2024 in Australia

The following is a list of events including expected and scheduled events for the year 2024 in Australia.

2024 in Australia
Monarch	Charles III
Governor-General	David Hurley
Prime minister	Anthony Albanese
Population	26,473,055 people at 31 March 2023.
Australian of the Year	Georgina Long and Richard Scolyer
Elections	Tasmania, Northern Territory, Australian Capital Territory, Queensland

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Decades:	2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s
See also:	Other events of 2024 Timeline of Australian history

Incumbents

Further information: Table of precedence for the Commonwealth of Australia

• Monarch – Charles III
• Governor-General – David Hurley
• Prime Minister – Anthony Albanese
  • Deputy Prime Minister – Richard Marles
  • Opposition Leader – Peter Dutton
• Chief Justice – Stephen Gageler

State and territory leaders

• Premier of New South Wales – Chris Minns
  • Opposition Leader – Mark Speakman
• Premier of Queensland – Steven Miles
  • Opposition Leader – David Crisafulli
• Premier of South Australia – Peter Malinauskas
  • Opposition Leader – David Speirs
• Premier of Tasmania – Jeremy Rockliff
  • Opposition Leader – Rebecca White
• Premier of Victoria – Jacinta Allan
  • Opposition Leader – John Pesutto
• Premier of Western Australia – Roger Cook
  • Opposition Leader – Shane Love
• Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory – Andrew Barr
  • Opposition Leader – Elizabeth Lee
• Chief Minister of the Northern Territory – Eva Lawler
  • Opposition Leader – Lia Finocchiaro

