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, then Sam Mostyn
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

← 2023 2022 2021 2024 in Australia → 2025 2026 2027
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
• 
  Sam Mostyn

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 (until 10 April) Dean Winter (from 10 April)
• 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 increase by approximately 6%.
  • Federal Cabinet documents from 2003 are made public for the first time. Controversy arises when it's 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 a 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 for 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 hospitalised 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 West 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.
• 21 January – The Victorian Liberal and National opposition announced that they would be withdrawing its support for a state treaty, reversing their previous support for the proposal. This follows the Queensland opposition reversing their support in October 2023.
• 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 –
  • Western Australia barrister Varun Ghosh is confirmed as the person who will fill the casual vacancy in the Australian Senate caused by the retirement of Pat Dodson.
  • 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.
• 10 February – Sitting Liberal MP David Honey loses preselection for the next Australian federal election, being defeated by Sandra Brewer.
• 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 is 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 Canadian 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.
  • 42-year-old mother of five Rebecca Young is allegedly stabbed to death by her husband who then kills himself in an apparent murder-suicide in the Ballarat suburb of Sebastopol.
• 17 February – Sitting Liberal MP Ian Goodenough loses preselection for the next Australian federal election, being defeated by Vince Connelly.
• 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 an 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.
  • Labor senator for Western Australia Louise Pratt announces she will step down at the 2025 Australian federal election citing health reasons.
• 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 television presenter Jesse Baird and his partner 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 Jesse Baird and 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.
• 29 February –
  • Cumberland City Council votes to ban drag queen storytime from council events.
  • Australian Greens senator Janet Rice is censured after holding a placard denouncing human rights abuses in the Philippines while President Bongbong Marcos was addressing Parliament.

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. An investigation concludes the incident was caused by a technical fault, a failure in the backup process and a communication error.
• 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 that 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 pleads not guilty to the charge. The case is due for trial in February 2025. It is 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.
• 11 March – Fifty people are injured aboard LATAM Airlines Flight 800 after the aircraft suddenly dropped altitude after departing Sydney causing passengers and crew to be thrown to the roof in what LATAM Airlines described as a "technical fault".
• 13 March:
  • Seven people are found alive in Western Australia after a three-day search, after they became stranded in the outback due to widespread flooding caused by a stationary trough. Police had previously stated they had urgent welfare concerns for the family members when they failed to arrive home in the remote community of Tjuntjuntjara, having departed Kalgoorlie-Boulder on 10 March.
  • A 37-year-old miner is killed while another is critically injured following a rockfall inside the Ballarat Gold Mine in Victoria.
• 14 March – An Australian woman is one of two foreign tourists killed in Bali when a landslide sweeps away the villa they were staying in.
• 16 March –
  • The 2024 Queensland local elections are held which sees Adrian Schrinner re-elected as the Lord Mayor of Brisbane.
  • The 2024 Inala state by-election is held which sees Labor retain the seat. Despite a significant swing against the government being recorded, Labor's candidate Margie Nightingale defeats LNP candidate Trang Yen.
  • The 2024 Ipswich West state by-election is held which sees Labor lose the seat, with LNP candidate Darren Zanow defeating Labor's Wendy Bourne after a significant swing against the government is recorded.
• 18 March –
  • A man dies after falling from a hot air balloon in Melbourne.
  • Pro-Palestinian protestors disrupt Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra.
  • Severe Tropical Cyclone Megan makes landfall on the south-western coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria near the community of Borroloola, Northern Territory.
• 19 March – Ahead of the 2024 Tasmanian state election, American actor Leonardo DiCaprio makes an appeal on Instagram for logging in Tasmania to come to an end.
• 20 March –
  • In an interview with Nigel Farage on GB News, former United States president Donald Trump threatens to oust Australian ambassador Kevin Rudd from his position if he shows any hostility should Trump again become president.
  • Foreign minister Penny Wong meets her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Canberra for the Australia-China Foreign and Strategic Dialogue. Prior to Wang's meeting with former prime minister Paul Keating the following day, Wong warns that Keating is "entitled to his views" but that "he does not speak for the government nor the country."
• 21 March – Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi hosts former Australian prime minister Paul Keating at the China consulate in Sydney.
• 23 March –
  • The 2024 Tasmanian state election is held. Neither major party achieves an outright majority, resulting in a hung parliament.
  • The 2024 Dunstan state by-election is held in South Australia which is triggered by the resignation of Steven Marshall. The result sees Labor candidate Cressida O'Hanlon become the new member, defeating Liberal candidate Anna Finizio.
  • Former NSW state transport minister Andrew Constance wins pre-selection to contest the seat of Gilmore at the 2025 federal election.
• 25 March –
  • A British national dies after jumping from the Noosa Sound Bridge in Queensland in an apparent accident.
  • Federal Liberal MP Rowan Ramsey announces he will not be recontesting the next Australian federal election.
• 26 March –
  • Violence and unrest breaks out in Alice Springs which leads to Northern Territory chief minister Eva Lawler declaring a state of emergency and the introduction of a two-week curfew for under 18's. There are also calls for federal intervention.
  • It is revealed a wild magpie which had been visiting a Gold Coast couple and bonding with their English staffy since they rescued it as a chick in 2020 had been "voluntarily surrendered" to DESI who accused the couple of taking the magpie from the wild and keeping it unlawfully. The magpie's seizure draws widespread condemnation with Queensland premier Steven Miles stating that common sense needed to prevail in this instance and that he would support the authorities to work with the couple so they could obtain the appropriate permits.
• 28 March –
  • Australian Defence Force chief Angus Campbell issues an unreserved apology on the final day of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide for deficiencies in the way the service provided support for veterans during and after their service.
  • Sally Capp announces she will stand down as the Lord Mayor of Melbourne in June, ahead of the 2024 Victorian local elections in October.
  • Prime minister Anthony Albanese, energy minister Chris Bowen, and industry minister Ed Husic travel to the former Liddell Power Station in the Hunter Valley to announce a $1 billion solar panel program. However, it is later revealed they travelled into the area on two separate private jets which landed at Scone Airport which is met with criticism and accusations of hypocrisy. When questioned about the issue, Bowen said the decision was made by the RAAF.
• 30 March –
  • Australian businessman John Singleton takes out a full page advertisement in The Weekend Australian praising Ben Roberts-Smith who in a civil defamation trial in 2023 was found by Justice Anthony Besanko to have murdered four unarmed prisoners in Afghanistan - a finding that Roberts-Smith has appealed in the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia.
  • An Australian UN UNIFIL observer is among those injured in an Israeli drone strike while patrolling Lebanon's southern border.
• 31 March –
  • Five people are rescued in a major operation after 26 people became stranded by rapidly rising flooding at a campground at East Leichhardt Dam near Mount Isa.
  • A 38-year-old man and a 65-year-old man drown in a hotel pool on the Gold Coast after going to the aid of their two-year-old daughter and granddaughter who had slipped into the pool.

April

• 2 April – Foreign minister Penny Wong confirms an Australian World Central Kitchen aid worker has been killed in an apparent Israeli air strike in Gaza.
• 3 April – Sam Mostyn is announced as Australia's next Governor-General, succeeding David Hurley. Some right-wing commentators such as Sky News Australia host Chris Kenny and former executive director of the libertarian think tank Institute of Public Affairs, John Roskam, politician Pauline Hanson, and conservative lobby group Advance Australia, criticised the appointment owing to her past activism, which included having referred to Australia Day as "Invasion Day" and support for Australia to become a republic.
• 4 April – The state member of the Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall announces he will leave the New South Wales Parliament in May to pursue employment in the private sector. Marshall's impending resignation will trigger the 2024 Northern Tablelands state by-election.
• 4–6 April – Intense torrential rainfall affects parts of New South Wales and Queensland, with the Greater Sydney region, the Mid North Coast and the Illawarra being among the areas worst affected. More than 150 flood rescues are carried out, and two bodies are found in floodwaters in Brisbane and Sydney respectively. The Warragamba Dam spills over with authorities also expecting the Woronora Dam, Cataract Dam and Nepean Dam to overflow.
• 9 April –
  • A 21-year-old man appears in the Magistrates Court in Ballarat, Victoria charged with the murder of his 23-year-old ex-partner Hannah McGuire whose body was found in a burnt out car in Scarsdale on 5 April. McGuire's death is the third such death in the Ballarat area allegedly caused by a male perpetrator following the alleged murders of Rebecca Young and Samantha Murphy, which sparks a national conversation about the prevention of violence against women, and the organisation of a snap rally to protest against men's violence.
  • Foreign minister Penny Wong uses a speech at the Australian National University in Canberra to announce that the Australian Government is considering recognising Palestinian statehood, and repeats that the international recognition of Palestine as a state could assist in building momentum towards a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine. Her comments provoke widespread debate and criticism.
  • The Tasmania Civil and Administrative Tribunal finds the Museum of Old and New Art in Hobart had engaged in direct discrimination after refusing a man entry into the "Ladies Lounge" exhibit during his visit in April 2023. The museum is ordered to stop refusing entry to people who do not identify as "ladies" within 28 days.
• 13 April –
  • Six people are killed in a mass stabbing at Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre in Sydney. The offender is shot dead by police inspector Amy Scott who is praised for her actions. John Singleton's daughter Dawn and Kerry Good's daughter Ashlee are among the victims who were fatally stabbed. A security officer who was working at the centre is also stabbed to death.
  • The 2024 Cook by-election is held, which is easily won by Liberal candidate Simon Kennedy who achieves 62.61% of the first preference vote, defeating his nearest rival Greens candidate Martin Moore who attracts 16.68% of the first preference vote.
• 15 April –
  • Bruce Lehrmann loses the civil defamation case he brought against Network 10 and Lisa Wilkinson in the Federal Court, with Justice Michael Lee finding on the balance of probabilities that Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins.
  • 2024 Wakeley stabbing: Four people, including Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel, are injured in a mass stabbing inside the Christ The Good Shepherd Church operated by the Assyrian Church of the East in Wakeley, New South Wales. A suspect is arrested. Police declare the incident a "terrorist attack", and that there are "elements that are satisfied in terms of religious motivated extremism."
• 16 April –
  • Australia's e-safety commissioner Julie Inman Grant orders X and Meta to remove footage of the stabbing of Mar Mari Emmanuel. The order is met with resistance from Elon Musk and prompts a protracted debate about free speech, with Musk refusing to delete the videos although it had blocked the content in Australia. A two-day injunction to compel X to hide posts that include the footage of the attack was later extended to 10 May 2024.
  • Outgoing Woolworths Group CEO Brad Banducci is threatened with jail time after failing to answer a question put to him by Greens senator Nick McKim during a Senate inquiry into supermarket pricing.
  • Authorities report the worst mass coral bleaching incident on the Great Barrier Reef on record.
• 17 April – New research released by The Australia Institute finds that red imported fire ants will likely cost Australians more than $22 billion by the 2040s if eradications efforts are unsuccessful.
• 22 April –
  • 28-year-old Molly Ticehurst is found dead at a property in Forbes, New South Wales. A 28-year-old man is subsequently charged with her alleged murder.
  • Steve Gollschewski is named as Queensland's new police commissioner, succeeding Katarina Carroll.
• 23 April – 49-year-old Emma Bates is found dead at a property in Cobram, Victoria. A 39-year-old man is subsequently charged with her alleged murder.
• 25 April –
  • Annual ANZAC Day commemorations are held throughout Australia. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attends the dawn service at Isurava in Papua New Guinea after completing the Kokoda Track with James Marape.
  • Australian journalist Dylan Howard is named as a co-conspirator by prosecutors in the criminal trial of former American president Donald Trump who faces charges relating to falsyfying business records.
• 26 April –
  • 30-year-old Erica Hay is found dead in a fire-damaged property in Perth. A 35-year-old man is subsequently charged with her alleged murder.
  • Weekend rallies against gender-based violence commence being held across Australia organised by advocacy group What Were You Wearing, as part of a nationwide campaign to end violence against women. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's appearance at the rally in Canberra on 28 April ends in controversy when his claims that his requests to speak at the rally had been declined were described by organiser Sarah Williams as a "full out lie" who then breaks down in tears.
• 29 April – A 10-year-old girl is allegedly stabbed to death by her 17-year-old sister in Boolaroo, New South Wales. The older sibling is subsequently arrested and charged with murder.
• 30 April –
  • Its reported in the media that in 2020, Australia removed Indian spies from the country.
  • Australian airline Bonza enters voluntary administration after having its fleet of aircraft repossessed by creditors prompting the sudden cancellation of all flights.
  • The Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal clears the former mayor of Rockhampton and current 2024 state election independent candidate Margaret Strelow of allegations of misconduct which prompted her resignation as mayor in 2020, triggering the controversial 2021 Rockhampton Region mayoral by-election.

