2016 in Australia

2016 in Australia
Monarchy	Elizabeth II
Governor-General	Sir Peter Cosgrove
Prime minister	Malcolm Turnbull
Australian of the Year	David Morrison
Elections	NT, ACT

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Decades:

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Incumbents

Premiers and Chief Ministers

Governors and Administrators

Governor of New South Wales – David Hurley
Governor of Queensland – Paul de Jersey
Governor of South Australia – Hieu Van Le
Governor of Tasmania – Kate Warner
Governor of Victoria – Linda Dessau
Governor of Western Australia – Kerry Sanderson
Administrator of the Australian Indian Ocean Territories – Barry Haase
Administrator of Norfolk Island – Gary Hardgrave
Administrator of the Northern Territory – John Hardy

Events

January

4 January – Australia Post raises the basic postage rate from 70 cents to $1, in addition to instituting a priority delivery service for an extra 50 cents.^[1]
5 January – Electronics retailer Dick Smith goes into voluntary administration.^[2]
7 January – Bushfires in Western Australia destroy many homes and other buildings, especially in the town of Yarloop.^[3]^[4]

February

Multiple days – School bomb threats

March

11 March – The Basslink data transmission cable between Victoria and Tasmania is cut for repairs, resulting in slow internet speeds for ISP customers in Tasmania, particularly those of the TPG Telecom group such as iiNet and Internode.^[5]
12 March – Members of rival street gangs rampage through the Melbourne CBD during the city's Moomba Festival.^[6]

April

7 April – Steelmaker and iron ore mining company Arrium goes into voluntary administration.^[7]

May

6 May – A leadership spill for the Liberal National Party of Queensland is held, with Tim Nicholls defeating incumbent Lawrence Springborg to become party leader and leader of the Opposition.^[8]

Future and scheduled events

1 July – New legal and governance arrangements commence for the previously self-governing territory of Norfolk Island.
27 August – Northern Territory general election, 2016
15 October – Australian Capital Territory general election, 2016

Arts and literature

19 April – Charlotte Wood wins the 2016 Stella Prize for her novel The Natural Way of Things.^[9]

Sport

30 January – Tennis: Angelique Kerber wins the 2016 Australian Open – Women's Singles, defeating defending champion Serena Williams 6-4, 3–6, 6–4.
31 January – Tennis: Novak Djokovic wins the 2016 Australian Open – Men's Singles, defeating Andy Murray 6–1, 7–5, 7–6.

Deaths

January

1 January – Brian Johns, 79, ABC managing director (1995–2000)
2 January – John Reid, 87, Anglican bishop
4 January – Robert Stigwood, 81, band manager (Bee Gees, Cream) and film producer (Grease, Saturday Night Fever) (died in London)
5 January – Michael Purcell, 70, rugby union player
9 January – Peter Gavin Hall, 64, statistician
10 January – Bob Oatley, 87, yachtsman and winemaker
11 January – Brian Johnson, 59, rugby league player and coach
15 January – Ken Judge, 57, Australian rules footballer (Hawthorn, Brisbane Bears) and coach (Hawthorn, West Coast Eagles)
19 January – Robert M. Carter, 73, scientist
22 January – Lois Ramsey, 93, actress
23 January – Antony Emerson, 52, tennis player (died in Newport Beach, California)
24 January – Christine Jackson, 53, cellist
26 January – Bryce Rohde, 92, jazz pianist and composer (died in San Francisco)
31 January – Lance Cox, 82, Australian rules footballer

February

1 February – Paul Pholeros, 62, architect
4 February – Sonia Borg, 85, screenwriter
5 February – John Hirst, 73, historian
9 February –
- Bob Halverson, 78, politician, Speaker of the House of Representatives (1996–1998)
- Alethea McGrath, 96, actress
11 February – Arthur Tunstall, 93, sport administrator
26 February – John Kidd, 68, Paralympic athlete

March

2 March – Roger Hickman, 61, yachtsman
3 March – Sarah Tait, 33, Olympic rower
5 March – Paul Couch, 51, Australian rules footballer (Geelong).
7 March –
- Gary Braasch, 70, American photojournalist
- Des O'Reilly, 61, rugby league player
8 March – Ross Hannaford, 65, musician (Daddy Cool)
9 March – Jon English, 66, musician and actor
12 March – John Caldwell, 87, demographer
15 March – Better Loosen Up, 30, racehorse

April

3 April –
- Bob Ellis, 73, writer
- Ronald Mulkearns, 85, bishop
5 April – Kerrie Lester, 62, painter
7 April – Freda Briggs, 85, child protection expert
13 April – Rex Patterson, 89, politician
16/17 April – Ken Aldred, 70, politician
17 April –
- Tiga Bayles, 62, broadcaster and indigenous rights activist
- Bruce Mansfield, 71, broadcaster
20 April – Dame Leonie Kramer, 91, academic
23 April – Inge King, 100, sculptor
25 April – Tom Lewis, 94, Premier of New South Wales (1975–1976)
30 April – Merv Lincoln, 82, middle-distance runner

May

2 May –
- John Kaye, 60, New South Wales politician
- Myles McKeon, 97, Roman Catholic bishop

References

↑ Han, Misa (4 January 2016). "Australia Post flooded with complaints for $1 stamp and slower service". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
↑ "Dick Smith customers left out of pocket on undelivered goods, lost deposits and gift cards". news.com.au (News Corp Australia). 5 January 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
↑ "WA fires force evacuations, residents unable to return home". ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation-ABC). 7 January 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
↑ Cockburn, Paige (8 January 2016). "Fire-ravaged Yarloop 'very surreal', 80pc of homes thought lost". ABC News (ABC). Retrieved 8 January 2016.
↑ "Basslink repairs hit internet users in Tasmania". ABC News. 12 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
↑ "Chairs, plates, coffee cups hurled like missiles as gang descends on Federation Square and Brunetti's cafe in Melbourne CBD". The Age. 14 March 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
↑ "Arrium enters voluntary administration, Grant Thornton appointed". ABC News. 7 April 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
↑ "Tim Nicholls wins LNP leadership spill against Lawrence Springborg". ABC News. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
↑ "Charlotte Wood's The Natural Way of Things wins $50,000 Stella prize", The Guardian, 19 April 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2016

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2016 in Oceania

Sovereign states	Australia East Timor (Timor-Leste) Fiji Kiribati Marshall Islands Federated States of Micronesia Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu

Associated states of New Zealand	Cook Islands Niue

Dependencies, colonies and other territories	American Samoa Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands French Polynesia Guam Hawaii New Caledonia Norfolk Island Northern Mariana Islands Pitcairn Islands Tokelau Wallis and Futuna

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