2023 in Australia

Monarch

File:King_Charles_III_(July_2023).jpg|Charles III

Governor-General

File:David_Hurley_official_photo_(cropped).jpg|David Hurley

Prime Minister

File:Anthony_Albanese_portrait_(cropped).jpg|Anthony Albanese

Deputy Prime Minister

File:Richard_Marles_in_Feb_2023.jpg|Richard Marles

Opposition Leader

File:Peter_Dutton_May_2018.jpg|Peter Dutton

Chief Justice

File:Susan_Kiefel_2011.jpg|Susan Kiefel
until 5th November

File:GagelerSwearingIn.jpg|Stephen Gageler
from 6th November

• Premier of New South Wales – Dominic Perrottet (until 28 March), then Chris Minns
• Opposition Leader – Chris Minns (until 28 March), then Mark Speakman (from 21 April)
• Premier of Queensland – Annastacia Palaszczuk (until 15 December), then Steven Miles
• Opposition Leader – David Crisafulli
• Premier of South Australia – Peter Malinauskas
• Opposition Leader – David Speirs
• Premier of Tasmania – Jeremy Rockliff
• Opposition Leader – Rebecca White
• Premier of Victoria – Daniel Andrews (until 27 September), then Jacinta Allan
• Opposition Leader – John Pesutto
• Premier of Western Australia – Mark McGowan (until 8 June), then Roger Cook
• Opposition Leader – Mia Davies (until 30 January), then Shane Love
• Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory – Andrew Barr
• Opposition Leader – Elizabeth Lee
• Chief Minister of the Northern Territory – Natasha Fyles (until 21 December), then Eva Lawler
• Opposition Leader – Lia Finocchiaro

• Governor of New South Wales – Margaret Beazley
• Governor of Queensland – Jeannette Young
• Governor of South Australia – Frances Adamson
• Governor of Tasmania – Barbara Baker
• Governor of Victoria – Linda Dessau (until 30 June), then James Angus (acting), then Margaret Gardner (from 9 August){{Cite web |date=2023-06-05 |title=Professor Margaret Gardner AC appointed as next Governor of Victoria |url=https://www.monash.edu/news/articles/professor-margaret-gardner-ac-appointed-as-next-governor-of-victoria |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=Monash University |language=en |archive-date=6 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106193125/https://www.monash.edu/news/articles/professor-margaret-gardner-ac-appointed-as-next-governor-of-victoria |url-status=live }}
• Governor of Western Australia – Chris Dawson
• Administrator of the Australian Indian Ocean Territories – Natasha Griggs, then Farzian Zainal (from 19 June){{Cite web |date=2023-05-11 |title=Indian Ocean Territories Administrator appointment |url=https://minister.infrastructure.gov.au/mcbain/media-release/indian-ocean-territories-administrator-appointment |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=Minister for Regional Development, Local Government and Territories |archive-date=24 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624195120/https://minister.infrastructure.gov.au/mcbain/media-release/indian-ocean-territories-administrator-appointment |url-status=live }}
• Administrator of Norfolk Island – Eric Hutchinson (until 1 June), then George Plant{{Cite web |date=2023-05-11 |title=Norfolk Island Administrator appointment |url=https://minister.infrastructure.gov.au/mcbain/media-release/norfolk-island-administrator-appointment |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=Minister for Regional Development, Local Government and Territories |archive-date=6 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106193117/https://minister.infrastructure.gov.au/mcbain/media-release/norfolk-island-administrator-appointment |url-status=live }}
• Administrator of the Northern Territory – Vicki O'Halloran (until 2 February), then Hugh Heggie

• 1–10 January – The Kimberley and northern parts of Western Australia are severely affected by flooding caused by ex-Tropical Cyclone Ellie.{{cite web|url=http://www.bom.gov.au/cyclone/history/Ellie-2022.shtml|title=Tropical Cyclone Ellie: 21 December 2022 – 8 January 2023|author=|date=2023|website=Bureau of Meteorology|publisher=Australian Government|access-date=29 June 2023|quote=|archive-date=29 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629044524/http://www.bom.gov.au/cyclone/history/Ellie-2022.shtml|url-status=live}} The Fitzroy River at Fitzroy Crossing peaks at a record 15.81 metres on 4 January, with the bridge which carries the Great Northern Highway across the river damaged beyond repair. Over 200 people evacuated from several communities with authorities declaring it the worst flooding the state has ever seen prompting prime minister Anthony Albanese and state premier Mark McGowan to visit the flood affected areas to inspect the damage.{{cite news|last1=Perpitch|first1=Nicolas|last2=O'Connor|first2=Ted|last3=Burmas|first3=Grace|last4=Murphy|first4=Hannah|last5=Sinclair|first5=Stephanie|date=9 January 2023|title=WA floods prompt Kimberley visit from Anthony Albanese and Mark McGowan amid devastation|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-09/anthony-albanese-mark-mcgowan-visit-kimberley-amid-wa-flooding/101836528|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=29 June 2023|archive-date=29 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629044525/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-09/anthony-albanese-mark-mcgowan-visit-kimberley-amid-wa-flooding/101836528|url-status=live}} The system eventually dissipates on 8 January and the Australian Defence Force is deployed to the area to help with the recovery efforts.{{cite news|last=Visentin|first=Lisa|date=9 January 2023|title=ADF deployed to help recovery in flood-hit WA|url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/devastating-impact-pm-announces-disaster-relief-support-for-wa-flood-victims-20230109-p5cbaj.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|location=|access-date=29 June 2023|archive-date=29 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629044524/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/devastating-impact-pm-announces-disaster-relief-support-for-wa-flood-victims-20230109-p5cbaj.html|url-status=live}}
• 1 January – Residents in Menindee, New South Wales are warned to prepare for the highest flood levels in fifty years with the Darling River expected to peak at 10.7 metres.{{cite news|last1=Ormonde|first1=Bill|last2=McConnell|first2=Sarah|date=1 January 2023|title=Menindee residents on flood alert as Darling River continues to rise threatening more homes|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-01/menindee-flood-alert-darling-river-rising/101820204|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=29 June 2023|archive-date=29 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629050033/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-01/menindee-flood-alert-darling-river-rising/101820204|url-status=live}}
• 2 January – A mid-air collision occurred in which two helicopters on the Gold Coast near Sea World which kills four people and injures nine others.{{cite news|title=Australia helicopter collision: Four dead in mid-air incident over Gold Coast|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-64142696|publisher=BBC|accessdate=2 January 2022|archive-date=14 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114083528/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-64142696|url-status=live}}
• 3 January – A Tasmanian prisoner who absconded from custody while receiving treatment at the Royal Hobart Hospital just before 11 pm the previous evening is found shot dead at Granton at approximately 1:30 am.{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Dan|date=3 January 2023|title=Escaped prisoner found shot dead north of Hobart, injured man helping police with inquiries|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-03/man-found-dead-outside-house-in-hobart-northern-suburbs/101822834|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=29 June 2023|archive-date=29 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629044528/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-03/man-found-dead-outside-house-in-hobart-northern-suburbs/101822834|url-status=live}} Three men are subsequently charged with his murder and an investigation into how he escaped from custody is launched.{{cite news|author=|date=4 January 2023|title=Man charged with murder over shooting of escaped prisoner Nicholas Scott in Granton, near Hobart|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-04/granton-man-charged-with-murder-of-nicholas-scott/101827170|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=29 June 2023|archive-date=29 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629044525/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-04/granton-man-charged-with-murder-of-nicholas-scott/101827170|url-status=live}}{{cite news|author=|date=10 January 2023|title=Two more men charged over shooting murder of escaped prisoner Nicholas Scott near Hobart|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-10/two-more-men-charged-over-murder-of-nicholas-scott/101840410|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=29 June 2023|archive-date=29 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629044529/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-10/two-more-men-charged-over-murder-of-nicholas-scott/101840410|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Dunlevie|first=James|date=4 January 2023|title=Prison service launches investigation into Nicholas Scott hospital escape before shooting death|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-04/nicholas-scott-rhh-escape-investigation-launched/101824256|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=29 June 2023|archive-date=29 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629044524/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-04/nicholas-scott-rhh-escape-investigation-launched/101824256|url-status=live}}
• 10–16 January – An incident involving a radioactive capsule occurs in Western Australia when a tiny radioactive capsule goes missing along a 1,400-kilometre stretch of the Great Northern Highway in Western Australia.{{Cite news |date=2023-01-27 |title=Urgent search underway for tiny capsule that emits 10 X-rays' worth of radiation every hour |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-27/radioactive-capsule-lost-in-wa-emergency-public-health-warning/101901472 |access-date=2023-01-27 |archive-date=27 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127132035/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-27/radioactive-capsule-lost-in-wa-emergency-public-health-warning/101901472 |url-status=live }}
• 10 January – Residents across Northern Australia report shaking when the 7.6 magnitude undersea earthquake strikes near the Tanimbar Islands at 3:17 am ACST.{{cite news|last1=Morgan|first1=Thomas|last2=Spina-Matthews|first2=Sarah|date=10 January 2023|title=No risk of tsunami after northern Australia shaken by magnitude-7.6 Indonesia earthquake|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-10/nt-earthquake-indonesia-darwin/101839192|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=29 June 2023|archive-date=20 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220073812/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-10/nt-earthquake-indonesia-darwin/101839192|url-status=live}}
• 12–17 January – Heavy rainfall causes widespread flooding across large parts of North Queensland.{{cite news|last1=Petith|first1=Heidi|last2=Devenport|first2=Zoe|last3=Furler|first3=Mark|date=13 January 2023|title='400mm coming': Flash flooding, cars swallowed in NQ deluge|url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/mackay/flash-flooding-expected-for-mackay-isaac-whitsunday/news-story/7b72c20bb4881e3425ec65894398f5e3|work=The Daily Mercury|location=|access-date=29 June 2023|archive-date=29 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629050026/https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/mackay/flash-flooding-expected-for-mackay-isaac-whitsunday/news-story/7b72c20bb4881e3425ec65894398f5e3|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Maddison|first1=Melissa|last2=Watkins|first2=Lillian|last3=Buchanan|first3=Kallee|last4=Chomicki|first4=Chloe|date=16 January 2023|title=Another 500mm of rain possible for Mackay region as deluge swamps Queensland's north|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-16/rain-north-queensland-outback-roads-washed-away/101857972|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=29 June 2023|archive-date=29 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629044526/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-16/rain-north-queensland-outback-roads-washed-away/101857972|url-status=live}}
• 12 January –
• Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese becomes the first foreign leader to address the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea.{{cite news|last=McLeod|first=Catie|date=12 January 2023|title=Anthony Albanese addresses PNG parliament ahead of new security deal|url=https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/anthony-albanese-to-address-png-parliament-ahead-of-new-security-deal/news-story/7be9b57f9f2b0665d370e89b44147eb0|work=news.com.au|location=|access-date=29 June 2023|archive-date=11 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111114745/https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/anthony-albanese-to-address-png-parliament-ahead-of-new-security-deal/news-story/7be9b57f9f2b0665d370e89b44147eb0|url-status=live}} Albanese and Papua New Guinea prime minister James Marape also sign a joint statement pledging that the two countries will reach a new security deal by the end of April.{{cite news|last=McIlroy|first=Tom|date=12 January 2023|title=Australia to sign PNG security deal by mid-2023|url=https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/australia-to-sign-png-security-deal-by-mid-2023-20230112-p5cc59|work=Australian Financial Review|location=|access-date=29 June 2023|archive-date=29 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629044524/https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/australia-to-sign-png-security-deal-by-mid-2023-20230112-p5cc59|url-status=live}}
• The leader of the National Socialist Network Thomas Sewell is sentenced to an 18-month community corrections order with 150 hours of community for affray and recklessly causing injury.{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jan/12/neo-nazi-thomas-sewell-avoids-jail-time-over-brutal-attack-on-nine-network-security-guard | title=Neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell avoids jail time over 'brutal' attack on Nine Network security guard | website=TheGuardian.com | date=12 January 2023 | access-date=15 January 2023 | archive-date=20 January 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120162955/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jan/12/neo-nazi-thomas-sewell-avoids-jail-time-over-brutal-attack-on-nine-network-security-guard | url-status=live }}{{cite web | url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/thomas-sewell-neonazi-has-avoided-time-behind-bars-over-a-brutal-attack-on-a-nine-network-security-guard/d4911ed5-e696-4d2e-98b7-c51c26bffdca | title=Neo-Nazi avoids jail over brutal attack on Nine security guard | date=12 January 2023 | access-date=15 January 2023 | archive-date=15 January 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115032748/https://www.9news.com.au/national/thomas-sewell-neonazi-has-avoided-time-behind-bars-over-a-brutal-attack-on-a-nine-network-security-guard/d4911ed5-e696-4d2e-98b7-c51c26bffdca | url-status=live }}
• Liberal Premier of New South Wales Dominic Perrottet reveals that he wore a Nazi uniform as fancy dress at his 21st birthday, apologising at a media conference after a cabinet minister was made aware of the incident.{{cite news |date=12 January 2023 |title=VIDEO: Dominic Perrottet apologises for wearing a Nazi uniform |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-12/dominic-perrottet-apologises-for-wearing-a-nazi-uniform/101849366 |access-date=12 January 2023 |archive-date=12 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112031446/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-12/dominic-perrottet-apologises-for-wearing-a-nazi-uniform/101849366 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/watch-live-dominic-perrottet-addresses-media-20230112-p5cc4k.html|title='Deeply ashamed': Perrottet wore Nazi costume to his 21st birthday|first=Lucy|last=Cormack|date=12 January 2023|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=16 January 2023|archive-date=16 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116113018/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/watch-live-dominic-perrottet-addresses-media-20230112-p5cc4k.html|url-status=live}}
• 15 January – A 29-year-old Sydney teacher is one of 72 passengers and crew killed when Yeti Airlines Flight 691 crashes near Pokhara International Airport just prior to its schedule landing after arriving from Kathmandu.{{cite news|last=Keoghan|first=Sarah|date=17 January 2023|title=Sydney teacher killed in Nepal plane crash 'lived life to the fullest'|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/sydney-teacher-killed-in-nepal-plane-crash-lived-life-to-the-fullest-20230117-p5cd55.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|location=|access-date=29 June 2023|archive-date=29 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629044525/https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/sydney-teacher-killed-in-nepal-plane-crash-lived-life-to-the-fullest-20230117-p5cd55.html|url-status=live}}
• 18 January – An engine fails on a Qantas twin-jet Boeing 737 aircraft en route from New Zealand to Australia prompting the pilot of flight QF144 to declare a mayday before it arrives safely in Sydney.{{cite news|last1=Visontay|first1=Elias|last2=Doherty|first2=Ben|date=18 January 2023|title=Qantas flight from Auckland lands safely in Sydney after issuing mayday call|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jan/18/qantas-flight-from-auckland-to-sydney-issues-mayday-call-due-to-an-engine-failure|work=The Guardian|location=|access-date=29 June 2023|archive-date=9 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509060121/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jan/18/qantas-flight-from-auckland-to-sydney-issues-mayday-call-due-to-an-engine-failure|url-status=live}}
• 22 January – Two West Australian women are killed when a boat crashes into a channel marker in the Mandurah estuary including the mother of West Coast Eagles player Rhett Bazzo.{{cite news|last=Delaney|first=Ailish|date=23 January 2023|title=West Coast Eagle young gun Rhett Bazzo's mum and her friend killed in horror Mandurah boat crash|url=https://7news.com.au/news/wa/west-coast-eagle-young-gun-rhett-bazzos-mum-missing-after-friend-killed-in-horror-mandurah-boat-crash-c-9529397|work=|location=|access-date=29 June 2023|archive-date=29 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629044524/https://7news.com.au/news/wa/west-coast-eagle-young-gun-rhett-bazzos-mum-missing-after-friend-killed-in-horror-mandurah-boat-crash-c-9529397|url-status=live}} The skipper of the boat is later charged with two counts of manslaughter.{{cite news|last1=McNeill|first1=Heather|last2=Rennie|first2=Louise|date=6 February 2023|title='Skipper' charged with manslaughter over Mandurah boat crash that killed his wife|url=https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/skipper-charged-with-manslaughter-over-mandurah-boating-crash-that-killed-his-wife-20230206-p5cibx.html|work=WA Today|location=|access-date=29 June 2023|archive-date=29 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629044524/https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/skipper-charged-with-manslaughter-over-mandurah-boating-crash-that-killed-his-wife-20230206-p5cibx.html|url-status=live}}
• 24 January – Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visits Alice Springs amid the town's youth crime crisis but is criticised for only spending four hours in the community.{{cite news|last=Morgan|first=Thomas|date=24 January 2023|title=Prime Minister Anthony Albanese flies into Alice Springs amid calls for action on alcohol-fuelled crime crisis|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-24/nt-prime-minister-expected-in-alice-springs-alcohol-crime/101885740|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=29 June 2023|archive-date=29 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629044528/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-24/nt-prime-minister-expected-in-alice-springs-alcohol-crime/101885740|url-status=live}}{{cite news |author= |date=31 January 2023|title=Anthony Albanese under fire for spending more time at Australian Open than in Alice Springs|url=https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/anthony-albanese-under-fire-for-spending-more-time-at-australian-open-than-in-alice-springs/news-story/031f89bf05133c3ee57cae5000c2f525|work=news.com.au|agency=NCA NewsWire|location= |access-date=29 June 2023}} Restrictions on the sale of alcohol in Alice Springs are introduced by the Northern Territory government in an attempt to combat the amount of crime.{{cite news|last=Breen|first=Jacqueline|date=25 January 2023|title=New alcohol restrictions, funding promises and the potential return of blanket alcohol bans. Here's what's been announced for Alice Springs|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-25/nt-alice-springs-alcohol-restrictions-explained/101890040|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=29 June 2023|archive-date=29 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629044524/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-25/nt-alice-springs-alcohol-restrictions-explained/101890040|url-status=live}} The restrictions are put in place following calls from mayor Matt Paterson for the Australian Federal Police to be deployed to the town.{{cite news|last=Garrick|first=Matt|date=17 January 2023|title=Alice Springs mayor Matt Paterson calls for federal police, ADF assistance amid crime crisis|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-17/nt-alice-springs-mayor-calls-for-army-help-crime/101864740|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=29 June 2023|archive-date=29 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629050035/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-17/nt-alice-springs-mayor-calls-for-army-help-crime/101864740|url-status=live}}
• 25 January – An arrest warrant is issued for pro-Russian YouTuber Simeon Boikov after failing to appear in court accused of assaulting a 76-year-old man at a pro-Ukraine rally at Sydney Town Hall in December 2022, prompting Boikov to take refuge in the Russian consulate.{{cite news|last=Ferri|first=Lauren|date=25 January 2023|title=Arrest warrant issued for 'number one Putin fan' seeking refuge from police in Russian Consulate|url=https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/courts-law/arrest-warrant-issued-for-number-one-putin-fan-seeking-refuge-from-police-in-russian-consulate/news-story/597aa6efd352017236b97cdc2c3cd213|work=news.com.au|location=|access-date=29 June 2023|archive-date=12 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012114702/https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/courts-law/arrest-warrant-issued-for-number-one-putin-fan-seeking-refuge-from-police-in-russian-consulate/news-story/597aa6efd352017236b97cdc2c3cd213|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Duffin|first=Perry|date=26 June 2023|title='Putin needed to do this': 'Aussie Cossack' finds method in Russia's madness|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/putin-needed-to-do-this-aussie-cossack-finds-method-in-russia-s-madness-20230626-p5djiz.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|location=|access-date=29 June 2023|archive-date=29 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629044524/https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/putin-needed-to-do-this-aussie-cossack-finds-method-in-russia-s-madness-20230626-p5djiz.html|url-status=live}}
• 26 January – A 10-year-old boy survives being struck by lightning while swimming at Warilla Beach in the Illawarra.{{cite news|last1=Drewitt-Smith|first1=Ainslie|last2=Fernandez|first2=Tim|date=27 January 2023|title=Boy in critical condition after being struck by lightning on Illawarra beach|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-27/boy-struck-by-lightning-nsw-beach-hospital/101898738|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=29 June 2023|archive-date=29 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629044526/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-27/boy-struck-by-lightning-nsw-beach-hospital/101898738|url-status=live}} He receives CPR and is then taken to the Children's Hospital at Westmead under police escort where he is admitted in a critical but stable condition prior to making a full recovery.{{cite news|last=Thompson|first=Angela|date=2 February 2023|title=Update: boy struck by lightning at Warilla beach on road to full recovery|url=https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8070728/boy-struck-by-lightning-at-beach-on-road-to-full-recovery|work=Illawarra Mercury|location=|access-date=29 June 2023|archive-date=14 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230814193927/https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8070728/boy-struck-by-lightning-at-beach-on-road-to-full-recovery/|url-status=live}}
• 30 January –
• Victoria coroner Simon McGregor hands down his findings into the death in custody of Veronica Nelson at the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre on 2 January 2020 four days after her arrest on suspicious of shoplifting on 30 December 2019.{{cite news|last=Pearson|first=Erin|date=30 January 2023|title=Damning coroner's finding lays groundwork for 'disaster' bail laws to be reformed|url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/veronica-nelson-inquest-findings-delivered-coroner-to-call-for-sweeping-bail-changes-20230129-p5cgbq.html|work=The Age|location=|access-date=29 June 2023|archive-date=29 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629044524/https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/veronica-nelson-inquest-findings-delivered-coroner-to-call-for-sweeping-bail-changes-20230129-p5cgbq.html|url-status=live}} He criticises the state government for failing to implement recommendations from the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody and finds the state's bail act discriminatory towards First Nations people, incompatible with the Charter of Human Rights and that the changes to the act in 2018 were a "complete, unmitigated disaster".
• Thousands of people at the Alice Springs Convention Centre for a "Save Alice Springs" town meeting organised by local business owner Garth Thompson to discuss the crime issues affecting the town.{{cite news|last1=Averill|first1=Zizi|last2=Bowles|first2=Annabel|last3=Parkinson|first3=Amanda|last4=Chambers|first4=Nathaniel|date=31 January 2023|title=Save Alice Springs meeting proposes $1.5bn compensation claim|url=https://www.ntnews.com.au/news/alice-springs/save-alice-springs-meeting-proposes-15bn-compensation-claim/news-story/61c58d11c255e858cf8101f52869e2f4|work=NT News|location=|access-date=29 June 2023|archive-date=29 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629050027/https://www.ntnews.com.au/news/alice-springs/save-alice-springs-meeting-proposes-15bn-compensation-claim/news-story/61c58d11c255e858cf8101f52869e2f4|url-status=live}} Residents discuss the possibility of launching a $1.5 billion compensation claim against the Northern Territory Government for negligence. The one-hour meeting ends after just 20 minutes after attendees shouted down Thompson for suggesting truant school children be reported to police for a welfare check.

