21st Century
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Australia celebrates centenary of Federation; | |
| Western Australia adopts a uniform Age of consent of 16. | ||
| Australian forces deployed to War to topple Taliban for supporting Al Qaeda | ||
| 2002 | 2002 Bali bombings, the deadliest act of terrorism in the history of Indonesia, killing 202 people, (including 88 Australians. | |
| 2003 | Australian military deployed to Iraq War to oust the Saddam Hussein regime for serial non-compliance with the 1991 Gulf War Peace Treaty. | |
| Northern Territory introdues uniform Age Of Consent set at 16 for everyone. | ||
| New South Wales becomes the last State to have a Uniform Age of Consent at 16 for everyone. | ||
| Australia hosts the Rugby World Cup, with the home side losing the final to England in Sydney | ||
| 2004 | A bomb explodes outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, Asia. | |
| Federal Election: Howard Government (Liberal-National Coalition) wins fourth term and defeats Mark Latham led Australian Labor Party. | ||
| 2005 | Sydney beachside suburb of Cronulla sees a protest against the alleged bashing of a beach lifeguard, developing into an alcohol-fuelled, racially-charged riot. | |
| 2006 | The Commonwealth Games are held in Melbourne. | |
| Australian Forces are again deployed to East Timor to help stabilize the country. (to 2007) | ||
| 2007 | Sydney hosts APEC summit. | |
| Australia avoids recession amidst Global Financial Crisis (to 2010) | ||
| Federal Election: Kevin Rudd (Australian Labor Party) defeats John Howard (Liberal-National Coalition) and becomes Prime Minister. | ||
| 2008 | Kevin Rudd leads bi-partisan Parliamentary apology to the Stolen Generation. | |
| Longest heatwave for an Australian Capital City recorded in Adelaide. | ||
| Sydney hosts Catholic World Youth Day | ||
| Quentin Bryce becomes first female Governor General of Australia. | ||
| 2009 | Black Saturday: Massive bushfires swept across Victoria, resulting in 173 fatalities. | |
| 2010 | Kevin Rudd challenged and replaced as leader of the Labor Party by Julia Gillard; Gillard becomes the first female Prime Minister. | |
| Mary MacKillop canonised as Australia's first Saint of the Roman Catholic Church. | ||
| Federal Election results in hung Parliament and narrow victory by Julia Gillard (ALP) over Tony Abbott (Lib-Nat Coalition); Liberal Ken Wyatt becomes the first Aborigine elected to the Australian House of Representatives | ||
| 2011 | State of Queensland affected by major flooding followed by Cyclone Yasi. |
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