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Year in a Minute: 2022

Australia's election

Labor Party leader Anthony Albanese declares victory in Australia's federal election on May 21, 2022. (Kyodo via AP Images) Credit: AP

SBS celebrating 50 Years. This is a Year in a Minute 2022.


The COVID pandemic continues, with vaccination requirements in place for entrants into Australia.

Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic is deported from the country on the eve of the Australian Open.

In February Russia launches a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Queen Elizabeth marks her Platinum Jubilee, of 70 years of rule.

The Commonwealth Government purchases the copyright of the Aboriginal flag.

Cricketer Shane Warne dies while on holiday in Thailand.

Flooding hits large parts of Queensland and New South Wales, killing twenty-two people and injuring hundreds of others.

Australia heads to the polls in a Federal Election. Labor wins power from the incumbent Liberal-National Coalition and Anthony Albanese is sworn in as Prime Minister.

And Queen Elizabeth the Second dies. She is succeeded by her son, King Charles the Third.


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