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2025 in Australia

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2025 in Australia
MonarchCharles III
Governor-GeneralSam Mostyn
Prime ministerAnthony Albanese
Population27,122,411 people at 31 March 2025.[1]
ElectionsWestern Australia

2025
in
Australia

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

Incumbents

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Monarch

Governor-General

Prime Minister

Deputy Prime Minister

Opposition Leader

Chief Justice

State and territory leaders

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Governors and administrators

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Events

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January

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  • 1 January –
  • 2 January –
    • Police in Fiji confirm they are investigating the alleged sexual assault and robbery of 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 –
  • 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]
  • 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.[15]
  • 7 January – A pilot and two foreign tourists are killed when a Cessna 208 seaplane carrying seven people crashes shortly after taking off at Rottnest Island in Western Australia.[16] Three others sustain serious injuries while another person is uninjured.[16]
  • 8 January – After being lost in Kosciuszko National Park since Boxing Day, a 23-year-old bushwalker is found alive.[17]
  • 11 January –
  • 13 January –
    • A 58-year-old taxi driver and his two passengers, an 81-year-old woman and her 56-year-old daughter, are killed are when 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.[20] 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.[21]
    • 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.[22] The boy is subsequently charged with attempted murder.[23] With police alleging the victim was attacked with a knife taken from the supermarket, Coles withdraws kitchen knives from sale across Australia.[22][24]
    • 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.[25] The woman is subsequently charged with two counts of causing harm to, and one count of obstructing, a Commonwealth public official.[25]
  • 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.[26] Federal opposition leader Peter Dutton also says if that if Jenkins has been executed, Russian's ambassador to Australia should be expelled.[26]
  • 16 January –
    • A 44-year-old Sydney man becomes the first person to be charged in a new AFP operation while attempts to crackdown on antisemitic behaviour.[27] The man is charged following a search of his home in Blacktown in relation to the alleged posting of death threats to a social media page run by a Jewish organisation.[27]
    • 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.[28] Police suspect the fire was deliberately lit by two arsonists in a case of mistaken identity.[28]
    • A three-year-old Australian girl dies in an accidental drowning while holidaying with her family in Bali.[29]
  • 17 January – A house in the Sydney suburb of Dover Heights, formerly owned by Jewish leader Alex Ryvchin is targeted with antisemitic vandalism.[30] Two cars are also set alight and red paint also used to damage a nearby property.[30] The attack is widely condemned.[30]

Future and scheduled events

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Arts and Entertainment

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January

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Sport

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January

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Deaths

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January

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Holidays

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Holiday Date ACT NSW NT QLD SA TAS VIC WA Ref.
New Year's Day Wednesday 1 January Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes [92]
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

See also

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Country overviews

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References

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  77. ^ "Vale Cyril "Bill" McMaster". Geelong Football Club. 8 January 2025. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
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  81. ^ Everett, Les (15 January 2025). "Vale: Ted Kilmurray". AustralianRules.com.au. Retrieved 20 January 2025. Ted died on 10 January 2025.
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  83. ^ "Vale: Darryl Pearce". Adelaide 36ers. 13 January 2025. Retrieved 20 January 2025. ...passed away in Melbourne on Sunday night.
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  87. ^ "Vale: Tony Gresham OAM". Golf NSW. 13 January 2025. Retrieved 20 January 2025. ...passed away peacefully this morning (January 13th, 2025)...
  88. ^ 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.
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