• 1 February – An incident involving a radioactive capsule concludes in Western Australia when a search team from Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation and the WA Department of Fire and Emergency Services finds a missing caesium-137 capsule 74 km (46 mi) south of Newman.{{Cite news |date=2023-02-01 |title='We've found the needle in the haystack': Tiny radioactive capsule found in outback WA |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-01/australian-radioactive-capsule-found-in-wa-outback-rio-tinto/101917828 |access-date=2023-02-01 |archive-date=1 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201074814/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-01/australian-radioactive-capsule-found-in-wa-outback-rio-tinto/101917828 |url-status=live }}
• 2 February –
• The Reserve Bank of Australia announces that King Charles III will not appear on the new five-dollar banknote. A design celebrating First Nations peoples will appear instead.{{Cite news |date=2023-02-01 |title=King Charles snubbed as Australian $5 note gets royal redesign |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-02/australian-5-dollar-note-queen-redesign/101920798 |access-date=2023-02-02 |archive-date=16 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216043059/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-02/australian-5-dollar-note-queen-redesign/101920798 |url-status=live }}
• Hundreds of protesters march outside St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney during the funeral service for George Pell.{{cite news|last=Touma|first=Rafqa|date=2 February 2023|title=George Pell funeral: hundreds protest outside St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/feb/02/george-pell-funeral-hundreds-protest-outside-st-marys-cathedral-in-sydney|work=The Guardian|location=|access-date=4 July 2023|archive-date=9 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509060051/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/feb/02/george-pell-funeral-hundreds-protest-outside-st-marys-cathedral-in-sydney|url-status=live}}
• 3 February – Despite pleading guilty one count of common assault, Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios has the charge dismissed by ACT magistrate Beth Campbell who decides no conviction should be recorded against Kyrgios.{{cite news|last1=Byrne|first1=Elizabeth|last2=Lusted|first2=Peter|date=3 February 2023|title=Nick Kyrgios has assault charge dismissed despite guilty plea|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-03/tennis-star-nick-kyrgios-pleads-guilty-to-common-assault/101927952|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=4 July 2023|archive-date=14 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230714143456/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-03/tennis-star-nick-kyrgios-pleads-guilty-to-common-assault/101927952|url-status=live}}
• 4 February – A 16-year-old girl is killed in a shark attack while swimming in the Swan River at Fremantle, Western Australia.{{cite news|last=Zaccaro|first=Maria|date=4 February 2023|title=Perth shark attack: Teenage girl dies in Swan River|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-64523498|work=BBC News|location=|access-date=1 July 2023|archive-date=3 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230703235316/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-64523498|url-status=live}}
• 6 February – A Boeing 737-300 owned by Coulson Aviation and serving as a firefighting air tanker crashes in the Fitzgerald River National Park in southern Western Australia.{{Cite news |date=2023-02-06 |title=Two pilots escape with minor injuries after 737 large air tanker crashes while fighting bushfires |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-06/water-bomber-crashes-fighting-wa-bushfire-two-people-hospital/101938070 |access-date=2023-02-06 |archive-date=19 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419125757/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-06/water-bomber-crashes-fighting-wa-bushfire-two-people-hospital/101938070 |url-status=live }}
• 9 February – Former Liberal Minister for Education and Youth Alan Tudge announces his resignation in parliament, effective from the end of the following week.{{Cite news |date=2023-02-09 |title=Live: Alan Tudge quits politics, Josh Frydenberg rules out comeback |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-09/alan-tudge-expected-quit-politics-josh-frydenberg-comeback/101951614 |access-date=2023-02-09 |archive-date=11 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411064132/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-09/alan-tudge-expected-quit-politics-josh-frydenberg-comeback/101951614 |url-status=live }}
• 12–15 February – At least 21 structures including homes are destroyed in several bushfires burning on Queensland's Western Downs.{{cite news|last1=Chen|first1=David|last2=Gunders|first2=Peter|last3=Hewson|first3=Georgie|date=13 February 2023|title=Residents of Montrose in southern Queensland describe 'horrible roar' of fast-moving bushfire as properties lost, emergency warning near Miles|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-13/bushfires-montrose-tara-queensland-evacuation/101964248|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=4 July 2023|archive-date=4 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230704000249/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-13/bushfires-montrose-tara-queensland-evacuation/101964248|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Lavelle|first1=Laura|last2=Iorio|first2=Kelsie|date=15 February 2023|title=Bushfire-affected residents have 'lost everything' as firefighters continue to battle massive Western Downs blazes|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-15/bushfires-south-west-queensland-property-destroyed-families-flee/101970730|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=4 July 2023|archive-date=14 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230714162651/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-15/bushfires-south-west-queensland-property-destroyed-families-flee/101970730|url-status=live}} The separate fires near Tara, Miles and Jandowae burn a combined total of 150,000 hectares of land.
• 16 February – Katter's Australian Party announces on Facebook that its MPs will not support the Voice.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/KattersAusParty/posts/pfbid0GZBH5CN8AB5YD9HNProJfnrSzqn54VmQgB2BMXSKTJoTHispDvvmz45uoU6KbExbl|title=Katter's Australian Party has announced its MPs will not support the Indigenous Voice to Parliament|website=Facebook|access-date=5 April 2023|archive-date=28 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228030246/https://www.facebook.com/KattersAusParty/posts/pfbid0GZBH5CN8AB5YD9HNProJfnrSzqn54VmQgB2BMXSKTJoTHispDvvmz45uoU6KbExbl|url-status=live}}
• 17 February – New South Wales finance minister Damien Tudehope resigns from state cabinet after it's discovered he failed to disclose he has shares in Transurban.{{cite news|last=Cockburn|first=Paige|date=17 February 2023|title=NSW MP Damien Tudehope resigns from ministerial roles after failing to disclose Transurban shares|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-17/nsw-finance-minister-damien-tudehope-quits-senior-positions/101989626|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=4 July 2023|archive-date=4 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230704001254/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-17/nsw-finance-minister-damien-tudehope-quits-senior-positions/101989626|url-status=live}}
• 18 February – At a Country Liberal Party meeting, party members vote to oppose the Voice to Parliament.{{cite news | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-19/nt-clp-no-voice-to-parliament-split-central-council/101995356 | title=Party members of the NT's Country Liberals vote to oppose an Indigenous Voice to Parliament | newspaper=ABC News | date=19 February 2023 | access-date=19 February 2023 | archive-date=18 April 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418175359/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-19/nt-clp-no-voice-to-parliament-split-central-council/101995356 | url-status=live }}{{cite web | url=https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/voice-to-parliament/northern-territorys-country-liberal-party-to-oppose-indigenous-voice-to-parliament/news-story/58cca1c6c0184543aa6fcdddc5d4eed5 | title=Country Liberal Party to oppose Voice | date=18 February 2023 | access-date=19 February 2023 | archive-date=28 March 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328023635/https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/voice-to-parliament/northern-territorys-country-liberal-party-to-oppose-indigenous-voice-to-parliament/news-story/58cca1c6c0184543aa6fcdddc5d4eed5 | url-status=live }}{{cite web | title=Liberal Party branches build case against divisive voice to parliament| website=NT News| date=30 November 2021 | url=https://www.ntnews.com.au/news/northern-territory/nt-country-liberal-party-branches-build-case-against-divisive-voice-to-parliament/news-story/246b3edd5fc5e8a8df5430f47335127e | access-date=13 April 2023}}
• 23 February – The national campaign in favour of the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum officially begins at the Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute in Adelaide.{{cite news |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-23/indigenous-voice-to-parliament-yes-campaign-launches/102015944 |title=Yes campaign for Indigenous Voice to Parliament launches with announcement of multi-million-dollar donation |author=Morse, Dana |website=ABC News |date=2023-02-23 |access-date=2023-03-03 |archive-date=3 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230303060029/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-23/indigenous-voice-to-parliament-yes-campaign-launches/102015944 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/indigenous-voice-to-parliament-referendum-yes-vote-launch-in-adelaide/037b5669-0ab0-434b-b0b5-e0400fb0730b |title='Yes' campaign for Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum officially launches in Adelaide |website=9 News |date=2023-02-24 |access-date=2023-03-03 |archive-date=3 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230303060036/https://www.9news.com.au/national/indigenous-voice-to-parliament-referendum-yes-vote-launch-in-adelaide/037b5669-0ab0-434b-b0b5-e0400fb0730b |url-status=live }}
• 26 February – Papua New Guinea prime minister James Marape announces that University of Southern Queensland professor Bryce Barker and two of his colleagues have been released from captivity more than a week after they were kidnapped by a criminal gang while doing archaeological fieldwork in Papua New Guinea.{{cite news|last1=Whiting|first1=Natalie|last2=Gunga|first2=Theckla|last3=Kora|first3=Belinda|date=26 February 2023|title=Inside rescue mission to free Australian professor taken hostage by armed bandits in PNG jungle|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-26/inside-rescue-mission-for-australian-hostage-in-png/102010510|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=5 July 2023|archive-date=5 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705090254/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-26/inside-rescue-mission-for-australian-hostage-in-png/102010510|url-status=live}}

