The following lists events that happened during 2018 in Australia.

2018 in Australia
MonarchElizabeth II
Governor-GeneralSir Peter Cosgrove
Prime ministerMalcolm Turnbull, then Scott Morrison
Australian of the YearMichelle Simmons
ElectionsTAS, SA, VIC

2018
in
Australia

Decades:
  • 1990s
  • 2000s
  • 2010s
  • 2020s
  • 2030s
See also:

Incumbents

State and territory leaders

Governors and administrators

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

  • 15 October – it was revealed the NSW National Party and the Young Nationals had been infiltrated by a significant number of neo-Nazis with a number of members being investigated for alleged links to neo-Nazism. Party leader Michael McCormack denounced these attempts stating that "The Nationals will not tolerate extremism or the politics of hate. People found to engage with such radicalism are not welcome in our party.[64]
    • One Nation leader Pauline Hanson proposes an "It's OK to be white" motion in the Australian Senate intended to acknowledge the "deplorable rise of anti-white racism and attacks on Western civilization".[65] It was supported by most senators from the governing Liberal-National Coalition, but was defeated 31–28 by opponents who called it a racist slogan from the white supremacist movement.[66][67] The following day, the motion was "recommitted", and this time rejected unanimously by senators in attendance, with its initial supporters in the Liberal-National Coalition saying they had voted for it due to an administrative error (One Nation did not attend the recommital vote).[68]

November

December

  • 15 December – Australia officially recognizes West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The move is seen as controversial and bizarre by some as only partially recognizing Jerusalem is deemed unlikely to please either the Israelis or Palestinians entirely.[77]
  • 24 December – Thousands of residents of an apartment block in Sydney Olympic Park are forced to evacuate following structural concerns and fears the 36-storey building could collapse.[78]

Music, arts and literature

Sport

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Deaths

January

February

March

April

May

Cornelia Frances

June

July

August

Mirka Mora

September

October

Richard Gill at TEDx Sydney 2011

November

December

See also

References

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