Governors and administrators

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

Events

January

• 1 January –
  • It becomes illegal to import disposable vapes into Australia.
  • As Victoria transitions to clean energy, the state imposes a ban on natural gas connections for new dwellings, apartment buildings and residential subdivisions.
  • Fortnightly Centrelink payments for welfare recipients increases by approximately 6%.
  • Federal Cabinet documents from 2003 are made public for the first time. Controversy arises when its discovered the Morrison Government failed to hand over some documents relating to Australia's involvement in the 2003 invasion of Iraq to the National Archives in 2020 for public release. Anthony Albanese announces an inquiry will be held to find out whether or not the documents were withheld intentionally.
  • A 76-year-old woman is allegedly sexually assaulted by an 29-year-old intruder at an aged care facility in Coffs Harbour. A 29-year-old man is subsequently arrested and appears in Port Macquarie Local Court on 5 January 2024 charged with aggravated sexual assault and breaking and entering with intent.
• 2 January –
  • An interim ATSB report into the 2023 Sea World helicopter crash on the Gold Coast reveals a toxicology report for the pilot killed in the crash returned a positive result low levels of cocaine metabolites but that it was unlikely to have impaired his psychomotor skills and the exposure was not likely to have occurred in the 24 hours before the accident.
  • Twelve Australians are among the 379 people aboard Japan Airlines Flight 516 to survive after the Airbus 350-900 collides with a De Havilland Canada Dash 8 operated by the Japan Coast Guard while landing at Haneda Airport in Tokyo.
• 3 January – A 24-year-old man is arrested by New South Wales Police Force Taskforce Magnus detectives and charged with the murder of major Sydney gangland figure Alen Moradian in an underground carpark on 27 June 2023.
• 4 January – ADF personnel arrive in South East Queensland after being deployed to help the region in the aftermath of severe weather over the Christmas/New Year period. In Far North Queensland, there are also calls for ADF assistance to help with the clean-up following severe weather caused by Cyclone Jasper.
• 5 January – Queensland premier Steven Miles announces a $5 million funding agreement between the state and federal government which would see discounted flights and accommodation being offered to tourists to entice them back to Far North Queensland following Cyclone Jasper.
• 6 January – Eight attendees of the Hardmission Festival at Melbourne's Flemington Racecourse are taken to hospital in a critical condition after suspected MDMA overdoses. Seven of those patients are placed in induced comas.
• 7 January – A 31-year-old man is arrested after allegedly stabbing four strangers at random in Melbourne throughout the previous night. He is charged with 14 assault offences and one of possessing a controlled weapon.
• 8 January –
  • A light aircraft with ten people onboard flips and crashes on Lizard Island while attempting to land on the island's runway. Despite some of those onboard sustaining injuries, the nine adults and one child survive.
  • The New South Wales Police Force claim to have dismantled a criminal syndicate allegedly attempting to export more than a million dollars of Australian reptiles, including 257 lizards, to Hong Kong.
• 9 January – Prime minister Anthony Albanese warns Australian supermarkets to pass on savings to consumers stating: "It's not acceptable to see record profits at a time when people are doing it so tough." He announces former Labor minister Craig Emerson will lead a review of the Food and Grocery Code of Conduct while Queensland premier Steven Miles writes to the CEOs of Woolworths, Coles, Aldi and IGA expressing concern about the disparity between retail prices and the amount farmers are paid. The Coalition also call for an ACCC inquiry, accusing the supermarkets of imposing excessive retail markups.
• 10 January –
  • Woolworths Group confirms that Woolworths Supermarkets and Big W will no longer be stocking Australia Day-themed merchandise citing declining sales and the broader discussion about the national holiday. Liberal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton calls for a boycott on Woolworths for its decision.
  • An armed 34-year-old man is shot dead by police after a two-hour siege outside a medical centre in Nowra, New South Wales.
  • Prime minister Anthony Albanese announces financial support for flood victims in Victoria as Murchison experiences moderate flooding with the Goulburn River peaking at 10.47 metres, with an expected peak of 10.4 metres at Shepparton on 13 January.
  • Transport for NSW confirms a park built above the Sydney's Rozelle Interchange has been closed to the public just three weeks after it opened due to the discovery of asbestos in mulch around a children's playground. The discovery prompts an urgent audit to determine the number of other sites which could be affected.
• 14 January – Mary Donaldson becomes the first Australian-born queen consort of a European monarchy when she is proclaimed Queen of Denmark when her husband Frederik X ascends the throne following the abdication of his mother Margrethe II. The decision to mark the occasion by temporarily replacing the Aboriginal flag with the Danish flag at Parliament House in Hobart sparks criticism from some in Tasmania's Aboriginal community.
• 15 January –
  • Foreign minister Penny Wong travels to the Middle East to renew calls for a ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza war.
  • A legal challenge by a group of Tiwi Islanders in an attempt to stop the construction of the Santos gas pipeline in the Timor Sea is dismissed by Justice Natalie Charlesworth who lifts a temporary injunction allowing Santos to begin construction work.
• 16 January – A 27-year-old mine worker is killed at BMA's Saraji coal mine near Dysart after he is crushed between a B-double and a utility while working in the fuel-bay area of the mine.
• 17 January –
  • Severe storm activity in the south-western region of Western Australia causes widespread and lengthy power outages.
  • A 33-year-old man and a 26 year-old-man are both charged with murder after the fatal shooting of a 34-year-old man whose body was found by a passing motorist on Yeppoon Road near Rockhampton in the early hours of 17 November 2023.
• 18 January –
  • Workplace Relations minister Tony Burke meets with the Australian Maritime Officers Union and DP World amid an ongoing dispute over pay and conditions which is causing major disruptions at port terminals. Burke refuses to use his ministerial powers to intervene but criticised DP World and accuses the company of acting in bad faith.
  • Two 16-year-old boys are charged with murder following the death of a 33-year-old doctor in the Melbourne suburb of Doncaster after an alleged aggravate burglary on 13 January 2024.
• 19 January – Queensland premier Steven Miles officially announces a state parliamentary inquiry into grocery prices at the major supermarkets after meeting with executives from Woolworths, Coles and Aldi.
• 20 January – The MV Bahijah, a live export ship carrying sheep and cattle which departed Fremantle, Western Australia on 5 January is ordered by the Department of Agriculture to return to Australia due to threats against commercial vessels in the Red Sea amid a deteriorating security situation.
• 23 January – Former prime minister Scott Morrison announces his intention to formally resign from parliament, ending his 16-year tenure as the federal Member for Cook. Morrison's departure will trigger a by-election in the safely held Liberal seat of Cook.
• 24 January –
  • Former premier of South Australia Steven Marshall announces his intention to resign from state politics after more than ten years in parliament.
  • The Bureau of Statistics' population clock ticks over to estimate Australia's population has reached 27 million.
  • Victoria's worst beach drowning event in twenty years occurs near Forrest Caves on Phillip Island when a total of four people from Melbourne's Indian community drown at an unpatrolled beach.
• 25 January –
  • The statues of Captain James Cook and Queen Victoria in Melbourne are vandalised on the eve of Australia Day. The statue of Cook is cut down and its plinth defaced with the words “The colony will fall”.
  • Researchers Georgina Long and Richard Scolyer are named as 2024 Australians of the Year.
  • Cyclone Kirrily crosses the North Queensland coast at Townsville as a category 3 system before weakening.
• 27 January – Queensland state Labor MP Jim Madden resigns from parliament to vie for a position as a local councillor with Ipswich City Council in the 2024 Queensland local elections on 16 March. Madden's resignation triggers the 2024 Ipswich West state by-election which premier Steven Miles recommends to be held on 16 March - the same day as the local elections and the 2024 Inala state by-election.
• 28 January – Another monument for Captain James Cook is vandalised in Fitzroy North’s Edinburgh Gardens in Melbourne. The stone monument is severely damaged, with vandals cutting through the base, disfiguring the bronze effigy, and spraying “Cook the Colony” on the toppled pillar.
• 29 January – A 29-year-old woman survives an attack by a bull shark in Sydney Harbour.
• 30 January – Australian retailer Godfreys enters voluntary administration with the company's 54 stores expected to close as a result.
• 31 January – A 62-year-old Coen man is charged with murder following the disappearance of a Kowanyama woman, who was last seen in February 2013 aged 23. After the man appears in court via videolink, he is remanded in custody due to appear in court again in April 2024.