• 1–15 March – Major flooding in the upper Victoria River affects remote Northern Territory communities prompting the evacuation of residents to Darwin.{{cite news|last1=Morgan|first1=Thomas|last2=Garrick|first2=Matt|last3=Tolhurst|first3=Isabella|last4=Rangiah|first4=Lillian|date=1 March 2023|title=Residents being evacuated from NT remote communities of Kalkarindji, Daguragu, Pigeon Hole, and Palumpa amid major flooding|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-01/nt-kalkaringi-flooding-victoria-daly/102038966|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=4 July 2023|archive-date=4 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230704051254/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-01/nt-kalkaringi-flooding-victoria-daly/102038966|url-status=live}} The flooding also severs road and rail links between the Northern Territory and Western Australia impacting the supply of fresh food and essential supplies.{{cite news|last1=Perera|first1=Alicia|last2=Hayes|first2=Jessica|last3=O'Connor|first3=Ted|date=6 March 2023|title=Flooding in remote NT cuts off rail line and roads, limiting food supplies in WA's Kimberley and sparking freight concerns|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-06/flooding-logistics-freight-issues-nt-wa-food-supplies-rail-road/102057556|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=4 July 2023|archive-date=4 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230704051252/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-06/flooding-logistics-freight-issues-nt-wa-food-supplies-rail-road/102057556|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Dick|first=Samantha|date=11 March 2023|title=Flooding leaves NT community of Lajamanu with dwindling food supplies|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-11/nt-lajamanu-battling-food-shortage-after-floods/102079702|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=4 July 2023|archive-date=4 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230704051253/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-11/nt-lajamanu-battling-food-shortage-after-floods/102079702|url-status=live}}
• 5 March – 50,000 people march across the Sydney Harbour Bridge for the Pride March on the final day of WorldPride.{{cite news|last1=Roe|first1=Isobel|last2=Swanston|first2=Tim|date=5 March 2023|title=Sydney Harbour Bridge closed as 50,000 march for international LGBTQI+ communities at WorldPride festival|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-05/sydney-harbour-bridge-closed-as-thousands-march-for-world-pride-/102053808|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=4 July 2023|archive-date=4 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230704084726/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-05/sydney-harbour-bridge-closed-as-thousands-march-for-world-pride-/102053808|url-status=live}}
• 6 March – The historic Pride of the Murray paddle wheeler sinks in the Thomson River at Longreach in Central West Queensland with police treating the incident as suspicious.{{cite news|last1=Pengilley|first1=Victoria|last2=McCosker|first2=Maddelin|last3=Buchanon|first3=Kallee|date=6 March 2023|title=Pride of the Murray paddle wheeler sinks in Longreach just weeks from peak tourist season|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-06/pride-of-the-murray-sinks-longreach-tourist-season/102058174|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=10 September 2023|archive-date=10 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230910031800/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-06/pride-of-the-murray-sinks-longreach-tourist-season/102058174|url-status=live}} The vessel, which had been trucked to Longreach from Victoria in 2022, is raised from the riverbed in September 2023 with the owner hopeful of it being restored in time for its 100th anniversary in 2024.{{cite news|last1=Willis|first1=Carli|last2=Lancaster|first2=Danielle|date=13 June 2022|title=Historic Murray River paddle steamer Pride of the Murray moves to Longreach|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-13/historic-paddle-steamer-pride-of-murray-move-longreach-qld/101146658|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=10 September 2023|archive-date=10 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230910031821/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-13/historic-paddle-steamer-pride-of-murray-move-longreach-qld/101146658|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Lancaster|first=Danielle|date=6 September 2023|title=Pride of the Murray paddle wheeler resurfaced after six months at the bottom of the Thomson River|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-06/pride-of-the-murray-salvage-thomson-river/102820502|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=10 September 2023|archive-date=9 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230909160108/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-06/pride-of-the-murray-salvage-thomson-river/102820502|url-status=live}}
• 8 March – Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese commences a four-day bilateral visit to India at the invitation of Indian prime minister Shri Narendra Modi.{{cite news|last=Kaur|first=Sumeet|date=6 March 2023|title=Anthony Albanese to visit India from March 8–11, aims to improve two-way trade between the nations|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/language/punjabi/en/article/anthony-albanese-to-visit-india-from-march-8-11-aims-to-improve-two-way-trade-between-the-nations/g2ikrk20b|work=SBS News|location=|access-date=4 July 2023|archive-date=4 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230704084725/https://www.sbs.com.au/language/punjabi/en/article/anthony-albanese-to-visit-india-from-march-8-11-aims-to-improve-two-way-trade-between-the-nations/g2ikrk20b|url-status=live}} During the visit, both prime ministers ride in a chariot in a lap of honour at the fourth cricket test at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.{{cite news|last1=Dias|first1=Avani|last2=Dziedzic|first2=Stephen|last3=Patidar|first3=Som|date=9 March 2023|title=Narendra Modi mixes politics and sport at India-Australia fourth Test with Anthony Albanese chariot ride|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-09/albanese-and-modi-attend-fourth-india-australia-test/102067208|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=4 July 2023|archive-date=4 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230704084725/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-09/albanese-and-modi-attend-fourth-india-australia-test/102067208|url-status=live}}
• 15 March – Former Labor prime minister Paul Keating uses a National Press Club address to criticise the AUKUS nuclear-powered submarine deal the federal Labor government had reached with the United Kingdom and the United States, describing it as the worst international decision made by an Australian government since conscription in World War I.{{cite news|last=Worthington|first=Brett|date=15 March 2023|title=Paul Keating savages AUKUS nuclear submarine deal as Labor's worst since conscription|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-15/paul-keating-anthony-albanese-penny-wong-aukus-nuclear-china/102098142|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=7 July 2023|archive-date=7 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707162549/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-15/paul-keating-anthony-albanese-penny-wong-aukus-nuclear-china/102098142|url-status=live}} Keating also criticises Joe Biden, Boris Johnson, Anthony Albanese, Richard Marles, Penny Wong, Peter Hartcher, Matthew Knott, Olivia Caisley and Australian security agencies.{{cite news|last=Speers|first=David|date=16 March 2023|title=Paul Keating's AUKUS criticism will sting for Labor's most senior ministers but it won't stop the submarines deal|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-16/paul-keating-aukus-criticism-sting-labor-stop-submarines-deal/102098216|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=7 July 2023|archive-date=7 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707162457/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-16/paul-keating-aukus-criticism-sting-labor-stop-submarines-deal/102098216|url-status=live}} However, Keating defends China and claims the country doesn't pose a threat.{{cite news|last=Gould|first=Courtney|date=15 March 2023|title='Worst deal since WWI': Paul Keating fires up over AUKUS deal|url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/breaking-news/worst-decision-former-prime-minister-paul-keating-lashes-aukus-deal/news-story/1879da4800418c7f7ddacfb381a73331|work=The Australian|location=|access-date=7 July 2023|archive-date=13 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230813214437/https://www.theaustralian.com.au/breaking-news/worst-decision-former-prime-minister-paul-keating-lashes-aukus-deal/news-story/1879da4800418c7f7ddacfb381a73331|url-status=live}} Keating is criticised for his behaviour towards journalists at the press club.{{cite news |last=Chung|first=Frank|date=20 March 2023|title=ABC editor lashes out at Paul Keating|url=https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/media/abc-editor-lashes-out-at-paul-keating/news-story/f677fd2e4d14fa96427470a36eb816a6|work=news.com.au|location= |access-date=7 July 2023}}{{cite news|last=Shields|first=Bevan|date=15 March 2023|title=We are not above criticism but these attacks go too far|url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/we-are-not-above-criticism-but-these-attacks-go-too-far-20230315-p5cscr.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|location=|access-date=7 July 2023|archive-date=7 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707162401/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/we-are-not-above-criticism-but-these-attacks-go-too-far-20230315-p5cscr.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Wu|first1=David|last2=Clarke|first2=Tyrone|date=16 March 2023|title=Peter Dutton calls out Paul Keating's 'repugnant' treatment of Sky News Australia political journalist Olivia Caisley following China question at National Press Club|url=https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/peter-dutton-calls-out-paul-keatings-repugnant-treatment-of-sky-news-australia-political-journalist-olivia-caisley-following-china-question-at-national-press-club/news-story/6b7e73bac4200e1779eba18fc112c80e|work=Sky News Australia|location=|access-date=7 July 2023|archive-date=7 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707164236/https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/peter-dutton-calls-out-paul-keatings-repugnant-treatment-of-sky-news-australia-political-journalist-olivia-caisley-following-china-question-at-national-press-club/news-story/6b7e73bac4200e1779eba18fc112c80e|url-status=live}}
• 18 March – Approximately 30 members of the National Socialist Network, including Thomas Sewell,{{cite news |last1=Fox Koobe |first1=Simone |last2=Eddie |first2=Rachel |date=19 March 2023 |title=Government may amend anti-vilification laws after neo-Nazis salute on Spring Street |work=The Age |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/government-may-amend-anti-vilification-laws-after-neo-nazis-salute-on-spring-street-20230319-p5ctbm.html |access-date=19 March 2023 |archive-date=19 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319114338/https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/government-may-amend-anti-vilification-laws-after-neo-nazis-salute-on-spring-street-20230319-p5ctbm.html |url-status=live }} attended a rally in Melbourne in support of British anti-transgender activist Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull, who spoke at the rally while visiting the city on her Australian tour. Members of the NSN marched down Spring Street, displayed a banner that read "DESTROY PAEDO FREAKS", performed Nazi salutes on the stairs of Victorian Parliament House. A counterprotest in support of transgender rights, attended by many students, transgender activists, and socialists, clashed with the group. While the police, including several mounted officers, attempted to separate the two groups.{{cite web | url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/nazi-salutes-performed-on-steps-of-victorian-parliament-as-protesters-clash-over-transgender-rights/yr7gzkevn | title=Nazi salutes performed on steps of Victorian parliament as protesters clash over trans rights | access-date=19 March 2023 | archive-date=18 March 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318231604/https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/nazi-salutes-performed-on-steps-of-victorian-parliament-as-protesters-clash-over-transgender-rights/yr7gzkevn | url-status=live }} The events were condemned by the Labor Party,{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2023/mar/18/australia-news-live-extreme-heat-total-fire-ban-victoria-nsw-south-australia-aukus-protest-china | title=Neo-Nazis and trans rights protesters clash in Melbourne; bushfire alert for parts of Great Ocean Road – as it happened | newspaper=The Guardian | date=18 March 2023 | last1=Beazley | first1=Jordyn | last2=Readfearn | first2=Graham | last3=Readfearn (Earlier) | first3=Graham | access-date=19 March 2023 | archive-date=19 March 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319003354/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2023/mar/18/australia-news-live-extreme-heat-total-fire-ban-victoria-nsw-south-australia-aukus-protest-china | url-status=live }} the Liberal Party{{cite web | url=https://www.dailyliberal.com.au/story/8126045/protesters-clash-in-melbourne-over-transgender-rights/?src=rss | title=Protesters clash in Melbourne over transgender rights | date=18 March 2023 | access-date=19 March 2023 | archive-date=18 March 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318123828/https://www.dailyliberal.com.au/story/8126045/protesters-clash-in-melbourne-over-transgender-rights/?src=rss | url-status=live }} and the Greens.{{cite web | url=https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/after-protests-against-drag-shows-neo-nazis-perform-nazi-salute-at-melbourne-lookout/220561 | title=After Protests Against Drag Shows, Neo-Nazis Perform Hitler Salute at Melbourne Lookout | date=19 January 2023 | access-date=19 March 2023 | archive-date=18 March 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318123835/https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/after-protests-against-drag-shows-neo-nazis-perform-nazi-salute-at-melbourne-lookout/220561 | url-status=live }}
• 19 March – Victorian Liberal leader of the opposition, John Pesutto announced, that he would move to have Moira Deeming expelled from the parliamentary Liberal Party after she spoke at an anti-trans rally outside the Victorian Parliament.{{Cite web |last=Abbott |first=Sumeyya Ilanbey, Broede Carmody, Lachlan |date=2023-03-21 |title=Bid to delay expulsion of Deeming fails as details of Pesutto's motion revealed |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/bid-to-delay-expulsion-of-deeming-fails-as-details-of-pesutto-s-motion-revealed-20230321-p5ctvl.html |access-date=2023-03-21 |website=The Age |language=en |archive-date=21 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321055125/https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/bid-to-delay-expulsion-of-deeming-fails-as-details-of-pesutto-s-motion-revealed-20230321-p5ctvl.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Kolovos |first=Benita |date=2023-03-20 |title=Moira Deeming vows to fight expulsion push over involvement in protest attended by neo-Nazis |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/mar/20/victorian-opposition-leader-moves-to-expel-mp-involved-in-anti-trans-protest-attended-by-neo-nazis |access-date=2023-03-21 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=20 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320003438/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/mar/20/victorian-opposition-leader-moves-to-expel-mp-involved-in-anti-trans-protest-attended-by-neo-nazis |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2023-03-19 |title=Liberal MP set to be expelled over role in violent Melbourne anti-trans rally |url=https://7news.com.au/news/vic/liberal-mp-moira-deeming-set-to-be-expelled-over-role-in-violent-melbourne-anti-trans-rally--c-10091551 |access-date=2023-03-21 |website=7NEWS |language=en |archive-date=21 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321055120/https://7news.com.au/news/vic/liberal-mp-moira-deeming-set-to-be-expelled-over-role-in-violent-melbourne-anti-trans-rally--c-10091551 |url-status=live }} In the end, a compromise was made with Deeming accepting a nine-month suspension from the party instead of expulsion from the party.{{cite news |last1=Ilanbey |first1=Sumeyya |last2=Eddie |first2=Rachel |last3=Smethurst |first3=Annika |title=Deeming spared expulsion after plea to colleagues and Pesutto backflip |url=https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/moira-deeming-survives-ballot-to-expel-her-but-cops-nine-month-suspension-20230326-p5cvfg.html |access-date=27 March 2023 |work=The Age |date=27 March 2023 |archive-date=27 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327013656/https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/moira-deeming-survives-ballot-to-expel-her-but-cops-nine-month-suspension-20230326-p5cvfg.html |url-status=live }}
• 22 March – Ten Australian Defence Force personnel survive after the MRH-90 Taipan army helicopter they were on ditches into the sea at Jervis Bay during counterterrorism exercises.{{cite news|last1=Williams|first1=Claudia|last2=Bevan|first2=Matt|last3=Fernandez|first3=Tim|last4=McLean|first4=Charlie|date=22 March 2023|title=ADF to investigate after MRH-90 Taipan helicopter ditches near Jervis Bay|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-23/australian-defence-force-helicopter-incident-jervis-bay/102132762|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=30 July 2023|archive-date=27 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230727081154/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-23/australian-defence-force-helicopter-incident-jervis-bay/102132762|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Greene|first=Andrew|date=25 March 2023|title=Jervis Bay helicopter crash landing renews focus on Australian Army's troubled Taipan fleet|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-25/chopper-crash-jervis-bay-defence-force-rotor/102142218|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=30 July 2023|archive-date=30 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230730014316/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-25/chopper-crash-jervis-bay-defence-force-rotor/102142218|url-status=live}}
• 25 March – New South Wales State election elected the 58th Parliament.{{Cite web |title=2023 NSW State election |url=https://elections.nsw.gov.au/elections/state-government-elections/2023-state-general-election |access-date=2022-12-11 |website=NSW Electoral Commission |archive-date=11 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221211222821/https://elections.nsw.gov.au/elections/state-government-elections/2023-state-general-election |url-status=live }} Chris Minns won after 12 years in opposition for Labor.{{Cite news |last1=McGowan |first1=Michael |last2=Rose |first2=Tamsin |date=2023-03-25 |title='Back and ready': Chris Minns leads Labor to power after 12 years in opposition at historic 2023 NSW election |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/mar/25/back-and-ready-chris-minns-leads-labor-to-power-after-12-years-in-opposition-at-historic-2023-nsw-election |access-date=2023-03-25 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=9 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509060054/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/mar/25/back-and-ready-chris-minns-leads-labor-to-power-after-12-years-in-opposition-at-historic-2023-nsw-election |url-status=live }}
• 26 March – Former US president Barack Obama arrives in Australia for several public speaking engagements.{{cite news|last=Orr|first=Aleisha|date=27 March 2023|title=Here's why former US president Barack Obama is in Australia|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/heres-why-former-us-president-barack-obama-is-in-australia/kz2efsja8|work=SBS News|location=|access-date=17 September 2023|archive-date=8 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208160042/https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/heres-why-former-us-president-barack-obama-is-in-australia/kz2efsja8|url-status=live}} Controversy arises when organisers of the event in Melbourne prevent 78-year-old Wurundjeri elder Aunty Joy Murphy from delivering the Welcome to Country and is allegedly told she was being "too difficult" for requesting a support person and the opportunity to present Obama with a gift as per cultural practice.{{cite news|last=Knowles|first=Rachael|date=29 March 2023|title=Wurundjeri Elder 'distressed' after being scrapped from delivering Welcome to Country for Barack Obama|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/wurundjeri-elder-distressed-after-being-scrapped-from-delivering-welcome-at-barack-obamas-speaking-tour/8vfrdyhn2|work=NITV|location=|access-date=17 September 2023|archive-date=19 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230919155502/https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/wurundjeri-elder-distressed-after-being-scrapped-from-delivering-welcome-at-barack-obamas-speaking-tour/8vfrdyhn2|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Farrer|first1=Martin|last2=Wind|first2=Emily|date=30 March 2023|title=Indigenous elder removed from Barack Obama event in Australia for being 'too difficult'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/mar/29/indigenous-elder-removed-from-barack-obama-event-for-being-too-difficult|work=The Guardian|location=|access-date=17 September 2023|archive-date=9 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509060024/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/mar/29/indigenous-elder-removed-from-barack-obama-event-for-being-too-difficult|url-status=live}}
• 30 March – Following the 2023 New South Wales state election, Mark Latham NSW One Nation leader published a tweet in response to comments by gay politician Alex Greenwich. Latham's tweet included an explicit and derogatory description of anal sex: "Disgusting? How does that compare with sticking your dick up a bloke's arse and covering it with shit?".{{cite web | last=Sharma | first=Yashee | title=Pauline Hanson demands Mark Latham apologise for 'disgusting' tweet | website=skynews | date=2023-03-30 | url=https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/one-nation-leader-pauline-hanson-demands-nsw-leader-mark-latham-apologise-for-disgusting-homophobic-social-media-post/news-story/316d75cfd8c6c40b7cd388eda49e7461 | access-date=2023-03-30 | archive-date=30 March 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330221121/https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/one-nation-leader-pauline-hanson-demands-nsw-leader-mark-latham-apologise-for-disgusting-homophobic-social-media-post/news-story/316d75cfd8c6c40b7cd388eda49e7461 | url-status=live }} The comments were deemed to be homophobic by Alex Greenwich and other politicians,{{cite web | last=Green | first=Eli | title=One Nation MP's 'homophobic' tweet | website=news | date=2023-03-30 | url=https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/one-nation-mp-mark-latham-slammed-over-homophobic-tweet/news-story/a3998315ba0d0c060e12acb99a0e9655 | access-date=2023-03-31}} Conservative commentator Andrew Bolt and One Nation leader Pauline Hanson criticised Latham and called for him to apologise.{{cite web | last=Hannaford | first=Patrick | title=Andrew Bolt unleashes on Mark Latham for 'disgusting' homophobic tweet | website=skynews | date=2023-03-30 | url=https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/andrew-bolt-has-unleashed-on-mark-latham-disgusting-and-dedepraved-homophobic-tweet-targeting-nsw-mp-alex-greenwich/news-story/716b9c3f35adde9c42549cacb66a43b7 | access-date=2023-03-31 | archive-date=30 March 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330212550/https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/andrew-bolt-has-unleashed-on-mark-latham-disgusting-and-dedepraved-homophobic-tweet-targeting-nsw-mp-alex-greenwich/news-story/716b9c3f35adde9c42549cacb66a43b7 | url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Alexandra |url=https://www.theage.com.au/politics/nsw/disgusting-pauline-hanson-slams-latham-s-homophobic-comments-20230330-p5cwsv.html |title='Disgusting': Pauline Hanson slams Latham's homophobic comments stories |website=www.theage.com.au |date=30 March 2023 |accessdate=30 March 2023 |archive-date=30 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330081138/https://www.theage.com.au/politics/nsw/disgusting-pauline-hanson-slams-latham-s-homophobic-comments-20230330-p5cwsv.html |url-status=live }}

• 1 April – In a by-election in the Division of Aston caused by the resignation of Liberal member Alan Tudge, the Labor candidate, Mary Doyle, won with a swing of 7%. The result marked the first time since 1920 that an Australian government had won a by-election from the opposition.
• 3 April – After a six-week trial during the Adass Israel School sex abuse scandal, former principal Malka Leifer is found guilty by a jury in the County Court of Victoria of 18 sexual offences against two former students and not guilty of 9 charges against a third.{{cite news|last=Estcourt|first=David|date=3 April 2023|title=Former ultra-Orthodox school principal Malka Leifer found guilty of rape|url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/former-ultra-orthodox-school-principal-malka-leifer-found-guilty-of-sexual-abuse-20230317-p5ct34.html|work=The Age|location=|access-date=11 June 2023|archive-date=11 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611023020/https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/former-ultra-orthodox-school-principal-malka-leifer-found-guilty-of-sexual-abuse-20230317-p5ct34.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Turnbull|first1=Tiffanie|last2=Housden|first2=Tom|date=3 April 2023|title=Malka Leifer: former headmistress guilty of Australia child sex abuse|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-64947540|work=BBC News|location=|access-date=11 June 2023|archive-date=11 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511033135/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-64947540|url-status=live}}
• 4 April –
• After more than four years and three trials, former NRL player Jarryd Hayne is found guilty by a jury in the District Court of New South Wales of sexually assaulting a woman in Newcastle in 2018.{{cite news|last=McKinnell|first=Jamie|date=4 April 2023|title=Former NRL player Jarryd Hayne guilty of sexual assault after third trial|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-04/ex-nrl-player-jarryd-hayne-found-guilty-of-sexual-assault/102179910|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=11 June 2023|archive-date=11 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611023036/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-04/ex-nrl-player-jarryd-hayne-found-guilty-of-sexual-assault/102179910|url-status=live}} Hayne is released from prison in June 2024 when his convictions are quashed on appeal in the New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal.{{cite news|last1=Gerathy|first1=Sarah|last2=McKinnell|first2=Jamie|date=12 June 2024|title=Former NRL star Jarryd Hayne released from prison after sexual assault convictions quashed by NSW Court of Criminal Appeal|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-12/nsw-jarryd-hayne-sexual-assault-conviction-quashed-jail/103967572|work=ABC News|access-date=13 June 2024|archive-date=13 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613010921/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-12/nsw-jarryd-hayne-sexual-assault-conviction-quashed-jail/103967572|url-status=live}}
• TikTok is banned on all government devices, including the mobile phones of politicians.{{cite news|title=Australian government bans TikTok on government devices|url=https://www.news.com.au/technology/online/social/australian-government-bans-tiktok-on-government-devices/news-story/d47cf22069fe79c52e8ca365cb9ecdd6|work=news.com.au|date=4 April 2023|access-date=4 April 2023|archive-date=4 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404133940/https://www.news.com.au/technology/online/social/australian-government-bans-tiktok-on-government-devices/news-story/d47cf22069fe79c52e8ca365cb9ecdd6|url-status=live}}
• 5 April –
• Terence Darrell Kelly, the man who kidnapped 4-year-old Cleo Smith from her family's tent during a camping trip in Western Australia and held her captive for more than two weeks, is sentenced to 13 years and six months in jail.{{cite news|last=Towie|first=Narelle|date=5 April 2023|title=Terence Kelly jailed for abducting Cleo Smith as court told of family's 'immeasurable' distress|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/apr/05/terence-kelly-jailed-for-13-years-for-abduction-of-cleo-smith|work=The Guardian|location=|access-date=11 June 2023|archive-date=9 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509055854/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/apr/05/terence-kelly-jailed-for-13-years-for-abduction-of-cleo-smith|url-status=live}}
• After a party room meeting, it was announced that the Liberal Party of Australia will oppose the Voice citing constitutional risks. All members of the shadow ministry are bound by this decision but a conscience vote is allowed for backbencher members.
• 13 April – Cyclone Ilsa crosses the Western Australia coast between Port Hedland and Bidyadanga as a category 5 system just before midnight local time.{{cite news|last1=Branco|first1=Jorge|last2=Wood|first2=Richard|date=14 April 2023|title=Tropical Cyclone Isla downgraded to Category 3 but warnings remain|url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/cyclone-ilsa-tracking-wa-residents-evacuate-as-bom-forecasts-approach-to-western-australia-coast/7cebe8e5-cd1d-43c7-b87a-4f18bd58575b|location=|access-date=11 June 2023|quote=Just before midnight (2am AEST), the Bureau of Meteorology confirmed the then-category 5 system was crossing between Port Hedland and the small regional community of Bidyadanga on the Pilbara Coast.|archive-date=3 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230903101803/https://www.9news.com.au/national/cyclone-ilsa-tracking-wa-residents-evacuate-as-bom-forecasts-approach-to-western-australia-coast/7cebe8e5-cd1d-43c7-b87a-4f18bd58575b|url-status=live}}
• 18 April – Liberal party leader Peter Dutton following a shadow cabinet reshuffle announced that Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price will be appointed as the shadow Minister for Indigenous Australians.{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-18/coalition-peter-dutton-shadow-frontbench-reshuffle-karen-andrews/102234570|title=Peter Dutton unveils new Coalition frontbench in wake of Julian Leeser's resignation over Voice to Parliament|publisher=ABC News|date=18 April 2023|access-date=18 April 2023|archive-date=18 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418040410/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-18/coalition-peter-dutton-shadow-frontbench-reshuffle-karen-andrews/102234570|url-status=live}}
• 20 April – Large crowds gather in Exmouth, Western Australia to experience a rare total solar eclipse.{{cite news|last=Judd|first=Bridget|date=20 April 2023|title=Solar eclipse updates: Exmouth, WA, plunges into darkness as total solar eclipse tracks across Australia — as it happened|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-20/hybrid-solar-eclipse-wa-exmouth-thousands-gather/102217232|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=11 June 2023|archive-date=11 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611033619/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-20/hybrid-solar-eclipse-wa-exmouth-thousands-gather/102217232|url-status=live}}
• 22 April – Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Defence Minister Richard Marles announce that the wreck of Japanese transport ship Montevideo Maru had been discovered in the South China Sea.{{cite press release|last1=Albanese|first1=Anthony|last2=Marles|first2=Richard|date=22 April 2023|title=Montevideo Maru found|url=https://www.pm.gov.au/media/montevideo-maru-found|location=|publisher=Australian Government|agency=Prime Minister of Australia|access-date=11 June 2023|archive-date=11 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611023037/https://www.pm.gov.au/media/montevideo-maru-found|url-status=live}} An estimated total of 979 Australian prisoners of war and civilians were on board when it was sunk by American submarine USS Sturgeon in 1942 during World War II making it the worst maritime disaster in Australia's history.{{cite news|last=Morris-Grant|first=Brianna|date=22 April 2023|title=SS Montevideo Maru shipwreck found 81 years after Australia's worst maritime disaster|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-22/montevideo-maru-wwii-shipwreck-found/102255384|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=11 June 2023|archive-date=22 April 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230422120934/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-22/montevideo-maru-wwii-shipwreck-found/102255384|url-status=live}}
• 27 April – In what is her first official Australian engagement in ten years, Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark arrives in Sydney for a 24-hour visit, leading a Danish delegation to discuss Australia's sustainability and its transition to green energy.{{cite news|last=Cartwright|first=Lexie|date=28 April 2023|title=Princess Mary jets into Sydney for 24-hour business trip|url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/royals/princess-mary-jets-into-sydney-for-24hour-business-trip/news-story/2c82678f0acc1798d67b4677c94ec12e|work=news.com.au|location=|access-date=11 June 2023|quote=The 51-year-old Danish royal, who was born and raised in Tasmania, was photographed arriving in Sydney late on Thursday night after arriving from Fiji.|archive-date=29 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429005354/https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/royals/princess-mary-jets-into-sydney-for-24hour-business-trip/news-story/2c82678f0acc1798d67b4677c94ec12e|url-status=live}}{{cite news|author=|date=28 April 2023|title=Here's why Crown Princess Mary is in Australia|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/heres-why-crown-princess-mary-is-in-australia/bvp7kzruk|work=SBS News|location=|access-date=11 June 2023|archive-date=11 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611023022/https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/heres-why-crown-princess-mary-is-in-australia/bvp7kzruk|url-status=live}}