May

• 1 May – Qantas issues an apology after a data breach allowed customers using the app to see information of other passengers including their names and their upcoming flights.
• 2 May –
  • A jury takes just 30 minutes to find 36-year-old Portmorseby Cecil guilty of the violent murder of his 71-year-old mother-in-law Sue Duffy, whom he stabbed 15 times with a hunting knife during a fit of rage in Rockhampton on 21 August 2022.
  • A 21-year-old man dies after allegedly being stabbed in a beach carpark in Coffs Harbour. A 36-year-old man is subsequently arrested on 3 June 2024 and charged with the alleged murder.
• 3 May – Mexican authorities in Ensenada, Baja California confirm three bodies have been discovered near where Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson and their American friend went missing on 27 April.
• 4 May –
  • Queensland's assistant minister for health Brittany Lauga alleges she was drugged and then sexually assaulted on 28 April 2024 during a night out in Yeppoon, with the alleged incident filmed by bystanders who then post the video on Snapchat.
  • A 16-year-old boy armed with a knife is shot dead by Western Australia Police with a single shot in a Bunnings carpark in the Perth suburb of Willetton after two tasers "didn't have the full desired effect". He was subsequently found to have stabbed another man a short time earlier nearby. Premier Roger Cook later described the boy as having been radicalised online.
• 5 May – The triennial week-long Beef Australia expo gets underway in Queensland.
• 6 May –
  • The body of a man is discovered off the coast of Sydney after he is earlier reported missing when he goes overboard on the P&O Cruises ship Pacific Adventure.
  • In a settlement with the ACCC, Qantas agrees to pay a $100 million fine and to repay $20 million in compensation to customers after allegedly selling tickets for more than 8,000 flights which had already been cancelled.
  • Queensland premier Steven Miles uses Labour Day to announce that the state's public servants will soon be entitled to ten days paid leave to access reproductive health care at a cost of $80 million each year. A pro-Palestine protestor is later arrested for allegedly throwing eggs at Miles during the annual Labour Day March in Brisbane.
• 7 May –
  • Melbourne school Yarra Valley Grammar confirms two of its male students have been expelled following the discovery of an offensive spreadsheet in which female students were ranked on their appearance. A number of other students are also suspended over the dossier which included references to sexual violence and used the term "unrapeable". Victorian premier Jacinta Allan describes the behaviour of the students as "misogynist, disgraceful, disgusting and utterly unacceptable".
  • The Reserve Bank of Australia announces it will leave the interest rate steady at 4.35%.
• 8 May –
  • Police in Indonesia intercept a boat at Kupang, suspecting it was being used by people smugglers allegedly attempting to transport six Chinese men to Australia.
  • Cumberland City Council votes to ban books depicting same-sex relationships from their libraries, citing "sexualisation" concerns. The ban receives condemnation from a number of Labor public figures and organisations, such as environment minister Tanya Plibersek, several ministers in the NSW government, the NSW Council for Civil Liberties, independent federal MP Allegra Spender, and Equality Australia.
• 9 May – Hunter Valley Grammar School attracts criticism and prompts a national debate after their decision to rename their annual Mother's Day stall to "Family Gift Stall".
• 10 May –
  • Bruce Lehrmann is ordered by the Federal Court of Australia to pay most of Network 10's legal fees following his failed defamation case against the network and journalist Lisa Wilkinson.
  • A tornado hits the Western Australian city of Bunbury causing extensive damage, and causing at least two people to be admitted to hospital.
  • Norio Nagata, the vice-speaker of Minokama city assembly in Gifu Prefecture in central Japan resigns after an alleged incident involving the daughter of Dubbo mayor Mathew Dickerson in which Nagata allegedly sexually harassed her at a karaoke afterparty following a welcome reception on 3 April. Minokamo's mayor Hiroto Fujii had earlier issued an apology to its sister city, which Dickerson accepted.
• 11 May –
  • A geomagnetic solar storm causes Aurora Australis to be clearly visible in many parts of Australia.
  • Federal agricultural minister Murray Watt announces that Western Australia's live sheep export trade will end from 1 May 2028. While the RSPCA welcomes the move, the announcement is condemned by Nationals leader David Littleproud, Western Australian opposition leader Shane Love, National Farmers' Federation CEO Tony Maher and WA Livestock president Geoff Pearson. Western Australian premier Roger Cook also criticises the support package announced for farmers to transition away from live exports.
• 13 May –
  • A 19-year-old man is sentenced to 14 years in jail after pleading guilty to the murder of 41-year-old Emma Lovell during a break-in at her Brisbane home on 26 December 2022, where the man fatally stabbed Lovell.
  • A 53-year-old pilot successfully completes a belly landing at Newcastle Airport after his plane's landing gear fails.
  • An autonomous driverless train loaded with iron ore derails after the train, operated by Rio Tinto, collides with a set of stationery wagons near Karratha prompting the Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator to investigate.
• 14 May –
  • David McBride is sentenced to five years and eight months jail after pleading guilty to stealing and sharing classified military documents, which were then used by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for the program The Afghan Files, to broadcast allegations of Australian soldiers being involved in illegal killings.
  • Treasurer Jim Chalmers delivers the 2024 Australian federal budget.
• 15 May –
  • The Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal dismisses an appeal against Hobart City Council's decision to remove a statue of Tasmanian premier William Crowther. However before the decision was delivered, vandals had cut the statue down and sprayed graffiti on the plinth.
  • Labor senator Fatima Payman accuses Israel of genocide and calls on her own party to cease trade with Israel. Her comments, particularly her use of the controversial phrase "From the river to the sea" draw widespread condemnation.
• 16 May –
  • The Federal Court of Australia rules that federal environment minister Tanya Plibersek does not need to consider environmental impacts of emissions when she gives approvals for gas or coal projects.
  • Australians are urged to reconsider their need to travel to New Caledonia after violent riots break out in the French territory. Foreign minister Penny Wong later states that Australia is working with authorities to assess options to ensure the safe return of Australians who are stranded in New Caledonia.
• 18 May –
  • A Victorian Labor Party conference at Moonee Valley Racecourse attended by Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese is stormed by pro-Palestinian protestors prompting a major security alert.
  • DFAT confirms it is providing consular assistance to an Australian who was injured in a shooting in Afghanistan.
• 19 May –
  • It's revealed that six soldiers serving at RAAF Base Richmond tested positive to illicit drugs just days before special forces soldier Jack Fitzgibbon was killed during parachute training on 6 March 2024.
  • A New South Wales police officer on traffic duty near Sydney's Hyde Park is allegedly stabbed in the head by a 34-year-old man. The officer is treated for non-life threatening injuries at the scene before being taken to St Vincent's Hospital.
  • Six people are arrested in Melbourne after pro-Palestinian protestors descend on the pro-Israel "Stop the Hate, Mate" rally held on the steps of Parliament House and organised by a Christian group called Never Again is Now.
  • The bodies of a 38-year-old man and a two-year-old boy are discovered in Lismore, New South Wales after a suspected murder-suicide.
• 21 May –
  • Telstra confirms it plans to sack 2,800 people in a cost-cutting measure, with most of the jobs to be axed at the end of 2024.
  • Eight Australians are among the 18 passengers hospitalised after sustaining injuries aboard Singapore Airlines Flight 321 when the aircraft hit severe clear-air turbulence en route from London to Singapore, killing a 73-year-old British passenger. Among the 211 passengers, there were 56 Australians on board the aircraft during the incident.
  • The first group Australians stranded in New Caledonia are successfully evacuated by the Royal Australian Air Force.
• 22 May –
  • Supreme Court judge Elizabeth Hollingworth sentences 52-year-old Sven Linderman to 31 years in jail for killing his girlfriend Monique Lezsak in front of her 10-year-old-daughter in May 2023.
  • Agriculture Victoria confirms the H7N3 strain of avian influenza has been detected at an egg farm in Victoria, forcing hundreds of thousands of chickens to be euthanased. The Victorian Department of Health also confirm there had previously been a human case of the H5N1 strain of avian influenza after a child returning from overseas tested positive in March, but who has since recovered.
• 23 May – An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.9 occurs in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales.
• 24 May – 59-year-old Jennifer Petelczyc and her 18-year-old daughter Gretl are murdered by 63-year-old Mark James Bombara who then shoots himself dead in the Perth suburb of Floreat. Bombara's daughter subsequently accuses WAPOL of repeatedly ignoring her requests for help with her father. Federal social services minister Amanda Rishworth also describes the response from WAPOL prior to the murders as "inadequate."
• 30 May – The "Keep the Sheep" campaign is launched by Western Australia's agricultural sector, protesting the Federal Government's decision to end live sheep exports. The campaign's launch is preceded by a large protest rally in Perth the following day in which trucks and farm vehicles were used to bring traffic to a crawl in the Perth CBD.

June

• 1 June –
  • Deputy prime minister Richard Marles is confronted by officers from China's People's Liberation Army at the Shangri-La Dialogue conference in Singapore after they took issue with Marles' speech.
  • An explosion destroys a townhouse in the Western Sydney suburb of Whalan, trapping a woman and causing injuries to five others. The woman's body is eventually found by rescue crews in the early hours of 3 June.
  • The body of a 28-year-old hiker is discovered in Tasmania, having been last seen on 29 May 2024 while hiking at Frenchmans Cap.
  • Three teenagers whose vehicle became bogged are rescued from a remote beach on Western Australia's Mid West Coast after a pilot spots a distress message they had written in the sand prompting him to contact the authorities, with a second pilot also spotting the message.
  • A severe storm hits Bunbury in Western Australia causing extensive damage to the city.
• 2 June –
  • The body of a 78-year-old woman is discovered at a Canberra townhouse with police treating her death as a domestic violence incident.
  • The body of Natasha Ryan is discovered on a golf course in Rockhampton. Police say there are no suspicious circumstances.
  • The body of a 64-year-old man is discovered in the Northern Territory, after he went missing while hiking along the Larapinta Trail.
  • Human remains discovered by police during an unrelated operation in the Blue Mountains on 30 April 2024 and 27 May 2024 are identified as belonging to Geelong woman Kellie Ann Carmichael who disappeared on 29 April 2001.
  • The bodies of a woman and a man are discovered at a property at Albany Creek near Brisbane in a suspected murder-suicide.
  • A man is killed when the e-scooter he was riding collides with a ute near Newcastle.
  • The body of a 61-year-old woman is discovered in the Perth suburb of Byford. Her 33-year-old son is subsequently arrested approximately 200 kilometres away in Bindi Bindi.
• 3 June –
  • P&O Cruises Australia announces it will be ceasing operations in 2025 when it is folded into its parent company Carnival Cruise Line.
  • Federal member for Gilmore Fiona Phillips announces she will be taking extended leave to recover from surgery to remove a large oral tumour.
• 4 June –
  • A 3-year-old boy is killed after being hit by a vehicle at the Rockhampton Showgrounds in Queensland.
  • A 2-year-old boy drowns in a dam on a property near Lara, Victoria.
• 6 June –
  • The National Anti-Corruption Commission announces it will not pursue new corruption investigations into six public officials associated with the Robodebt scheme, despite receiving referrals from Catherine Holmes following the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme.
  • Queensland deputy coroner Stephanie Gallagher finds that the 2017 death of Constance Watcho was "suspicious" but there was insufficient evidence to identify anyone involved in her death.
  • A 16-year-old girl who tortured a 13-year-old girl for four hours on 11 March 2023 in Tewantin while filming it and then uploading it to social media is sentenced in the Maroochydore District Court to two years' detention, wholly suspended with a conditional release order, and ordered to do 160 hours of community service but without a conviction being recorded.
• 7 June –
  • Queensland premier Steven Miles announces that Peter Andrews, Natalie Cook, Keri Craig-Lee, Scott Hutchinson, Getano Lui (Jnr), Sir Bruce Small and LifeFlight Australia have been named as the 2024 Queensland Greats.
  • 34-year-old Benjamin Nunns is found guilty of murdering 38-year-old Charles Compton in Warwick, Queensland on 5 April 2020. Nunns is subsequently sentenced to life imprisonment with a non-parole period of 20 years.
• 9 June –
  • The 2024 King's Birthday Honours list is announced, in which Daniel Andrews, Karen Canfell, Simon Crean, Mark McGowan, Jonathan Mills and Samantha Mostyn are all made a Companion of the Order of Australia.
  • Federal Labor MP Maria Vamvakinou announces she will not be recontesting the 2025 Australian federal election.
• 10 June – The United States Consulate General in Sydney is vandalised by a pro-Palestinian activist.
• 11 June –
  • Victoria Police confirm a teenage boy had been arrested and then released pending further inquiries during their investigation into the circulation of obscene deepfake photographs depicting approximately 50 female students in years 9 to 12 from Bacchus Marsh Grammar School. Victorian premier Jacinta Allan condemns the actions of the alleged perpetrators.
  • Federal Liberal MP Gavin Pearce announces he will not be recontesting the next Australian federal election.
• 12 June –
  • Jarryd Hayne is released from prison after his 2023 sexual assault convictions were quashed on appeal in the New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal. It is later confirmed by the Officer of the Director of Public Prosecutions that Hayne will not face a fourth trial.
  • Victorian CFMEU secretary John Setka demands the Australian Football League sack its head of umpiring Stephen McBurney who previously served as the head of the Australian Building and Construction Commission, otherwise there would be a lack of cooperation on construction projects. The Fair Work Ombudsman subsequently launches an investigation into Setka's threats.
• 13 June –
  • 35-year-old Tobias Sahlstorfer is sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering 36-year-old Mark Boyce in the Adelaide suburb of Elizabeth South in January 2017. Sahlstorfer is the second person to be sentenced for Boyce's murder, with Joshua Roy Grant also sentenced to life imprisonment in November 2019 with a non-parole period of 20 years.
  • The New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal dismisses an appeal by former teacher Chris Dawson who appealed against his conviction for murdering Lynette Simms.
  • It's announced an independent inquiry will be held into the National Anti-Corruption Commission's decision not to pursue new investigations into public officials associated with the Robodebt scheme despite receiving referrals from Catherine Holmes following the Royal Commission.
• 15 June – It's reported approximately 300 executive positions from Transport for NSW are expected to be abolished over a period of three years.
• 16 June – Several hundred protestors gather outside Adelaide Zoo during a visit by Chinese premier Li Qiang who announces two new pandas will be loaned to the zoo when Wang Wang and Fu Ni return to China.
• 17 June –
  • Bird flu (H7N9) spreads to a seventh Australian poultry farm.
  • A Melbourne-bound Virgin Australia aircraft makes an emergency landing at Invercargill Airport in New Zealand after a possible bird strike causes a fire in one of its engines upon taking off from Queenstown.
• 18 June – Former treasurer of New South Wales Matt Kean announces his resignation from politics. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese subsequently announces Kean as the new chair of the Climate Change Authority.
• 19 June –
  • The Melbourne office of Labor MP Josh Burns is extensively damaged by pro-Palestinian protestors who vandalise the office by smashing windows, pouring paint and starting fires. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese condemns the attack and said the targeting of a Jewish MP was "very distressing".
  • Leader of the Opposition Peter Dutton and the Liberal party reveal seven sites for their proposed nuclear power plants.
  • A delegation of Australian senior ministers including Richard Marles, Penny Wong and Pat Conroy arrive in Papua New Guinea at attend the 30th Ministerial Forum in Port Moresby. During the visit, Australia announces a range of initiatives under a bilateral security agreement with Papua New Guinea.
  • A jury finds 33-year-old Justin Laurens Stein guilty of murdering 9-year-old Charlise Mutten in January 2022.
  • A 34-year-old woman is allegedly shot and killed as she sat in her own vehicle with her two children in her driveway in the Queensland city of Mackay. A 31-year-old man is subsequently charged with her murder, and the attempted murder of neighbour who attempted to render assistance.
• 20 June –
  • Following an eight-day trial, a jury finds 20-year-old Keith Kerinauia guilty of murdering BWS liquor store employee Declan Laverty in Darwin in March 2023.
  • Bronnie Taylor steps down as deputy leader of the New South Wales National Party and announces she will be leaving politics in August. Gurmesh Singh is subsequently elected as the party's new deputy leader.
  • Western Australian upper house MP Louise Kingston resigns from the Western Australian National Party and accuses opposition leader Shane Love of bullying and harassment. Love denies Kingston's allegations.
• 21 June – The bodies of a man and a woman with gunshot wounds are discovered on an isolated walking track near Wreck Beach in Victoria but police say there are not treating the deaths as suspicious.
• 23 June – Adelaide's Westfield Marion shopping centre in Adelaide is sent into a lockdown when two group of teenage boys allegedly start brawling in the food court, with some armed with extendable batons and a machete. Two teenage boys are later arrested and charged with assault, affray and aggravated robbery.
• 24 June – South Australia's so-called "bicycle bandit", 73-year-old former police officer and firefighter Kym Allen Parsons is sentenced in the Supreme Court to 35 years imprisonment with a non-parole period of 28 years after admitting to carrying out eleven armed robberies across the state between 2004 and 2014, stealing nearly $359,000. However, he dies two days later on 26 June 2024 after having been granted access to voluntary assisted dying.
• 25 June –
  • WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is freed from HM Prison Belmarsh in the United Kingdom after agreeing to plead guilty to one charge of breaching the espionage law in the United States in a deal which allows him to return home to Australia.
  • The bodies of two men, a woman and a teenage boy are discovered at a property in the Melbourne suburb of Broadmeadows. Police say they don't believe the deaths to be suspicious.
  • 57-year-old former Jetstar pilot Greg Lynn is found guilty by a jury of murdering 73-year-old Carol Clay in Victoria's Wonnangatta Valley in 2020. However, the jury acquits him of murdering 74-year-old Russell Hill.
  • Labor senator Fatima Payman risks expulsion from her party when she crosses the floor to vote against Labor when the Australian Greens move a motion calling for the senate to recognise the State of Palestine. Payman later reveals she had been rebuked by Anthony Albanese during a "stern but fair" conversation, who also bars her from Labor caucus meetings during the current parliamentary sitting as punishment.
• 26 June – Julian Assange arrives back in Australia, with his plane touching down in Canberra just after 7:30pm, after which Prime Minister Anthony Albanese phones Assange to welcome him home.
• 27 June – Two teenagers who attacked former rugby union player Toutai Kefu, his wife and their two adult children during a home invasion in August 2021 are sentenced to seven years and eight years in custody respectively.
• 28 June –
  • A large street brawl erupts in Halls Creek, Western Australia with police alleging up to 60 people were involved in the "out of control gathering" prompting extra officers to be flown into the town to assist. Police allege up to 40 of the people involved in the brawl were armed with sticks, stones, bricks, knives and metal bars. By Sunday morning, nine people had been charged for offences relating to being armed and the failure to follow orders from police.
  • A woman aged in her 50's dies in Mighell, Queensland after an alleged domestic violence related stabbing. Her 51-year-old de facto partner is subsequently charged with murder.
• 29 June –
  • A woman is found dead at her home in Casino, New South Wales. A 31-year-old man is subsequently charged with murder. An investigation is also launched into why it took police officers almost an hour to attend the scene.
  • A fire breaks out at the Grosvenor underground coal mine near Moranbah, Queensland when methane gas ignites on the longwall coalface. All workers are safely evacuated but the fire continues to burn with smoke affecting the town's residents as Queensland Mines Rescue units attempt to extinguish the fire, with people warned to stay indoors.
  • War memorials on Canberra's Anzac Parade including the Australian Army Memorial, the Korean War Memorial and the Vietnam Forces National Memorial are vandalised with pro-Palestinian graffiti.
• 30 June –
  • At least three people are killed when a Greyhound Australia coach carrying 33 people collides with a car towing a caravan on the Bruce Highway near the town of Gumlu.
  • Labor senator Fatima Payman confirms she has now been indefinitely suspended from the Labor caucus following an interview on ABC TV's Insiders program where she said she would cross the floor again if need be. A Labor spokesperson confirms that Payman had been suspended because she had "placed herself outside the privilege" of participating in the caucus but would be permitted to return when she decides to respect the caucus and her colleagues.