February

• 1 February – Former New South Wales police officer Daniel Keneally, the son of former premier and senator Kristina Keneally, receives a 15-month intensive corrective services order after having been found guilty in November 2023 of fabricating evidence.
• 3 February –
  • The bodies of a mother and son, a 76-year-old woman and a 55-year-old man, are discovered after they were allegedly murdered in the Adelaide suburb of Rosewater. A 43-year-old man is subsequently charged with two counts of murder.
  • A 70-year-old woman dies after being allegedly stabbed in the chest in front of her six-year-old granddaughter during an alleged robbery at a shopping centre in the Ipswich suburb of Redbank Plains. A 16-year-old boy is subsequently charged with murder.
• 4 February –
  • 51-year-old Samantha Murphy disappears after leaving her home in Ballarat to go for her regular morning run. Her disappearance triggers a widespread search and appeal from police for CCTV or dashcam vision from the day she disappeared.
  • The body of a 74-year-old man is found in a backyard near Wollongong. The man's 48-year-old son is subsequently arrested and charged with murder.
• 5 February – Australian writer Yang Hengjun receives a suspended death sentence in Beijing, five years after being charged with spying and imprisoned in China.
• 6 February – The Australian Parliament returns for the first sitting day of 2024.
• 7 February – Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce is filmed late at night engaged in a conversation on his phone while lying on his back on a footpath in the Canberra suburb of Braddon. Joyce said he had fallen to the ground from a plant box he had been sitting on while talking to his wife on the phone while on his way back to his accommodation.
• 8 February – Labor's Right to Disconnect bill passes the Senate but they are forced into an attempt to introduce additional legislation to reverse an amendment which allows for criminal penalties for employers who breach a Fair Work Commission order to stop contacting workers.
• 9 February – Reserve Bank of Australia governor Michele Bullock appears before a parliamentary hearing for the first time where she says she doesn't agree with the International Monetary Fund that Australia should be lifting interest rates higher.
• 12 February –
  • Liverpool West Public School in Sydney is closed after the New South Wales Environment Protection Authority confirms bonded asbestos has been discovered in garden mulch at the school. Students and staff at the school are subsequently relocated to Gulyangarri Public School for the foreseeable future. Contaminated mulch is also discovered at Campbelltown Hospital, prompting part of the hospital to be closed off to the public.
  • Queensland Greens MP Amy MacMahon is seriously injured in a two-vehicle car accident at Kangaroo Point.
• 14 February –
  • Premier of Tasmania Jeremy Rockliff calls an early election in Tasmania after becoming a minority government.
  • It's announced that Sydney's annual Mardi Gras Fair Day scheduled for 18 February is cancelled due to the discovery of asbestos in Victoria Park amid Sydney's asbestos contamination crisis.
  • Anthony Albanese becomes the first serving Australian prime minister to become engaged when he proposes marriage to his partner Jodie Haydon during a Valentine's Day dinner which she accepts.
• 15 February – Anthony Albanese releases a joint statement with Candian prime minister Justin Trudeau and New Zealand prime minister Christopher Luxon to express their concerns over Israel's plan for a ground offensive in Rafah. The joint statement is issued after Australian foreign minister Penny Wong expresses her own concerns, describing any ground invasion of Rafah as "unjustifiable".
• 16 February –
  • The Sydney asbestos crisis worsens as the New South Wales Environment Protection Authority confirms bonded asbestos has been discovered in mulch at a Woolworths supermarket in Kellyville, the St John of God Hospital in North Richmond and a park in Wiley Park. The list of contaminated sites now totals more than twenty sites. In each case, the contaminated mulch is traced back to a waste facility in Bringelly.
  • Tropical Cyclone Lincoln crosses the Northern Territory coast between Port McArthur and the Queensland border as a category 1 system, bringing heavy rain to communities near the Gulf of Carpentaria.
  • Two groups of approximately 25 foreign nationals are discovered in Beagle Bay, Western Australia after they are believed to have travelled from Indonesia by boat, prompting Australian Border Force officials to travel to the coastal town to question the men. The arrival of the men prompts federal opposition leader Peter Dutton to accuse Anthony Albanese's government of weakening Australia's border protection arrangements. In turn, Albanese accused Dutton of politicising the incident and undermining the country's border protection regime. Another group of foreign nationals are discovered at a remote campsite north of Beagle Bay the following day.
• 19 February –
  • Northern Territory Country Liberal MP Joshua Burgoyne is charged by NT Police with careless driving causing serious harm after a two-vehicle accident in Alice Springs on 26 August 2023, and will face court for the first mention of the alleged offence on 4 March 2024.
  • Former Australian Greens leader Bob Brown is arrested for trespassing at a anti-logging protest in Tasmania.
  • Asbestos-contaminated mulch is found at another seven locations in Sydney, bringing the total to 41 separate sites.
• 20 February –
  • The bodies of a 39-year-old man, his 41-year-old wife and their 7-year-old son are discovered in two separate locations in Sydney. A 49-year-old taekwondo instructor is subsequently charged with murder.
  • Queensland Police Service commissioner Katarina Carroll announces she is stepping down from her position on 1 March 2024, five months before her contract expires.
  • Virgin Australia chief executive officer Jayne Hrdlicka announces she is leaving the company but will continue to serve as CEO until a replacement is appointed.
• 21 February –
  • Woolworths chief executive officer Brad Banducci announces his intention to retire in September 2024, with Amanda Bardwell to succeed him in the role.
  • Qantas appoints John Mullen as chairman to succeed Richard Goyder from July 2024.
  • Christopher Saunders, the former Catholic Bishop of Broome, is arrested in Broome by the WA Police Child Abuse Squad and taken into custody. He is subsequently charged with 19 offences dating back to 2008. Saunders' arrest comes after police raided a Broome property on 15 January 2024.
• 26 February –
  • Vandals saw through the ankles of a statue of Captain Cook in East Melbourne, toppling it.
  • The Board of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras withdraws their invitation to the NSW Police Force to march in the 2024 Mardi Gras amid the investigation into the alleged murders of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies. The Australian Federal Police confirm the following day that they have made the decision to also withdraw from marching in the Mardi Gras parade.
• 27 February –
  • Two bodies are found at Bungonia, near Goulburn, New South Wales, likely to be those of television presenter Jesse Baird and his partner Luke Davies. The bodies are discovered four days after a New South Wales police officer was charged with their murders.
  • More than 30,000 residents in Victoria receive text messages strongly encouraging them to leave their homes due to extreme bushfire risk.
  • Former prime minister Scott Morrison delivers his final speech as a member of the Australian Parliament.
  • The Albanese government's legislation for modifying the stage three tax cuts passes the Senate in an evening sitting.
  • Justice Glenn Martin rules that COVID-19 vaccination mandates for some Queensland frontline workers breached section 58 of the Human Rights Act and declared directives given to Queensland Police Service staff were unlawful. Queensland premier Steven Miles responds by saying the state government was seeking crown law advice but that he stands by the actions taken by the government during the COVID-19 pandemic in Queensland.
• 28 February – An agreement is reached between the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Board and the NSW Police Force, which sees gay and lesbian liaison police officers permitted to march in the annual parade, but without their uniforms or weapons.