• 2 May – Vanessa Hudson is announced as the new chief executive officer of Qantas to succeed Alan Joyce when he officially retires in November.{{cite news|last1=Visontay|first1=Elias|last2=Barrett|first2=Jonathan|date=2 May 2023|title=Vanessa Hudson to replace Alan Joyce as Qantas CEO|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/may/02/vanessa-hudson-to-replace-alan-joyce-as-qantas-ceo|work=The Guardian|location=|access-date=5 May 2023|archive-date=9 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509060549/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/may/02/vanessa-hudson-to-replace-alan-joyce-as-qantas-ceo|url-status=live}}
• 5 May – A penumbral lunar eclipse is visible in the evening and the following morning in Africa, Asia and Australia, and is the 24th lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros 141.{{Cite web |title=Penumbral Lunar Eclipse on May 5–6, 2023 – Where and When to See |url=https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/lunar/2023-may-5 |access-date=2022-10-10 |website=www.timeanddate.com |language=en |archive-date=23 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523025652/https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/lunar/2023-may-5 |url-status=live }}
• 6 May – Coronation of Charles III as King of Australia and the other Commonwealth realms. Governor-General David Hurley and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attend the ceremony in London.{{Cite news |title=Pacific figures going to London for King's coronation |date=2023-05-05 |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/489305/pacific-figures-going-to-london-for-king-s-coronation |website=rnz.co.nz |access-date=2023-05-19 |archive-date=5 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505000411/https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/489305/pacific-figures-going-to-london-for-king-s-coronation |url-status=live }} In Australia, a salvo of cannon fire also takes place.{{Cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/australia-nz-mark-king-charles-coronation-with-21-gun-salutes-2023-05-07/ |title=Australia, New Zealand mark King Charles' coronation with 21-gun salutes |website=reuters.com |date=2023-05-07 |access-date=2023-05-19 |archive-date=18 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230518153110/https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/australia-nz-mark-king-charles-coronation-with-21-gun-salutes-2023-05-07/ |url-status=live }}
• 7 May – An anti-crime rally is held in the Queensland city of Rockhampton organised by former One Nation candidate and former head of the Patriots Defence League, Torin O'Brien.{{cite news|last1=Jarrett|first1=Vanessa|last2=Holland|first2=Isabella|last3=Achenza|first3=Madeline|date=8 May 2023|title=Torin O'Brien hosts public rally in Rockhampton against recent crime wave|url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/rockhampton/had-a-gutful-rally-after-muay-thai-fighter-ex-one-nation-candidates-5k-offer/news-story/83c6e4c6842c811c983f3f475e0d5390|work=The Morning Bulletin|location=|access-date=13 November 2023|archive-date=13 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113011454/https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/rockhampton/had-a-gutful-rally-after-muay-thai-fighter-ex-one-nation-candidates-5k-offer/news-story/83c6e4c6842c811c983f3f475e0d5390|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Smee|first=Ben|date=9 May 2023|title=Rockhampton mob ringleader was head of 'patriots' group that posted anti-Islam content|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/may/09/rockhampton-mob-ringleader-was-head-of-patriots-group-that-posted-anti-islam-content|work=The Guardian|location=|access-date=13 November 2023|archive-date=9 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509060549/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/may/09/rockhampton-mob-ringleader-was-head-of-patriots-group-that-posted-anti-islam-content|url-status=live}} It descends into chaos when a large group of attendees march on the addresses of alleged offenders in the suburbs of Norman Gardens and Berserker requiring police officers to stand guard at the properties. It also prompts warnings from Queensland Police commissioner Katarina Carroll and Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk about the dangers of vigilantism.{{cite news|author=|date=8 May 2023|title=Police warn against vigilante action in Rockhampton after anti-crime protesters march at alleged offenders' homes|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-08/angry-rockhampton-locals-march-on-homes-of-alleged-offenders/102315744|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=13 November 2023|archive-date=26 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231126213700/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-08/angry-rockhampton-locals-march-on-homes-of-alleged-offenders/102315744|url-status=live}}{{cite news|author=|date=8 May 2023|title='What we'll end up with is a death': Top cop's warning for vigilantes in Queensland as leader defends actions|url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/queensland-youth-crime-crisis-rockhampton-mob-response-annastacia-palaszczuk-police/ffb2bffd-1a01-4476-8024-870a1b93e67a|work=Nine News|location=|access-date=13 November 2023|archive-date=13 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113011455/https://www.9news.com.au/national/queensland-youth-crime-crisis-rockhampton-mob-response-annastacia-palaszczuk-police/ffb2bffd-1a01-4476-8024-870a1b93e67a|url-status=live}} Facebook also blocks O'Brien.{{cite news|last1=Smee|first1=Ben|last2=Gillespie|first2=Eden|date=10 May 2023|title=Facebook blocks Rockhampton mob leader as Queensland MP prepares to meet with him|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/may/10/facebook-blocks-rockhampton-mob-leader-as-queensland-mp-prepares-to-meet-with-him|work=The Guardian|location=|access-date=13 November 2023|archive-date=9 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509060716/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/may/10/facebook-blocks-rockhampton-mob-leader-as-queensland-mp-prepares-to-meet-with-him|url-status=live}}
• 10 May – The ACT Government announces plans to force an acquisition on the Christian Calvary Hospital, Canberra hospital land and assets.{{cite news | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-10/calvary-hospital-to-be-acquired-by-act-government/102325324 | title=ACT government to take over Calvary hospital amid plans for new $1b hospital | newspaper=ABC News | date=10 May 2023 | access-date=3 June 2023 | archive-date=3 June 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603040232/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-10/calvary-hospital-to-be-acquired-by-act-government/102325324 | url-status=live }} Archbishop of Sydney, Anthony Fisher condemned the proposal as an abuse of property rights and religious freedom, acquiring the hospital to force an "anti-life agenda" by performing abortions and assisted suicide. The Opposition Canberra Liberals also oppose the acquisition.{{cite news | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-31/bill-passes-so-act-government-can-take-over-calvary-hospital/102414218 | title=ACT government given green light for Calvary hospital takeover after Legislative Assembly debate | newspaper=ABC News | date=31 May 2023 | access-date=3 June 2023 | archive-date=3 June 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603042236/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-31/bill-passes-so-act-government-can-take-over-calvary-hospital/102414218 | url-status=live }}{{cite web | url=https://citynews.com.au/2023/liberals-slam-appalling-acquisition-of-calvary/ | title=Liberals slam 'appalling' acquisition of Calvary | date=10 May 2023 | access-date=3 June 2023 | archive-date=3 June 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603043741/https://citynews.com.au/2023/liberals-slam-appalling-acquisition-of-calvary/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web | url=https://citynews.com.au/2023/libs-oppose-disgraceful-calvary-takeover/ | title=Libs oppose 'disgraceful' Calvary takeover | date=30 May 2023 | access-date=3 June 2023 | archive-date=3 June 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603043739/https://citynews.com.au/2023/libs-oppose-disgraceful-calvary-takeover/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=https://www.catholicweekly.com.au/archbishop-urges-support-for-petition-to-reverse-calvary-hospital-takeover/|title=Archbishop urges support for petition to reverse Calvary hospital takeover|author=Adam Wesselinoff|publisher=The Catholic Weekly|date=17 May 2023|access-date=3 June 2023|archive-date=31 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531121317/https://www.catholicweekly.com.au/archbishop-urges-support-for-petition-to-reverse-calvary-hospital-takeover/|url-status=live}}
• 12 May – Lara Alexander, alongside fellow Tasmanian Liberal John Tucker state MP, quits the Liberal Party to sit as an independent, in part due to concerns related to the proposed Macquarie Point Stadium project. This leaves the Liberal Party in minority government and requiring seven seats to reach a majority in the next state election.{{cite news |last1=Pridham |first1=Bec |title=Tasmania's Liberal government to be thrown into minority as MPs defect over $715 million AFL stadium in Hobart |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-12/tasmania-liberal-government-in-minority-mps-defect-over-stadium/102333446 |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=ABC News |date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511234223/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-12/tasmania-liberal-government-in-minority-mps-defect-over-stadium/102333446 |archive-date=11 May 2023 |url-status=live}}
• 16 May – A school bus crashes west of Melbourne with 45 children on board.{{cite web | url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/eynesbury-crash-seven-children-in-serious-conditions-after-horror-school-bus-crash-west-of-melbourne/97427eda-4eb5-4e2b-ae01-261597de34d5 | title=Seven children still in hospital two days after horror school bus crash west of Melbourne | date=18 May 2023 | access-date=17 May 2023 | archive-date=17 May 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517044953/https://www.9news.com.au/national/eynesbury-crash-seven-children-in-serious-conditions-after-horror-school-bus-crash-west-of-melbourne/97427eda-4eb5-4e2b-ae01-261597de34d5 | url-status=live }}
• 17 May – A 95-year-old woman with dementia is tasered by a New South Wales police officer at an aged care facility in Cooma, New South Wales and sustains serious injuries after falling and fracturing her skull.{{cite news|last1=Reardon|first1=Adriane|last2=Harris|first2=Lia|date=18 May 2023|title=95yo great-grandmother in hospital after being tasered by police at Cooma aged care home|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-18/cooma-aged-care-home-police-woman-in-hospital-taser/102361018|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=12 June 2023|archive-date=12 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612065008/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-18/cooma-aged-care-home-police-woman-in-hospital-taser/102361018|url-status=live}} The officer is charged with recklessly causing grievous bodily harm, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and common assault.{{cite news|author=|date=24 May 2023|title=Charges laid against police officer accused of tasering 95-year-old Clare Nowland|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-24/charges-laid-against-police-officer-who-tasered-95yo-woman/102388586|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=12 June 2023|archive-date=12 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612065009/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-24/charges-laid-against-police-officer-who-tasered-95yo-woman/102388586|url-status=live}} The woman later dies in hospital from her injuries.{{cite news|author=|date=24 May 2023|title=Clare Nowland, 95-year-old woman tasered at Cooma nursing home, dies in hospital|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-24/clare-nowland-dies-tasered-nursing-home/102389082|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=12 June 2023|archive-date=12 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612065010/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-24/clare-nowland-dies-tasered-nursing-home/102389082|url-status=live}}
• 21 May – Northern Territory chief minister Natasha Fyles is allegedly accosted and harassed by anti-fracking protestors while running the final five kilometres of the West Macs Monster – an annual 25 km running event along the Larapinta Trail.{{cite news|last1=Allison|first1=Charmaine|last2=Wallace|first2=Evan|date=22 May 2023|title=Fyles accosted by anti-fracking protesters while competing in West Macs Monster|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-22/fyles-accosted-anti-fracking-protesters-west-macs-monster/102375614|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=24 September 2023|archive-date=24 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924040110/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-22/fyles-accosted-anti-fracking-protesters-west-macs-monster/102375614|url-status=live}}
• 22 May – Indian prime minister Shri Narendra Modi arrives in Australia for a two-day visit to Australia during which he meets business and political leaders including prime minister Anthony Albanese.{{cite news|last1=Tatham|first1=Harriet|last2=Dziedzic|first2=Stephen|date=23 May 2023|title=Thousands from Indian diaspora expected to flock to see Prime Minister Narendra Modi during Australia visit|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-23/modi-visit-expected-to-draw-thousands-indian-diaspora-sydney/102378712|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=5 July 2023|archive-date=5 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705020410/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-23/modi-visit-expected-to-draw-thousands-indian-diaspora-sydney/102378712|url-status=live}}
• 24 May –
• A heritage-listed former hat factory in the Sydney suburb of Surry Hills, designed by Thomas Pollard Sampson and built in 1912, is destroyed by fire.{{cite news|last=Beazley|first=Jordyn|date=26 May 2023|title=Sydney fire: two teenagers assisting police with inquiries after Surry Hills building blaze|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/may/26/sydney-fire-surry-hills-building-hat-factory-collapse-central-cbd-randle-st|work=The Guardian|location=|access-date=10 June 2023|archive-date=9 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509060517/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/may/26/sydney-fire-surry-hills-building-hat-factory-collapse-central-cbd-randle-st|url-status=live}}{{cite news |last=Rolfe|first=John|date=30 May 2023|title=Shocked architect reveals plans to turn heritage hat factory into a glitzy hotel were 'imminent'|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/plans-to-turn-heritage-hat-factory-into-a-glitzy-hotel/news-story/6cae3fce17c345becc3085611ab29951|work=The Daily Telegraph|location= |access-date=10 June 2023|quote=The building was designed by Thomas Pollard Sampson...}}
• The federal treasury refers PwC to the Australian Federal Police for a criminal investigation.{{cite news|last=Butler|first=Josh|date=24 May 2023|title=PwC tax scandal referred to Australian federal police for criminal investigation|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/may/24/pwc-tax-scandal-referred-to-australian-federal-police-for-criminal-investigation|work=The Guardian|location=|access-date=1 January 2024|archive-date=9 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509060558/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/may/24/pwc-tax-scandal-referred-to-australian-federal-police-for-criminal-investigation|url-status=live}}
• 29 May –
• Western Australia premier Mark McGowan announces his intention to resign, citing exhaustion as his reason for stepping down.{{cite news|last=Shepherd|first=Tory|date=29 May 2023|title=Mark McGowan resigns as premier of Western Australia, saying he is 'exhausted'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/may/29/mark-mcgowan-quits-resigns-step-down-wa-premier-western-australia|work=The Guardian|location=|access-date=11 June 2023|archive-date=29 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529081647/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/may/29/mark-mcgowan-quits-resigns-step-down-wa-premier-western-australia|url-status=live}}
• 22-year-old Queensland sailor Xavier Doerr departs the Gold Coast on his attempt to break the records for the fastest solo and fastest non-stop circumnavigation of Australia.{{cite web|url=https://cyca.com.au/xavier-doerr-little-aussie-lap/|title=CYCA Member Xavier Doerr sets off on 'Little Aussie Lap'|author=|date=30 May 2023|website=CYCA|publisher=Cruising Yacht Club of Australia|access-date=10 July 2023|quote=Xavier left on his 21 foot Mini Transat yacht, Waterline, from the Gold Coast on Sunday 29 May.|archive-date=9 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709234901/https://cyca.com.au/xavier-doerr-little-aussie-lap/|url-status=live}}
• 31 May – The Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023 passes the House of Representatives, paving the way for the Indigenous Voice referendum to take place later in the year.{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-31/voice-to-parliament-referendum-bill-passes-the-lower-house/102414444|title=Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum bill passes lower house|work=ABC News (Australia)|date=31 May 2023|last=Doran|first=Matthew|access-date=31 May 2023|archive-date=31 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531001240/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-31/voice-to-parliament-referendum-bill-passes-the-lower-house/102414444|url-status=live}}

