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The following lists events that happened during 2019 in Australia .
Scott Morrison State and territory leaders [ edit ] Governors and administrators [ edit ] 3 January – One man is killed and another is injured following a double stabbing at the Asia-Pacific headquarters of the Church of Scientology in the Sydney suburb of Chatswood .[ 1] [ 2]
5 January – A far-right political rally held in Melbourne , marked by scuffles with police and counter-protesters, is attended by Independent Senator Fraser Anning , who admits to using tax-payer funded travel to attend the event.[ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
7 January – A mass fish die-off occurs on the Lower Darling River at Menindee Lakes . Up to 1 million fish, including endangered species, ultimately die in what is described as possibly the largest fish die-off in Australian history.[ 6] [ 7]
24 January – Professor Tanya Monro is appointed Australia's next Chief Defence Scientist , the first woman in the position.[ 8] [ 9]
29 January – The South Australian Murray Darling Basin Royal Commission report is released. The commission, which commenced in 2018, was critical of the Murray Darling Basin Plan and the Commonwealth Murray Darling Basin Authority.[ 10] [ 11] 13 March – Cardinal George Pell is sentenced to six years in prison following his conviction over the sexual abuse of two choirboys.[ 19]
19 March – a few days prior to the state election , a video from September 2018 surfaced in which NSW Labor leader Michael Daley made comments about Asian immigration in Sydney. Daley said "Our young children will flee and who are they being replaced with? They are being replaced by young people from typically Asia with PhDs," and "So there's a transformation happening in Sydney now where our kids are moving out and foreigners are moving in and taking their jobs".[ 20] [ 21]
23 March –
13 August – 2019 Sydney stabbing attack
16 August – Pro-Hong Kong protesters clash with pro-China supporters in Melbourne, while police are forced to intervene during similar confrontations in Sydney and Adelaide, following the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests .[ 35]
21 August – The Victorian Court of Appeal dismisses George Pell 's appeal to overturn his conviction for child sex offences.[ 36]
29 August – An attempt to deport the Sri Lankan Tamil Nadesalingam family asylum seekers was thwarted by a last-minute injunction, forcing the plane carrying the couple and their children out of Australia to land in Darwin.[ 37] 8 November – Three people are killed and 150 homes are destroyed by a large number of bushfires burning across New South Wales and South East Queensland .[ 41] [ 42]
11 November – A week-long State of Emergency is declared in New South Wales and the Australian Defence Force is put on alert amid mounting bushfire warnings.[ 43] [ 42] [ edit ] 15 February —
16 February –
17 February –
Paul Neville Annalise Braakensiek 1 January – Paul Neville , Queensland politician (b. 1940 )2 January – Darius Perkins , actor (b. 1964 )4 January – John Thornett , rugby union player (b. 1935 )6 January – Annalise Braakensiek , model (b. 1972 )7 January – Jimmy Hannan , television presenter (b. 1934 )8 January – Sir William Cole , public servant (b. 1926 )16 January – Chris Wilson , blues musician (b. 1956 )17 January – Tara Simmons , musician (b. 1984 )19 January – Robert Furlonger , diplomat and public servant (b. 1921 )20 January – Fred Castledine , Australian rules footballer (b. 1937 )22 January – Eileen Massey , cricketer (b. 1935 )24 January – Jim McCabe , Victorian politician (b. 1922 )29 January – Ian George , Anglican bishop (b. 1934 )30 January
John Herron Gordon McIntosh Peter Coleman 1 March – Mike Willesee , television journalist (b. 1942 )3 March – Richard Lewis , Western Australian politician (b. 1939 )4 March – Les Carlyon , newspaper editor (b. 1942 )10 March – Gordon McIntosh , Western Australian politician (b. 1925 )11 March – Desmond Ford , theologian (b. 1929 )13 March – Edmund Capon , art historian (died in the United Kingdom ) (b. 1940 )18 March – Giovanni Sgro , Victorian politician (b. 1931 )19 March
20 March – Noel Hush , chemist (b. 1924 )22 March – Jack Absalom , artist, author and adventurer (b. 1927 )24 March – Vicky Kippin , Queensland politician (b. 1942 )25 March – Stylianos Harkianakis , Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Australia (b. 1935 )27 March – Bruce Yardley , Test cricketer (b. 1947 )30 March – Geoff Harvey , musician and television personality (b. 1935 )31 March – Peter Coleman , 30th New South Wales Leader of the Opposition (b. 1928 )Suzanne Twelftree Eric Kent Les Murray 1 April – Bill Butchart , middle-distance runner (b. 1933 )4 April – John Winneke , Victorian Supreme Court judge (b. 1938 )6 April – Lloyd McDermott , barrister and rugby union player (b. 1939 )7 April
9 April – Rod Galt , Australian rules footballer (St Kilda , Carlton ) (b. 1951 )11 April
13 April