March

• 1 March – An outage occurs at the national Triple Zero centre which is believed to have contributed to the death of a person who suffered a cardiac arrest after their emergency call was unable to be forwarded to paramedics, prompting Telstra to issue an apology.
• 2 March –
  • A by-election is held in the federal seat of Dunkley which is won by Jodie Belyea who retains the seat for the Australian Labor Party following the death of Peta Murphy in December 2023.
  • The 46th Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras street parade is held, which begins with a moment of silence to commemorate the lives of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies.
• 4 March – Simon Kennedy is selected by the Liberal Party to run as their candidate in the 2024 Cook by-election following the resignation of Scott Morrison.
• 5 March – A large fire occurs on Jemena's gas pipeline near Bauhinia in Central Queensland which impacts gas supplies to the city of Gladstone.
  • It is reported in the media Soccer player Sam Kerr was charged with "racially aggravated harassment" of a police officer, which allegedly took place in Twickenham on 30 January 2023, She pleaded not guilty to the charge. The case is due for trial in February 2025. It was later reported, that Kerr is alleged to have called the police officer a "stupid white bastard".
• 6 March –
  • Qantas is convicted and fined $250,000 for illegally standing down an employee during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • The Queensland Parliament passes an omnibus bill which will see coercive control become a criminal offence with stealthing also to be criminalised in Queensland.
  • Lance Corporal Jack Fitzgibbon, the son of former Minister for Defence Joel Fitzgibbon, is seriously injured in a parachuting training accident at RAAF Base Richmond. He subsequently dies from his injuries the following day.
• 7 March –
  • A 22-year-old man is arrested in connection to the disappearance of Samantha Murphy and is subsequently charged with murder.
  • Virgin Australia announces plans to become Australia's first airline to allow pets to ride in the cabin on some domestic flights, with the service expected to launch within a year subject to regulatory approval.
  • Katter's Australian Party leader Robbie Katter and deputy leader Nick Dametto are referred to the Queensland Government's Ethics Committee after confronting pro-Palestinian protestors outside Parliament House in Brisbane.