• 1 June – Former soldier Ben Roberts-Smith loses a civil defamation trial in which he attempted to sue newspapers the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and Canberra Times and journalists Chris Masters, Nick McKenzie and David Wroe.{{cite news|last=McKinnell|first=Jamie|date=1 June 2023|title=Ben Roberts-Smith loses mammoth defamation battle against newspapers, reporters|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-01/ben-roberts-smith-defamation-result/102420546|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=4 June 2023|archive-date=1 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601050203/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-01/ben-roberts-smith-defamation-result/102420546|url-status=live}} Roberts-Smith is found to have committed war crimes in Afghanistan with Justice Anthony Besanko ruling that the newspapers and journalists had established substantial or contextual truth regarding alleged unlawful killings and bullying.{{cite news|last=McHugh|first=Finn|date=3 June 2023|title=Murderer and war criminal, but not convicted. Will Ben Roberts-Smith lose his VC?|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/murderer-and-war-criminal-but-not-convicted-will-ben-roberts-smith-lose-his-vc/4hqmupmfz|work=SBS News|location=|access-date=4 June 2023|archive-date=4 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604030338/https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/murderer-and-war-criminal-but-not-convicted-will-ben-roberts-smith-lose-his-vc/4hqmupmfz|url-status=live}}
• 5 June – New South Wales Attorney-General Michael Daley announces Kathleen Folbigg had been pardoned and would be released from the Clarence Correctional Centre in Grafton, New South Wales where she had been imprisoned for 20 years.{{cite news|last=Rose|first=Tamsin|date=5 June 2023|title=Kathleen Folbigg pardoned and released after 20 years in jail over deaths of her four children|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jun/05/kathleen-folbigg-pardoned-after-20-years-in-jail-over-deaths-of-her-four-children|work=The Guardian|location=|access-date=5 June 2023|archive-date=9 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509060559/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jun/05/kathleen-folbigg-pardoned-after-20-years-in-jail-over-deaths-of-her-four-children|url-status=live}} When making the announcement, Daley releases the summary findings prepared by an inquiry led by Justice Thomas Bathurst into Folbigg's 2003 convictions of killing her four children.
• 6 June – As it attempts to curb inflation, the Reserve Bank of Australia again lifts the official cash rate by 0.25%.{{cite news|last1=Janda|first1=Michael|last2=Lowrey|first2=Tom|date=6 June 2023|title=Official interest rates rise above 4 per cent as RBA hikes again|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-06/interest-rates-rise-june-2023-rba-philip-lowe/102445526|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=10 June 2023|archive-date=9 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609172031/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-06/interest-rates-rise-june-2023-rba-philip-lowe/102445526|url-status=live}} Now at 4.1% – it's the highest it's been for eleven years.
• 7 June – Fraser Island is officially renamed K'gari.{{cite news|last=Gillespie|first=Eden|date=7 June 2023|title=Fraser Island no more: K'gari's official name change corrects a historic wrong|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jun/07/fraser-island-no-more-kgaris-official-name-change-corrects-a-historic-wrong|work=The Guardian|location=|access-date=20 July 2023|archive-date=7 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607044932/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jun/07/fraser-island-no-more-kgaris-official-name-change-corrects-a-historic-wrong|url-status=live}}
• 8 June –
• Justice Robert Beech-Jones sentences Scott White to nine years imprisonment for the 1988 manslaughter of American mathematician Scott Johnson.{{cite news|last=McKinnell|first=Jamie|date=8 June 2023|title=Scott White sentenced over 1988 manslaughter of Scott Johnson in Sydney|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-08/scott-white-sentenced-manslaughter-scott-johnson/102454438|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=10 June 2023|archive-date=9 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609224417/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-08/scott-white-sentenced-manslaughter-scott-johnson/102454438|url-status=live}}
• Roger Cook is officially sworn in as the new premier of Western Australia following the resignation of Mark McGowan.{{cite news|last=Bourke|first=Keane|date=8 June 2023|title=WA Premier Roger Cook sworn in with new cabinet, forecasting 'remarkable things'|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-08/wa-premier-roger-cook-and-new-cabinet-sworn-in-perth-ceremony/102454136|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=11 June 2023|archive-date=9 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609110627/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-08/wa-premier-roger-cook-and-new-cabinet-sworn-in-perth-ceremony/102454136|url-status=live}}
• 11 June – Multiple people are killed in a major late night bus crash near the town of Greta in the New South Wales Hunter Valley as it was returning to Singleton after a wedding at a local vineyard.{{cite news|last1=Watson|first1=Angus|last2=Devitt|first2=Paul|last3=Register|first3=Larry|last4=Whiteman|first4=Hilary|last5=Cullinane|first5=Susannah|date=11 June 2023|title='Horrific bus tragedy' leaves multiple dead after wedding in Australian wine region, police say|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2023/06/11/asia/australia-new-south-wales-bus-crash/index.html|work=CNN|location=|access-date=12 June 2023|archive-date=11 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611231650/https://edition.cnn.com/2023/06/11/asia/australia-new-south-wales-bus-crash/index.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Walsh|first1=Aoife|last2=|first2=|date=12 June 2023|title=Hunter Valley: Ten people killed in wedding bus crash in Australia|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-65874374|work=BBC News|location=|access-date=12 June 2023|archive-date=12 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612000636/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-65874374|url-status=live}}
• 14 June – Independent senator Lidia Thorpe uses parliamentary privilege in The Senate to accuse Liberal Party senator David Van of inappropriate behaviour.{{cite news|last=Coorey|first=Phillip|date=14 June 2023|title=Lidia Thorpe withdraws claims that Liberal senator assaulted her|url=https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/lidia-thorpe-accuses-liberal-senator-of-sexual-assault-20230614-p5dgdv|work=Australian Financial Review|location=|access-date=23 June 2023|archive-date=23 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623014333/https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/lidia-thorpe-accuses-liberal-senator-of-sexual-assault-20230614-p5dgdv|url-status=live}} Although Thorpe later returns to withdraw the remarks citing standing orders, her accusations prompt more women including former Liberal senator Amanda Stoker to come forward to raise further allegations against Van, all of which he strongly denies.{{cite news|last1=Karp|first1=Paul|last2=Butler|first2=Josh|last3=Remeikis|first3=Amy|date=15 June 2023|title=David Van: former Liberal senator Amanda Stoker accuses colleague of 'inappropriate' touching|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jun/15/david-van-former-liberal-senator-amanda-stoker-accuses-colleague-of-inappropriate-touching|work=The Guardian|location=|access-date=23 June 2023|archive-date=9 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509061003/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jun/15/david-van-former-liberal-senator-amanda-stoker-accuses-colleague-of-inappropriate-touching|url-status=live}} After he is removed from the Liberal Party's party room by Peter Dutton following the allegations, Van resigns from the Liberal Party and moves to the crossbench, although Dutton encourages Van to resign from parliament altogether.{{cite news|last=Galloway|first=Anthony|date=17 June 2023|title=Senator David Van resigns from Liberal Party|url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/victorian-senator-david-van-resigns-from-liberal-party-20230617-p5dhcv.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|location=|access-date=23 June 2023|archive-date=23 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623014333/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/victorian-senator-david-van-resigns-from-liberal-party-20230617-p5dhcv.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Evans|first=Jake|date=16 June 2023|title=Peter Dutton says senator David Van should quit parliament, after another allegation raised with him|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-16/dutton-another-allegation-against-senator-david-van/102486926|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=23 June 2023|archive-date=18 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230618112521/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-16/dutton-another-allegation-against-senator-david-van/102486926|url-status=live}} In his resignation letter to the Victorian branch president Greg Mirabella, Van complains about not being afforded procedural fairness.
• 19 June – The Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023 bill passes The Senate, enabling Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to set a date for the 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum.{{cite news|last=Butler|first=Josh|date=19 June 2023|title=Historic Indigenous voice referendum bill passes parliament ahead of public vote|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jun/19/indigenous-voice-to-parliament-referendum-bill-passed-alter-constitution-public-vote-australia|work=The Guardian|location=|access-date=23 June 2023|archive-date=19 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619013634/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jun/19/indigenous-voice-to-parliament-referendum-bill-passed-alter-constitution-public-vote-australia|url-status=live}}
• 20 June – Nestlé announces its decision to stop manufacturing Allen's Fantales, citing declining sales and the need for expensive upgrades at its factory to continue making the product.{{cite news|last=Miles|first=Daniel|date=21 June 2023|title=Iconic Australian sweet Fantales discontinued amid declining sales and ageing machinery|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-21/nestle-fantales-lolly-discontinued-end-of-production/102503818|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=20 December 2023|archive-date=20 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231220101931/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-21/nestle-fantales-lolly-discontinued-end-of-production/102503818|url-status=live}}
• 22 June – Queensland's oldest winery, the heritage-listed Romavilla Winery at Roma is destroyed by fire.{{cite news|last=Chen|first=David|date=23 June 2023|title=Romavilla Winery, Queensland's oldest, destroyed in fire|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-23/queensland-oldest-winery-destroyed-in-fire/102514664|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=23 June 2023|archive-date=22 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230622235437/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-23/queensland-oldest-winery-destroyed-in-fire/102514664|url-status=live}}
• 27 June - Sydney drug lord Alen Moradian, 48, who held high-level links to the Comanchero bikie gang, was shot dead in an underground carpark at Bondi Junction.{{cite web | url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/alen-moradian-murder-bondi-junction-men-arrested-sydney/af09d0e4-2b52-4621-8c34-4ff380d7210c | title=Man accused of pulling trigger in Sydney drug lord Alen Moradian's execution arrested | date=3 January 2024 | access-date=3 January 2024 | archive-date=3 January 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103044027/https://www.9news.com.au/national/alen-moradian-murder-bondi-junction-men-arrested-sydney/af09d0e4-2b52-4621-8c34-4ff380d7210c | url-status=live }}
• 29 June – Former New South Wales premier Gladys Berejiklian and former state MP Daryl Maguire are found to have engaged in serious corrupt conduct while in office, according to findings handed down by the Independent Commission Against Corruption stemming from Operation Keppel.{{cite news|last1=McPherson|first1=Emily|last2=Vidler|first2=Adam|last3=Rose|first3=Tim|last4=Slade|first4=Lucy|date=29 June 2023|title=Former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian engaged in 'serious corrupt conduct', ICAC finds|url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/gladys-berejiklian-icac-findings-operation-keppel-daryl-maguire/d9eff528-8890-49e0-ab68-e94370fcbb05|work=Nine News|location=|access-date=29 June 2023|archive-date=28 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230628215002/https://www.9news.com.au/national/gladys-berejiklian-icac-findings-operation-keppel-daryl-maguire/d9eff528-8890-49e0-ab68-e94370fcbb05|url-status=live}}

• 1 July – The country's first Indigenous Australian surgeon Kelvin Kong is named as NAIDOC Person of the Year at the 2023 NAIDOC Awards in Brisbane.{{cite news|last1=Jash|first1=Tahnee|last2=Williams|first2=Carly|date=2 July 2023|title='Stand with us, Australia': NAIDOC Award winner's message on the Voice|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-02/black-excellence-indigenous-leaders-honoured-at-naidoc-ball-2023/102550988|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=2 July 2023|quote=The major award of the evening, the NAIDOC Person of the Year, went to Worimi man Professor Kelvin Kong, who is Australia's first Indigenous surgeon.|archive-date=2 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230702013257/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-02/black-excellence-indigenous-leaders-honoured-at-naidoc-ball-2023/102550988|url-status=live}}
• 3 July – Indonesian president Joko Widodo arrives in Sydney for a 36-hour visit to Australia during which he meets with business and political leaders including prime minister Anthony Albanese.{{cite news|last=Coote|first=Gavin|date=4 July 2023|title=Visa extension, climate finance agreements as Indonesian President Joko Widodo visits Sydney|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-04/joko-widodo-visits-australia-for-anthony-albanese-meetings/102555778|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=5 July 2023|archive-date=5 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705020132/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-04/joko-widodo-visits-australia-for-anthony-albanese-meetings/102555778|url-status=live}}
• 7 July – The findings from the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme are released to the public.{{cite news|last1=Lewis|first1=Alexander|last2=Jones|first2=Ciara|date=7 July 2023|title=Robodebt royal commission findings revealed, individuals referred for criminal prosecution|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-07/robodebt-royal-commission-findings-revealed/102531450|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=7 July 2023|archive-date=7 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707065702/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-07/robodebt-royal-commission-findings-revealed/102531450|url-status=live}} The report includes 57 recommendations with Commissioner Catherine Holmes describing the unlawful robodebt scheme as "an ill-conceived, embryonic idea" with a number of individuals being referred to the Australian Federal Police, the National Anti-Corruption Commission, the Australian Law Society and the Australian Public Service Commission for criminal and civil prosecution.
• 8 July – 22-year-old Queensland sailor Xavier Doerr is rescued in the Great Australian Bight by the bulk carrier Theodore JR after activating his emergency beacon at 5 pm the previous afternoon after his 6.4-metre Mini Transat yacht Waterline struck severe weather.{{cite news|last=Pestrin|first=Stacey|date=9 July 2023|title=Xavier Doerr thanks rescuers after being saved from stricken yacht in Great Australian Bight|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-09/rescued-sailor-to-be-medically-evacuated-to-adelaide/102580430|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=10 July 2023|archive-date=9 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709234413/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-09/rescued-sailor-to-be-medically-evacuated-to-adelaide/102580430|url-status=live}} Doerr was attempting to break the records for the fastest solo and fastest non-stop circumnavigation of Australia.{{cite news|last=Forbes|first=Tom|date=17 May 2023|title=Gold Coast sailor Xavier Doerr to attempt world record solo circumnavigation of Australia|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-17/sailor-xavier-doerr-attempts-solo-circumnavigations-of-australia/101070622|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=10 July 2023|archive-date=9 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709234414/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-17/sailor-xavier-doerr-attempts-solo-circumnavigations-of-australia/101070622|url-status=live}}
• 9 July – Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese arrives in Germany ahead of his attendance at the NATO summit in Lithuania.{{cite news|last=Brown|first=Andrew|date=10 July 2023|title=Albanese lands in Berlin, unveils $1b defence deal|url=https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8263547/albanese-lands-in-berlin-unveils-1b-defence-deal/|work=The Canberra Times|location=|access-date=10 July 2023|archive-date=10 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710001611/https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8263547/albanese-lands-in-berlin-unveils-1b-defence-deal/|url-status=live}} Ahead of a scheduled meeting with German chancellor Olaf Scholz, Albanese confirms a deal to sell Australian-made armoured vehicles to Germany.
• 10 July – Federal transport minister Catherine King denies an application by Qatar Airways to add more flights to Australia due to national interest concerns.{{cite web|url=https://minister.infrastructure.gov.au/c-king/interview/press-conference-canberra-launch-aviation-green-paper|title=Press conference in Canberra to launch the Aviation Green Paper|last=King|first=Catherine|date=7 September 2023|website=Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government|publisher=Australian Government|access-date=10 September 2023|quote=I did make a decision to not grant Qatar Airlines the request for 28 additional flights per week into the Australian international aviation market... I did take that decision on the 10th of July.|archive-date=19 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230919155506/https://minister.infrastructure.gov.au/c-king/interview/press-conference-canberra-launch-aviation-green-paper|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=de Kretser|first=Ayesha|date=18 July 2023|title=Minister blocks bid to bring down airfares, boost tourism|url=https://www.afr.com/companies/transport/minister-blocks-bid-to-bring-down-airfares-boost-tourism-20230717-p5down|work=Australian Financial Review|location=|access-date=9 September 2023|archive-date=13 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230913023053/https://www.afr.com/companies/transport/minister-blocks-bid-to-bring-down-airfares-boost-tourism-20230717-p5down|url-status=live}}
• 12 July – Neurosurgeon Charlie Teo is found guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct by the Health Care Complaints Commission.{{cite news|last=McKinnell|first=Jamie|date=12 July 2023|title=Neurosurgeon Charlie Teo found guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-12/dr-charlie-teo-found-guilty-by-medical-standards-committee/102590792|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=12 July 2023|archive-date=12 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230712021354/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-12/dr-charlie-teo-found-guilty-by-medical-standards-committee/102590792|url-status=live}}
• 14 July – Michele Bullock is announced as Philip Lowe's successor as the Reserve Bank of Australia governor when his term expires in September.{{cite news|last=Coorey|first=Phillip|date=14 July 2023|title=Bullock to be RBA governor in 'history-making' move|url=https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/michele-bullock-to-replace-lowe-as-rba-governor-20230714-p5do6w|work=Australian Financial Review|location=|access-date=14 July 2023|archive-date=13 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713235029/https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/michele-bullock-to-replace-lowe-as-rba-governor-20230714-p5do6w|url-status=live}}
• 15 July – The 2023 Fadden by-election is held with the LNP retaining the Gold Coast-based federal seat after Cameron Caldwell is elected to succeed Stuart Robert.{{cite news|last=McElroy|first=Nicholas|date=15 July 2023|title=Labor concedes defeat as LNP candidate Cameron Caldwell is projected to win the Fadden by-election|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-15/fadden-byelection-gold-coast-cameron-caldwell/102592248|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=15 July 2023|archive-date=15 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715102037/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-15/fadden-byelection-gold-coast-cameron-caldwell/102592248|url-status=live}}
• 17 July – A 23-year-old woman is mauled by a pack of dingoes while jogging on K'gari.{{cite news|last=Gillespie|first=Eden|date=19 July 2023|title=K'gari dingo euthanised after pack attack that left young woman in hospital|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jul/19/kgari-dingo-euthanised-pack-attack-young-woman|work=The Guardian|location=|access-date=20 July 2023|archive-date=9 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509060904/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jul/19/kgari-dingo-euthanised-pack-attack-young-woman|url-status=live}} The latest dingo attack prompts a debate about how to manage the issues surrounding K'gari's dingo population including the behaviour of tourists.{{cite news|last1=Charles|first1=Bronte|last2=Williams|first2=Tanisha|date=18 July 2023|title=Aboriginal rangers frustrated after visitors continue to not listen to dingo safety advice|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/aboriginal-rangers-frustrated-after-visitors-continue-to-not-listen-to-dingo-safety-advice/bvrbaxwk9|work=NITV|location=|access-date=20 July 2023|archive-date=19 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719175017/https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/aboriginal-rangers-frustrated-after-visitors-continue-to-not-listen-to-dingo-safety-advice/bvrbaxwk9|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Bennett|first=Emily|date=20 July 2023|title=Two women fined $2300 each for interacting with dingoes on K'gari|url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/two-women-fined-more-than-2000-for-interacting-with-dingoes-on-kgari-fraser-island-queensland/6fb9b70b-356a-487b-91d3-39a5b0d1822a|work=Nine News|location=|access-date=20 July 2023|archive-date=20 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720083616/https://www.9news.com.au/national/two-women-fined-more-than-2000-for-interacting-with-dingoes-on-kgari-fraser-island-queensland/6fb9b70b-356a-487b-91d3-39a5b0d1822a|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Tassell|first=Dominque|date=18 July 2023|title=Rise in dingo attacks on Queensland's K'gari sparks debate about visitor numbers and behaviour|url=https://7news.com.au/news/qld/rise-in-dingo-attacks-on-queenslands-kgari-sparks-debate-about-visitor-numbers-and-behaviour-c-11312006|work=Seven News|location=|access-date=20 July 2023|archive-date=20 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720112050/https://7news.com.au/news/qld/rise-in-dingo-attacks-on-queenslands-kgari-sparks-debate-about-visitor-numbers-and-behaviour-c-11312006|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Scott|first1=Samantha|last2=Stolz|first2=Greg|last3=Holdsworth|first3=Matty|last4=Walker|first4=Carlie|date=20 July 2023|title=K'gari dingo destroyed after attack, calls for cap on visitor numbers|url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/kgari-dingo-destroyed-after-attack-calls-for-cap-on-visitor-numbers/news-story/895f510251eb05c8974ecda440063765|work=The Courier-Mail|location=|access-date=20 July 2023|archive-date=20 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720112050/https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/kgari-dingo-destroyed-after-attack-calls-for-cap-on-visitor-numbers/news-story/895f510251eb05c8974ecda440063765|url-status=live}}
• 18 July – Victorian premier Daniel Andrews announces the state can no longer host the 2026 Commonwealth Games, citing costs.{{cite news|last1=Clarke|first1=Mitch|last2=Rooney|first2=Kieran|last3=Grebert-Craig|first3=Brooke|last4=Gailberger|first4=Jade|last5=McNeill|first5=Sam|last6=White|first6=Alex|date=18 July 2023|title=Victoria's 2026 Commonwealth Games will not go ahead|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/fears-grow-over-looming-changes-to-victorias-commonwealth-games/news-story/a799de241572eee999ae92a932d648c0|work=Herald Sun|location=|access-date=18 July 2023|archive-date=22 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240122073942/https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/fears-grow-over-looming-changes-to-victorias-commonwealth-games/news-story/a799de241572eee999ae92a932d648c0|url-status=live}}
• 21 July – Three people are killed in a three-vehicle car crash at Federal on the Sunshine Coast which police allege to be a domestic violence-related homicide.{{cite news|last1=Couper|first1=Elena|last2=Schmidt|first2=Nathan|date=21 July 2023|title=Three dead in horror collision: alleged carjacker and sole survivor tried to ram victims' car|url=https://www.news.com.au/national/queensland/news/major-queensland-road-closed-after-threecar-crash/news-story/19f1be285c26d55d8de5827226b5ea3d|work=news.com.au|location=|access-date=24 July 2023|quote=Police are investigating a horror three-car smash as a domestic violence homicide after a stolen car allegedly chased one of the other vehicles before trying to ram it...|archive-date=20 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720224108/https://www.news.com.au/national/queensland/news/major-queensland-road-closed-after-threecar-crash/news-story/19f1be285c26d55d8de5827226b5ea3d|url-status=live}}
• 22 July – The biennial joint Exercise Talisman Sabre military exercise between Australia and the United States commences in Queensland.{{cite news|last1=Nothling|first1=Lily|last2=Knight|first2=Mia|date=20 July 2023|title=Talisman Sabre military exercise brings foreign troops to Australia for war games|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-20/talisman-sabre-war-games-townsville-tent-city/102611442|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=|archive-date=24 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724081243/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-20/talisman-sabre-war-games-townsville-tent-city/102611442|url-status=live}} As the exercise gets underway, a People's Liberation Army Navy Dongdiao Class Auxiliary General Intelligence vessel is identified, with authorities expecting it to anchor off the Central Queensland coast in an attempt to collect sensitive military information.{{cite news|last=Greene|first=Andrew|date=24 July 2023|title=First image emerges of RAAF's encounter with Chinese spy ship during Talisman Sabre|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-24/first-image-of-australian-encounter-with-chinese-spy-ship/102637528|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=24 July 2023|archive-date=24 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724022426/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-24/first-image-of-australian-encounter-with-chinese-spy-ship/102637528|url-status=live}}
• 26 July – The prime ministers of Australia and New Zealand, Anthony Albanese and Chris Hipkins, hold talks in Wellington as part of the annual Australia-New Zealand leader's meeting.{{cite news|last=Doran|first=Matthew|date=26 July 2023|title=What came out of first day talks between Anthony Albanese and NZ PM Chris Hipkins?|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-26/first-day-talks-with-ablanese-and-nz-pm/102651264|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=30 July 2023|archive-date=30 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230730054349/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-26/first-day-talks-with-ablanese-and-nz-pm/102651264|url-status=live}}
• 28 July – A MRH-90 Taipan army helicopter carrying four Australian Defence Force personnel from the 6th Aviation Regiment crashes into the ocean near Hamilton Island while taking part in a two-helicopter training mission during Exercise Talisman Sabre.{{cite news|last1=Dziedzic|first1=Stephen|last2=Quattrocelli|first2=Peter|date=29 July 2023|title=Helicopter wreckage found after Taipan crash, search continues to locate four-person crew|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-29/qld-adf-chopper-crash-in-whitsundays/102663620|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=29 July 2023|archive-date=28 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230728231221/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-29/qld-adf-chopper-crash-in-whitsundays/102663620|url-status=live}}{{cite news|author=|date=30 July 2023|title=Four missing defence aviators identified, search-and-rescue mission continues near Hamilton Island after Taipan helicopter crash|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-30/adf-taipan-helicopter-crash-missing-aviators-missing/102665898|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=30 July 2023|archive-date=30 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230730030206/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-30/adf-taipan-helicopter-crash-missing-aviators-missing/102665898|url-status=live}} It's the second incident involving a Taipan army helicopter in four months, which raises more concerns regarding the safety of the fleet.{{cite news|author=|date=30 July 2023|title=Exploring the troubled history of the Australian Army's Taipan helicopters|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-30/australian-army-taipan-helicopter-concerns-following-crash/102664750|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=30 July 2023|archive-date=30 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230730011001/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-30/australian-army-taipan-helicopter-concerns-following-crash/102664750|url-status=live}}
• 29 July –
• The 2023 Rockingham state by-election is held in Western Australia following the resignation of state premier Mark McGowan. Despite a considerable swing against Labor, the election is won by party's candidate Magenta Marshall.{{cite news|last=Perpitc|first=Nicolas|date=30 July 2023|title=Magenta Marshall's victory in Rockingham by-election delivers gender parity in WA Parliament's lower house|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-30/labor-victory-rockingham-delivers-gender-parity-in-lower-house/102666018|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=30 July 2023|archive-date=30 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230730043348/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-30/labor-victory-rockingham-delivers-gender-parity-in-lower-house/102666018|url-status=live}}
• Four people eat a beef wellington pie in the 2023 Leongatha mushroom poisoning with poisonous mushrooms, three of whom die a few days later.{{Cite news |last=Lu |first=Donna |date=2023-08-10 |title=Victoria suspected mushroom poisoning: lunchtime dish believed to have been a beef wellington pie |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/10/victoria-suspected-mushroom-poisonings-lunchtime-dish-was-a-beef-wellington-pie |access-date=2023-08-11 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=9 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509071127/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/10/victoria-suspected-mushroom-poisonings-lunchtime-dish-was-a-beef-wellington-pie |url-status=live }}
• 30 July – Indonesia suspends imports of live Australian cattle from several export facilities after LSD is detected in livestock shipped from Australia.{{cite news|last=Sullivan|first=Kath|date=30 July 2023|title=Indonesia suspends live cattle imports from four Australian facilities after lumpy skin disease found|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-30/lsd-in-australian-cattle-in-indonesia/102666812|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=5 August 2023|archive-date=5 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230805034600/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-30/lsd-in-australian-cattle-in-indonesia/102666812|url-status=live}}

