trailblazer': designer Perri Cutten remembered for her enduring mark on Australian fashion". The Guardian.
393. ^ "Former federal Liberal MP Petro Georgiou dies at 77". ABC News. 4 April 2025. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
394. ^ "Actor Paul Karo, who played a trailblazing gay role on Aussie TV, has died". OUTinPerth. 5 April 2025. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
395. ^ "Former Tasmanian premier Tony Rundle dies at age of 86". ABC News. 6 April 2025. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
396. ^ "Keith Windschuttle remembered". The Spectator Australia. 9 April 2025. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
397. ^ Noakes, Cameron. "Tributes flow after death of inaugural West Coast Eagle Sean King, aged 60". Seven News. Retrieved 27 April 2025. "...on Wednesday he lost that battle."
398. ^ Casellas, Ken (10 April 2025). "Vale Doug Ringholt". Claremont Football Club. Retrieved 27 April 2025. "on April 10, 2025, he lost his battle with a debilitating illness and died in Victoria at the age of 82"
399. ^ Greenberger, Alex (16 April 2025). "Robyn Kahukiwa, painter who recorded the realities of Māori life, dies at 86". ART News. Retrieved 27 April 2025. "died of an illness at 86 in a Wellington hospital on Friday"
400. ^ "Australian model Lucy Markovic dies after arteriovenous malformation treatment". ABC News. 11 April 2025. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
401. ^ "Sparkle and courage mark Julian Benson's funeral". RTE. 26 April 2025. Retrieved 27 April 2025. "Benson, who died aged 54 at St Vincent's University Hospital on 18 April..."
402. ^ Horton, Rich (20 April 2025). "Damien Broderick, April 22, 1944 - April 19, 2025". Black Gate. Retrieved 27 April 2025. "Damien Broderick has died, April 19, 2025, just a few days short of his 81st birthday..."
403. ^ Hanrahan, Josh; Morri, Mark (20 April 2025). "Notorious serial murderer Rodney Cameron, dubbed 'Lonely Hearts Killer', dies in Sydney hospital". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 27 April 2025. "died in Prince of Wales Hospital about 11.30pm on Saturday."
404. ^ Huntington, Patty (19 April 2025). "Australian Designer Aurelio Costarella Dies at 60". Women's Wear Daily. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
405. ^ Newlyn, Dennis (20 April 2025). "Australian Speedway: Passing of Chum Taylor". National Speedway Illustrated. Retrieved 27 April 2025. "Chum, aged 98, passed away peacefully early Saturday morning April 19, 2025..."
406. ^ Rayment-Ward, Ella (22 April 2025). "'We're still reeling': Aussie rock legends Hoodoo Gurus mourn founding member days after another major loss". 9Honey. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
407. ^ Laidlaw, Kyle (24 April 2025). "Australian actor Gerard Kennedy passes away at 93". TV Blackbox. Retrieved 27 April 2025. "passed away on Monday..."
408. ^ "Former Test opener Keith Stackpole passes away aged 84". Cricket Australia. 23 April 2025. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
409. ^ Talintyre, Ben; Thomas, Ray (24 April 2025). "'Horse of a lifetime': Sudden death of Winx's rival Happy Clapper rocks racing world". news.com.au. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
410. ^ Fitzpatrick, Sarah; Schapiro, Rich (25 April 2025). "Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein's most prominent abuse survivors, dies by suicide". NBC News. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
411. ^ "Carlton pays tribute to dual VFL premiership player Peter 'the Buzz' Bosustow after his death at 67". ABC News. 28 April 2025. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
412. ^ "Newtown Jets RLFC passes on its deepest condolences". Newtown Rugby League Football Club Instagram. 28 April 2025. Retrieved 3 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."
413. ^ "James Baker Death: Drummer Played With Hoodoo Gurus". Rolling Stone Australia. 6 May 2025. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
414. ^ McKechnie, Kirrin (9 May 2025). "Disgraced former Queensland Labor minister Gordon Nuttall dies aged 71". ABC News. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
415. ^ 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"
416. ^ "AFL world devastated as legend's battle with rare cancer ends". Seven News. 15 May 2025. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
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