Future and scheduled events

• 16 March –
  • 2024 Queensland local elections
  • 2024 Inala state by-election
  • 2024 Ipswich West state by-election
• 23 March – 2024 Tasmanian state election
• 24 August – 2024 Northern Territory general election
• 14 September – 2024 New South Wales local elections
• 19 October – 2024 Australian Capital Territory general election
• 26 October – 2024 Queensland state election
• October – 2024 Victorian local elections

Sport

January

• 1 January – David Warner announces his retirement from One Day International cricket.
• 3 January –
  • Jarome Luai confirms he will be leaving the Penrith Panthers after the 2024 NRL season to join the Wests Tigers.
  • The third cricket test between Pakistan and Australia commences at the Sydney Cricket Ground with Pakistan winning the toss and electing the bat. It's David Warner's final test, and also the 16th time the January test at the SCG has been dubbed "The Pink Test".
• 6 January – Australia win the third cricket test against Pakistan by eight wickets, winning the series 3-0.
• 7 January –
  • Elena Rybakina wins the women's singles title at the 2024 Brisbane International, defeating Aryna Sabalenka, 6-0, 6-3.
  • Grigor Dimitrov wins the men's singles title at the 2024 Brisbane International, defeating Holger Rune, 7-6 (7/5), 6-4.
• 8 January – Germany wins the 2024 United Cup tennis tournament.
• 13 January –
  • The Socceroos win their first match in the AFC Asian Cup in Qatar, defeating India, 2-0.
  • Storm Boy, ridden by Adam Hyeronimus and trained by Gai Waterhouse, wins the Magic Millions Classic at the Gold Coast.
• 14 January – The 2024 Australian Open gets underway in Melbourne.
• 17 January – The first cricket test between Australia and the West Indies commences at the Adelaide Oval with Australia winning the toss and electing to bowl first. Notably, West Indian bowler Shamar Joseph on debut collects the wicket of Steve Smith with his first delivery in test cricket.
• 19 January –
  • Joe Schmidt is officially announced as the new coach of The Wallabies.
  • Australia defeat the West Indies by ten wickets on the third day of the first test at the Adelaide Oval, with Travis Head named as the player of the match.
• 21 January – Olympic swimmer Mack Horton announces his retirement, deciding not to compete in the 2024 Summer Olympics.
• 24 January – The final of the 2023–24 Big Bash League season is played at the Sydney Cricket Ground where the Brisbane Heat win against the Sydney Sixers by 54 runs.
• 27 January – Aryna Sabalenka wins the women's singles final at the 2024 Australian Open, defeating Zheng Qinwen 6-3, 6-2.
• 28 January –
  • The West Indies defeat Australia by eight runs in the second cricket test at The Gabba.
  • Jannik Sinner wins the men's singles final at the 2024 Australian Open, defeating Daniil Medvedev 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3.
• 31 January – The Australian Cricket Awards are held in Melbourne where Mitchell Marsh wins the Allan Border Medal and Ash Gardner wins the Belinda Clark Award.