• 1 August – A 45-year-old Gold Coast childcare worker is charged with 1,623 child abuse offences including 136 counts of rape and 604 counts of indecent treatment of a child.{{cite news|last1=Read|first1=Chloe|last2=Duffin|first2=Perry|date=1 August 2023|title=The breakthrough that led to childcare worker being charged with abusing 91 girls|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/more-than-90-children-allegedly-sexually-abused-at-qld-and-nsw-childcare-centres-20230801-p5dstn.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|location=|access-date=12 November 2023|archive-date=12 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112095952/https://www.smh.com.au/national/more-than-90-children-allegedly-sexually-abused-at-qld-and-nsw-childcare-centres-20230801-p5dstn.html|url-status=live}} The offences were allegedly committed between 2007 and 2022.
• 2 August –
• New South Wales premier Chris Minns stands down Member for Hunter Tim Crakanthorp from state cabinet and refers him to the Independent Commission Against Corruption after he fails to declare significant family holdings.{{cite news|last=Meacham|first=Savannah|date=2 August 2023|title=NSW minister sacked over 'serious breach of conduct' relating to family land holdings|url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/nsw-premier-chris-minns-asks-skills-minister-tim-crakanthorp-resign-serious-conduct-breach/98b6b823-9842-4aa8-b150-1fc22701077f|work=Nine News|location=|access-date=3 August 2023|archive-date=3 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230803013703/https://www.9news.com.au/national/nsw-premier-chris-minns-asks-skills-minister-tim-crakanthorp-resign-serious-conduct-breach/98b6b823-9842-4aa8-b150-1fc22701077f|url-status=live}}
• The Australian War Memorial in Canberra unveils a statue of nurse Lieutenant Colonel Vivian Bullwinkle – the first statue to be installed at the memorial to depict a woman.{{cite news|last=Wood|first=Richard|date=2 August 2023|title=Landmark statue commemorates Australian nurses who served in wartime|url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/australian-war-memorial-statue-vivian-bullwinkel-military-nurse/4109fa3d-a1bf-4214-b1dc-2ace0e812cc8|work=Nine News|location=|access-date=3 August 2023|archive-date=3 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230803013321/https://www.9news.com.au/national/australian-war-memorial-statue-vivian-bullwinkel-military-nurse/4109fa3d-a1bf-4214-b1dc-2ace0e812cc8|url-status=live}}
• 4 August –
• After a long-running trade war, China announces it would be dropping the 80% tariffs on Australian barley which had been introduced in May 2020, widely considered as retaliation against Australia's calls for an enquiry into the origins of COVID-19.{{cite news|last1=Sullivan|first1=Kath|last2=Roberts|first2=Georgia|date=4 August 2023|title=Australian barley tariffs to be scrapped by China after long-running trade dispute|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2023-08-04/barley-tariffs-scrapped-by-china/102689748|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=11 August 2023|archive-date=10 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810172400/https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2023-08-04/barley-tariffs-scrapped-by-china/102689748|url-status=live}}
• The annual Garma Festival of Traditional Cultures begins in Arnhem Land with the theme of "Djambatj (Yolngu excellence)".{{cite news|last=Allam|first=Lorena|date=4 August 2023|title=First Garma festival without powerhouse leader Yunupingu to begin as voice referendum looms|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/04/first-garma-festival-without-powerhouse-leader-yunupingu-to-begin-as-voice-referendum-looms|work=The Guardian|location=|access-date=4 August 2023|archive-date=9 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509061016/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/04/first-garma-festival-without-powerhouse-leader-yunupingu-to-begin-as-voice-referendum-looms|url-status=live}}
• 6 August – A 34-year-old man and his five children, aged between 3 and 11, are killed in a house fire on Russell Island, near Brisbane.{{cite news|last=Sciberras|first=Allanah|date=6 August 2023|title=Five children and their father killed in house fire near Brisbane|url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/russell-island-large-fire-engulfs-multiple-homes-on-queensland-island/d9074653-c6f5-4369-9021-9809c9da1dd4|work=Nine News|location=|access-date=6 August 2023|archive-date=6 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230806002633/https://www.9news.com.au/national/russell-island-large-fire-engulfs-multiple-homes-on-queensland-island/d9074653-c6f5-4369-9021-9809c9da1dd4|url-status=live}}
• 8 August –
• The Australian Federal Police reveal that 13 Australian children have been removed from danger while 19 men have been charged with child abuse offences in Operation Bakis, which was set up after an elaborate international child abuse network was uncovered on the dark web following the 2021 murder of two FBI agents in Florida who were killed while serving a search warrant on the home of pedophile David Lee Huber.{{cite news|last=Smee|first=Ben|date=8 August 2023|title=FBI agents' murders lead police in Australia to rescue 13 children from alleged paedophile ring|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/08/australia-paedophile-ring-fbi-agent|work=The Guardian|location=|access-date=11 August 2023|archive-date=9 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509061008/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/08/australia-paedophile-ring-fbi-agent|url-status=live}}
• The Roger Cook Labor Government of Western Australia announces the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2021 would be repealed and the 1972 act reinstated.{{cite news | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-08/roger-cook-repeals-aboriginal-cultural-heritage-laws/102699678 | title=WA to repeal controversial Indigenous cultural heritage laws weeks after they started | newspaper=ABC News | date=8 August 2023 | access-date=8 August 2023 | archive-date=8 August 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230808120645/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-08/roger-cook-repeals-aboriginal-cultural-heritage-laws/102699678 | url-status=live }}{{cite web | url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/western-australia/back-to-the-future-cook-gears-up-for-wa-aboriginal-heritage-laws-backflip-20230807-p5dukj.html | title='I'm sorry': Roger Cook scraps WA Aboriginal cultural heritage laws | date=8 August 2023 | access-date=8 August 2023 | archive-date=8 August 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230808130304/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/western-australia/back-to-the-future-cook-gears-up-for-wa-aboriginal-heritage-laws-backflip-20230807-p5dukj.html | url-status=live }}
• Killing of Tayla and Murphy Cox in Park Avenue, Queensland, by Matthew James Cox.
• 11 August –
• The Australian Federal Police seizes 560 kilograms of cocaine worth approximately $224 million after a raid on a house in Kalbarri, Western Australia.{{cite news|last=Swain|first=Sarah|date=14 August 2023|title=Police seize hundreds of kilograms of cocaine in small WA holiday town|url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/drug-bust-perth-wa/c91a175b-e2b8-4e1d-8d08-140499bddbbc|work=Nine News|location=|access-date=19 August 2023|archive-date=19 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230819055444/https://www.9news.com.au/national/drug-bust-perth-wa/c91a175b-e2b8-4e1d-8d08-140499bddbbc|url-status=live}}
• Queensland's Department of Environment and Science advises that a number of camping areas on K'gari would be temporarily closed to reduce the interaction between dingoes and humans after two women were attacked in separate incidents on 10 August.{{cite news |last1=Innes|first1=Rose|last2=Bulloch|first2=Shayla|date=12 August 2023|title=K'gari closes campsites following spate of dingo attacks|url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/kgari-closes-campsites-following-spate-of-dingo-attacks/news-story/a6b9f30cc3d236c9c835cfcc9a8feee7|work=The Courier-Mail|location= |access-date=12 August 2023}}
• 10 August – A Southern Cross Austereo television sales executive is charged with two counts of murder (domestic violence) after the bodies of his wife and 11-week old daughter are discovered at a property in the Rockhampton suburb of Park Avenue two days after their deaths.{{cite news|last=Brennan|first=Aisling|date=11 August 2023|title='Confronting scene': Matthew Cox charged with murder of wife Tayla, baby Murphy in Rockhampton home|url=https://www.news.com.au/national/queensland/courts-law/confronting-scene-matthew-cox-charged-with-murder-of-wife-tayla-baby-murphy-in-rockhampton-home/news-story/a8cee1ea80bce1574086b63432f8381d|work=news.com.au|location=|access-date=19 August 2023|archive-date=11 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230811025820/https://www.news.com.au/national/queensland/courts-law/confronting-scene-matthew-cox-charged-with-murder-of-wife-tayla-baby-murphy-in-rockhampton-home/news-story/a8cee1ea80bce1574086b63432f8381d|url-status=live}}
• 14 August – One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson intervenes in the New South Wales state branch of the party, and removes Mark Latham as leader of the party in New South Wales.{{Cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Alexandra |last2=Ireland |first2=Olivia |date=2023-08-14 |title=Mark Latham pushed out as leader of One Nation NSW division |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/mark-latham-pushed-out-as-leader-of-one-nation-nsw-division-20230814-p5dwcu.html |access-date=2023-08-14 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en |archive-date=16 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816011941/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/mark-latham-pushed-out-as-leader-of-one-nation-nsw-division-20230814-p5dwcu.html |url-status=live }}
• 15 August –
• A grave is exhumed at the cemetery in Doomadgee, Queensland after the body of a respected Gangalidda elder who was thought to have been buried on 9 August was discovered to be still in the morgue at Doomadgee Hospital.{{cite news|last=Andre|first=Julia|date=16 August 2023|title=Doomadgee residents outraged after empty coffin buried in place of Indigenous elder|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-16/nwhhs-buries-wrong-body-in-first-nations-doomadgee/102734990|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=19 August 2023|archive-date=19 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230819054458/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-16/nwhhs-buries-wrong-body-in-first-nations-doomadgee/102734990|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Bennett|first=Stephanie|date=17 August 2023|title=Shannon Fentiman apologises to Doomadgee family after morgue mix-up|url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/shannon-fentiman-apologises-to-doomadgee-family-after-morgue-mixup/news-story/0302c72e03377e4a4b2ed38b854b8cc0|work=The Courier-Mail|location= |access-date=19 August 2023}} It's discovered an empty coffin had been buried during the funeral instead, which leads to much criticism of the hospital.
• Four Australian surfers and two Indonesian crew members are rescued after spending 36 hours at sea off the coast of Indonesia's Aceh province after their boat sunk during bad weather.{{cite news|last=Barrett|first=Chris|date=15 August 2023|title=A mates' birthday trip of a lifetime turns into a tale of survival|url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/missing-australians-found-off-the-coast-of-indonesia-20230815-p5dwmr.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|location=|access-date=19 August 2023|archive-date=18 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230818182824/https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/missing-australians-found-off-the-coast-of-indonesia-20230815-p5dwmr.html|url-status=live}}
• 17 August –
• The 49th Australian Labor Party national conference gets underway in Brisbane.{{cite news|last=Evans|first=Jake|date=17 August 2023|title=Labor's national conference underway, with tax, housing and nuclear submarines on the agenda|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-17/labor-national-conference-begins-tax-aukus-housing-climate/102725816|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=19 August 2023|archive-date=19 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230819055443/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-17/labor-national-conference-begins-tax-aukus-housing-climate/102725816|url-status=live}}
• A magistrate finds Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston not guilty of concealing a serious indictable offence, concluding he had a reasonable excuse for not reporting his father Frank Houston's sexual abuse of a child as he reasonably believed the victim, by then aged in his 30's, didn't want the matter reported to police.{{cite news|last1=McKinnell|first1=Jamie|last2=Parkes-Hupton|first2=Heath|date=17 August 2023|title=Hillsong founder Brian Houston found not guilty of concealing his father's sexual abuse of a child|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-17/hillsong-founder-brian-houston-not-guilty/102740394|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=19 August 2023|archive-date=19 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230819003313/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-17/hillsong-founder-brian-houston-not-guilty/102740394|url-status=live}}
• 18 August –
• Ceremonies are held throughout Australia to mark 50 years since the end of Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War.{{cite news|last1=Burnside|first1=Niki|last2=Cole|first2=Hamish|date=18 August 2023|title=Australians gather to mark 50 years since withdrawal of troops from Vietnam War|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-18/50-years-since-australia-left-vietnam-war/102745850|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=19 August 2023|archive-date=18 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230818221802/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-18/50-years-since-australia-left-vietnam-war/102745850|url-status=live}}
• The 2023 Queensland Bush Summit is held in Rockhampton and is attended by Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and mining magnate Gina Rinehart.{{cite news|last1=Offord|first1=Geordi|last2=Petrinec|first2=Melanie|last3=Madigan|first3=Michael|last4=Pierce|first4=Jeremy|date=18 August 2023|title=Queensland Bush Summit 2023|url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/qld-politics/qld-bush-summit-2023-livestream-and-blog/live-coverage/399da065843a92daf87881abf2ed5ab4|work=The Courier-Mail|location= |access-date=21 August 2023}} In her speech, Palaszczuk says her government would be introducing legislation to guarantee the future of Glenden, a town which was destined to be demolished.{{cite news|last1=Bagshaw|first1=Ashleigh|last2=Walsh|first2=Hannah|date=18 August 2023|title=Queensland Premier announces legislation to 'guarantee future' of Glenden|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-18/queensland-premier-new-legislation-save-mining-town-glenden/102746294|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=21 August 2023|archive-date=21 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230821024601/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-18/queensland-premier-new-legislation-save-mining-town-glenden/102746294|url-status=live}} Local rural landholders also gather at the event, protesting the construction of a number of renewable energy projects.{{cite news|last=Pearce|first=Matthew|date=18 August 2023|title=Landholders raise their voice at Bush Summit|url=https://cqtoday.com.au/news/2023/08/18/landholders-raise-their-voice-at-bush-summit|work=CQ Today|location=|access-date=21 August 2023|archive-date=21 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230821030108/https://cqtoday.com.au/news/2023/08/18/landholders-raise-their-voice-at-bush-summit/|url-status=live}}
• 19 August – The Victorian Government agrees to pay $280 million in compensation to Commonwealth Games bodies after withdrawing from hosting the games in 2026.{{cite news|last=Visontay|first=Elias|date=19 August 2023|title=Daniel Andrews says $380m Commonwealth Games compensation 'the best outcome Victoria could get'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/aug/19/commonwealth-games-victoria-to-pay-380m-in-compensation-after-cancelling-2026-event|work=The Guardian|location=|access-date=27 August 2023|archive-date=9 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509061525/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/aug/19/commonwealth-games-victoria-to-pay-380m-in-compensation-after-cancelling-2026-event|url-status=live}}
• 22 August –
• Almost thirty years after AC/DC's manager Crispin Dye was attacked and killed in Sydney, a new person of interest is identified during the special Commission of Inquiry into LGBTIQ hate crimes, after DNA found on Dye's jeans matches DNA collected from another crime scene.{{cite news|last=Lewis|first=Alexander|date=22 August 2023|title=New person of interest emerges in former AC/DC manager Crispin Dye death, gay hate inquiry told|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-22/nsw-gay-hate-inquiry-crispin-dye-new-person-of-interest/102758744|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=27 August 2023|archive-date=27 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230827112421/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-22/nsw-gay-hate-inquiry-crispin-dye-new-person-of-interest/102758744|url-status=live}}
• Mark Latham quits One Nation to sit as an independent in the New South Wales upper house, and accuses the party's head office of misusing taxpayer funds which Pauline Hanson denies.{{cite news|last=McLeod|first=Catie|date=22 August 2023|title=Mark Latham accuses One Nation of misusing electoral funds as he quits party|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/22/mark-latham-quits-one-nation-accuses-misuse-electoral-funds|work=The Guardian|location=|access-date=27 August 2023|archive-date=9 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509061522/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/22/mark-latham-quits-one-nation-accuses-misuse-electoral-funds|url-status=live}}
• 23 August –
• The Australasian Fire Authorities Council releases its seasonal outlook which identifies large parts of Queensland, New South Wales and the Northern Territory as well as parts of South Australia and Victoria as being at an increased risk of a "significant bushfire".{{cite news|last=Logan|first=Tyne|date=23 August 2023|title=Large parts of Australia put on high alert for significant bushfires in spring|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-23/australia-bushfire-forecast-high-alert-spring/102741650|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=27 August 2023|archive-date=27 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230827024411/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-23/australia-bushfire-forecast-high-alert-spring/102741650|url-status=live}}
• The 2023 NAPLAN results are released. Assessed under a stricter criteria, the results indicate 10% of Australian school students aren't meeting minimum numeracy and literacy expectations.{{cite news|last1=Duffy|first1=Conor|last2=Young|first2=Evan|date=23 August 2023|title=One in three school students not meeting numeracy and literacy expectations, NAPLAN results show|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-23/one-in-three-students-not-meeting-naplan-standards/102756262|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=27 August 2023|archive-date=27 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230827014454/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-23/one-in-three-students-not-meeting-naplan-standards/102756262|url-status=live}}
• Gold Coast City Council councillor Ryan Bayldon-Lumsden is charged with the murder of his step-father, LNP identity Robert Lumsden whose body was discovered at a property in Arundel.{{cite news|last=Colahan|first=Mackenzie|date=23 August 2023|title=Police investigating after man's body, believed to be Gold Coast councillor Ryan Bayldon-Lumsden's stepfather, found in Arundel home|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-23/crime-scene-established-body-found-in-arundel-police-investigate/102768016|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=31 August 2023|archive-date=31 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230831100350/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-23/crime-scene-established-body-found-in-arundel-police-investigate/102768016|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Rigby|first1=Mark|last2=Sapwell|first2=Gemma|date=24 August 2023|title=Gold Coast councillor Ryan Bayldon-Lumsden charged with murder of his stepfather|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-24/gold-coast-councillor-ryan-bayldon-lumsden-murder-charge/102768990|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=31 August 2023|archive-date=31 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230831103413/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-24/gold-coast-councillor-ryan-bayldon-lumsden-murder-charge/102768990|url-status=live}} Bayldon-Lumsden is released on bail on 31 August with a $250,000 surety.{{cite news|last=Hamilton-Smith|first=Lexy|date=31 August 2023|title=Gold Coast councillor Ryan Bayldon-Lumsden, charged with murdering stepfather, released on bail after urgent hearing|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-31/gold-coast-councillor-ryan-bayldon-lumsden-bail-murder-charge/102795272|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=31 August 2023|archive-date=31 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230831035654/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-31/gold-coast-councillor-ryan-bayldon-lumsden-bail-murder-charge/102795272|url-status=live}}
• 24 August –
• Former school principal Malka Leifer is sentenced in Melbourne to 15 years in prison with a non-parole period of 11 years and six months for sexually abusing two sisters at the Adass Israel School from 2004 to 2007, after having been found guilty in the County Court in April 2023 of 18 charges of sexual assault.{{cite news|last1=Thompson|first1=Jesse|last2=Silva|first2=Kristian|date=24 August 2023|title=Malka Leifer handed 15-year prison sentence for sexual abuse of former students|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-24/former-principal-malka-leifer-sexual-offences-jail-sentence/102766356|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=27 August 2023|archive-date=27 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230827033511/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-24/former-principal-malka-leifer-sexual-offences-jail-sentence/102766356|url-status=live}}
• 21 people are arrested when Victoria Police raid an illegal casino operating out of a factory in the Melbourne suburb of Truganina.{{cite news|author=|date=25 August 2023|title=Police arrest 21 people in raid on illegal casino in Truganina, in Melbourne's west|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-25/police-bust-illegal-casino-melbourne/102774444|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=27 August 2023|archive-date=26 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230826132500/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-25/police-bust-illegal-casino-melbourne/102774444|url-status=live}}
• 25 August – A 44-year-old surfer suffers serious injuries after being attacked by a shark at Port Macquarie on the Mid North Coast.{{cite news|last=May|first=Natasha|date=25 August 2023|title=NSW shark attack: surfer in critical condition fought off great white before swimming to shore|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/25/shark-attack-nsw-lighthouse-beach-man-critical-port-macquarie|work=The Guardian|location=|access-date=27 August 2023|archive-date=9 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509061437/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/25/shark-attack-nsw-lighthouse-beach-man-critical-port-macquarie|url-status=live}}
• 26 August – Nicole Werner wins the 2023 Warrandyte state by-election increasing the Liberals' primary vote by 10%, while runner-up Tomas Lightbody increases the Greens' primary vote by 6.8%.{{cite news|author=|date=27 August 2023|title=Victorian Liberals win Warrandyte by-election, retaining seat in Melbourne's north-east|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-27/liberal-warrandyte-byelection-ringwood-labor-werner-john-pesutto/102780216|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=27 August 2023|archive-date=27 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230827003147/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-27/liberal-warrandyte-byelection-ringwood-labor-werner-john-pesutto/102780216|url-status=live}}{{cite news|author=|date=27 August 2023|title=Results – Warrandyte by-election 2023|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/warrandyte-by-election-2023/results|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=27 August 2023|archive-date=27 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230827004706/https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/warrandyte-by-election-2023/results|url-status=live}} With the Labor choosing not to field a candidate, Werner picks up a +16.8 swing on a two-candidate preferred vote with 71.1% of the vote, while Lightbody picks up a +28.9 swing for the Greens with 28.9% of the vote.
• 27 August –
• Three United States Marines are killed in the Tiwi Islands when an MV-22B Osprey carrying 23 personnel crashes on Melville Island.{{cite news|last1=Roberts|first1=Lauren|last2=Houlbrook-Walk|first2=Myles|date=27 August 2023|title=Three US marines killed, five in hospital, after Osprey aircraft crash on Melville Island|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-27/nt-us-marines-killed-plane-crash-melville-island-tiwi-osprey/102781722|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=27 August 2023|archive-date=27 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230827090355/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-27/nt-us-marines-killed-plane-crash-melville-island-tiwi-osprey/102781722|url-status=live}}
• A 33-year-old man from Gympie is charged with one count of arson after a church in Rockhampton is completely destroyed by fire.{{cite news |last=Mesner|first=Kerri-Anne|date=27 August 2023|title=Rockhampton's Oasis Church on Glenmore Road destroyed by fire |url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/rockhampton/police-courts/rockhamptons-oasis-church-on-glenmore-road-destroyed-by-fire/news-story/3ed0fefd07639a04117094410fca3511|work=The Morning Bulletin|location= |access-date=27 August 2023}}{{cite news|last=McGhee|first=Rachel|date=29 August 2023|title=Jason Pronger faces court charged with alleged arson of Rockhampton Oasis Church|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-29/jason-pronger-court-alleged-arson-rockhampton-oasis-church/102787806|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=31 August 2023|archive-date=31 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230831100350/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-29/jason-pronger-court-alleged-arson-rockhampton-oasis-church/102787806|url-status=live}}
• 28 August –
• Assistant federal treasurer Stephen Jones claims Catherine King's decision to block an application by Qatar Airways for additional flights to Australia was to protect the sustainability of Qantas.{{cite news|last1=de Kretser|first1=Ayesha|last2=Mizen|first2=Ronald|last3=Rabe|first3=Tom|date=28 August 2023|title=Labor aims to 'protect' Qantas profit, Joyce clashes with senators|url=https://www.afr.com/companies/transport/qantas-boss-defends-fares-profits-competition-in-senate-clash-20230828-p5dzxg|work=Australian Financial Review|location=|access-date=9 September 2023|archive-date=13 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230913022836/https://www.afr.com/companies/transport/qantas-boss-defends-fares-profits-competition-in-senate-clash-20230828-p5dzxg|url-status=live}} However, King insists that no individual factor that influenced her decision.
• Outgoing Qantas CEO Alan Joyce faces a senate select committee where he faces hostile questioning relating to the airline's credibility.{{cite news|last=Visontay|first=Elias|date=28 August 2023|title=Five key moments from Qantas boss Alan Joyce's Senate grilling|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/28/qantas-ceo-alan-joyce-senate-committee|work=The Guardian|location=|access-date=9 September 2023|archive-date=9 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509061452/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/28/qantas-ceo-alan-joyce-senate-committee|url-status=live}}
• 30 August – Prime minister Anthony Albanese officially announces 14 October 2023 as the date of the 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum at a Yes rally in the Adelaide suburb of Elizabeth where he appeared alongside South Australian premier Peter Malinauskas.{{cite news|last=Butler|first=Josh|date=30 August 2023|title=Indigenous voice to parliament referendum date announced as 14 October|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/30/referendum-date-indigenous-voice-to-parliament-vote-australia-anthony-albanese|work=The Guardian|location=|access-date=31 August 2023|archive-date=30 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230830032025/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/30/referendum-date-indigenous-voice-to-parliament-vote-australia-anthony-albanese|url-status=live}}
• 31 August – The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission launches legal action against Qantas for allegedly selling airline tickets for thousands of cancelled flights within a three-month period in 2022.{{cite news|last1=Hutchens|first1=Gareth|last2=Ainsworth|first2=Kate|date=31 August 2023|title=Qantas removes expiry date on $570m worth of flight credits after backlash, as ACCC accuses airline of selling tickets for cancelled flights|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-31/qantas-sued-by-accc-for-selling-tickets-to-cancelled-flights/102797592|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=9 September 2023|archive-date=8 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230908234122/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-31/qantas-sued-by-accc-for-selling-tickets-to-cancelled-flights/102797592|url-status=live}}

