2022_in_Australia

2022 in Australia

2022 in Australia

Australia-related events during the year of 2022


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

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Incumbents

Monarch

Governor-General

Prime Minister

Deputy Prime Minister

Opposition Leader

Chief Justice

State and territory leaders

Governors and administrators

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]

Deaths

January

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

February

Johnny Raper
John Landy
Moss Cass

March

Jordie Albiston
Shane Warne
Kimberley Kitching

April

James Webster

May

Andrew Symonds

June

Sir Peter Barter
Paula Stafford
Frank Moorhouse

July

Jane Garrett
Noel McMahen
Steve Gibbons
Archie Roach

August

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

September

Peter Eckersley
Elizabeth II
Jack Charles

October

Tony Street
Bob Ellicott

November

Peter Reith

December

Carolyn Grace

Public holidays

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See also

Country overviews

Notes

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

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