July

• 1 July –
  • The Australian Government raises the visa fee for international students from A$710 (US$473) to A$1,600 (US$1,068) in an attempt to curb record levels of migration claimed to exacerbate pressure on the Australian housing market.
  • Sam Mostyn is sworn in as the 28th Governor-General of Australia.
• 2 July –
  • Australia issues statements to several social media and search engine websites commanding them to draft and enforce guidelines to prevent minors from seeing inappropriate material by 3 October, or else the companies will face national restrictions.
  • A man who stole Nick Kyrgios' car after holding Kyrgios' mother at gunpoint is sentenced in the ACT Supreme Court to more than four years jail after earlier pleading guilty to offences including robbery with an offensive weapon.
  • A 12-year-old girl goes missing near Palumpa, Northern Territory after reportedly being attacked by a crocodile. The human remains belonging to the girl are located by Northern Territory Police on 4 July 2024.
• 3 July –
  • A woman's body is discovered at a tip in the Melbourne suburb of Epping, triggering a homicide investigation.
  • Australian online bookseller Booktopia enters voluntary administration.
• 4 July –
  • Former Liberal Party staffer Bruce Lehrmann is committed to stand trial in the Toowoomba District Court on two counts of rape, alleged to have occurred in October 2021.
  • Protestors target Parliament House in Canberra, with climate change protestors gluing themselves to bollards in the foyer while pro-Palestinian protestors climb onto the roof to unfurl banners.
  • Fatima Payman resigns from the Australian Labor Party, deciding to sit on the crossbench in the Senate as an independent.
• 5 July – A 24-year-old man dies in a workplace accident at a joinery business in Roma, Queensland.
• 6 July –
  • Papua New Guinea petroleum minister Jimmy Maladina is arrested in Sydney and charged with an alleged domestic assault offence following an alleged altercation with a 31-year-old woman in Bondi.
  • A man is shot dead by police after allegedly approaching officers with a knife at a police station in Townsville.
  • The annual NAIDOC Awards are held in Adelaide, where Muriel Bamblett is named NAIDOC Person of the Year and Dulcie Flower receives the Lifetime Achievement Award.
• 7 July –
  • A 10-month-old girl and two boys, aged 2 and 4, die in a house fire in the Sydney suburb of Lalor Park. Four other children aged between 6 and 11 as well as a 29-year-old woman are taken to hospital. A 28-year-old man is subsequently arrested and placed into custody and under police guard in hospital.
  • Four off-duty NT police officers are allegedly assaulted by a group of approximately 20 youths in Alice Springs. This incident coupled with several other violent incidents in the town prompt the Northern Territory's police commissioner to implement a three-night curfew for both children and adults.
  • A 24-year-old man serving as an infantry team leader for the Ukrainian Foreign Legion becomes the seventh Australian killed while fighting in the Russo-Ukrainian War following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
  • During an appearance on ABC TV's Insiders, deputy leader of the Greens Mehreen Faruqi repeatedly refuses to answer a question about whether terrorist organisation Hamas should be dismantled.
  • Bill Shorten confirms sex work will no longer be funded through the NDIS under planned reforms.
  • During an appearance on Network 10's The Project, former Liberal prime minister Malcolm Turnbull describes current Liberal leader Peter Dutton as a "thug", having also described Dutton as a "thug" in the 2024 ABC series Nemesis.
• 10 July –
  • The three bodies of an Australian couple and a family member are discovered dead at a luxury resort at Tagaytay in the Philippines in a suspected murder.
  • Violence continues in Alice Springs with approximately 50 people being involved in an afternoon brawl outside a Coles supermarket. Three men and two teenage females are arrested and a number of weapons seized including spears, nulla nullas, a baseball bat and a machete.
  • A Fraser Coast Regional Council staff member threatens to call the police on One Nation leader Pauline Hanson for doing a live interview with Sky News Australia while standing next to a statue of Mary Poppins in the Queensland city of Maryborough. Fraser Coast deputy mayor Paul Truscott and CEO Ken Diehm both apologise to Hanson the following day with Truscott describing the request as "unfounded" due to the fact that the statue is located in a public place.
• 11 July –
  • Prime Minister Anthony Albanese commences announcing Labor candidates for the 2025 Australian federal election.
  • Two Russian-born Australian citizens are arrested in Brisbane. The 40-year-old Australian Defence Force private and her 62-year-old husband are charged with one count each of preparing an espionage offence.
• 12 July –
  • Less than four months after winning the 2024 Ipswich West state by-election, Darren Zanow announces he won't be recontesting his seat at the 2024 Queensland state election due to being diagnosed with an incurable brain disease.
  • John Setka resigns as secretary of the Victorian branch of the CFMEU, citing pressure from "relentless" media coverage. Setka's resignation came just before Nine newspapers published serious allegations of corruption within the CFMEU. Federal workplace relations minister Tony Burke indicates he sought advice on how to respond to the allegations.
• 13 July –
  • Russia accuses Australia of inciting "anti-Russian paranoia" after Australia charged a Russian-born Australian couple with espionage.
  • The remains of Matthew Flinders, the first person to circumnavigate Australia were buried at Donington, Lincolnshire after they were discovered in 2019 during excavation work at London's Euston railway station.
• 14 July –
  • Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese, federal opposition leader Peter Dutton, ambassador to the United States Kevin Rudd, and former prime ministers Scott Morrison and Tony Abbott are among current and former Australian leaders who condemn the attempted assassination former president Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.
  • The bodies of a man and a woman are discovered in Melbourne's Maribyrnong River but Victoria Police don't believe the deaths are linked. While police believe the woman's death to be suspicious and is being investigated by the Homicide Squad, the man's death is believed to be non-suspicious. Despite the bodies being found within 90 minutes of each other approximately 1.7 kilometres apart, police say there is nothing to link the two deaths.
• 15 July –
  • Victorian premier Jacinta Allan says she has asked Labor's national executive to suspend the construction division of the CFMEU from the Victorian Labor Party following allegations of serious misconduct. Allan describes the allegations as "thuggish and appalling" and which she says have been referred to Victoria Police and the IBAC. National CFMEU secretary Zach Smith also confirms the Victorian branch would be placed into administration as he establishes an independent process to investigate the allegations, which will be overseen by a "leading legal figure".
  • Queensland police discover the body of a 28-year-old woman with multiple stab wounds at a home in the Ipswich suburb of Leichhardt. A 36-year-old man is subsequently charged with the woman's murder.
  • After a four-week trial in Sydney's Downing Centre District Court, three men are found guilty of multiple charges relating to the gang rape of three young women at an Airbnb apartment in Newcastle during a bucks party weekend in 2022.
  • The Australian Government confirms King Charles III and Queen Camilla will visit Australia in October 2024.
  • During his weekly spot on local radio station 4RO, Queensland Labor MP Barry O'Rourke admits he uses the electoral roll to obtain addresses of people who leave negative comments on his Facebook page so he can visit them in person, which prompts accusations of intimidation from federal LNP MP Michelle Landry and One Nation's James Ashby. However, premier Steven Miles defends O'Rourke, describing it as "a entirely appropriate use of the electoral roll."
• 17 July –
  • The allegations of serious misconduct within the CFMEU continues to have repercussions with federal workplace minister Tony Burke asking the Australian Federal Police to investigation the allegations, describing the alleged conduct as "abhorrent" and "intolerable." The ACTU also suspends the construction and general division of the CFMEU as it calls on its members to support the appointment of an independent administrator. New South Wales premier Chris Minns also moves to suspend the union from the NSW Labor Party and seeks to stop the party receiving donations from the union. Anthony Albanese also confirms the Queensland branch will also be affected by the decision to appoint an administrator.
  • A memorial service is held near Amsterdam to commemorate the 10th anniversary of when Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over Ukraine, killing 298 people including 38 Australians.
  • Fortescue Mining announces that approximately 700 of its staff are to be made redundant.
• 18 July –
  • The Australian Labor Party's national executive cuts ties with the CFMEU's construction division, suspending the affiliation with the New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmanian branches of the ALP.
  • Electronic prescription provider MediSecure confirms the personal data of 12.9 million Australians were stolen in the large scale data breach earlier in the year.
  • The ATSB releases its final report into the collision of two Viper S-211 Marchetti planes above Port Phillip Bay in November 2023 in which pilot Stephen Gale and camera operator James Rose were killed.
• 19 July –
  • A major IT network outage occurs in Australia and globally affecting a large number of companies and services.
  • Former New South Wales premier Dominic Perrottet announces he is leaving parliament to take up a position as BHP's United States head of corporate and external affairs.
  • A 23-year-old woman dies after allegedly being deliberately struck by a four-wheel-drive in Daisy Hill, south of Brisbane. A 24-year-old woman is subsequently charged with murder.
• 21 July – A 40-year-old man and one of his twin two-year-old daughters are killed at Sydney's Carlton railway station after the pram carrying the twin girls rolled onto the tracks and into the path of an oncoming train. New South Wales premier Chris Minns describes it as "a very confronting and sad day."
• 22 July – Two Australian broadcast technicians in France for the Nine Network's Olympics coverage are allegedly assaulted in Le Bourget.
• 23 July –
  • French police confirm they are investigating allegations that a 25-year-old Australian woman was allegedly gang raped by five men in Paris in the early hours of 20 July.
  • A 23-year-old surfer has his leg severed in a shark attack on the New South Wales Mid North Coast near Port Macquarie. He is flown to John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle in a stable but critical condition.
• 24 July –
  • Four teenagers are sentenced to between 17 and 19.5 years imprisonment for the 2022 murder of 16-year-old Declan Cutler in the Melbourne suburb of Reservoir after they were all found guilty following a judge-only trial in February 2024.
  • The body of a 27-year-old bushwalker is discovered by search crews near one of the approaches to Tasmania's Federation Peak. Police confirm the man appears to have died after an apparent significant fall, with the body unable to be retrieved until windy conditions ease.
  • Queensland Attorney-General Yvette D'Ath lodges an appeal over the sentences handed down to two teenagers who attacked Toutai Kefu and his family in 2021, with D'Ath stating that it is being lodged "on the grounds the sentences imposed were manifestly inadequate."
  • The wreckage of the MV Noongah, which sank in 1969 with the loss of 21 lives, is discovered off the coast of South West Rocks, New South Wales.
• 25 July –
  • Two pilots die when their helicopters collide on a cattle station near Camballin, Western Australia.
  • Federal cabinet ministers Linda Burney and Brendan O'Connor announce they are retiring and will not recontest the 2025 Australian federal election.
  • A former coal miner becomes the first Australian to win a black lung disease case at trial and is awarded $3.2 million in damages after being diagnosed with pneumoconiosis in 2018, having worked in coal mines in New South Wales and Queensland.
  • The Federal Court of Australia rules that there is insufficient evidence that weedkiller Roundup causes cancer, dismissing a major class action against parent companies Monsanto and Bayer.
• 28 July –
  • Prime Minister Anthony Albanese reshuffles his cabinet due to the impending retirements of Linda Burney and Brendan O'Connor, which sees senator Malarndirri McCarthy succeed Burney as the minister for Indigenous affairs while Andrew Giles is moved to the skills and training portfolio. Clare O'Neil also moves to the housing portfolio.
  • Roughly 40 members of the Victorian chapter of the far-right National Socialist Network hold a flash rally, where they marched from Melbourne's Fed Square to Flinders Street Station, clad in all black and carrying a large "Mass Deportations Now" banner. One person was "arrested at the scene and was interviewed for grossly offensive public conduct," a spokesperson for Victoria Police said.
• 29 July –
  • Sakina Muhammad Jan becomes the first person to be jailed under Australia's forced marriage laws, after ordering her 21-year-old daughter to wed a man who later murdered her.
  • Rex Airlines enters a trading halt, with speculation that the company is seeking voluntary administration. This sparked comparisons with Bonza, who was collapsed and wound up later in the year. Rex later suspended ticket sales, with plans to exit back out of the metropolitan market and/or appoint EY as administrators.
  • Twenty Carls Jr. restaurants in Australia close immediately after the company's Australian licensee entered voluntary administration.
• 30 July –
  • Victoria's health department confirms 33 people have been diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease within an outbreak affecting the northern and western suburbs of Melbourne.
  • A woman in her 90's is the first person to die in the Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Melbourne.
• 31 July – Billson's Brewery enters administration. Thirty staff at the company are made redundant.

