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2022 in Australia

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The following is a list of events including expected and scheduled events for the year 2022 in Australia.

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Events

January

February

March

April

April–May election campaign

  • 10 April: Scott Morrison announces the date of the 2022 Australian federal election as 21 May.
  • 11 April: Labor Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese was unable to state the cash or unemployment rates.[28][29]
  • 13 April: Labor said they would not commit to an increase in JobSeeker Payment after the election if they win.[30][31]
  • 16 April:
    • Albanese said he would commit to an anti-corruption watchdog should Labor win the election.[32]
    • The United Australia Party election campaign launch was held.[33]
  • 19 April: A debate was held at the National Press Club in Canberra between Minister for Agriculture and Northern Australia David Littleproud and Shadow Minister Julie Collins.[34]
  • 20 April:
    • Morrison continued to support his "captain's pick" to contest the seat of Warringah, Katherine Deves, despite her comments about transgender people and surrogacy.[35]
    • First leaders' debate in Brisbane took place in front of 100 undecided voters, with Albanese declared the winner, with 40 votes to Morrison's 35 and 25 still undecided.[36]
  • 21 April: Albanese tested positive for Deltacron hybrid variant of COVID-19 and was unable to campaign in person for seven days.[37]
  • 22 April: Former Liberal foreign minister Julie Bishop and former defence chief Chris Barrie criticised the Morrison government for not doing enough to stop the Solomon Islands' security pact with China.[38]
  • 29 April: Albanese came out of COVID-19 isolation, just three days after he had fully recovered from COVID-19 Deltacron hybrid variant.
  • 30 April: Shadow minister Bill Shorten said Labor would hold a royal commission into Robodebt if elected.[39]
  • 1 May: The Labor election campaign launch was held in Perth.
  • 4 May: A debate was held at the National Press Club in Canberra between Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Shadow Treasurer Jim Chalmers.[40]
  • 5 May:
    • Pauline Hanson's One Nation party was criticised for running "ghost candidates" in several electorates, who are neither campaigning in the lead-up to the election nor have an online presence. Additionally, many do not live in the electorates they are contesting. One Nation committed to run candidates in all seats.[41]
    • A debate was held at the National Press Club in Canberra between Minister for Defence Peter Dutton and Shadow Minister Brendan O'Connor.[42]
  • 8 May: Second leaders' debate took place in Sydney.
  • 11 May:
    • Albanese said that he supported an increase of 5.1% to the minimum wage or an additional $1 an hour, tied to the inflation rate, with criticism from Morrison claiming that it would result in increasing interest rates.[43]
    • Third leaders' debate took place in Sydney.
  • 13 May: A debate was held at the National Press Club in Canberra between Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne and Shadow Minister Penny Wong.[44]
  • 15 May: The Liberal election campaign launch was held in Brisbane, six days before the election, where Morrison promised to allow people to purchase their first home using funds from their superannuation.[45]
  • 18 May:
    • Albanese addressed the National Press Club.[46] Morrison is the first prime minister since 1969 not to address the National Press Club in the final week of an election campaign.[47]
    • The Australian Bureau of Statistics released the March 2022 Quarter Wage Price Index of 0.7%, or 2.4% annually.[48]
  • 20 May: Telephone voting rules changed to allow Australians who have tested positive to COVID-19 after 6 pm on 13 May to vote by telephone.[49]
  • 21 May: The 2022 Australian federal election takes place.[50]
      • Morrison advised in a press conference that a boat with refugees from Sri Lanka had been intercepted and turned back by the Australian Border Force. Hours before polling stations close, voters across the country received a text message about the boat turnback, urging them to vote Liberal for border security.[51] The ABC later revealed on 27 May that the act followed a direct request from the Prime Minister's Office to the Border Force in revealing the operation before it was completed.[52]
      • Anthony Albanese defeated Scott Morrison in the election and brought Labor back into government for the first time since 2013.[53]
      • Morrison conceded defeat and resigned as leader of the Liberal Party; his successor will be decided at the next Liberal party room meeting.[54]

May

June

July

August

September

  • 4 September – Penrith Panthers win the minor premiership following the final main round of the 2022 NRL season. Wests Tigers finish in last position, claiming the wooden spoon - their first as a joint-venture club and their first overall since the Western Suburbs Magpies' 1999 season.
  • 8 September – Queen Elizabeth II dies. She is succeeded by her son, King Charles III.
  • 11 September – Charles III is proclaimed as King of Australia by Governor-General David Hurley at Parliament House.
  • 12 September – Mass COVID-19 testing in Australia will no longer need them anymore.
  • 16 September – Same day as New Zealand, Australia declared the end of COVID-19 pandemic after the first 30 months and 2 years of serious outbreak, for example: lifted all restrictions up and then prepare for transition to the endemic phase from Deltacron hybrid variant.[citation needed]
  • 19 September – Australian representatives attend the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in London.
  • 22 September – A national day of mourning occurs in Australia for the late Queen Elizabeth II with a public holiday and a National Memorial Service at Parliament House in Canberra.
  • 22 September – Optus advises at least ten million current and former customers personal details are accessed in a cyber attack.
  • 24 September – The Geelong Cats defeat the Sydney Swans to win the 2022 AFL Grand Final.

October

November

December

  • 12 December – the Wieambilla police shootings a mass shooting at a rural property in Wieambilla, a locality in Queensland, Australia.
  • 14–20 December – Thomas Sewell leader of the European Australia Movement and Far Right Lads Society contested charges of affray, recklessly causing injury, and unlawful assault in the Melbourne Magistrates Court.[75] He attended with a number of supporters, including Blair Cottrell. Other supporters, including Neil Erikson, watched the proceedings online.[76] The following week, Sewell was found guilty affray and recklessly causing injury.[77]
  • 16 December – the Labor Albanese government announced that it will abolish the Administrative Appeals Tribunal AAT and replace it with a new body.[78]
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Deaths

January

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Sir Victor Garland
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Leanne Armand
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Kevin Kalkhoven
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Troy Pickard
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Rosalie Kunoth-Monks

February

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Johnny Raper
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John Landy
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Moss Cass

March

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Jordie Albiston
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Shane Warne
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Kimberley Kitching

April

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James Webster

May

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Andrew Symonds

June

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Sir Peter Barter
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Paula Stafford
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Frank Moorhouse

July

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Jane Garrett
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Noel McMahen
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Steve Gibbons
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Archie Roach

August

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Judith Durham
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Bob Lay
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Noel Clarke
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Dame Olivia Newton-John
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Jim Lenehan

September

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Peter Eckersley
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Elizabeth II
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Jack Charles

October

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Tony Street
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Bob Ellicott

November

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Peter Reith

December

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Carolyn Grace
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Notes

  1. Although Elizabeth II died on 8 September 2022 British time, it was the early hours of the morning of 9th September Australian time

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