February

• 2 February –
  • The Socceroos are defeated by South Korea 2-1 in the AFC Asian Cup quarterfinal at Al Janoub Stadium in Qatar.
  • Australia defeat the West Indies by eight wickets at the MCG in the first One Day International of a three-match series.
  • Alysha Koloi wins Australia's first gold medal at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, winning gold in the 1-metre springboard event.
• 3 February – The Australia women's national cricket team defeat South Africa by 8 wickets at the Adelaide Oval in the first of three Women's One Day Internationals.
• 4 February – Australia defeat the West Indies by 83 runs at the SCG, in the second One Day International of the three-match series.
• 6 February – Australia defeat the West Indies by eight wickets in the third and final One Day International at Canberra's Manuka Oval after what becomes Australia's fastest ODI run chase in history, reaching a target of 87 in just 6.5 overs and winning the series 3-0.
• 7 February – The South Africa women's cricket team defeat Australia by 84 runs (DLS) at North Sydney Oval in the second of three WODIs.
• 8 February – The Australian open water swimming team of Moesha Johnson, Chelsea Gubecka, Nicholas Sloman and Kyle Lee win gold at the 2024 World Aquatic Championships in Doha.
• 9 February –
  • Former Australian rugby union player Kurtley Beale is acquitted of sexually assaulting a woman at a pub in Sydney in December 2022 when a jury finds Beale not guilty of one count of sexual intercourse without consent and two counts of sexual touching.
  • Australia beat the West Indies by 11 runs at Hobart's Bellerive Oval in the first of three Twenty20 Internationals.
• 10 February –
  • The Australia women's national cricket team defeat South Africa at North Sydney Oval in the third and final WODI by 110 runs (DLS), claiming a series win 2-1.
  • Australia's Domonic Bedggood and Maddison Keeney win gold in the mixed synchronised three metre springboard diving at the 2024 World Aquatic Championships in Doha.
  • A group of Australian Women's Ice Hockey League players as well as spectators are admitted to hospital for suspected carbon monoxide poisoning following a match between Melbourne Ice Hockey team and the Adelaide Rush at Ice Arena in Adelaide.
• 11 February –
  • A man is killed in a serious accident at the annual Southern 80 water skiing event on the Murray River at Moama/Echuca.
  • Australia beat the West Indies by 34 runs at the Adelaide Oval in the second of three Twenty20 Internationals, during which Glenn Maxwell scores the fastest T20 International century in Australia.
  • Mitch Wishnowsky becomes the first Australian to actually play in the United States of America's NFL Super Bowl when he represents the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII.
  • Brisbane Broncos players Patrick Carrigan and Adam Reynolds are filmed engaged in a drunken scuffle in Brisbane after the team's annual fan day.
• 14 February – Australia's Rhiannan Iffland wins gold in the women's high diving event at the 2024 World Aquatic Championships, while Samuel Williamson wins gold in the men's 50 metre breaststroke, setting a new Australian record.
• 16 February – The annual All Stars rugby league match is held at North Queensland Stadium, where the Indigenous All Stars defeat the Māori team 22-14 with Braydon Trindall winning man of the match. The Indigenous women's team also defeat the Māori women's team 26-4 with Kirra Dibb winning player of the match.
• 17 February – The Australia women's cricket team defeat South Africa by an innings and 284 runs in a standalone test at the WACA in Perth.
• 18 February –
  • Olympic equestrian Shane Rose is stood down from competition by Equestrian Australia while it conducts a review after receiving complaints after Rose wore a mankini during the Wallaby Hill Extravaganza in Robertson on 11 February. Equestrian Australia subsequently clears Rose of any wrongdoing, finding that he did not breach the code of conduct.
  • Australia's Isaac Cooper wins gold in the men's 50 metre backstroke at the 2024 World Aquatic Championships in Doha, while the Australian women's 4 x 100 metre medley relay team (Shayna Jack, Brianna Throssell, Abbey Harkin and Iona Anderson) also win gold.
• 20 February – The Australian cricket team win the first match of the T20I series in New Zealand, with Tim David hitting a boundary off the last ball of the game to secure victory against New Zealand.
• 21 February –
  • Melbourne AFL player Angus Brayshaw announces his retirement after receiving medical advice following a collision with Brayden Maynard in the 2023 qualifying final against Collingwood.
  • Veteran sports broadcaster Karen Tighe announces her departure from the ABC after 35 years of covering sport on both television and radio.
• 28 February – The Matildas defeat Uzbekistan 10-0 at Docklands Stadium to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

March

• 1 March – Roger Kerr confirms his daughter Sam Kerr is ruled out of playing for The Matildas in the 2024 Summer Olympics due to her knee injury.
• 3 March –
  • The 2024 NRL season commences in Las Vegas, with the first two games of Round 1 played Allegiant Stadium.
  • Australia defeat New Zealand by 172 runs in the first match of the 2024 Trans-Tasman test series in Wellington.
  • Hannah Green wins the LPGA Women's World Championship in Singapore.
• 4 March – Matildas captain Sam Kerr pleads not guilty in Kingston upon Thames Crown Court after being charged on 21 January 2024 with racially aggravated harassment of a police officer following an alleged incident on 30 January 2023. Kerr is due to face trial at Wimbledon Magistrates Court on 1 February 2025.
• 7 March –
  • The Australian Olympic Team's uniform for the 2024 Summer Olympics is unveiled in Sydney.
  • The 2024 AFL season gets underway at the SCG with the Sydney Swans defeating the Melbourne Demons by 22 points.
• 8 March –
  • North Melbourne coach Alistair Clarkson is fined $20,000 and issued with a suspended two-match ban after allegedly using a homophobic slur while addressing players Jimmy Webster and Dougal Howard during a pre-season match on 3 March.
  • In what is described as an "all time thriller", the Carlton Blues beat the Brisbane Lions by just 1 point in a 46-point comeback in their Round 1 match at The Gabba.
• 11 March –
  • Australia defeats New Zealand by three wickets in the second test match at Hagley Oval in Christchurch.
  • Spencer Leniu from the Sydney Roosters receives an eight-week suspension from the NRL Judiciary after pleading guilty to contrary conduct for a racial slur directed towards Brisbane Broncos player Ezra Mam during the round one match in Las Vegas on 3 March.