August

• 1 August –
  • A man aged in his 60's becomes the second person to die in Melbourne's Legionnaires' disease outbreak.
  • Foreign minister Penny Wong advises Australians in Lebanon to leave immediately as tensions increase between Israel and Hezbollah following the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran.
  • Controversy arises when it emerges an Officeworks employee in the Melbourne suburb of Elsternwick had denied service to a Jewish man in March 2024, refusing to laminate an article from The Australian Jewish News because she was "pro-Palestine." Officeworks apologises, stating their polices were incorrectly applied and that the staff member had undergone education regarding discrimination which included resources from the Melbourne Holocaust Museum.
  • The Queensland Government's ban on new gas exploration throughout the Channel Country comes into effect, stopping any new fracking projects after amendments were made to the Regional Planning Interest Regulation Act 2014.
• 2 August –
  • A 48-year-old man dies in a mining accident at a coal mine near Glenden, Queensland.
  • One Nation's only state MP in the Queensland parliament Stephen Andrew confirms that he has received a letter from party leader Pauline Hanson advising him that she would not be endorsing him as the candidate for Mirani at the 2024 Queensland state election, prompting Andrew to leave the party.
• 3 August –
  • Northern Territory police commissioner Michael Murphy uses a speech at the Garma Festival to publicly apologise to "Aboriginal Territorians for the past harms and the injustices caused by members of the Northern Territory police."
  • A 40-year-old Newcastle man falls into the Annan River near Cooktown, Queensland while walking along the riverbank and fails to resurface. Human remains are later found in a crocodile which had been euthanased by wildlife officers.
• 5 August – Prime minister Anthony Albanese announces that the government has elevated Australia's terrorism threat from "possible" to "probable" but that it did not mean a terrorist attack was "inevitable."
• 6 August –
  • Prime minister Anthony Albanese confirms the ambassador of Iran to Australia Ahmad Sadeghi had received a diplomatic rebuke from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade for comments he had made on social media where he called for a "wiping out" of Israelis in Palestine and referring to Israelis as a "zionist plague".
  • It emerges that five boats have been intercepted by Australian maritime border protection authorities at Kuri Bay, around 370 kilometres north-east of Broome, Western Australia.
• 7 August –
  • A 4.1 magnitude earthquake occurs at Woods Point, Victoria just before 4:00am, with seismologists concluding that it was an aftershock from the 2021 Mansfield earthquake.
  • The water temperature around the Great Barrier Reef is reported to have reached a 400-year record high, which is causing more mass bleaching events.
  • QantasLink announces it will cut a total of 51 jobs at its maintenance facility in the New South Wales city of Tamworth, as it ends heavy maintenance operations due to the phasing out of Q200 and Q300 aircraft which are being replaced by additional and Q400 aircraft. The announcement angers federal member for New England Barnaby Joyce.
  • The Department of Industry, Science and Resources is charged in the ACT Magistrates Court with one count of breaching work, health and safety laws after an alleged incident in July 2022 involving a 9-year-old child who allegedly received burns when their hands caught fire upon touching a plasma globe in a Questacon gallery after using alcohol-based hand sanitiser, with the matter scheduled to be mentioned on 12 September.
• 8 August –
  • 53-year-old crocodile expert Adam Britton is sentenced in the Northern Territory Supreme Court to more than ten years imprisonment, after having earlier pled guilty to 56 charges relating to the rape, torture and murder of more than 42 dogs between 2014 and April 2022. He also admitted to four charges of accessing child exploitation material.
  • South Australian opposition leader David Speirs resigns from the Liberal Party leadership but will continue to serve in state parliament as the member for Black.
  • A 48-year-old Australian man dies in Indonesia after hitting his head on a reef while surfing in North Sumatra, with DFAT confirming they are providing assistance to the man's family.
• 9 August – With 107 confirmed cases of Legionnaires' disease in Melbourne, Victoria's chief health officer Clare Looker confirms all cases in the outbreak are linked to a cooling tower in the suburb of Laverton North.
• 10 August – A 24-year-old man is allegedly stabbed at a caravan park in Hervey Bay on Queensland's Fraser Coast, and later dies from his injuries. A 14-year-old girl is subsequently charged with his alleged murder.
• 12 August – A pilot dies when the helicopter he was flying on an "unauthorised" flight crashes into a hotel in the Queensland city of Cairns shortly before 2:00am prompting the evacuation of approximately 400 people.
• 13 August – A 10-year-old girl is found dead on the Gold Coast. A 46-year-old woman is subsequently charged with her murder.
• 14 August – DFAT confirms an 11-year-old Australian girl was allegedly stabbed eight times in a random attack while she was sightseeing with her mother in London's Leicester Square on 12 August. A 32-year-old man is subsequently charged with attempted murder.
• 15 August –
  • Peter Dutton, the leader of Australia's Liberal Party, calls on the Australian government to ban the entry of Palestinian refugees fleeing from conflict in the Gaza Strip, which is met with significant condemnation from several politicians and organizations as promoting racial stereotypes.
  • SBS World News reports that the Australian government has rejected the majority of Palestinian visa applications, accepting 2,922 and rejecting 7,111 compared to its granting of 8,746 visas to Israeli citizens while rejecting only 235.
• 19 August – Phase one of the Sydney Metro City & Southwest rapid transit line opens up between the suburbs of Chatswood and Sydenham in Sydney, New South Wales.
• 22 August –
  • A 56-year-old man is killed when two vehicles collide at a coal mine near Glenden, Queensland. It's the second fatality recorded at the same mine in less than three weeks.
  • Federal Labor MP Graham Perrett announces he will retire at the next federal election after almost 20 years in parliament.
• 23 August – A magnitude 4.7 earthquake occurs in the New South Wales Hunter Valley with the epicentre recorded near Muswellbrook, which causes minor infrastructure damage and power outages.
• 24 August –
  • The 2024 Northern Territory general election is held which sees the Country Liberal Party achieve a decisive victory, defeating the Labor Party. Chief minister Eva Lawler, who was also defeated in her own seat of Drysdale by Clinton Howe, concedes defeat to Lia Finocchiaro. The Labor party lost its first mainland state or territory since the 2018 South Australian election.
  • After having been elected in the 2024 Tasmanian state election in March, Bass MP Rebekah Pentland and Braddon MP Miriam Beswick are removed from the Jacqui Lambie Network with the party accusing the two MPs of having a "cosy relationship" with Jeremy Rockliff's Liberal government. The two MPs will remain in parliament as independents.
  • A second earthquake occurs near Muswellbrook in the Hunter Valley, with a magnitude of 4.5.
  • An historic pub is destroyed by fire in Baralaba, Queensland.
• 25 August –
  • Federal LNP senator Gerard Rennick quits the party to run as an independent at the 2025 election.
  • Four people are injured in a mass stabbing in Engadine, New South Wales. The suspect is later taken into custody.
  • Brisbane's Treasury Casino closes, after having first opened in 1995.
• 26 August –
  • Australia's right to disconnect laws come into effect.
  • Justin Laurens Stein is sentenced to life imprisonment without parole for murdering 9-year-old Charlise Mutten in January 2022.
  • The Albanese Government confirms it has dumped a proposal to including a question about gender identity and sexuality in the 2026 Australian census which draws criticism from the LGBTIQ+ community, lobby groups and politicians.
• 27 August –
  • Thousands protest around Australia in support of the CFMEU, after the federal government passed legislation to circumvent a court process by enabling an administrator to be appointed to the union. Federal Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather is criticised for attending the Brisbane rally where signs were held up depicting Anthony Albanese as Adolf Hitler. Greens leader Adam Bandt defends Chandler-Mather's attendance at the rally describing it as "legitimate" but described the signs and the comparisons as "offensive".
  • Australian Police and New Zealand Police announce they have concluded a joint illicit drug operation that resulted in 1,611 arrests and 2,962 charges nationwide. The police also confiscated almost 1,400 kilograms (3,100 lb) of illicit drugs and over 2,500 cannabis plants, worth 93 million AUD (US$63 million).
  • A nine-month-old baby boy suffers burns to his face, chest and arms after an unknown man allegedly deliberately poured hot coffee on him in Hanlon Park in the Brisbane suburb of Stones Corner.
  • A major traffic accident occurs on Queensland's Bruce Highway in the early hours amid foggy and smoky conditions, between Bundaberg and Gladstone, in which five heavy vehicles collide. Two ambulances also collide en route to the accident. One of the truck drivers later dies in hospital.
• 28 August – Former high profile swim coach Dick Caine is found by a judge to have committed 39 acts of sexual assault, including rape and indecent assault on six underage young athletes who he trained in the 1970s and 1980s. Inducted into the Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in 2022, Caine had trained a number of Olympic and Commonwealth Games athletes throughout his career including Michelle Ford, Janelle Elford, Karen Phillips, Stacey Gartrell and Michellie Jones.
• 29 August – The new Neville Bonner Bridge in Brisbane opens to the public as does the new Queen's Wharf precinct which includes Brisbane's new Star casino.
• 30 August –
  • Western Australian premier Roger Cook confirms a 17-year-old boy died by suicide at the Banksia Hill Juvenile Detention Centre the previous night.
  • New South Wales state Liberal MP Rory Amon resigns from the party and parliament after police charge him with five counts of sexual intercourse with a person over 10 and under 14. In a statement, Amon confirms he had been charged with events alleged to have occurred in 2017 but denies all charges and says he will make his case in the courts.
  • Another major traffic accident occurs on Queensland's Bruce Highway between Bundaberg and Gladstone when a truck carrying 42 tonnes of ammonium nitrate and a utility collide, killing the ute driver. An exclusion zone is established before the ammonium nitrate triggers a major explosion, prompting authorities to warn the highway would be closed for an extended amount of time.
  • A 41-year-old man is sentenced to six years imprisonment in Townsville District Court after pleading guilty to dangerous driving causing death after a crash on the Bruce Highway near Ayr in August 2022, in which former Latrobe councillor John Perkins from Tasmania was killed.
  • In what is described as a "backflip", Anthony Albanese confirms in a radio interview that they would be a question regarding sexuality and gender identity in the 2026 Australian census despite his government earlier confirming they had dumped their proposal to include such a question.
• 31 August – Anthony Albanese denies the federal government had changed its policy regarding the inclusion of a question relating to gender identity and sexuality in the 2026 Australian census.

September

• 1 September –
  • It's confirmed a 63-year-old woman has died after a tree strikes her cabin in a holiday park in Moama, as days of extreme weather occurs across Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales.
  • Queensland premier Steven Miles uses a government jet to fly 74 kilometres from Hervey Bay to Bundaberg to present a birthday cake to local MP Tom Smith and announce funding for a school fence. His decision to fly the short distance is condemned by his critics but is defended by Miles who says it was just one leg of a multi-city trip, describing it as "an entirely appropriate use of travel resources."
• 2 September –
  • An animal handler receives multiple lacerations to her arm after being mauled by a tiger at Dreamworld on the Gold Coast.
  • 46-year-old Ashley Paul Griffith pleads guilty to 307 sexual offences against children while working at childcare centres in Queensland and Italy between 2007 and 2022.
  • After the company puts itself into a voluntary trading halt on 29 August, Star Entertainment Group is temporarily suspended from the Australian Stock Exchange after failing to report annual results by deadline.
• 3 September –
  • Retail Food Group confirms that company-owned Gloria Jean's Coffees outlets will no longer be accepting cash payments from customers from 11 September 2024.
  • The takeover of the New South Wales Liberal Party by the federal liberals have an issue with Rob Stokes refusing to serve on the proposed administration committee.
• 5 September –
  • Federal NDIS minister and former Labor leader Bill Shorten announces he will retire from politics in February 2025 to take up the position as vice-chancellor of the University of Canberra.
  • Saputo Inc. announces that 120-year-old Australian dairy company King Island Dairy will close in mid-2025 because a buyer could not be found for the business, impacting 58 employees. Tasmanian premier Jeremy Rockliff confirms the Tasmamian government is providing support to the workers, farmers and the wider community who will be impacted by the closure.
• 6 September –
  • 27-year-old Cody James Edwards is sentenced in Mount Gambier to at least 11 years imprisonment for the manslaughter of Synamin Bell in March 2022. Edwards was originally charged and stood trial for Bell's murder but part way through was re-arraigned after which he pled guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter. The sentence angers Bell's family and prompts the South Australian Government to attempt to introduce legislation preventing delusions caused by drugs being used as a defence.
  • Former high profile Sydney real estate agent Matthew Brian Ramsay is sentenced to an overall jail term of six years and eight months for stabbing a woman in the chest with a 25 cm kitchen knife in Dover Heights on 8 August 2022.
• 7 September – A 4.5 magnitude earthquake occurs near Muswellbrook, New South Wales causing minor damage and power outages. It is the third earthquake to occur in the area within three weeks.
• 8 September – Federal treasurer Jim Chalmers confirms the 2026 Australian census will include questions about sexual orientation and gender with the Australian Bureau of Statistics to determine the questions.
• 9 September –
  • The Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide hands down the final report, making 122 recommendations which includes establishing a new support body to assist defence personnel transition into civilian life.
  • Just Group confirms they have terminated the employment of Smiggle managing director John Cheston which they said was because of "serious misconduct" and a breach of the terms of his employment.
  • According to Queensland Police, a 33-year-old foreign national who allegedly attacked a nine-month-old baby in a Brisbane park on 27 August by pouring scalding hot coffee over him flew out of Sydney Airport on 31 August.
  • Former Queensland One Nation MP Stephen Andrew announces he has joined Katter's Australian Party, increasing the number of KAP representatives in the Queensland parliament to four.
  • The federal government announces it would introduce new legislation before the end of 2024 to ban children from accessing social media.
  • Adelaide newspaper The Advertiser publishes a video and photos which allegedly depict former South Australian Liberal leader David Speirs snorting a white substance. Speirs strenuously denies any wrongdoing, describing the video as a deepfake or an elaborate hoax.
• 10 September –
  • The bodies of a 9-year-old boy and an 11-year-old boy are discovered at a property in the Blue Mountains village of Faulconbridge. The 42-year-old mother of the boys is subsequently charged with two counts of domestic violence-related murder.
  • Thousands of protestors attend a national farmer rally in Canberra where the agricultural sector accuses the federal government of initiating numerous anti-farming policies.
• 11 September –
  • Thousands of protestors descend on Melbourne's CBD to rally against the biennial Land Forces International Expo at the MECC, with violent clashes erupting between the protestors and Victoria Police who describe their operation as the most significant since the S11 protests at the World Economic Forum in 2000. (Main article: 2024 Melbourne Land Forces Expo protests)
  • Victorian Greens MP Gabrielle de Vietri is condemned by both premier Jacinta Allan and manager of opposition business James Newbury for missing parliament to attend the violent anti-war protests in Melbourne.
  • Brett Andrew Button is sentenced to 32 years in jail with a non-parole period of 24 years for dangerous driving occasioning death following the Hunter Valley bus crash on 11 June 2023. Button also pleaded guilty to charges relating to dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm, driving furiously, and causing bodily harm.
  • Independent New South Wales MP Alex Greenwich wins his defamation case against Mark Latham, with Latham ordered to pay $160,000 in damages after a tweet about Greenwich published in March 2023 was determined by Justice David O'Callaghan to be defamatory.
  • Former SA Liberal leader David Speirs takes medical leave from his position as the Member for Black following the publication of a video which purports to show him snorting a white substance. Speirs strenuously denies any wrongdoing having described the video as a deepfake and states he has engaged legal counsel.
• 12 September –
  • Federal defence minister Richard Marles strips the distinguished service medals of up to nine commanding officers who served in the War in Afghanistan, implementing the final recommendation of the Brereton Report which found "credible evidence" Australian soldiers had unlawfully killed 39 people.
  • The Australian Electoral Commission confirms the Division of North Sydney, currently held by Teal independent Kylea Tink, will be abolished at the 2025 Australian federal election.
• 14 September – The 2024 New South Wales local elections are held which sees Clover Moore re-elected to a record sixth term as Lord Mayor of Sydney.
• 19 September –
  • Following a three-day committal hearing in Ballarat, a magistrate discharges the entire case against a 66-year-old diabetic driver who was driving a vehicle which crashed into the Royal Daylesford Hotel on 5 November 2023 killing five people including two children. The magistrate finds there is not enough evidence to support a conviction by a jury with all fourteen charges against the man struck out. The decision is condemned by the families of the victims.
  • A 65-year-old male dual citizen of Australia and Greece was arrested at an airport in Rome, Italy, in connection with the January 1977 Easey Street murders in Collingwood, Victoria.
  • Alleged Ghost developer and administrator Jay Je Yoon Jung is arrested in Sydney, on five charges related to the encrypted communication network's development and operation.
• 20 September –
  • The Mining and Energy Union and five union officials are fined a total of $657,105 after having been found to have breached the Fair Work Act 190 times after targeting strikebreakers during a 2017 industrial dispute at Oakey Creek North coal mine with conduct "designed to intimidate". The MEU was further ordered to pay $10,000 to a worker who was targeted. Among the five union officials to be fined was the MEU's current national vice-president Stephen Smyth who receives an $85,680 fine.
  • At a senate inquiry into antisemitism on university campuses, the University of Sydney's vice-chancellor Mark Scott issues an apology to Jewish students and staff after reading testimonials detailing their experiences during the eight-week Students for Palestine protest, stating "I have failed them and the university has failed them."
  • Prime Minister Anthony Albanese meets with outgoing United States president Joe Biden ahead of the annual Quadrilateral Security Dialogue meeting in Wilmington, Delaware.
• 23 September –
  • Queensland's new sexual consent laws come into effect with the state moving to an affirmative consent model, while stealthing becomes criminalised.
  • The ACCC launches legal action against Woolworths and Coles, alleging they breached consumer law by deriving revenue with "illusionary" discounts on hundreds of products.
• 24 September – Twelve Singapore Armed Forces servicemen sustain minor injuries when an armoured vehicle rear-ends another during Exercise Wallaby in the Shoalwater Bay Military Training Area near Rockhampton, Queensland.
• 25 September – Dick Caine dies from cancer before he can be sentenced for his sexual assault conviction.
• 27 September –
  • Public figures from the Department of Health and Aged Care show that cases of mpox in Australia have increased by 570% since July 2024, and show that there were 616 new cases of mpox recorded in Australia, bringing the total amount of confirmed cases to 724.
  • The Victorian Government confirms former premier Dan Andrews will be immortalised with a bronze statue, having become the fifth Victorian premier to serve over 3000 days in office, joining John Cain, Rupert Hamer, Henry Bolte and Albert Dunstan.