15 April – Rex Harry , cricketer (b. 1936 )16 April – Suzanne Twelftree , Paralympic wheelchair tennis player and powerlifter (b. 1956 )18 April – Andrew Mallard , wrongfully convicted ex-convict (died in the United States ) (b. 1962 )20 April – Joyce Evans , photographer (b. 1929 )23 April – Scott W. Sloan , civil engineer and academic (b. 1954 )26 April – Eric Kent , Victorian politician (b. 1919 )29 April – Les Murray , poet (b. 1938 )30 April – Max Evans , Western Australian politician (b. 1930 )Bob Hawke Allan Edwards 1 May – Sir Arvi Parbo , businessman (b. 1926 )2 May – Mike Williamson , sports commentator (b. 1928 )3 May – Enrico Taglietti , architect (b. 1926 )4 May – Adam Sky , DJ (b. 1976 )12 May – Alan Grover , Olympic rowing coxswain (b. 1944 )14 May – Barbara York Main , arachnologist (b. 1929 )16 May
19 May – John Millett , poet (b. 1921 )20 May – Peter Hitchcock , environmentalist (b. 1944 )21 May
24 May – Alan Murray , golfer (b. 1940 )25 May – Jean Burns , aviator (b. 1919 )26 May – Kath Venn , Tasmanian politician (b. 1926 )27 May – Judith McKenzie , archaeologist (b. 1957 )28 May – Nick Yakich , rugby league footballer (b. 1940 )30 May – Allan Edwards , cricketer (b. 1921 )Max Kay 1 June – Christobel Mattingley , writer (b. 1931 )4 June
5 June
8 June
12 June – Don Benson , Australian rules footballer (Richmond ) (b. 1920 )13 June – Anne Hamilton-Byrne , cult leader of The Family (b. 1921 )15 June – John Wilson , Australian rules footballer (Richmond ) (b. 1940 )18 June – Alf Hughes , Australian rules footballer (Hawthorn ) (b. 1930 )19 June – Christine Barnetson , swimmer (b. 1948 )20 June
21 June
23 June
24 June – Steve Dunleavy , journalist (died in the United States ) (b. 1938 )25 June
26 June – Ian Johnson , television executive (b. 1949 )28 June – Brian Rhodes , cricketer (b. 1951 )30 June – Doug Ford , cricketer (b. 1928 )Bruce Wallrodt Neil Davey Richard Carter Margaret Fulton Jim Forbes Polly Farmer Tim Fischer 1 August – Barrington Pheloung , composer (b. 1954 )3 August – Damien Lovelock , musician (b. 1954 )5 August – Russell Middlemiss , Australian rules footballer (Geelong ) (b. 1929 )6 August
8 August – Malcolm T. Elliott , radio personality (b. 1946 )9 August – Hendricus Vogels , Olympic cyclist (b. 1942 )10 August – Jim Forbes , South Australian politician (b. 1923 )11 August
14 August
15 August – Glenn Tasker , President of Paralympics Australia (b. 1951 )17 August – Ronald Gray , Olympic athlete (b. 1932 )19 August
20 August – Colin Beard , Australian rules footballer (South Fremantle , Richmond ) (b. 1941 )21 August – Norma Croker , Olympic athlete (b. 1934 )22 August – Tim Fischer , 10th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1946 )23 August – Peter Moscatt , rugby league footballer (b. 1943 )24 August – Tony Nichols , Anglican prelate (b. 1938 )28 August – Max McDonald , Victorian politician (b. 1927 )30 August – Elaine Darling , Queensland politician (b. 1936 )31 August – Jane Mathews , Federal Court judge (b. 1940 )Danny Frawley Penny Whetton 1 September – Alison Cheek , Episcopal priest (died in the United States ) (b. 1927 )3 September
6 September – Susan Irvine , author and educator (b. 1928 )8 September – Paul Lyons , Olympic taekwondo practitioner (b. 1969 )9 September – Danny Frawley , Australian rules footballer (St Kilda ) and coach (Richmond ) (b. 1963 )10 September – Hal Colebatch , author (b. 1945 )11 September – Penny Whetton , climatologist (b. 1958 )13 September
16 September – Peter Lucas , Australian rules footballer (Collingwood ) (b. 1929 )17 September – Robert Oatey , Australian rules footballer (b. 1942 )20 September – Jim Macken , lawyer, judge and human rights activist (b. 1927 )21 September – David Combe , political lobbyist (b. 1943 )23 September – Tauto Sansbury , Indigenous activist (b. 1949 )26 September – Martin Wesley-Smith , composer (b. 1945 )29 September – John D'Arcy , Australian rules footballer (Richmond ) (b. 1935 )30 September – Tom Allsop , Australian rules footballer (Hawthorn ) (b. 1929 )Kieran Modra Ken Kavanagh Sam Watson John Cain Jr. 1 December – Stuart Fraser , musician2 December – Greedy Smith , musician (b. 1956 )5 December – Don Howell , Australian rules footballer (St Kilda , Collingwood ) (b. 1935 )9 December – Paddy Guinane , Australian rules footballer (Richmond ) (b. 1939 )10 December – Bill Welsh , Australian rules footballer (Collingwood ) (b. 1924 )13 December – Graham Cooper , Australian rules footballer (Hawthorn ) (b. 1938 )14 December – Ken Wright , Victorian politician (b. 1925 )15 December – Alfred Dennis , New South Wales politician (b. 1924 )18 December – Doug Ricketson , rugby league footballer (b. 1930 )20 December – Robert Moir , medical researcher (died in the United States ) (b. 1961 )21 December – Ron Penny , immunologist (b. 1936 )23 December – John Cain Jr. , 41st Premier of Victoria (b. 1931 )29 December – M. C. Ricklefs , Indonesianist (b. 1943 )30 December – Horst Kwech , racecar driver (died in the United States ) (b. 1937 )
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