Events
- Australia's Bicentenary year, celebrations lasting throughout year.
- 26 January – Australia Day, Australia celebrates its bicentennial day with the arrival of the First Fleet Re-enactment voyage and a tall ships parade in Sydney Harbour.
- 19 March – Nick Greiner & the Liberal Party win NSW election in a landside, removing the ALP government of Barrie Unsworth.
- 30 April – World Expo 88 opens in Brisbane, Queensland. The exhibition runs for 6 months hosting pavilions from over 70 countries and thrusts Brisbane into the international spotlight.
- 9 May – Elizabeth II opens the New Parliament House in Canberra
- 1 June - the British Government fail to stop the publication of Spycatcher by the ex-MI5 agent Peter Wright
- 1 September – Acacia pycnantha proclaimed Australia's national floral emblem.
- 3 September – Federal referendums on 4-year parliamentary terms, recognition of local government and other issues are defeated
- 1 October – The ALP government of John Cain is narrowly re-elected for a third term in Victoria.
- 12 October – Two officers of the Victoria Police are gunned down execution-style in the Walsh Street police shootings.
- 15 October – Aus Steam '88 commenced in Melbourne, Victoria
- 30 October – World Expo 88 draws to a close after a 6 month spectacular.
- 12 November - Debra Palmer (now Debra Fern) marries Mark Cunningham.
- 29 November – The four acts granting the ACT self-government are given Royal Assent.
- Olympic Dam, the world's largest uranium deposit and the largest underground mine in Australian opens
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