Victorians are shaken by a record 5.9 earthquake.
The US withdraws from Afghanistan and Taliban forces seize control of Kabul, leading thousands of Afghans to crowd the airport hoping to leave the country.
The words to our national anthem, Advance Australia Fair are updated to reflect the history of Australia’s First Nations peoples to “For we are one and free.”
Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh dies aged 99.
Sydney businessperson Melissa Caddick is confirmed dead, three months after going missing, when her foot is found washed up on a beach.
Six Tasmanian children die after a jumping castle is picked up by wind at a school end-of-year celebration.
Facebook blocks Australians from sharing news content for nine days.
And protesters start a fire at the front of Old Parliament House causing damage to the building’s facade.