October

• 1 October –
  • After people gathered at several Shiite Muslim mosques in Sydney to commemorate the death of leader of terrorist group Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah, prime minister Anthony Albanese declares that nobody in Australia should be mourning Nasrallah's death while opposition leader Peter Dutton calls for memorial services for him to be cancelled.
  • Federal police commissioner Reece Kershaw warns that action would be taken if Hezbollah or Hamas flags were displayed at national pro-Palestinian rallies on 6 October - the eve of the first anniversary of the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel.
• 2 October – A mine worker aged in his 30's is killed and another seriously injured in an incident at Glencore's Oaky Creek coal mine near Tieri, Queensland.
• 3 October – A 35-year-old man originally from the Irish village of Kilcar is killed in a workplace accident on the Mitchell Freeway in Perth's northern suburbs with DFAT stating they are willing to provide assistance to his family.
• 4 October –
  • Federal opposition leader Peter Dutton calls on the expulsion of Iran's ambassador to Australia Ahmad Sadeghi after Sadeghi describes assassinated terrorist leader Hassan Nasrallah as an "unparalleled leader" and a "martyr". Prime minister Anthony Albanese also condemns Sadeghi's comments.
  • A 19-year-old man and 20-year-old Tye William Porter are sentenced in the Brisbane Supreme Court for killing Uber driver and hit 101.9 Fraser Coast radio presenter Scott Cabrie in February 2023. The 19-year-old man is sentenced to 15 years in jail after having pleaded guilty to one count of murder, while Porter is sentenced to 9½ years in jail after having pleaded guilty to one count of manslaughter. The length of the sentences are condemned by Cabrie's family and friends, who take issue with the judge's order that the 19-year-old be released after serving 60% of the sentence.
• 5 October –
  • South Australia Police confirm former South Australian opposition leader David Speirs has been charged with two counts of supplying a controlled substance. Spiers says he intends to fight to clear his name and plans to resign from parliament during the next sitting week.
  • The Australian Republic Movement's former chair Craig Foster publicly rebukes New South Wales premier Chris Minns and his wife Anna for sending him an invitation to a community barbecue to be attended by Charles III and Queen Camilla during their visit to Australia, posting a photo of the invitation on X and writing: "Thanks Anna and @ChrisMinnsMP, But, no thanks. I look forward to being ‘in the presence of’ our first Aussie Head of State. When we put our big pants on, as a country.”
• 6 October –
  • Thousands of pro-Palestinian protestors rally in capital cities on the eve of the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel. Although there is a heightened police presence, authorities praise the overall behaviour of the demonstrators.
  • An 8-year-old girl and her 31-year-old babysitter are killed in a townhouse fire in the Redlands suburb of Thorneside.
  • A 25-year-old man is killed in a water skiing incident on the Hawkesbury River at Lower Portland.
• 7 October – The first of two repatriation flights organised by the federal government for Australians fleeing the 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon touches down in Sydney, with 349 Australians and their immediate family members arriving at Sydney Airport.
• 8 October –
  • Jacob Hersant of the National Socialist Network becomes the first Victorian to be found guilty of performing a Nazi salute.
  • Federal opposition leader Peter Dutton accuses prime minister Anthony Albanese of using a motion to mark the first anniversary of the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel for personal political gain, with the Coalition refusing the support the motion as they believe it went beyond paying tribute to the 1,200 lives lost.
  • Prime minister Anthony Albanese apologises after asking shadow treasurer Angus Taylor if he had Tourette syndrome during Question Time. The remark drew criticism from the Coalition, Greens senator Jordon Steele-John and Tourette syndrome Association of Australia president Mandy Maysey.
• 9 October –
  • Former Labor senator Fatima Payman launches the Australia's Voice political party. However, concerns are raised about potential confusion with the Indigenous Voice to Parliament and the 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum with Tom Calma stating that it should be made clear the new party's purpose is not to represent the Voice to Parliament.
  • 36-year-old Adam John Charles Evans is sentenced in the Brisbane Supreme Court to 18 years in jail and is automatically declared a serious violent offender for killing a 61-year-old man Kym Mitchell in November 2018. Evans was originally charged with Mitchell's murder but pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter in 2021. He also pleaded guilty to four counts of rape.
• 10 October –
  • Following an ongoing investigation into the death of a 49-year-old woman who died in an apparent incident with a ride-on mower in Queensland's Lockyer Valley in July 2024, police charge a 47-year-old Royal Australian Air Force squadron leader with murder (domestic violence offence) and misconduct with a corpse by interfering.
  • The ATSB hands down its final report into the fatal helicopter crash in Cairns on 12 August 2024. The investigation finds 23-year-old pilot Blake Wilson was affected by alcohol when he flew into a no-fly zone and crashed the helicopter into a hotel on the Cairns esplanade in the early hours, with a toxicology report showing "high levels of blood alcohol concentration", which chief commissioner Angus Mitchell said posed "significant risk to others in the Cairns area."
  • A sexual abuse survivor who was one of many to be abused by convicted paedophile Darrell Ray at Melbourne's Beaumaris Primary School in the 1960s and 1970s reveals that he has reached a record $8 million settlement with the Victorian Government with the man's lawyer describing it as "the biggest publicly known payment to an abuse survivor in Australia."
  • Victorian premier Jacinta Allan formally apologises to the state's Stolen Generations at a private event on behalf of the Victorian Government.
  • Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, the King of Bhutan, arrives in Australia for an eight-day trip where he will visit Sydney, Canberra and Perth.
• 11 October – A 34-year-old woman loses an arm when she is mauled by her own dog in Townsville, Queensland. She is taken to Townsville University Hospital in a critical condition, but is later reported to be in a serious but stable condition. Her dog is shot dead by police.
• 12 October – A group of approximately 50 neo-Nazis hold a white supremist rally in the New South Wales town of Corowa which draws condemnation from community leaders including premier Chris Minns.
• 16 October –
  • The South Australian Legislative Council narrowly votes down 10 to 9, a bill that would ban late-term abortions.
  • Canberra Liberals leader Elizabeth Lee apologises after being caught on camera giving the finger to local journalist Ian Bushnell following the leaders debate. During the campaign Lee and Bushnell have had a number of tense exchanges, and by Lee's own admission they share a "history" but concedes it was "unprofessional" and "poor behaviour".
• 17 October –
  • Legislation introduced by the Country Liberal Party (CLP) Northern Territory Government to lower the age of criminal responsibility back to 10 years of age passed the parliament.
  • LNP candidate for Gregory and former Barcaldine mayor, Sean Dillon alleges he was physically assaulted by two men on the roadside near Alpha, Queensland in August after he stopped to offer assistance after campaigning for the state election. Police confirm they had received a complaint about an incident on 27 August 2024 and that investigations were continuing. The alleged assault is condemned by both LNP leader David Crisafulli and premier Steven Miles.
• 18 October –
  • King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrive in Australia for a five-day visit.
  • 58-year-old former Jetstar pilot Greg Lynn is sentenced to 32 years in prison for murdering 73-year-old camper Carol Clay in the Wonnangatta Valley in Victoria's high country in March 2020. Lynn must serve at least 24 years of his sentence before he is eligible for parole.
  • The ACT Labor Party is found to have breached electoral laws for running advertisements that were inaccurate and misleading with the ACT Electoral Commission determining an advertisement targeting shadow health minister Leanne Castley contained "a statement purporting to be a statement of fact that is inaccurate and misleading to a material extent".
• 19 October –
  • The 2024 Australian Capital Territory election is held with the incumbent ACT Labor Party party returned with the support of the ACT Greens.
  • The 2024 Epping state by-election is held in New South Wales which is won by Liberal candidate Monica Tudehope, who succeeds Dominic Perrottet who resigned in July 2024.
  • The 2024 Hornsby state by-election is held in New South Wales which is won by Liberal candidate James Wallace, who succeeds Matt Kean who resigned in June 2024.
  • The 2024 Pittwater state by-election is held in New South Wales which is won by independent Jacqui Scruby, who defeats the Liberal candidate Georgia Ryburn to succeed former MP Rory Amon who resigned after being charged with child sex offences.
• 21 October – Senator Lidia Thorpe draws widespread condemnation for screaming obscenities at King Charles III and accusing him of genocide during an event at Parliament House in Canberra before she is escorted from the building by security. Criticism of Thorpe comes from all quarters including from prominent Indigenous Australians such academic Marcia Langton, former senator Nova Peris and Ngunnawal elder Aunty Violet Sheridan. However, Thorpe's conduct is condoned by others including the ACT's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people commissioner Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts.
• 23 October – A five-year legal case concludes on country, where Parks Australia is found guilty of damaging a sacred site in Kakadu National Park and is ordered to pay at $200,000 fine.
• 26 October –
  • The 2024 Queensland state election is held, with the Liberal National Party of Queensland attaining the majority of seats, defeating the Queensland Labor Party, which had been the state's leadership party since 2015. David Crisafulli is sworn in as Premier of Queensland on 28 October.
  • The 2024 Victorian local elections are held. No actual voting occurs on this day as the election is conducted via postal ballot throughout October. However, vote counting commences with the results announced by 15 November.
  • A scandal begins to envelope prime minister Anthony Albanese when journalist Joe Aston claims in his book The Chairman's Lounge: The inside story of how Qantas sold us out that Albanese sought upgrades for himself and his family on Qantas flights by directly contacting Alan Joyce. Albanese denies the accusations, refuting the claims that he had ever contacted anyone at Qantas seeking upgrades and maintains there was always transparency around any perceived flight perks he may have received.
  • Two light aircraft collide southwest of Sydney, killing all three people aboard both planes.
• 27 October – A five-year-old boy his 15-year-old sister are killed in a three-vehicle car crash on the Riddoch Highway near Nangwarry, South Australia when one of the vehicles collided with an emu. A 22-year-old man is subsequently charged with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving and four counts of causing harm by dangerous driving.
• 28 October –
  • Australia's 3G mobile phone network shuts down.
  • Despite an attempt at restructuring its operations, Mosaic Brands (the parent company of retailers Rivers, Katies, Noni B, Rockmans, Autograph, Crossroads, W. Lane and Beme) enters voluntary administration.
• 29 October –
  • A car crashes through a fence into the Auburn South Primary School in Melbourne, killing an 11-year-old boy and injuring four other children who were sitting on a bench.
  • It's confirmed six student have been expelled and an additional 21 students suspended following an incident the previous week which involved the "serious humiliation" of a student at the St Paul's residential college at the University of Sydney.
• 30 October –
  • Students record themselves tearing up The Red Zone report into sexual violence at a University of Sydney Students' Representative Council meeting, prompting the university to launch an immediate investigation.
  • NSW Police confirm they have recovered 40,000 limited edition Bluey coins which were allegedly stolen from a Sydney warehouse facility in July 2024. The discovery is made after a third person allegedly involved in the theft, a 27-year-old woman, is arrested and charged with breaking and entering and disposing of stolen property.
• 31 October – Amid the ongoing free flight upgrade scandal, opposition leader Peter Dutton admits he had requested whether he could use Gina Rinehart's private jet to fly from Rockhampton to Sydney for a Bali bombings memorial service before travelling back up to Mackay. Dutton claims he had asked to use the jet to save taxpayers the $40,000 it would have cost to use an RAAF aircraft.

November

• 1 November –
  • A Federal Court judge rules that One Nation leader Pauline Hanson racially discriminated against Greens deputy leader Mehreen Faruqi when Hanson told Faruiqi to "piss off back to Pakistan" on X after Faruiqi had described Queen Elizabeth II in a post as "a leader of a racist empire" following her death in 2022. The judge orders Hanson to delete the tweet and to pay Faruqui's legal costs. Hanson vows to appeal the judgement.
  • Co-deputy leader of the Victorian Greens Sam Hibbins resigns from the party to sit as an independent after being suspended from the party room following his admission to breaching party rules by having a relationship with a staff member.
  • Amid the ongoing flight upgrade scandal, Coalition frontbencher Bridget McKenzie concedes she was wrong to initially be so "emphatic" in her denial of never having received any free flight upgrades.
  • An emperor penguin is discovered on a beach in Denmark, Western Australia, marking the first reported sighting of the species in Australia.
• 3 November – Amid the ongoing flight upgrade scandal, federal education minister Jason Clare admits to asking for and receiving a free flight upgrade on an international Qantas flight for personal reasons in 2019.
• 6 November –
  • The High Court of Australia strikes down an emergency law requiring migrants with criminal records to wear tracking bracelets and observe a curfew, saying that only judges can impose such punishments.
  • Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Leader of the Opposition Peter Dutton both congratulate Donald Trump for winning the 2024 United States presidential election.
  • Shadow transport minister Bridget McKenzie apologises after admitting to failing to disclose 16 free flight upgrades between 2015 and 2024.
• 7 November –
  • The ACMA announces Optus had paid a $12 million fine over its 2023 network outage with the ACMA ruling Optus had breached emergency call rules and had failed to conduct welfare checks on 369 people who had attempted to call Triple Zero during the outage.
  • Prime Minister Albanese confirms that the federal government will introduce legislation later in the month to ban young people under the age of 16 from using social media.
  • A 69-year-old woman is killed when an allegedly stolen car collides with her vehicle at Murrumba Downs, Queensland. A 16-year-old Caboolture boy is subsequently charged with manslaughter, armed robbery, unlawful use of a motor vehicle and two counts of assault occasioning bodily harm.
  • British sex worker and OnlyFans content creator Bonnie Blue has her 12-month tourist visa revoked by the Department of Home Affairs on the grounds of allegedly planning to contravene the conditions by working, after earlier stating plans to travel to the Gold Coast to film explicit content with male high school graduates during Schoolies Week.
• 8 November –
  • Qantas Flight QF520 flying from Sydney to Brisbane makes an emergency landing at Sydney Airport due to a contained engine failure. No injuries are reported.
  • It is revealed that Queensland's chief health officer John Gerrard had tendered his resignation the previous month, with his final day in the role scheduled to be on 12 December 2024.
  • The body of a 15-year-old boy is found dead in bushland near Wilton, New South Wales. A 32-year-old man is subsequently charged with allegedly murdering the boy.
• 10 November – Federal health minister Mark Butler announces that under the National Immunisation Program, pregnant women and newborn babies will have access free respiratory syncytial virus vaccines before winter in 2025, with national access to monoclonal antibody for young babies also to become available.
• 11 November –
  • Remembrance Day services are held throughout the country, and Private Richard Norden is posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his exceptional bravery during the Vietnam War.
  • A 36-year-old installation technician is killed at a wind farm construction site at Rokewood, Victoria when he is crushed by a turbine blade.
  • An adult is killed and a child injured when a truck crashes into a preschool at Riddells Creek, Victoria.
• 14 November – Myer announces it has cancelled the traditional unveiling of its Christmas windows in Melbourne's Bourke Street Mall on 17 November to ensure the safety of its customers and employees due to the threat posed by a pro-Palestinian group called Disrupt Wars which had planned to disrupt the event. The planned disruption of the annual event which is largely attended by children and families is widely condemned. Following Myer's decision to cancel the event, Disrupt Wars cancels their planned demonstration but threatens to reinstate it, prompting Myer to confirm the event will remain cancelled.
• 15 November –
  • The body of Launceston Cup-winning jockey, 81-year-old Keith Banks is found near Scone in the Hunter Valley after he was reported missing on 11 November 2024.
  • Researchers from the CSIRO encourage Australians to use a Chart Your Fart app to track their personal flatulence so scientists can use the data to garner a better understanding of gut health.
• 16 November – The 2024 Black state by-election is held in South Australia, which was triggered by the resignation of Liberal MP David Speirs who had previously served as the Opposition Leader. The Liberals lose the seat, with their candidate defeated by Labor's Alex Dighton.
• 17 November –
  • The Albanese Government reveals it plans to mandate that businesses be required to accept cash payments for essential items from 2026 to ensure that Australians who rely on cash including during natural disasters or digital outages can continue to make purchases.
  • Australian Privacy Commissioner Carly Kind rules that Bunnings had breached the privacy of possibly hundreds of thousands of customers by trialing facial recognition technology in 63 stores between 2018 and 2021, finding the company had collected sensitive information without consent and had failed to take reasonable steps to inform people about the technology. Bunnings responds by releasing CCTV footage of staff members being allegedly threatened and assaulted, with managing director Mike Schneider defending the use of the technology stating that its sole intent was to keep team members and customers safe.
• 18 November –
  • 83-year-old former radio host Alan Jones is arrested at his Circular Quay apartment in Sydney and later charged by New South Wales Police with a total of 24 historical indecent assault and sexual touching offences involving eight alleged victims which allegedly occurred between 2001 and 2019. Jones is granted bail to appear before Downing Centre Local Court on 18 December, with his lawyer Chris Murphy confirming that Jones denies any misconduct and that he will "assert his innocence appropriately in the courtroom."
  • The Senate votes 46-12 to censure independent senator Lidia Thorpe for "disrespectful and disruptive" behaviour when she heckled King Charles III in October.
  • The Senate also votes to censure United Australia Party senator Ralph Babet for using "inflammatory use of hate speech, designed to drive division for his own political benefit" after posting remarks on X following the 2024 United States election.
• 21 November –
  • Prime minister Anthony Albanese confirms a 19-year-old Australian woman has died in a Thailand hospital a week after a suspected case of methanol poisoning in Laos.
  • Six months after an investigation was launched into whether Townsville mayor Troy Thompson misled voters about his military history, Queensland local government minister Ann Leahy confirms that he is being suspended on full pay for 12 months after Queensland premier David Crisafulli made it clear to Thompson that his position was untenable.
  • Multiple incidents of antisemitic vandalism occur in Sydney which police describe as a hate crime, and which Anthony Albanese calls "deeply troubling".
• 22 November – The family of a second 19-year-old Australian woman confirms she has died following the mass methanol poisoning event in Laos.
• 24 November – The government withdraws a bill that would have allowed the Australian Communications and Media Authority to impose a code of conduct or standards for social media companies amid criticism over its effects on free speech.
• 27 November – 34-year-old New South Wales police officer Kristian White is found guilty by a jury of the manslaughter of 95-year-old Clare Nowland at the Yallambee Lodge aged care facility in Cooma, New South Wales on 17 May 2023, whom he tasered causing her to sustain injuries which she died from a week later.

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 Australia national rugby union team.
  • 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 Opening Round 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.
• 14 March – South Sydney Rabbitohs player Latrell Mitchell swears multiple times in a live post-match interview with Triple M's Ben Dobbin. The incident prompts several rugby league commentators and former players to criticise Mitchell with some also accusing the NRL failing to sanction Mitchell for his conduct. The controversy also prompts complaints from Nine Entertainment and the Rabbitohs about Dobbin's interview being filmed and shared to social media despite Triple M having audio-only rights at NRL games.
• 17 March – Australian short track speed skater Brendan Corey wins bronze in the Men's 1500m event at the 2024 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Rotterdam.
• 18 March –
  • Queensland premier Steven Miles announces the state government is rejecting an independent review led by Graham Quirk which proposes a new stadium be built in Victoria Park at a cost of $3.4 billion for the 2032 Summer Olympics and Paralympics and says the government is instead considering an upgrade to both Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre and Lang Park. Miles' announcement triggers much public debate.
  • Tasmania's new AFL and AFLW club, the Tasmania Devils is officially launched in Hobart.
• 21 March – Former Perth Wildcats NBL basketball player Kendal Pinder is sentenced in the Downing Centre District Court in Sydney to eight years imprisonment (with a five-year non-parole period) after being convicted of two violent sexual assaults in 2009 and 2021.
• 22 March – A 22-year-old man is arrested and charged with entering an oval during a scheduled event and banned from the Adelaide Oval at least for three years after allegedly invading the pitch during the AFL match between the Adelaide Crows and the Geelong Cats. The man's alleged behaviour is widely condemned.
• 23 March – The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Lady of Camelot, ridden by Blake Shinn, wins the 2024 Golden Slipper Stakes at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse.
• 24 March – The 2024 Australian Grand Prix is won by Ferrari's Carlos Sainz Jr.
• 25 March – Western Australia win the Sheffield Shield for the third consecutive year, defeating Tasmania by 377 runs at the WACA.
• 26 March – Independent federal MP Andrew Wilkie uses parliamentary privilege to raise allegations of misconduct within the Australian Football League pertaining to secret "off the books" drug testing of AFL players, claiming players who test positive are asked to fake injuries to avoid detection on game day. The allegations prompt Sport Integrity Australia to assess the allegations.
• 28 March – Former AFL player Eddie Betts posts CCTV vision from his home on social media appearing to show his children being racially abused by a passing motorist as they played basketball in their backyard. The alleged actions of the driver attracts widespread condemnation, with Victoria Police confirming they were investigating the incident.
• 30 March – Tim Tszyu is defeated by Sebastian Fundora in Las Vegas losing his WBC super welterweight belt, in his first defeat in 25 fights.
• 31 March – The Tasmania JackJumpers win their first NBL title, defeating Melbourne United 83-81 at John Cain Arena in the 2024 NBL Finals.