Holidays

Further information: Public holidays in Australia

Australian Capital Territory

Source:

• Monday 1 January - New Year's Day
• Friday 26 January - Australia Day
• Monday 11 March - Canberra Day
• Friday 29 March - Good Friday
• Saturday 30 March - Easter Saturday
• Sunday 31 March - Easter Sunday
• Monday 1 April - Easter Monday
• Thursday 25 April - Anzac Day
• Monday 27 May - Reconciliation Day
• Monday 10 June - Sovereign's Birthday
• Monday 7 October - Labour Day
• Wednesday 25 December - Christmas Day
• Thursday 26 December - Boxing Day

Art and entertainment

January

• 8 January – At the 81st Golden Globe Awards, Sarah Snook wins the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama and Elizabeth Debicki wins the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film.
• 14 January – At the 29th Critics' Choice Awards, Sarah Snook wins the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series and Elizabeth Debicki wins the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.
• 15 January – At the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards, Sarah Snook wins the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.
• 27 January –
  • American rapper Doja Cat wins the annual Triple J Hottest 100 countdown with her song "Paint the Town Red".
  • The Country Music Awards of Australia are held in Tamworth where The Wolfe Brothers win the Golden Guitar for Album of the Year for Livin' The Dream, while Felicity Urquhart and Josh Cunningham win Golden Guitars for Song of the Year and Single of the Year for their song "Size Up".

February

• 1 February – Grace Yee wins the Victorian Prize for Literature at the 2024 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards.
• 4 February – Kylie Minogue wins the Grammy Award for Best Pop Dance Recording at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards for "Padam Padam".
• 9 February – Pink commences the Australian leg of her Summer Carnival tour at the Sydney Football Stadium, ahead of her concerts in Newcastle, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.
• 10 February – The 13th AACTA Awards are held on the Gold Coast. Talk to Me wins Best Film, with Aswan Reid and Sophie Wilde winning Best Lead Actor and Best Lead Actress respectively. The Newsreader wins Best Television Drama with Hugo Weaving and Anna Torv winning Best Lead Actor and Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama Series respectively. Margot Robbie receives the Trailblazer Award.
• 14 February – Peter Helliar and Emma Watkins are crowned this year's monarchs of Melbourne's Moomba Festival.
• 16 February – Taylor Swift commences the Australian leg of The Eras Tour with three concerts at the Melbourne Cricket Ground ahead of her four shows at Stadium Australia in Sydney.
• 24 February – Elizabeth Debicki wins the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series at the 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards.

March

• 6 March – It's announced Electric Fields will represent Australia at the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden with their song "One Milkali (One Blood)".

• List of Australian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
• List of Australian films of 2024
• List of 2024 box office number-one films in Australia

Television

Main article: 2024 in Australian television

January

• 14 January –
  • Alicia Loxley and Tom Steinfort begin their tenure as co-anchors of Nine News Melbourne, following veteran anchor Peter Hitchener's move to weekend bulletins.
  • The second series of the ABC TV series Muster Dogs premieres, which is again narrated by Lisa Millar.
  • It's announced Colin Fassnidge will be joining the Seven Network's Better Homes and Gardens for the 2024 season following the departure of Fast Ed.
• 15 January – Network 10's rebooted Gladiators hosted by Beau Ryan and Liz Ellis premieres.
• 19 January - The Nine Network announces former A Current Affair host Tracy Grimshaw will co-host medical documentary series Do You Want To Live Forever? Nine also reveals Nine News reporters Dimity Clancy and Adam Hegarty are joining 60 Minutes.
• 24 January – Andrew O'Keefe, the former host of Deal or No Deal, The Chase Australia and Weekend Sunrise, is found guilty of common assault, common assault occasioning actual bodily harm, breaching an AVO and drug possession after assaulting his former partner during an argument in 2021.
• 28 January – After succeeding Kay McGrath in January 2020, Katrina Blowers anchors her final weekend edition of Seven News Brisbane and is succeeded by Samantha Heathwood. Blowers and Heathwood both succeed Kendall Gilding as anchors of the 4pm weekday edition.
• 29 January –
  • The first edition of 10 News First: Afternoon goes to air on Network 10 presented by Narelda Jacobs.
  • The Australian version of Tipping Point hosted by Todd Woodbridge debuts on the Nine Network.
  • Seven's game show The Chase Australia hosted by Larry Emdur introduces a "Double Trouble" format.
  • Deal or No Deal is revived by Network 10, hosted by Grant Denyer.
  • The ninth season of Australian Idol debuts on the Seven Network.
  • Australian Survivor: Titans V Rebels hosted by Jonathan LaPaglia debuts on Network 10.
  • The eleventh season of Married at First Sight debuts on the Nine Network.
  • Nine News Melbourne airs an photoshopped image of Victorian state MP Georgie Purcell which appears to enlarge her breasts and expose her midriff. After Purcell accuses Nine of sexism, they issues an apology blaming automation from Photoshop during resizing.