• 3 September – In an interview on Sky News Australia, federal opposition leader Peter Dutton vows that if elected at the next election he would seek to hold a second referendum if the Yes campaign loses the 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum – but it would be a vote on constitutional rights rather than a voice to parliament.{{cite news|last=Clennell|first=Andrew|date=3 September 2023|title=Peter Dutton promises second referendum if Voice fails|url=https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/voice-to-parliament/peter-dutton-promises-second-referendum-if-voice-fails/video/f5852621a3bad398f651c0f977c870d6|work=Sky News Australia|location=|access-date=4 September 2023|archive-date=4 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230904012634/https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/voice-to-parliament/peter-dutton-promises-second-referendum-if-voice-fails/video/f5852621a3bad398f651c0f977c870d6|url-status=live}} His comments prompt much criticism.{{cite news|last1=Basford Canales|first1=Sarah|last2=Belot|first2=Henry|date=3 September 2023|title=Peter Dutton accused of 'not listening' to Indigenous people after vowing recognition referendum if voice vote fails|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/sep/03/peter-dutton-says-coalition-will-hold-indigenous-recognition-referendum-if-voice-to-parliament-vote-fails|work=The Guardian|location=|access-date=4 September 2023|archive-date=9 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509061435/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/sep/03/peter-dutton-says-coalition-will-hold-indigenous-recognition-referendum-if-voice-to-parliament-vote-fails|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Crowe|first1=David|last2=Carmody|first2=Broede|date=4 September 2023|title=Backlash over Dutton's plan for second referendum if Voice vote fails|url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/backlash-over-dutton-s-plan-for-second-referendum-if-voice-vote-fails-20230903-p5e1mi.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|location=|access-date=4 September 2023|archive-date=4 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230904002214/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/backlash-over-dutton-s-plan-for-second-referendum-if-voice-vote-fails-20230903-p5e1mi.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=De Giorgio|first=Danica|date=4 September 2023|title='Absolutely idiotic': Jacqui Lambie slams Dutton's second referendum pledge|url=https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/voice-to-parliament/absolutely-idiotic-jacqui-lambie-slams-duttons-second-referendum-pledge/video/2bff7eb94ff6ed554544f4744ab0f3e1|work=Sky News Australia|location=|access-date=4 September 2023|archive-date=4 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230904012633/https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/voice-to-parliament/absolutely-idiotic-jacqui-lambie-slams-duttons-second-referendum-pledge/video/2bff7eb94ff6ed554544f4744ab0f3e1|url-status=live}}
• 4 September – After a two-day trial in the ACT Supreme Court, two men are found guilty by a jury of deliberately lighting the fire which caused extensive damage to the front of Old Parliament House on 30 December 2021.{{cite news|last=Gould|first=Courtney|date=4 September 2023|title=Jury finds two men guilty of being ringleaders of blaze of Old Parliament House fire|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/breaking-news/jury-finds-two-men-guilty-of-being-ringleaders-of-blaze-of-old-parliament-house-fire/news-story/419944d117a05bcc0e7634d065eeaafd|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=|access-date=4 September 2023|archive-date=4 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230904020555/https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/breaking-news/jury-finds-two-men-guilty-of-being-ringleaders-of-blaze-of-old-parliament-house-fire/news-story/419944d117a05bcc0e7634d065eeaafd|url-status=live}}
• 6 September –
• An emergency signal is detected off the Far North Queensland coast, originating from an inflatable 9-metre catamaran which had sustained damage from attacks by cookiecutter sharks.{{cite news|last=Timmins|first=Jameela|date=7 September 2023|title=How a 40cm cookiecutter shark deflated a 9-metre catamaran off the coast of Cairns|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-07/cookiecutter-shark-catamaran-expedition/102822734|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=9 September 2023|archive-date=9 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230909090411/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-07/cookiecutter-shark-catamaran-expedition/102822734|url-status=live}} The vessel belonging to the Russian Geographical Society was carrying two Russians and a Frenchman attempting to circumnavigate the world. They were rescued by a nearby cargo ship.
• Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attends the ASEAN Summit in Jakarta.{{cite news|last1=Birtles|first1=Bill|last2=Lowrey|first2=Tom|date=6 September 2023|title=Anthony Albanese drums up South-East Asian trade while two snubs dampen the mood — the key takeaways from the ASEAN summit|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-06/asean-summit-key-takeaways/102817756|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=9 September 2023|archive-date=8 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230908183559/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-06/asean-summit-key-takeaways/102817756|url-status=live}}
• Alan Joyce steps down from his role as chief executive officer of Qantas two months early, citing recent controversies surrounding the airline, stating: "The best thing I can do under these circumstances is to bring forward my retirement and hand over to Vanessa and the new management team now, knowing they will do an excellent job."{{cite news|last1=Hutchens|first1=Gareth|last2=Ainsworth|first2=Kate|date=5 September 2023|title=Alan Joyce to stand down as Qantas chief executive after tumultuous week|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-05/alan-joyce-standing-down-from-qantas-early/102814516|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=9 September 2023|archive-date=8 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230908233236/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-05/alan-joyce-standing-down-from-qantas-early/102814516|url-status=live}}
• 7 September – After being continually pressed on her decision to reject an application by Qatar Airways to add additional flights to Australia, federal transport minister Catherine King admits the invasive searches of Australian women in Doha in 2020 was "a factor" in her decision, but insists it wasn't the only factor.{{cite news|last=Visontay|first=Elias|date=7 September 2023|title=Catherine King says treatment of women was 'a factor' in Qatar Airways decision|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/sep/07/catherine-king-says-treatment-of-women-was-a-factor-in-qatar-airways-decision|work=The Guardian|location=|access-date=9 September 2023|archive-date=22 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231022105823/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/sep/07/catherine-king-says-treatment-of-women-was-a-factor-in-qatar-airways-decision|url-status=live}}
• 8 September –
• Australia's longest serving female senator Marise Payne announces her retirement from politics after being in the Australian Senate since replacing Bob Woods in 1997.{{cite news|last=Jeffrey|first=Daniel|date=8 September 2023|title=Marise Payne announces retirement after 26 years in Senate|url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/marise-payne-liberal-senator-retirement-federal-politics-australia/5625046c-dd9d-4bd9-a4f4-13ad87e69084|work=Nine News|location=|access-date=9 September 2023|archive-date=9 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230909193515/https://www.9news.com.au/national/marise-payne-liberal-senator-retirement-federal-politics-australia/5625046c-dd9d-4bd9-a4f4-13ad87e69084|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Seccombe|first=Mike|date=5 April 1997|title=The party's prodigal daughter|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sydney-morning-herald-the-partys-pr/131485880|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|page=157|location=|access-date=9 September 2023|archive-date=19 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230919155504/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sydney-morning-herald-the-partys-pr/131485880/|url-status=live}}
• Prime Minister Anthony Albanese meets with Philippines president Bongbong Marcos in Manila during the first bilateral visit by an Australian prime minister in two decades.{{cite news|last=Lowrey|first=Tom|date=8 September 2023|title=Australia and the Philippines to run joint naval patrols through South China Sea|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-08/south-china-sea-joint-naval-patrols-philippines/102834466|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=9 September 2023|archive-date=9 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230909014751/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-08/south-china-sea-joint-naval-patrols-philippines/102834466|url-status=live}}
• One person is killed and five are injured when a car ploughs through pedestrians and two other vehicles in Melbourne. The driver is arrested at the scene.{{Cite news |date=2023-09-08 |title=One dead, man arrested after major incident in Melbourne CBD |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-08/car-crash-and-injuries-melbourne-cbd/102834612 |access-date=2023-09-08 |archive-date=8 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230908210312/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-08/car-crash-and-injuries-melbourne-cbd/102834612 |url-status=live }}
• 13 September – Qantas loses its challenge to a court ruling that it had illegally outsourced 1,700 jobs at ten Australian airports during the COVID-19 pandemic, with seven High Court judges rejecting the company's appeal against a Federal Court ruling in 2021.{{cite news|last=Karp|first=Paul|date=13 September 2023|title=High court rules Qantas illegally outsourced 1,700 jobs during pandemic|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/sep/13/qantas-loses-high-court-outsourced-jobs-twu-transport-workers-union|work=The Guardian|location=|access-date=16 September 2023|archive-date=9 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509061945/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/sep/13/qantas-loses-high-court-outsourced-jobs-twu-transport-workers-union|url-status=live}}
• 14 September – Macquarie Bank announces it will commence phasing out over-the-counter cash and cheque transactions as well as its telephone banking service in 2024.{{cite news|last=McIntyre|first=Angus|date=14 September 2023|title=Macquarie Bank announces shock move to scrap cash in all branches|url=https://www.news.com.au/finance/money/macquarie-bank-announces-shock-move-to-scrap-cash-in-all-branches/news-story/da5ee045eb5470adcd038a8481cb98e4|work=news.com.au|location=|access-date=16 September 2023|archive-date=10 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240210042953/https://www.news.com.au/finance/money/macquarie-bank-announces-shock-move-to-scrap-cash-in-all-branches/news-story/da5ee045eb5470adcd038a8481cb98e4|url-status=live}}
• 18 September – Three people are taken to hospital after a mass stabbing at Australian National University in Canberra. The attacker has been detained.{{Cite web |date=2023-09-18 |title=Three people rushed to hospital after ANU stabbing |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-18/three-people-rushed-to-hospital-after-anu-stabbing/102871290 |access-date=2023-09-18 |website=www.abc.net.au |language=en-AU |archive-date=18 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230918175250/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-18/three-people-rushed-to-hospital-after-anu-stabbing/102871290 |url-status=live }}
• 21 September – Anthony Albanese announces an independent inquiry into the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, led by former public servant Robyn Kruk, infectious diseases expert Catherine Bennett and economist Angela Jackson.{{cite news|last=Roberts|first=Georgia|date=21 September 2023|title=Government launches inquiry into response to COVID-19 pandemic|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-21/inquiry-to-be-announced-into-aus-government-covid-19-response/102882616|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=23 September 2023|archive-date=22 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922205831/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-21/inquiry-to-be-announced-into-aus-government-covid-19-response/102882616|url-status=live}} However, the exclusion of state and territory governments from the scope of the inquiry draws much criticism.{{cite news|last=Karp|first=Paul|date=21 September 2023|title=Peak medical body labels Covid-19 review 'half an inquiry' after Albanese government excludes states|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/sep/21/covid-19-inquiry-government-response-ama-criticism-albanese|work=The Guardian|location=|access-date=23 September 2023|archive-date=9 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509061933/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/sep/21/covid-19-inquiry-government-response-ama-criticism-albanese|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://humanrights.gov.au/about/news/media-releases/human-rights-commissioner-critical-covid-inquiry-scope|title=Human Rights Commissioner critical of COVID inquiry scope|author=|date=21 September 2023|website=Australian Human Rights Commission|publisher=Australian Government|access-date=23 September 2023|quote=|archive-date=4 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004205442/https://humanrights.gov.au/about/news/media-releases/human-rights-commissioner-critical-covid-inquiry-scope|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Kelly|first=Paul|date=22 September 2023|title=Covid inquiry is an insult to the Australian public|url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/covid-inquiry-is-an-insult-to-the-australian-public/news-story/9fd62155d0620da566f03241a79afdc5|work=The Australian|location=|access-date=23 September 2023|archive-date=4 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004205442/https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/covid-inquiry-is-an-insult-to-the-australian-public/news-story/9fd62155d0620da566f03241a79afdc5|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Wood|first1=Richard|last2=Jeffrey|first2=Daniel|date=21 September 2023|title=Government under fire for excluding state, territory decisions from COVID-19 inquiry|url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/prime-minister-to-announce-12-month-covid-inquiry/f6e3194c-08aa-4722-89b7-3090e805caec|work=Nine News|location=|access-date=23 September 2023|archive-date=22 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922053722/https://www.9news.com.au/national/prime-minister-to-announce-12-month-covid-inquiry/f6e3194c-08aa-4722-89b7-3090e805caec|url-status=live}}
• 24 September – Chief Minister of the Northern Territory Natasha Fyles was allegedly assaulted with a cream-covered pancake by a member of the public at the Sunday markets at Nightcliff.{{cite news|last=Morgan|first=Thomas|date=24 September 2023|title=NT Chief Minister Natasha Fyles allegedly assaulted with cream-covered pancake at Nightcliff Markets|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-24/nt-chief-minister-natasha-fyles-assaulted-nightcliff-markets/102895156|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=24 September 2023|archive-date=24 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924043624/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-24/nt-chief-minister-natasha-fyles-assaulted-nightcliff-markets/102895156|url-status=live}}
• 27 September – Jacinta Allan becomes the Premier of Victoria after Daniel Andrews retires.{{cite news|last1=Carmody|first1=Broede|last2=Eddie|first2=Rachel|url=https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/daniel-andrews-expected-to-step-down-as-victorian-premier-20230926-p5e7py.html|title=Daniel Andrews to stand down as Victorian premier immediately|work=The Age|date=26 September 2023|access-date=30 September 2023|archive-date=29 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929112647/https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/daniel-andrews-expected-to-step-down-as-victorian-premier-20230926-p5e7py.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Rollason|first=Bridget|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-29/inside-labor-caucus-room-jacinta-allan-ben-carroll/102915808|title=How a messy Labor caucus meeting ended with Jacinta Allan as Victoria's new premier|work=ABC News|date=29 September 2023|access-date=30 September 2023|archive-date=29 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929230122/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-29/inside-labor-caucus-room-jacinta-allan-ben-carroll/102915808|url-status=live}}
• 28 September –
• Federal defence minister Richard Marles announces that 500 Australian troops would be relocated to Townsville over the course of six years from 2025 to ensure the Australian Army is more focused on conducting missions in the Pacific.{{cite news|last=Greene|first=Andrew|date=28 September 2023|title=Townsville emerges as new 'capital' of Army in Defence Force shake up|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-28/townsville-biggest-winner-of-defence-force-shake-up/102909694|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=30 September 2023|archive-date=29 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929173224/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-28/townsville-biggest-winner-of-defence-force-shake-up/102909694|url-status=live}} However, the move is criticised by the city's mayor Jenny Hill who claims her council was not consulted about where the soldiers would be housed.{{cite news|last=Jackson|first=Blair|date=28 September 2023|title=Townsville mayor blasts Army shake-up over housing crisis|url=https://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/news/townsville/get-your-friggin-act-together-townsville-mayor-blasts-army-shakeup-over-housing-crisis/news-story/9345fe4a73f7b5fdb6857643d7c15c8b|work=Townsville Bulletin|location=|access-date=30 September 2023|quote=They need to show us what the hell their plan is … get your friggin’ act together! We want the troops. We want the economic activity they bring, the population they bring, but we need the support services.|archive-date=9 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509062001/https://insight.adsrvr.org/track/up?adv=vrges6n&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.townsvillebulletin.com.au%2Fsubscribe%2Fnews%2F1%2F%3FsourceCode%3DTBWEB_WRE170_a%26dest%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.townsvillebulletin.com.au%252Fnews%252Ftownsville%252Fget-your-friggin-act-together-townsville-mayor-blasts-army-shakeup-over-housing-crisis%252Fnews-story%252F9345fe4a73f7b5fdb6857643d7c15c8b%26memtype%3Danonymous%26mode%3Dpremium&upid=0lofzfp&upv=1.1.0|url-status=live}}
• The Queensland Police Service indicates that inquiries will be made into whether a serving police officer breached social media guidelines after he posted a photo to Instagram of himself, Ben Roberts-Smith and Zachary Rolfe spending time together in Bali.{{cite news|last1=Bucci|first1=Nino|last2=Doherty|first2=Ben|date=28 September 2023|title=Police officer's Bali holiday selfie with Ben Roberts-Smith and Zachary Rolfe leads to questions from Queensland force|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/sep/28/ben-roberts-smith-bali-holiday-selfie-police-zachary-rolfe-nfbntw|work=The Guardian|location=|access-date=30 September 2023|archive-date=9 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509061938/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/sep/28/ben-roberts-smith-bali-holiday-selfie-police-zachary-rolfe-nfbntw|url-status=live}}
• 29 September –
• Federal defence minister Richard Marles announces Australia's fleet of MRH-90 Taipan helicopters will not be returning to flying operations and would be retired more than a year early, following the fatal crash during Exercise Talisman Sabre in July which killed four Australian Defence Force personnel.{{cite news|last=Knott|first=Matthew|date=29 September 2023|title=Government scrambles to secure US helicopters after retiring Taipan fleet|url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/government-scrambles-to-secure-us-helicopters-after-retiring-taipan-fleet-20230929-p5e8ip.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|location=|access-date=30 September 2023|archive-date=29 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929002837/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/government-scrambles-to-secure-us-helicopters-after-retiring-taipan-fleet-20230929-p5e8ip.html|url-status=live}}
• The final report by the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability is tabled in federal parliament with 222 recommendations made for change.{{cite news|last1=Young|first1=Evan|last2=Edmonds|first2=Celina|last3=Campanella|first3=Nas|date=29 September 2023|title=Disability royal commission hands down final report with 222 recommendations for change|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-29/disability-royal-commission-final-report-recommendations/102913028|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=30 September 2023|archive-date=30 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930010008/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-29/disability-royal-commission-final-report-recommendations/102913028|url-status=live}} One of the key recommendations is to phase out all Australian special schools by 2051 with no new enrolments accepted after 2032 with all commissioners agreeing segregation of students with disabilities should end.{{cite news|last1=Young|first1=Evan|last2=Thorne|first2=Leonie|date=29 September 2023|title=The disability royal commission is over and the recommendations are in. Here are the main takeaways|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-29/disability-royal-commission-recommendations-findings-explained/102911410|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=30 September 2023|quote=Three commissioners recommended phasing out segregated education or "special schools", by 2051. They also want no new enrolments from 2032...all commissioners agreed the status quo cannot remain and that segregation in the schooling of students with disability should end.|archive-date=29 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929224146/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-29/disability-royal-commission-recommendations-findings-explained/102911410|url-status=live}}
• Attorney-General of Tasmania Elise Archer resigns from parliament and the Tasmanian Liberal Party after premier Jeremy Rockliff asks for and receives her resignation when allegations emerged of Archer being involved in bullying and inappropriate behaviour.{{cite news|last=James|first=Ethan|date=29 September 2023|title=New blow for Tasmanian government as senior MP quits|url=https://www.afr.com/politics/new-blow-for-tasmanian-government-as-senior-mp-quits-20230929-p5e8ow|work=Australian Financial Review|location=|access-date=30 September 2023|archive-date=4 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004205443/https://www.afr.com/politics/new-blow-for-tasmanian-government-as-senior-mp-quits-20230929-p5e8ow|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Denholm|first=Matthew|date=28 September 2023|title=Insult to injury: abusive texts attributed to Tasmanian Attorney-General Elise Archer amid bullying probe|url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/elise-archer-tasmanian-attorneygeneral-faces-bullying-claims/news-story/9f78d1c4e46b5c410b14099612119263|work=The Australian|location=|access-date=30 September 2023|archive-date=2 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002164824/https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/elise-archer-tasmanian-attorneygeneral-faces-bullying-claims/news-story/9f78d1c4e46b5c410b14099612119263|url-status=live}}
• 30 September – A man is killed when the boat he was in collided with a whale near Cape Banks at La Perouse.{{cite news|last1=Houlbrook|first1=Myles|last2=Taouk|first2=Maryanne|date=30 September 2023|title=Man dies, another in hospital after whale collision flips boat off Sydney coast|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-30/nsw-person-dies-after-boat-hits-whale-in-la-perouse/102920208|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=30 September 2023|archive-date=30 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930040018/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-30/nsw-person-dies-after-boat-hits-whale-in-la-perouse/102920208|url-status=live}}