April

• 1 April – The Stawell Gift is held, despite being delayed more than two hours due to storms in western Victoria.The men's final is won by Jack Lacey while the women's final is won by Chloe Mannix-Power.
• 5 April – Former Australia national rugby union team captain Michael Hooper makes his rugby sevens debut in Hong Kong in his first World Rugby Sevens Series match, where Australia defeats Fiji 12-0.
• 6 April – Chain of Lightning, Riff Rocket and Celestial Legend are the respective winning horses in the TJ Smith Stakes, the Australian Derby and the Doncaster Handicap at Royal Randwick Racecourse.
• 8 April – NRL player Latrell Mitchell from the South Sydney Rabbitohs is suspended for three weeks after pleading guilty to a dangerous conduct charge after hitting New Zealand Warriors player Shaun Johnson with his elbow during the match on 6 April.
• 10 April – AFL player Jeremy Finlayson from the Port Adelaide Power is suspended for three matches for using a homophobic slur against an Essendon Bombers player during the match on 5 April. He will also be required to attend Pride in Sport training.
• 11 April – The Sydney Roosters allow Michael Jennings to lead them out onto the field in Newcastle to mark his 300th game, after the NRL decides not to celebrate the milestone with the usual fanfare due to Jennings' past conduct.
• 17 April – Boxing Australia's national coach Jamie Pittman withdraws from the 2024 Olympic Games after being found by the National Sports Tribunal to have committed sexual misconduct.
• 21 April – Australian surfer Jack Robinson wins the Margaret River Pro, defeating Hawaii's John John Florence.
• 22 April – Skateboarder Arisa Trew receives the Laureus World Sports Award for Action Sportsperson of the Year at the Laureus World Sports Awards.
• 24 April – Racehorse trainer Darren Weir is cleared by the Victorian Racing Tribunal of allegations he used a jigger on horses with the intention of corrupting the outcome of the 2018 Melbourne Cup.
• 26 April – The LIV Golf Adelaide tournament commences at The Grange Golf Club, which is ultimately won by American golfer Brendan Steele.
• 30 April – Jason Demetriou is sacked as the head coach of the South Sydney Rabbitohs.

May

• 1 May –
  • Mitchell Marsh is appointed as captain of the Australian men's cricket team for the T20 World Cup.
  • Rugby league journalist Paul Kent is arrested and charged with affray after an alleged incident at a restaurant in Sydney, with Fox Sports and News Corp earlier issuing a statement on 28 April revealing Kent had been stood down from his duties pending an investigation into the incident. Kent was replaced on Fox Sport's NRL 360 by James Graham. It had been reported on 30 April that Kent was being treated in hospital with a suspected collapsed lung and approximately five broken ribs.
• 2 May – Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs general manager Phil Gould is issued with a $20,000 fine by the National Rugby League after comments he made on the Nine Network's 100% Footy, where he took issue with various rules of the game.
• 9 May – NRL player David Fifita agrees to a four-year deal with the Sydney Roosters, confirming he will leave the Gold Coast Titans at the end of the 2024 NRL season. However, he later backflips on the decision deciding to re-sign with the Titans.
• 11 May –
  • Ben O'Connor finishes third in the eighth stage of the 2024 Giro d'Italia cycling race in Italy.
  • The Wallaroos are defeated by Canada 33-14 at Sydney Football Stadium in their first game of the 2024 Pacific Four Series.
• 13 May –
  • The NRL confirms it is investigating allegations of a fan racially abusing Latrell Mitchell and Cody Walker during the South Sydney Rabbitohs' Round 10 game against the St. George Illawarra Dragons at Kogarah Oval on 11 May.
  • Football Australia issues a Western Sydney Wanderers fan with a two-year ban effectively immediately after they were captured during a television broadcast performing the Nazi salute after an A-League game at Sydney Football Stadium. New South Wales Police also confirm they are continuing to investigate the incident but are yet to make any arrests.
  • The Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre is evacuated during the New South Wales Combined High School Swimming Carnvial after solar panels on the roof catch fire.
• 14 May – The U.S. Center for SafeSport rules that Australian figure skater Brendan Kerry is banned for sexual misconduct with a minor, preventing him from competing in any events controlled by the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. Kerry denies any wrongdoing and intends to appeal the decision.
• 15 May – In a surprising backflip, David Fifita announces he has decided against joining the Sydney Roosters, instead deciding to re-sign with the Gold Coast Titans.
• 16 May –
  • Former Olympic basketballer and Australian Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Danny Morseu is found guilty of one count of bodily harm after punching a woman in the head eight times, and is sentenced to 18 months in prison, suspended after four months.
  • New South Wales defeats Queensland 22-12 in the first game of the Women's State of Origin series in Brisbane.
• 18 May – Football Australia issues no-fault suspensions to MacArthur FC A-League players Ulises Davila, Clayton Lewis and Kearyn Baccus after they were arrested and charged by the NSW Police Organised Crime Squad Gaming Unit for allegedly being involved in betting corruption.
• 20 May –
  • Widespread job cuts are announced at Greyhound Racing NSW in an attempt to cut costs.
  • Brad Arthur is sacked as the coach of the Parramatta Eels.
• 21 May – Dolphins coach Wayne Bennett confirms he is returning to the South Sydney Rabbitohs from 2025 after signing a three-year contract.

June

• 1 June – The West Coast Eagles' live mascot "Auzzie the Eagle" escapes after doing its traditional pre-match flight of Perth Stadium prior to the game against St Kilda, and flies to various parts of the stadium before it is eventually recaptured.
• 3 June – The Matildas defeat China 2-0 in a friendly game at Stadium Australia, marking the final time the Matildas play in Australia before competing in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
• 4 June – The Matildas name the 18 players who will be competing at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, with Clare Hunt, Kaitlyn Torpey, Clare Wheeler and Cortnee Vine set to make their Olympic debut when the team plays Germany on 26 July.
• 5 June – Queensland defeat New South Wales 38-10 in the first game of the 2024 State of Origin series, with New South Wales forced to play most of the game a man down with Joseph-Aukuso Sua'ali'i sent off by referee Ashley Klein after just eight minutes after Reece Walsh is knocked out during a tackle.
• 6 June – Queensland defeat New South Wales 11-10 in the second game of the Women's State of Origin at the Newcastle International Sports Centre, with a 69th minute field goal by Lauren Jones providing the Maroons with the winning point.
• 10–15 June – The 2024 Australian Swimming Trials are held at the Brisbane Aquatic Centre to determine who will be competing at the 2024 Olympic Games. During the trials, Ariarne Titmus set a new world record in the Women's 200m freestyle. Among those to miss out are Cate Campbell who reaches the end of her competitive swimming career, and Cody Simpson.
• 14 June – Following the Brisbane Lions Round 13 win over the Western Bulldogs on 7 June, The Age columnist Kate Halfpenny writes an opinion piece questioning whether it was appropriate for Lions player Lachie Neale to give Channel 7 commentator and former AFLW player Abbey Holmes a kiss on the cheek at the end of the post-match interview. The article generates much public discussion, and is criticised by Holmes who said she is frustrated that her professionalism has been questioned.
• 23 June – Former Gold Coast high school student Amy Yang wins the 2024 Women's PGA Championship.
• 26 June - New South Wales defeat Queensland 38-18 in the second game of the 2024 State of Origin series at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, forcing the series to a decider in the third game at Suncorp Stadium. New South Wales set a record for the number of points scored in the first half of a State of Origin game with 34 unanswered points. The attendance of 90,084 is the highest recorded crowd for a State of Origin game since Game 2 of 2015, which was also played at the MCG.
• 27 June - Queensland defeat New South Wales 22-6 in the deciding third and final game of the 2024 Women's State of Origin at Queensland Country Bank Stadium in Townsville, winning the inaugural three-game edition of the series.

July

• 3 July – Paralympics Australia CEO Catherine Clark resigns from her position, just eight weeks prior to the commencement of the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
• 4 July – Prior to the second First Nations round of the 2024 Suncorp Super Netball season, Donnell Wallam receives hate mail which is described by Netball Australia as "disgusting racial abuse". In the widely condemned letter, the author blames Williams for Hancock Prospecting withdrawing sponsorship in 2022 telling Williams to "hang her head in shame for being manipulated by radical Aboriginal filth."
• 6 July – The Australia national rugby union team defeat Wales 25–16 at Sydney Football Stadium in the first Test played during Joe Schmidt's tenure as coach. The Wallaroos also defeat Fijiana 64-5.
• 11 July – Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson progress through to final of the men's doubles at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships after defeating Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos 6-4 6-4.
• 12 July –
  • Jessica Hull breaks the women's 2000 metre world record at the Monaco Diamond League.
  • Madison de Rozario and Brenden Hall are announced as the Australian flag bearers for the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
• 13 July – Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson are defeated by Harri Heliövaara and Henry Patten in the men's doubles final at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships.
• 14 July – Australian baseball player Travis Bazzana is selected first in the 2024 MLB draft by the Cleveland Guardians.
• 17 July – New South Wales win the third State of Origin game in Brisbane defeating Queensland 14-4, winning the 2024 State of Origin series 2-1.
• 18 July – Volleyball Australia issues an apology to players who were based at the Australian Institute of Sport between 1997 and 2005 for having experienced an "environment of fear" which included physical and psychological abuse.
• 20 July – The final two races at Eagle Farm Racecourse are called off when jockeys begin a boycott and refuse to continue riding at the venue due to safety concerns relating to the construction of a new apartment complex near the home turn.
• 21 July – Oscar Piastri wins the 2024 Hungarian Grand Prix.
• 23 July – Two Australian water polo players scheduled to compete in the Paris Olympics test positive to COVID-19.
• 24 July –
  • Amid growing security concerns and following the alleged gang-rape of an Australian woman and the alleged assault of two broadcast technicians, Australian chef de mission Anna Meares encourages Australian athletes in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics to consider not wearing their team uniforms outside the Olympic Village for their own safety.
  • Jess Fox and Eddie Ockenden are announced as Australian flag bearers for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
• 25 July – In their opening group game at the Paris Olympics, the Matildas are defeated by Germany 3-0.
• 27 July –
  • Grace Brown becomes Australia's first gold medal winner at the 2024 Paris Olympics, winning gold in the women's road cycling time trial.
  • Ariarne Titmus wins gold in the women's 400 metre freestyle final at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
  • Mollie O'Callaghan, Shayna Jack, Emma McKeon and Meg Harris claim gold for Australia, winning the women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay final at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
• 28 July – Jess Fox wins gold in the women's slalom K-1 canoeing event at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
• 29 July – Mollie O'Callaghan wins gold in the women's 200 metre freestyle final at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
• 30 July – Kaylee McKeown wins gold in the women's 100 metre backstroke final at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
• 31 July – Jess Fox wins gold in the women's slalom C-1 canoeing event at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

August

• 1 August –
  • The Matildas part ways with coach Tony Gustavsson following their defeat against the United States at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
  • Mollie O'Callaghan, Lani Pallister, Ariarne Titmus and Brianna Throssell win gold in the women's 4 x 200 m freestyle relay final at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
• 2 August –
  • Saya Sakakibara wins gold in the women's BMX racing at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
  • Cameron McEvoy wins gold in the men's 50 m freestyle at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
  • Kaylee McKeown wins gold in the women's 200 m backstroke at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
• 3 August – Matthew Ebden and John Peers win gold in the men's doubles tennis at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
• 5 August – Noémie Fox wins gold in the women's slalom kayak cross event at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
• 6 August –
  • Richmond Tigers player Dustin Martin announces his retirement from the AFL effective immediately.
  • 14-year-old Arisa Trew becomes Australia's youngest ever gold medallist after winning gold in the women's park skateboarding event at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
• 7 August –
  • The Australian Olympic Committee confirms an Australian hockey player is in custody after being arrested by police in Paris, after they allegedly attempted to purchase cocaine. The player is identified as Tom Craig who is released without charge, but delivers a statement to the media during in which he apologises and admits he made a "terrible mistake" which he takes "full responsibility for", accepting that he has "embarrassed" his family, teammates, friends, his sport and the Australian Olympic team.
  • Matthew Wearn wins gold in the men's laser sailing event at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
  • Keegan Palmer wins gold in the men's park skateboarding event at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
  • Oliver Bleddyn, Kelland O'Brien, Sam Welsford and Conor Leahy win gold in the men's team pursuit cycling event at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
  • Nina Kennedy wins gold in the women's pole vault event at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
• 8 August – NRL player Jake Granville officially announces he has left the North Queensland Cowboys following a season-ending pectoral injury but will explore opportunities overseas in 2025 to continue playing rugby league.
• 9 August – 36-year-old university lecturer Rachael Gunn becomes Australia's first Olympic breakdancing competitor. However, her routine fails to impress the judges and is eliminated in the round robin stages. Her routine becomes the subject of worldwide ridicule and trolling which Australian chef de mission Anna Meares describes as "really disappointing."
• 11 August – Kaylee McKeown and Matt Wearn lead Australia out as the flagbearers at the 2024 Summer Olympics closing ceremony.
• 24 August –
  • The Sydney Swans secure the AFL's minor premiership after defeating the Adelaide Crows by 31 points.
  • The Melbourne Storm secure the NRL's minor premiership after defeating the Dolphins 48-6.
• 29 August – Thomas Gallagher wins Australia's first gold medal at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, winning the Men's 50 metre freestyle S14.
• 30 August
  • Korey Boddington wins gold in the men's time trial C4-5 cycling event at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.
  • Emily Petricola wins gold in the women's C4 3000 metre individual pursuit cycling event at the 2024 Paris Parlympics.
• 31 August
  • Amanda Reid wins gold in the women's time trial C1-3 cycling event at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.
  • Lei Lina and Yang Qian win gold in table tennis at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.
  • The Wallabies narrowly defeat The Pumas 20-19 in Round 3 of the 2024 Rugby Championship in La Plata.