February

• 2 February –
  • A collaboration between BBC Studios/Ludo Studio and Australian hardware chain Bunnings is officially launched, which sees six Bunnings stores temporarily rebranded to Hammerbarn, in homage to a 2020 Bluey episode, "Hammerbarn".
  • Better Homes and Gardens returns to the Seven Network for its 30th season.
• 4 February – Insiders returns to ABC TV with the first guest for 2024 being the Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese.
• 16 February – The Australian Broadcasting Corporation's ombudsman clears Indigenous Affairs editor Bridget Brennan of breaching impartiality standards during a live cross to News Breakfast on Australia Day in which she used the phrase "always was and always will be Aboriginal land", which prompted 25 complaints.
• 18 February – Former Totally Wild and Studio 10 reporter and Gamify host Jesse Baird and his partner Luke Davies disappear. A 28-year-old New South Wales police officer, who Baird previously dated, is subsequently charged with their murders.
• 19 February – An episode of ABC TV's Four Corners attracts attention after Woolworths CEO Brad Banducci attempts to have comments he made about former ACCC chair Rod Sims edited out, before momentarily walking away when Grigg refused.

March

• 2 March – The Seven Network announces Simon Cohen, Rosie Morley and Lana Taylor as the judges on its upcoming home renovation reality program Dream Home hosted by Chris Brown.
• 8 March – Network 10 reboots Ready Steady Cook as a weekly Friday night program hosted by Miguel Maestre.

Deaths

January

• 3 January – Lillian Crombie, actress (The Place at the Coast, Deadly, Jindalee Lady) and dancer (b. 1958)
• 11 January – Mike Taylor, record company executive (Universal Music Australia).
• 12 January – David Lumsdaine, composer (b. 1931)
• 13 January – Stephen Laybutt, footballer (Gent, Newcastle Jets, national team) (b. 1977)
• 14 January –
  • John Bingley, Australian rules football player (b. 1941)
  • Joan Coxsedge, politician and activist (b. 1931)
• 17 January – Anthony Gobert, motorcycle road racer (b. 1975)
• 18 January – Ted Allsopp, racewalker (b. 1926)
• 19 January – Raymond Apple, rabbi (b. 1935)
• 21 January –
  • Roger Rogerson, police officer and convicted murderer (b. 1941)
  • Dick O'Bree, Australian rules footballer (b. 1936)
• 22 January – John McMahon, cricketer (b. 1932)
• 24 January – Troy Beckwith, actor (b.1975 or 1976)
• 31 January – Michael Egan, politician (b. 1948)

February

• 1 February – Garth Manton, rower (b. 1929)
• 2 February – Gregory Charles Rivers, actor (b. 1965) (died in China)
• 4 February – Lowitja O'Donoghue, public administrator and activist (b. 1932)
• 5 February –
  • Joan Montgomery, teacher (b. 1925)
  • Ernie O'Rourke, Australian rules footballer (b. 1926)
• 9 February – Frank Howson, theatre and film director (b. 1952)
• 10 February – Harold Mitchell, businessman (b. 1942)
• 17 February – Geoffrey Michaels, violinist (b. 1944) (died in the United States)
• 19 February –
  • Jesse Baird, television presenter and AFL goal umpire (b. c. 1998)
  • Marion Halligan, writer (b. 1940)
• 21 February – Jayo Archer, motocross rider (b. 1996)
• 27 February – Darryl van de Velde, rugby league player, coach and administrator (b. 1951)
• 29 February – Linda White, politician

March

• 4 March – Michael Jenkins, writer, producer and director (b. 1946)
• 5 March –
  • Guy Griffiths, naval officer (b. 1923)
  • Steve Marsh, Australian rules footballer (b. 1924)
• 7 March – David Granger, Australian rules footballer (b. 1955)

See also

Country overviews

• 2020s in Australia political history
• History of Australia
• History of modern Australia
• Outline of Australia
• Government of Australia
• Politics of Australia
• Years in Australia
• Timeline of Australia history
• 2024 in Australian literature
• 2024 in Australian music
• 2024 in Australian television
• List of Australian films of 2024

External links

• Online calendar