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20 January – Will Hodgman resigns as Premier of Tasmania, and is replaced by Peter Gutwein. [7] 20 January – 2 February – Novak Djokovic won the Men's Singles and Sofia Kenin the Women's Singles at the 2020 Australian Open. 25 January – Australia confirms its first COVID-19 case in Melbourne.
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3: 1160 people evacuated by two Navy vessels as Mallacoota in Victoria burns during an unprecedented bushfire crisis that is labelled Australia’s biggest natural disaster 5: Diver Gary Johnson fatally mauled by sharkoff Esperance in Western Australia 6: Russell Croweand Cate Blanchett use their moments in the Golden Globes spotlight to blame climat...
1: Three siblings - Antony, 13, Angelina, 12, and Sienna, 9, Abdallah - and their cousin Veronique Sakr- killed when alleged drunk driver mounts kerb and hits them in Sydney suburb of Oatland 9: The most torrential downpour since the late 1990s lashes Sydney, ultimately pushing up Warragamba Dam levels from 44 to 80 per cent, finally extinguishing ...
1: James Kwan, 78, becomes first Australian to die of coronavirus after contracting the disease aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship which had been quarantined off Yokohama in Japan 3: AAP announces it will closeon June 26, with 180 editorial job losses, after 85 years of operation. The wire service is ‘rescued’ when it is bought in June by a no...
2: Free childcareto be offered to all working Australian parents in bid to keep an estimated 13,000 child centres from folding as coronavirus pandemic progresses 7: High Court grants George Pell’s appealand quashes his conviction on child abuse charges. Pell walks free from Melbourne’s Barwon prison just hours later 8: Australia’s death toll from C...
8: PM releases three-step roadmapto a COVIDSafe Australia 11: Influential union leader and environmental activist Jack Mundey diesafter a long illness, aged 90 19: China imposes 80 per cent tariffs on barley importsafter more than 110 countries back Australia’s push for an independent coronavirus inquiry 21: More than a dozen people injured when ca...
3: Australia in recessionfor the first time in almost three decades, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says 4: Two American police who struck 7NEWS correspondent Amelia Brace and cameraman Tim Myersduring protests against the killing of black man George Floyd have been demoted to desk duties 7: Two girls and two boys, believed to be aged between 14 and 18,...
4: Immediate lockdown of nine Melbourne public housing towersto fight a coronavirus outbreak after 108 new cases recorded overnight 9: Melburnians are back in stay-at-home lockdownfor six weeks in a bid to contain a second wave of coronavirus 14: Secret lettersreveal the Queen knew of Sir John Kerr’s consideration Gough Whitlam’s dismissal before N...
2: Premier Daniel Andrews declares Victoria is in a State of Disasteras he foreshadows tougher measures to prevent the further spread of coronavirus 3: Melbourne goes into Stage 4 restrictions - including an overnight curfew - and regional Victoria imposes Stage Three 5: Two-year-old Australian boy Isaac Oehlersis among at least 200 people killed i...
1: Australian journalist Cheng Lei, who works for China’s state-owned media, detained by Chinese authorities 3: Two Australians among dozens of crew missing at seaafter livestock ship disappears in the East China Sea as Typhoon Maysak lashes the region 3: Sydney Family Court bomber Leonard Warwick, 73, sentenced to three life terms for murdering a ...
1: Stipe “Steven” Lozina, who viciously attacked a heavily pregnant Muslim woman in a Sydney cafe, jailedfor three years 6: Treasurer Josh Frydenberg unveils historic federal budgetthat outlines a series of spending to haul the country out of the first recession in almost three decades 8: The inquest into William Tyrrell’s disappearance closes, wit...
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- 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.
- More Than $1 Billion Announced in New Australian Aid Funding for World’s Poor. Additional aid packages announced to help Australia’s closest neighbours deal with the pandemic have now reached over $1 billion — bringing Australia’s aid spending to the highest level in years.
- The Entire State of South Australia Powered by Solar Energy for 1 Hour in World First. Between 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. on Oct. 11, the entire state of South Australia had its energy requirement met by solar power — a world first for a jurisdiction of its size.
- Australia Vows to Plant 25 Million Trees by 2025 to Compensate for Bushfire Destruction. Australia's largest-ever restoration project will see an impressive 25 million trees planted over the next half decade.
- 40,000 New Australians Sign Up to Be Global Citizens. The incredible success of Global Citizen’s One World: Together at Home and Global Goal: Unite for Our Future virtual events, which broadcast across Channel 9 and Channel 10, helped bring Global Citizen’s message to tens of thousands of Australians.
Dec 28, 2023 · Australia's most Googled terms of 2020 Coronavirus has dominated the headlines this year more than any other topic in recent history. But if Google searches are any indication, Australians were ...
Dec 30, 2020 · From coronavirus border closures to a state election during a pandemic, 2020 has been shaped by major events — some of which were unprecedented for the Sunshine State.
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August 7, 2020 was one of the most dramatic days of the pandemic in Australia. All non-essential businesses in Melbourne were closed as full lockdown kicked in in the city. Meanwhile, thousands of people streamed across the border from NSW to Queensland after a border closure was announced. Police conduct a spot check at a Melbourne home.