September

• 1 September – Nikki Ayers and Jed Altschwager win gold in the PR3 mixed double sculls rowing event at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.
• 2 September –
  • Lauren Parker wins gold in the women's PTWC Paratriathlon at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.
  • Jesse Aungles, Timothy Hodge, Emily Beecroft and Alexa Leary win the final of the mixed 4 x 100 metre medley relay 34 pts swimming event at the Paris Paralympics.
• 3 September – James Turner wins gold in the men's 400 metre T36 athletics event at Paris Paralympics.
• 4 September –
  • Yang Qian wins gold in the women's singles WS10 table tennis event at Paris Paralympics.
  • Alexa Leary wins gold in the women's 100 metre freestyle S9 swimming event at Paris Paralympics.
• 5 September –
  • Lauren Parker wins gold in the women's road race H1-4 cycling event at the Paris Paralympics.
  • Timothy Hodge wins gold in the men's 200 metre individual medley swimming event at the Paris Paralympics.
  • Vanessa Low wins gold in the women's long jump T63 event at the Paris Paralympics and sets a new world record.
• 6 September –
  • Benjamin Hance wins gold in the men's 100 metre backstroke S14 swimming event at the Paris Paralympics, breaking the world record.
  • Callum Simpson wins gold in the men's 100 metre freestyle S8 swimming event at the Paris Paralympics.
  • Swimming Australia coach Michael Palfrey is sacked due to a breach of his employment agreement after publicly supporting South Korean swimmer Kim Woo-min in the lead up to the Paris Olympics.
• 7 September –
  • James Turner wins gold in the men's 100 metre T36 athletics event at the Paris Paralympics.
  • Curtis McGrath wins gold in the men's KL2 paracanoeing event at the Paris Paralympics.
• 8 September –
  • Liam Boudin and Genevieve Gregson win their respective male and female titles at the 2024 Bridge to Brisbane.
  • Lauren Parker and James Turner carry the Australian flag at the 2024 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony with Australia finishing the Games with the lowest medal ranking in 36 years.
• 9 September – Melbourne Storm are awarded the minor premiership following the conclusion of the 2024 NRL season. Wests Tigers finish in last position for the third consecutive year, claiming the wooden spoon.
• 11 September – Australia defeats England by 28 runs at Rose Bowl in the first game of the T20I series in England.
• 13 September – England defeat Australia by 3 wickets at Sophia Gardens in the second game of the T20I series in England.
• 14 September – At the semi-final between the Brisbane Lions and GWS Giants at Sydney Olympic Park, cultural educator Brendan Kerin makes comments during the Welcome to Country in which he states: "A Welcome to Country is not a ceremony we've invented to cater for white people. It's a ceremony we've been doing for 250,000 years-plus BC - and the BC stands for Before Cook." The comments ignite a public debate about the relevance such ceremonies at sporting events.
• 15 September – The third match of the T20I series between England and Australia which was scheduled to be played at Old Trafford is abandoned due to rain, with the series ending in a draw.
• 19 September –
  • Australia defeat New Zealand by five wickets in the opening match of the Women's T20I series at Great Barrier Reef Arena in Mackay - the first Women's Twenty20 International game to be played at the venue.
  • Australia defeats England by seven wickets at Trent Bridge in the first game of the ODI series in England, helped by Travis Head's unbeaten 154 - the highest ODI score by an Australian in England.
• 21 September – The Wallabies are defeated by the All Blacks 31-28 at Stadium Australia, with New Zealand retaining the Bledisloe Cup.
• 21 September – Australia defeat England by 68 runs at Headingley Cricket Ground in the second match of the ODI series.
• 22 September – Australia defeat New Zealand by 29 runs in the second match of the Women's T20I series at Great Barrier Reef Arena in Mackay.
• 23 September – Carlton captain Patrick Cripps wins the 2024 Brownlow Medal.
• 24 September –
  • Completing a clean sweep of the series, Australia defeats New Zealand by five wickets in the third and final match of the Women's T20I series at Allan Border Field in Brisbane.
  • England defeat Australia by 46 runs (DLS) at the Riverside Ground in Durham in the third match of the ODI series.
• 26 September –
  • Kevin Walters is sacked as the head coach of the Brisbane Broncos following a disappointing season in which the team finished in 12th spot on the ladder.
  • Daniel Ricciardo is dropped by the RB Formula One Team following the 2024 Singapore Grand Prix and replaced by Liam Lawson, with Ricciardo's career ending without a farewell race.
  • PETA calls on the Western Bulldogs to retire its live bulldog mascots and urges them to change its name to the Western Mutts to encourage fans to adopt from local dog shelters. The push is criticised by multiple AFL identities including Kane Cornes, David King and Doug Hawkins while Animal Justice Party MP Georgie Purcell describes the campaign as not being the "right approach", stating: "there's other ways that we can address this in a more meaningful way that actually does something for the protection of brachy breeds and animal welfare in Victoria."
• 27 September – England defeat Australia by 186 runs at Lord's Cricket Ground in the fourth match of the ODI series.
• 28 September – The Brisbane Lions win the 2024 AFL Grand Final at the MCG defeating the Sydney Swans, 18.12 (120) to 9.6 (60).
• 29 September – Australia defeat England by 49 runs (DLS) at the Bristol County Ground in the fifth and final match of the ODI series in which Cooper Connolly makes his One Day International debut. Australia win the series 3-2.

October

• 5 October – Via Sistina ridden by Damian Lane and trained by Chris Waller wins the Turnbull Stakes.
• 6 October –
  • The Sydney Roosters Women win the 2024 NRLW Grand Final at Stadium Australia defeating the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Women 32-28.
  • The Penrith Panthers win the 2024 NRL Grand Final at Stadium Australia defeating the Melbourne Storm 14-6, with Liam Martin winning the Clive Churchill Medal. The Panthers become the first team to win four consecutive grand finals since the St. George Dragons won eleven consecutive premierships between 1956 and 1966.
• 10 October – Brisbane Broncos player Corey Oates announces his retirement from professional rugby league.
• 11 October – Essendon confirm they were contacted by the AFL's integrity department after a convicted killer who was sentenced in 2018 to five years jail for fatally shooting a 20-year-old man in 2016 was permitted access to the Essendon changerooms following a match against Collingwood on 5 July 2024.
• 12 October – Private Life ridden by Damian Lane and trained by Dominic Sutton, wins the Caulfield Guineas.
• 13 October – Erebus Motorsport's Brodie Kostecki and Todd Hazelwood win the Bathurst 1000.
• 17 October – The AFL confirms it has punished 13 GWS Giants players for conduct unbecoming in relation to inappropriate behaviour at an end-of-season event on 18 September 2024. Josh Fahey is suspended for four matches, while two-week bans are issued to Jake Riccardi, Joe Fonti, Toby McMullin, Harvey Thomas and Cooper Hamilton. Captain Toby Greene as well as Lachie Whitfield, Connor Idun, Tom Green, Sam Taylor, Lachie Keeffe and Harry Perryman are all fined $5,000. Giants CEO David Matthews says the players' behaviour was inexcusable. It's also confirmed education sessions would be provided for the playing group relating to religious and racial vilification as well as violence against women.
• 19 October –
  • Bella Nipotina ridden by Craig Williams and trained by Ciaron Maher wins The Everest at Randwick Racecourse.
  • Duke De Sessa ridden by Harry Coffey and trained by Ciaron Maher wins the Caulfield Cup at Caulfield Racecourse.
• 26 October – Via Sistina, ridden by James McDonald and trained by Chris Waller, wins the W. S. Cox Plate at Moonee Valley Racecourse.

November

• 2 November – Goldrush Guru trained by Andrew Gluyas and ridden by Jamie Kah wins the Victoria Derby at Flemington Racecourse.
• 4 November – Australia defeat Pakistan by two wickets in the first One Day International at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
• 5 November – Outsider Knight's Choice trained by Sheila Laxon and ridden by former The Voice contestant Robbie Dolan wins the 2024 Melbourne Cup at Flemington Racecourse.
• 8 November – Pakistan defeat Australia by nine wickets in the second One Day International at the Adelaide Oval.
• 9 November – The Wallabies defeat England 42-37 at Twickenham Stadium.

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

Arts 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 and Elizabeth Debicki wins the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting 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.
  • Regional music festival Groovin' the Moo is cancelled due to poor ticket sales.
• 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)".
• 9 March – Due to extreme heat, the 2024 Moomba Parade in Melbourne (scheduled for 11 March) is cancelled.
• 12 March – Kylie Minogue and Arcade Fire are announced as the headliners at this year's Splendour in the Grass music festival near the Byron Bay.
• 15 March – John Ferguson from The Australian wins the Gold Quill at the Quill Awards for his story about the 2023 Leongatha mushroom poisoning.
• 21 March – Veteran ABC broadcaster James Valentine announces he has been diagnosed with oesophageal cancer and will undergo surgery to remove his oesophagus. He is to be temporarily replaced on ABC Radio Sydney's Afternoons program by Tim Webster.
• 25 March – Despite having announced the line-up of artists two weeks prior, organisers of the Splendour in the Grass music festival near Byron Bay suddenly announce the cancellation of the festival for 2024 due to unexpected events.

April

• 14 April – Sarah Snook wins the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress at the 2024 Laurence Olivier Awards.
• 17 April – The annual Queensland Music Awards are held in Brisbane. Jem Cassar-Daley wins Song of the Year with "King of Disappointment", Cub Sport wins Album of the Year for Jesus at the Gay Bar and James Blundell is recognised with the Grant McLennan Lifetime Achievement Award.
• 20 April – During his performance at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, comedian Arj Barker asks a breastfeeding mother in the audience to leave, claiming her seven-month-old baby was disrupting his show. The incident prompts much discussion and public debate.
• 21 April – Archie Moore wins the Golden Lion award at the 2024 Venice Biennale for his installation "kith and kin", Australia's representative exhibition which was housed in the Australian pavilion.
• 27 April – Nicole Kidman is awarded the AFI Life Achievement Award.
• 29 April –
  • Peter van Onselen joins Daily Mail Australia as its political editor.
  • The Australian Broadcasting Corporation's national sports reporter David Mark is recognised at the International Sports Press Association's Sports Media Awards in Spain for his exposé into rock climbing coach Stephen Mitchell who was convicted in 2023 of sexually assaulting six young girls between 1994 and 2008.

May

• 1 May – Troye Sivan's "Rush" wins Song of the Year at the APRA Music Awards of 2024 in Sydney.
• 2 May –
  • Alexis Wright becomes the first person to win the Stella Prize twice, when she wins the 2024 Stella Prize for her novel Praiseworthy.
  • Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga premieres in Sydney.
• 6 May – ABC Radio Sydney officially commences broadcasting from the ABC's new broadcasting facility at 6 & 8 Parramatta Square in Parramatta, with Mornings hosted by Sarah Macdonald becoming the first program to air from the site. The facility was officially opened by ABC chair Kim Williams, ABC managing director David Anderson and Member for Parramatta Andrew Charlton.
• 8 May – Australia's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest, Electric Fields are knocked out in the first semi-final.
• 12 May – Following Macklemore's performance in Sydney of his pro-Palestine university protests song "Hind's Hall", co-chief executive officer of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, Alexander Ryvchin describes the song as "hateful" and says it "whitewashes the racism (and) violence... that has come out of the (university) encampments."
• 15 May – It's revealed that the National Gallery of Australia received more than a dozen complaints from associates of Gina Rinehart's company Hancock Prospecting demanding the gallery remove a portrait of Rinehart from Vincent Namatjira's exhibition "Australia in Colour". The demand to have the portrait removed attracts international attention. Swimming Queensland also reveal they had also written a letter requesting the portrait be removed after swimmer Kyle Chalmers asked for help in trying to get the portrait removed on behalf of his fellow swimmers.
• 20 May – Kylie Kwong announces she is ending her 30-year career as a professional chef.
• 23 May – Chris Hemsworth is honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
• 24 May – It's announced the host of Radio National's Late Night Live program Phillip Adams is to retire with his final show scheduled to air on 27 June. His successor is announced as David Marr who will take over hosting the program from 15 July.
• 29 May – News Corp Australia commences a corporate restructure which sees senior roles including news.com.au editor-in-chief Lisa Muxworthy and group director of the Editorial Innovation Centre John McGourty become redundant.
• 30 May – The Archibald Packing Room Prize is won by Matt Adnate for his portrait of Baker Boy.
• 31 May – ABC journalists Jessica Moran and Chris Rowbottom are named joint winners of the Journalist of the Year Award at the 2024 Tasmania Media Awards, in recognition of their investigate reporting into Tasmania's harness racing industry.

June

• 3 June – The Fair Work Commission finds that journalist Antoinette Lattouf was sacked by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation when she was taken off air while she was a fill-in host on ABC Radio Sydney's Mornings program in December 2023. The Fair Work Commission rejected the ABC's claim that Lattouf wasn't sacked as she had been paid for the full week.
• 7 June –
  • Laura Jones wins the 2024 Archibald Prize for her portrait of Tim Winton, while Naomi Kantjuriny wins the Sulman Prize for Minyma mamu tjuta and Djakaŋu Yunupiŋu wins the Wynne Prize for Nyalala gurmilili.
  • The Australian, The Daily Telegraph and Sky News Australia issue public apologies to Miriki Performing Arts, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child dancers and Aboriginal elder David Mundraby after a 2019 photo of Indigenous children performing at the Cairns Children's Festival was used without permission in an unrelated story about child sexual abuse on 17 October 2023.
• 8 June – Attendees of Vivid Sydney's Love is in the Air drone show claim they felt trapped after a larger than expected amount of spectators gathered at Circular Quay to watch.
• 12 June – It's reported News Corp Australia will be making up to 40% of its sales staff redundant amidst a corporate restructure of the company.
• 15 June – American comedian Jerry Seinfeld commences a national tour, with the first of his seven Australian stand up shows held in Perth. At some of his Australian shows, Seinfeld encounters pro-Palestine protestors.
• 16 June – Through his lawyers, Robert Irwin threatens production company StepMates Studios with legal action if a two-minute cartoon they produced for Pauline Hanson's One Nation's YouTube Channel is not taken down. Depicting Irwin guiding Bluey on a mock tour of Queensland, Irwin's lawyers claim the cartoon is defamatory and features the unauthorised and deceptive use of Irwin's image. However, Pauline Hanson defends the cartoon and indicates that it won't be taken down.

July

• 4 July – It's announced Marty Sheargold is leaving Triple M Melbourne's breakfast program.
• 6 July – The South Australian Media Awards are held in Adelaide where SBS journalist Peta Doherty is named Journalist of the Year in recognition of her multi-platform story about a housing development in Adelaide being built on a mass burial site.
• 8 July – Nine Entertainment announces a sub-licensing agreement will allows the ABC to broadcast the 2024 Summer Olympics on all ABC Local Radio stations scross Australia, with the exception of its stations in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
• 10 July – After being contacted by the family of Pablo Picasso who challenge the authenticity of Picasso artworks in Tasmania's Museum of Old and New Art, founder Kirsha Kaechele admits to forging three Picasso artworks which had been displayed in the museum for more than three years. The family of Picasso decide not to action against MONA, conceding: "the urgency of creation sometimes makes us forget that there are principles of law protecting the interests of authors".
• 14 July – During their concert at the International Convention Centre in Sydney, Tenacious D's Kyle Gass makes a joke about the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. The jokes brings swift condemnation and prompts frontman Jack Black to announce on 16 July that the remainder of their Australian tour had been cancelled, stating that he had been "blindsided" and that he would "never condone hate speech or encourage political violence in any form."
• 25 July – Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance members employed by Nine Publishing at mastheads the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Australian Financial Review, Brisbane Times and WAtoday vote to reject a revised bargaining offer from management and announce they that will walk off the job at 11am on 26 July.

August

• 1 August – Alexis Wright wins the 2024 Miles Franklin Award for her novel Praiseworthy, becoming the first person to win both the Stella Prize and Miles Franklin Awards in the same year.
• 7 August – Dave Hughes, Ed Kavalee and Erin Molan announce that 2Day FM's breakfast program Hughesy, Ed & Erin breakfast program has finished, citing family commitments.
• 8 August – The 2024 Archibald Prize's People's Choice Award is won by Angus McDonald for his portrait of Marcia Langton.
• 11 August – Pianist Jayson Gillham premieres a five-minute piece called "Witness" written by Connor D'Netto but his comments about Palestinian journalists being killed in Gaza prompts the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra to denounce Gillham and issue an apology, stating that it does not condone the expression of political statements on stage.
• 14-15 August – Female and male staff members of Sydney radio station KIIS 106.5 are asked to record themselves urinating for a guessing game on The Kyle and Jackie O Show which leads to criticism of the show, its hosts and Australian Radio Network management particularly in Melbourne where the program is rating poorly after it replaced a local breakfast show on KIIS 101.1.
• 15 August –
  • It's announced Missy Higgins will be inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame at the annual ARIA Music Awards in November. However, music journalist Bernard Zuel lambasts the decision, describing it as "ridiculous" and a "comical misjudgment", urging the Australian Record Industry Association to "stop pissing about" due to his view that Higgins and fellow Hall of Famers Kasey Chambers and Jet are "maybe midway through their careers" and that after only 20 years their careers are "nowhere near completed."
  • The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra concedes it made an error by cancelleing an upcoming performance by pianist Jayson Gillham after he made comments about journalists in Gaza, but maintains their concerts are not an appropriate place to express political views.
• 16 August – The Australian Broadcasting Corporation's global affairs editor John Lyons is named "Journalist of the Year" at the Kennedy Awards, in recognition of his work reporting from the Middle East since the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel.
• 22 August – The Australian Broadcasting Corporation's managing director David Anderson tenders his resignation just a year into his second five-year term, but will remain in the role until early 2025.

