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Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today. But there’s been other major news throughout this most difficult of years, which began with the bleak summer season bushfires before a deadly pandemic dominated headlines for the rest of the year. 7NEWS.com.au takes a look back at some of the biggest news events in Australia in 2020.
- Summer Woolley
- 9 min
- Overnight Editor
- JANUARY. Australia woke to a sobering new year. With soaring temperatures, the bushfires which had taken hold in December were escalating. A pair of NSW farmers killed on New Year's Eve in Cobargo were named as father and son Robert Salway, 63, and Patrick Salway, 29.
- FEBRUARY. In an event which shattered a community, siblings Antony, 13, Angelina, 12, Sienna Abdallah, 9, and their cousin, Veronique Sakr, 11, were killed on February 1 as they walked to get ice cream in Oatlands, western Sydney.
- MARCH. Coronavirus dominated the news. Australia reported its first death on March 1, with Diamond Princess passenger James Kwan passing away in Perth. Passengers from the virus-infected cruise ship were flown home from Japan by the government, and the outbreak was declared a pandemic by the WHO on March 11.
- APRIL. On April 8, Cardinal George Pell walked free from a Melbourne prison after the High Court overturned his convictions. It was this month tragedy struck the families of four police officers in Melbourne.
As of 6 April 2020 at least 12 deaths and more than 700 cases of coronavirus in Australia in Australia are now linked to this incident. The 2020 AFL season and 2020 AFL Women's season are suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2020 AFL season has been scheduled to resume on 11 June 2020. [33]
Beaches reopening. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 28: The first swimmers run into the water as Bronte Beach is reopened at Bronte Beach on April 28, 2020 in Sydney, Australia. Waverley Council reopened Bondi, Bronte and Tamarama beaches today, with COVID-19 social distancing rules still in place. The beaches will be open from 7am to 5pm for swimmers ...
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Dec 1, 2020 · 1. Sam Mooy / Getty Images. An out of control fire burns in Mount Adrah, NSW. At the time this photo was taken, there were 135 fires burning across the state, 50 of which were uncontained.
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Dec 27, 2020 · A satellite image shows smoke from a bushfire burning east of Orbost in Victoria, January 4, 2020. / The same bushfire is seen in shortwave infrared (SWIR), with orange indicating active fire.