September

• 2 September – Model and actress Elle MacPherson reveals that after being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2017, she refused chemotherapy and opted for "an intuitive, heart-led, holistic approach". Her comments draw widespread condemnation.
• 6-15 September - SWELL Sculpture Festival is held at Currumbin Beach, Queensland.
• 8 September – Nicole Kidman is awarded the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the 81st Venice International Film Festival but leaves Venice before accepting the award upon learning her mother Janelle Kidman had died.
• 15 September – Elizabeth Debicki wins the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards.
• 20 September – The Australian Broadcasting Corporation's managing director David Anderson orders an independent review into how audio featured in a September 2022 online article and 7.30 story came to be "incorrectly edited", after the Seven Network airs allegations claiming the ABC added additional gunshots to incorrectly illustrate former special forces major Heston Russell had committed war crimes. In 2023, Russell won a defamation case against the ABC which was ordered to pay Russell $390,000 after they failed to prove its reporting was in the public interest.
• 27 September –
  • A tribunal decision which would have allowed men to enter a space designated as "women only" at the Museum of Old and New Art in Hobart is quashed and sent back to the tribunal for consideration. The decision comes after a New South Wales man originally won the anti-discrimination case against MONA in March after having been denied entry to the women's only "Ladies Lounge" area.
  • As the station prepares to "take a new direction", Laurel Edwards, Gary Clare and Mark Hine sign off from 4BC's breakfast program in Brisbane for the final time, two years after they moved to the station upon the closure of 4KQ.

October

• 1 October – A review finds overwhelming evidence of systemic racism at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The review made 15 recommendations to improve the ABC's staff who have a diverse culture.
• 8 October –
  • RN Breakfast host Patricia Karvelas issues an on air apology following an interview in which she and her guest Geneva Call's Director-General Alain Délétroz both used the term "schizophrenic" when describing policy.
  • John Laws announces he will retire from radio on 8 November 2024 after a 70-year radio career. It's the second time Laws has announced his retirement during his career after leaving 2UE in 2007 before returning to radio in 2011 at 2SM where he has hosted the John Laws Morning Show ever since.
• 9 October – It's announced Patricia Karvelas will be leaving her role as host of RN Breakfast on Radio National to take on additional duties at the ABC including a "key anchoring role" on the ABC News channel.
• 10 October – After being arrested in Brisbane and extradited back to Western Australia, 29-year-old UK rapper and YouTuber Yung Filly appears in Perth Magistrates Court charged with raping and choking a woman in a Perth hotel on 28 September. He is granted bail with strict conditions including a ban on contacting the alleged victim or posting about the case on social media. He is also ordered to stay in Western Australia, post a $100,000 surety and report daily to police.
• 11 October – After 26 years as ABC Radio Sydney's drive presenter, Richard Glover announces he will be leaving the role with his final program scheduled for 29 November.
• 12 October –
  • The 2024 Australian Commercial Radio Awards are held in Sydney where 101.7 WSFM's Jonesy & Amanda win the ACRA for Best On Air Team (Metro), 2GB's Ben Fordham wins the ACRA for Individual Talent of the Year (Metro) and KIIS Network's Kyle & Jackie O's Hour of Power wins the ACRA for Best Networked Show. Bob Rogers is posthumuosly inducted into the Hall of Fame.
  • Freelance journalists Kylie Stevenson, Caroline Graham and Matilda Colling are awarded the NT Journalist of the Year award at the 2024 MEAA NT Media Awards for their series "NT Schools in Crisis" which was published in The Australian and The Weekend Australian.
• 14 October – American performer Olivia Rodrigo falls through a hole in the stage while performing at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne.
• 18 October - 4 November – Sculpture by the Sea exhibition is held at Bondi Beach, Sydney.
• 24 October – Ouroboros sculpture by Lindy Lee unveiled at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra.

November

• 1 November – Sally Sara is named as the new host of RN Breakfast on ABC Radio National, succeeding Patricia Karvelas from 20 January 2025. The new program will also have a new start time of 5:30am in 2025.
• 3 November – Coldplay frontman Chris Martin falls through a hole in the stage while performing at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne.
• 7 November – Talkback radio host Ray Hadley announces his retirement from radio, with his final program scheduled to air on 13 December 2024.
• 8 November –
  • Talkback radio host John Laws signs off for the final time, after a 71-year career in radio.
  • Sean Fewster, Gemma Jones and Kathryn Bermingham from News Corp are awarded Best News Report in Print or Digital at the 2024 SA Press Club Awards for their story "On The Nose - David Speirs Video".
• 10 November – English celebrity chef Jamie Oliver issues a second apology and orders his new children's book Billy and the Epic Escape to be removed from bookstores after Indigenous Australians condemn the book and describe it as "offensive" and "harmful". Penguin Random House UK also apologises and claims that Oliver had requested that Indigenous Australians be consulted about the content of the book, but it hadn't occurred due to "editorial oversight".
• 19 November – The 69th Walkley Awards are held where the Gold Walkley is awarded to Nine Entertainment's "Building Bad" investigation team of Nick McKenzie (The Age, Sydney Morning Herald and 60 Minutes), David Marin-Guzman (Australian Financial Review), Ben Schneiders (The Age), Garry McNab (60 Minutes), Amelia Ballinger (60 Minutes) and Reid Butler (Nine News). The team were recognised for their work exposing widespread allegations of corruption and intimidation at the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union.
• 20 November – The 2024 ARIA Music Awards are held where Troye Sivan wins awards for Album of the Year, Best Pop Release and Best Solo Artist for Something to Give Each Other, Royel Otis wins the awards for Best Group and Best Rock Album for Pratts & Pain, Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers wins the Michael Gudinski ARIA for Breakthrough Artist for I Love You and Troy Cassar-Daley wins the ARIA Award for Best Country Album for Between the Fires.
• 22 November – The Australian Broadcasting Corporation announces multiple changes to presenting line-ups on its metropolitan radio stations in 2025. Among the notable changes, Chris Bath will host Drive on ABC Radio Sydney with Charlie Pickering hosting Thank God It's Friday. The network's decision to dump Sarah MacDonald as the station's Mornings host is met with widespread criticism. Bob Murphy and Sharnelle Vella will host Breakfast on ABC Radio Melbourne, succeeding Sammy J while Kelly Higgins-Devine will return to ABC Radio Brisbane's Evenings program with Ellen Fanning hosting the station's Drive program.

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Deaths

January

Stephen Laybutt

• 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) (b. 1967)
• 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)
• 27 January – Sylvia Walton, academic (b. 1941)
• 31 January – Michael Egan, politician (b. 1948)

February

Lowitja O'Donoghue

• 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)
  • Andrew Rogers – judge (b. 1933)
• 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)
  • John Flynn, politician (b. 1953)
• 29 February – Linda White, politician

March

Ian Heads

• 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)
• 10 March – Steve Maxwell, footballer (b. 1965)
• 11 March – Mike McColl-Jones, comedy writer (b. 1937)
• 14 March –
  • Grant Page, stuntman (b. 1939)
  • Francis Carroll, archbishop (b. 1930)
  • Tom Gilmore Jr., politician (b. 1946)
• 24 March – Andrew Plympton, Australian rules football administrator (b. 1949)
• 25 March – Ian Heads, rugby league journalist and historian (b. 1943)
• 30 March – Les Twentyman, youth outreach worker (b. 1948)
• 31 March –
  • Michael McMartin, music manager (b. 1945)
  • John Turtle, academic and endocrinologist (b. 1937)

April

Noel Ratcliffe

• 3 April – Stefano Cherchi, Italian jockey (b. 2001)
• 4 April – Bob Lanigan, rugby league player (b. 1942 or 1943)
• 8 April –
  • Keith Barnes, rugby league player (b. 1934) (death announced on this date)
  • Ron Lord, soccer player (b. 1929)
• 9 April – Nathan Templeton, television journalist (b. 1979)
• 13 April – Ian Parmenter, chef and television presenter (b. 1945)
• 15 April – Noel Ratcliffe, golfer (b. 1945) (death announced on this date)
• 16 April –
  • Peter Davidson, Australian rules footballer (b. 1963)
  • Gavin Webb, musician (b. 1946)
• 17 April – Neil Rogers, swimmer (b. 1953) (death announced on this date)
• 22 April – Brian Tobin, tennis player and executive (b. 1930)
• 24 April – Terry Hill, rugby league player (b. 1972)
• 25 April –
  • John Mildren politician (b. 1932)
  • Ross Thornton, Australian rules footballer (b. 1956)
• 26 April –
  • Peter Ingham, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1941)
  • Graham Webb, radio and television presenter (b. 1936)
• 30 April –
  • Adrian Horridge, neuroscientist (b. 1927)
  • Lyndall Ryan, historian (b. 1943)

May

Mike Nugent

• 2 May – Ian Hayden, Australian rules footballer and barrister (b. 1941)
• 3 May – Tony Bleasdale, politician (b. 1946) (died on flight between China and Australia)
• 6 May –
  • Mike Nugent, Paralympic athlete (b. 1946)
  • Johnny Walker, racing car driver (b. 1944)
  • Brian Wenzel, actor (b. 1929) (death announced on this date)
• 7 May – Ignatius Jones, singer and producer (b. 1957) (born and died in the Philippines)

Cam McCarthy

• 9 May – Cam McCarthy, Australian rules footballer (Greater Western Sydney, Fremantle) (b. 1995)
• 10 May – Patrick Nilan, field hockey player (b. 1941)
• 12 May –
  • Hugh Edwards, journalist (b. 1933)
  • Ron Lynch, rugby league player (b. 1939)
• 13 May –
  • Berkley Cox, Australian rules footballer (b. 1934)
  • Reg Burgess, Australian rules footballer (b. 1934)
• 15 May – June Mendoza, painter (b. 1924)
• 18 May – Frank Ifield, yodeller and country music singer (b. 1937 in England)
• 20 May – Bill Serong, Australian rules footballer (b. 1936)
• 23 May –
  • Barry Davis, Australian rules footballer (b. 1943)
  • Rosemary Laing, photographer (b. 1959)
• 24 May – Destiny Deacon, artist (b. 1957) (death announced on this date)
• 29 May –
  • Steve Blyth, rugby league player (b. 1954) (death announced on this date)
  • Bob Rogers, radio disc jockey and broadcaster (b. 1926)

June

John Blackman

• 1 June –
  • Henry Gunstone, Australian rules footballer and cricketer (b. 1940)
  • Gary Nairn, politician (b. 1951)
• 2 June – Natasha Ryan, former suspected murder victim (b. 1984) (death announced on this date)
• 4 June –
  • John Blackman, radio and television presenter (b. 1947)
  • John Todd, Australian rules footballer (b. 1938) (death announced on this date)
• 5 June – Ross Booth, Australian rules footballer and commentator (b. 1951 or 1952) (death announced on this date)
• 7 June –
  • Siri Kannangara, sports physician
  • Greg Quicke, astronomer (b. 1961) (death announced on this date)
• 10 June –
  • Jennifer Cashmore, politician (b. 1937)
  • Steele Hall, politician (b. 1928)
• 11 June –
  • Dianne Burge, sprinter (b. 1943)
  • Bill Nankivell, politician (b. 1923)
• 14 June – Guy Warren, artist (b. 1921)
• 17 June – Leon Berner, Australian rules footballer (b. 1935)
• 18 June – Alan Gold, author (b. 1945)
• 21 June – Fred Smith, Australian rules footballer (b. 1941)
• 22 June –
  • Malcolm George Baker, convicted mass murderer (b. 1947)
  • Paul Stein, judge and environmental law expert (b. 1939)
• 23 June – David Tunley, musicologist (b. 1930)
• 26 June –
  • Keith Bromage, Australian rules footballer (b. 1937)
  • Stefan Romaniw, activist (b. 1955) (died in Poland)
  • Judith Whelan, journalist and media executive (b. 1960)
• 27 June – Kym Allen Parsons, (b. c. 1951) convicted armed robber

July

Kevan Gosper

Robin Warren

• 1 July – Clyde Laidlaw, Australian rules footballer (b. 1933)
• 3 July – Geoff Robinson, rugby league player (b. 1957)
• 10 July –
  • Bob Banks, rugby league player (b. 1930)
  • Frank O'Neill, swimmer (b. 1926)
  • Peter Steedman, politician (b. 1943)
• 13 July – Ron E Sparks, radio presenter and voice over artist (b. 1952) (death announced on this date)
• 14 July – Roderick Carnegie, businessman (b. 1932)
• 15 July – Kevin Manning, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1933)
• 17 July –
  • David Morrow, sports commentator (b. 1953) (death announced on this date)
  • Jim O'Sullivan, police commissioner (b. 1939)
• 19 July – Kevan Gosper, athlete, sports administrator and businessman (b. 1933) (death announced on this date)
• 23 July – Robin Warren, pathologist and Nobel laureate (2005) (b. 1937)
• 24 July – Ray Lawler, playwright (b. 1921)
• 25 July – Inga Peulich, politician (b. 1956)
• 26 July –
  • Janet Andrewartha, actress (Neighbours, Prisoner) (b. 1951)
  • John Conomos, artist and critic (b. 1947)
  • John Rickard, historian (b. 1935)

August

Terry Snow

• 3 August – Terry Snow, businessman and philanthropist (b. 1943)
• 5 August – Elliot McAdam, politician (b. 1951)
• 6 August – Jane Hansen, journalist and author
• 7 August – Jack Karlson, petty criminal and succulent Chinese meal consumer (b. 1942)
• 10 August – Steve Davislim, operatic tenor (b. 1967)
• 13 August – Sir Donald Trescowthick, businessman (b. 1930) (death announced on this date)
• 15 August – Olga Horak, author and Holocaust survivor (b. 1926) (death announced on this date)
• 16 August – Merle Thornton, feminist activist (b. 1930)
• 17 August – Black Caviar, racehorse (b. 2006)
• 20 August – Sam Landsberger, sports journalist (b. 1988)
• 22 August –
  • Gerald O'Collins, theologian (b. 1931)
  • Sphen, penguin (b. 2018)
• 25 August – John Bilbija, rugby league player (b. 1958/1959)
• 31 August – Jack Hibberd, playwright (b. 1940)

September

Lex Marinos

• 1 September –
  • Tim Bowden, historian and television presenter (b. 1937)
  • John Schultz, Australian rules footballer (b. 1938) (death announced on this date)
• 2 September – Maret Archer, actress (b. c. 1949)
• 3 September – Margaret Manion, art historian (b. 1935)
• 5 September – Marty Morton, actor
• 6 September –
  • Mark Moffatt, music producer and guitarist
  • Neil Inall, television and radio presenter (b. 1933)
• 7 September – Michael Guider, paedophile (b. 1950)
• 9 September –
  • Nick Dondas, politician (b. 1939) (death announced on this date)
  • Charlotte O'Brien, student
• 11 September – Frank Misson, cricketer (b. 1938)
• 12 September –
  • Graham McNeice, sports broadcaster and documentary filmmaker (b. 1948)
  • Aussie Malcolm, Australian-born New Zealand politician (b. 1940) (death announced on this date)
• 13 September – Lex Marinos, actor (b. 1949)
• 18 September –
  • Dick Diamonde, bass guitarist (The Easybeats) (b. 1947)
  • Zulya Kamalova, singer (b. 1969)
• 21 September – Greg Malouf, chef (b. 1960) (death announced on this date)
• 25 September – Dick Caine, Olympic swimming coach (b. 1946).

October

George Negus

• 3 October –
  • Jack Colwell, singer-songwriter (b. c. 1989)
  • Fiona MacDonald, television presenter (Wombat, It's a Knockout) (b. 1957)
• 4 October –
  • Barbara Blackman, writer (b. 1928)
  • John Lawrence O'Meally, judge (b. 1939)
• 8 October –
  • George Hampel, judge and barrister (b. 1933)
  • Joseph Haydar, weightlifter (b. 1938)
• 10 October – Sir Frank Moore, businessman and tourism advocate (b. 1930)
• 13 October – Elizabeth Hanan, Australian-born NZ politician (b. 1937)
• 15 October –
  • George Negus, journalist and television presenter (60 Minutes) (b. 1942)
  • Ollie Olsen, electronic musician, composer and sound designer (b. 1958)
• 27 October – Hugh Mitchell, Australian rules footballer (b. 1934)
• 29 October – Alan Lynch, Australian rules footballer (b. 1954)
• 30 October – Matt Peacock, journalist (b. 1952)

November

• 1 November – Fay Marles, feminist and public servant (b. 1926)
• 2 November – Cassius, saltwater crocodile, largest crocodile in captivity (death announced on this date)
• 4 November – Jim Webber, politician (b. 1940)
• 5 November – Dave Stephens, athletic runner (b. 1928)
• 6 November – Phyllis O'Donnell, surfer (b. 1937)
• 13 November – Ken Shorter, actor (death announced on this date)
• 15 November – Eileen Kramer, dancer (b. 1914)

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 rules football
• 2024 in Australian television
• List of Australian films of 2024

External links

• Online calendar