• 2 October –
• A woman receives serious leg injuries after being bitten by a shark while swimming at Beachport, South Australia.{{cite news|author=|date=2 October 2023|title=Shark attack leaves woman with serious leg injuries near Beachport Jetty|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-02/reported-shark-attack-at-beachport/102923408|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=2 October 2023|archive-date=2 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002010757/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-02/reported-shark-attack-at-beachport/102923408|url-status=live}}
• Early voting begins for the 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum.{{cite news|last=Winter|first=Velvet|date=2 October 2023|title=Here's how to vote early in the referendum and who's eligible|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-02/where-to-vote-early-referendum-2023-voice-to-parliament/102907134|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=14 October 2023|archive-date=13 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231013231418/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-02/where-to-vote-early-referendum-2023-voice-to-parliament/102907134|url-status=live}}
• 3 October –
• New laws come into effect in Queensland allowing the media to name and publicly identify accused rapists and those charged with sexual offences prior to trial.{{cite news|last=Brewster|first=Alex|date=3 October 2023|title=From today, accused rapists in Queensland can be named by the media before they go to trial. Here's what's changing|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-03/qld-law-allows-identification-of-people-accused-of-sex-offences/102925136|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=12 November 2023|archive-date=11 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231111185759/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-03/qld-law-allows-identification-of-people-accused-of-sex-offences/102925136|url-status=live}} This leads to the eventual naming of former Liberal Party senior adviser Bruce Lehrmann as the "high profile man" accused of raping a woman in Toowoomba in October 2021.{{cite news|last=Wockner|first=Cindy|date=26 October 2023|title=Bruce Lehrmann named as man charged with alleged rape of woman in Toowoomba|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-26/bruce-lehrmann-toowoomba-court-rape-charges/102962680|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=12 November 2023|archive-date=26 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026114855/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-26/bruce-lehrmann-toowoomba-court-rape-charges/102962680|url-status=live}} A former Gold Coast childcare worker charged on 1 August 2023 with more than 1,600 child sex offences is also named and identified as Ashley Paul Griffith.{{cite news|last=Colasimone|first=Dan|date=4 October 2023|title=Identity of former childcare worker charged with sexually abusing 91 children revealed under new Queensland laws as Ashley Paul Griffith|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-04/qld-ex-childcare-worker-abuse-charges-named/102931896|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=12 November 2023|archive-date=12 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112100812/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-04/qld-ex-childcare-worker-abuse-charges-named/102931896|url-status=live}}
• At least three homes are destroyed when a bushfire burns more than 5,000 hectares of land at Coolagolite in the Bega Valley.{{cite news|last1=Naylor|first1=Catherine|last2=Ireland|first2=Olivia|date=4 October 2023|title=Bushfire destroys at least three homes in traumatised Bega Valley|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/at-least-three-homes-destroyed-in-south-coast-blaze-reprieve-not-expected-until-friday-20231004-p5e9iy.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|location=|access-date=8 October 2023|quote=...Coolagolite blaze that destroyed at least three houses and burnt through more than 5000 hectares on Tuesday night...|archive-date=8 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008083821/https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/at-least-three-homes-destroyed-in-south-coast-blaze-reprieve-not-expected-until-friday-20231004-p5e9iy.html|url-status=live}}
• 4 October – Flood warnings are issues for several communities in Victoria's Gippsland region after heavy rain causes major flooding in the Macalister River.{{cite news|author=|date=4 October 2023|title=Victorian towns along Macalister River told to evacuate now as floodwaters continue to flow|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-04/rain-relief-fires-east-gippsland-loch-sport-potential-flooding/102928564|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=8 October 2023|archive-date=8 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008011057/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-04/rain-relief-fires-east-gippsland-loch-sport-potential-flooding/102928564|url-status=live}}{{cite news|author=|date=5 October 2023|title=Emergency warning issued for parts of Sale in Victoria's east, as state waits for Gippsland flood peaks|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-05/victoria-braces-for-floods-days-after-gippsland-bushfires/102933212|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=8 October 2023|archive-date=7 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231007155916/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-05/victoria-braces-for-floods-days-after-gippsland-bushfires/102933212|url-status=live}}
• 5 October – The Royal Australian Mint officially unveils new $1 coins featuring an effigy of Charles III, to replace those with the effigy of Elizabeth II.{{cite news|last=Roy|first=Tahlia|date=5 October 2023|title=Royal Australian Mint unveils image of King Charles III set to appear on $1 coins before end of this year|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-05/king-charles-coin-unveiled-royal-australian-mint-canberra/102936920|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=8 October 2023|archive-date=7 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231007195720/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-05/king-charles-coin-unveiled-royal-australian-mint-canberra/102936920|url-status=live}}
• 6 October – A 65-year-old pilot and his three grandchildren, aged between 6 and 11, are killed when their light plane crashes near Gundaroo in New South Wales' Southern Tablelands en route from Canberra to Armidale.{{cite news |last=McIntyre|first=Angus|date=8 October 2023|title='No words': Family devastated after plane crash horror |url=https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/no-words-family-devastated-after-plane-crash-horror/news-story/ca2a0fb54e985b795a7336cc1ba1affa|work=news.com.au|location= |access-date=8 October 2023}}
• 7 October – A week before the 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum is held, prime minister Anthony Albanese casts his vote early at a pre-poll booth at Marrickville Town Hall.{{cite news|last1=Schultz|first1=Amber|last2=Groch|first2=Sherryn|last3=Visentin|first3=Lisa|date=7 October 2023|title=How the Yes and No camps will spend their final week of the referendum|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/first-referendum-of-the-century-albanese-casts-historic-yes-vote-20231007-p5eagt.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|location=|access-date=8 October 2023|quote=Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Saturday joined around 2.2 million Australians who cast their ballot early last week, voting with his son Nathan at Marrickville Town Hall.|archive-date=7 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231007153853/https://www.smh.com.au/national/first-referendum-of-the-century-albanese-casts-historic-yes-vote-20231007-p5eagt.html|url-status=live}}
• 8 October – Following the Re'im music festival massacre by Hamas in Israel as part of the Gaza war, a pro-Palestinian rally takes place in Lakemba in south-west Sydney during which Sheikh Ibrahim Dadoun described attacks on Israel by Hamas as an act of resistance. The comments earn a rebuke from prime minister Anthony Albanese, foreign minister Penny Wong, opposition leader Peter Dutton and co-CEO of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry Alexander Ryvchin who all condemned the rally and the comments made.{{cite news|last=Coote|first=Gavin|date=9 October 2023|title=Pro-Palestinian rally at Lakemba in Sydney criticised for 'celebration' of attacks on Israel|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-09/nsw-palestinian-rally-lakemba-sydney-israel-wong/102950238|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=9 October 2023|archive-date=13 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231013025023/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-09/nsw-palestinian-rally-lakemba-sydney-israel-wong/102950238|url-status=live}}
• 9 October –
• Various Australian landmarks, including the Sydney Opera House, Parliament House in Canberra and Brisbane's Story Bridge, the Melbourne Cricket Ground, and the Adelaide Oval, are illuminated with blue and white colours to show support to Australia's Jewish community and to the people of Israel following an attack by militant group Hamas.{{cite news|last=Holmes|first=Dan|date=10 October 2023|title=Australian cities light landmarks in support of Israel|url=https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8380710/australia-lights-up-in-support-of-israel|work=The Canberra Times|location=|access-date=10 October 2023|archive-date=12 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012062533/https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8380710/australia-lights-up-in-support-of-israel/|url-status=live}}
• After a march through the streets of Sydney, a pro-Palestinian rally is held at the Sydney Opera House during which flares were thrown and anti-Jewish phrases were chanted.{{cite news|last=Taouk|first=Maryanne|date=10 October 2023|title=NSW Police defend 'lamentable' advice to Jewish community ahead of pro-Palestinian rally at Sydney Opera House|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-10/nsw-police-respond-rally-jewish-community-sydney-opera-house/102955090|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=10 October 2023|archive-date=10 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010004141/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-10/nsw-police-respond-rally-jewish-community-sydney-opera-house/102955090|url-status=live}}
• 11 October –
• Journalist Cheng Lei returns to Australia after being detained in China for three years since being arrested in August 2020 while working for CGTN, accused of supplying state secrets.{{cite news|last1=Ritchie|first1=Hannah|last2=Cai|first2=Derek|date=11 October 2023|title=Australian Cheng Lei freed from China detention|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-67074992|work=BBC News|location=|access-date=14 October 2023|archive-date=14 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231014021450/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-67074992|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Roberts|first=Georgia|date=11 October 2023|title=Australian journalist Cheng Lei released from Chinese prison, arrives in Melbourne|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-11/australian-journalist-cheng-lei-released-china-arrives-melbourne/102964772|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=14 October 2023|archive-date=14 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231014014331/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-11/australian-journalist-cheng-lei-released-china-arrives-melbourne/102964772|url-status=live}}
• A 66-year-old Sydney-born grandmother is confirmed as the first known Australian to be killed in the attacks in Israel by terrorist group Hamas.{{cite news|author=|date=11 October 2023|title=Australian woman Galit Carbone killed in Israel in Hamas attack|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/11/australian-woman-reported-killed-in-israel-after-hamas-attack-galit-carbone|work=The Guardian|location=|access-date=14 October 2023|archive-date=9 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509062058/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/11/australian-woman-reported-killed-in-israel-after-hamas-attack-galit-carbone|url-status=live}}
• 13 October –
• 238 Australians are successfully evacuated from Israel on a Qantas mercy flight from Tel Aviv to London after the attacks by Hamas in Israel.{{cite news|last1=Gusmaroli|first1=Danielle|last2=Hales|first2=Holly|date=14 October 2023|title=Qantas evacuation flight flies stranded Australians from Israel to London|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/qantas-evacuation-flight-on-the-way-to-rescue-stranded-australians-in-israel/news-story/c4ad771e8a227d82ddbf794816522f6e|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=|access-date=14 October 2023|archive-date=24 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024082308/https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/qantas-evacuation-flight-on-the-way-to-rescue-stranded-australians-in-israel/news-story/c4ad771e8a227d82ddbf794816522f6e|url-status=live}}
• The New South Wales government announces it will implement all five recommendations made in the Bus Industry Taskforce's initial safety report following the Hunter Valley bus crash in June, which killed ten people.{{cite news|last=Visontay|first=Elias|date=13 October 2023|title=Hunter Valley crash: NSW government urged to roll out 80km/h speed limit to all buses|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/13/hunter-valley-crash-nsw-government-urged-to-roll-out-80kmh-speed-limit-to-all-buses|work=The Guardian|location=|access-date=14 October 2023|archive-date=9 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509062028/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/13/hunter-valley-crash-nsw-government-urged-to-roll-out-80kmh-speed-limit-to-all-buses|url-status=live}}
• 14 October – Australians vote in the 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum, where the majority voted against establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice in the constitution, with the proposal failing to garner sufficient support to pass.{{cite news|last=Higgins|first=Isabella|date=14 October 2023|title=After a rocky referendum campaign, it's time for Australians to decide whether a Voice to Parliament belongs in the constitution|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-14/australians-prepare-to-vote-on-voice-to-parliament-referendum/102974498|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=14 October 2023|archive-date=21 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021130438/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-14/australians-prepare-to-vote-on-voice-to-parliament-referendum/102974498|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Briggs|first=Casey|date=14 October 2023|title=ABC projection: The Voice referendum has been defeated|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-14/live-updates-voice-to-parliament-referendum-latest-news/102969568#live-blog-post-53268|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=14 October 2023|archive-date=21 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021045855/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-14/live-updates-voice-to-parliament-referendum-latest-news/102969568#live-blog-post-53268|url-status=live}}
• 18 October – Glencore announces it will close all copper mining at Mount Isa in 2025.{{cite news|last=Jurss-Lewis|first=Tobias|date=19 October 2023|title=Future uncertain for Mount Isa after Glencore announces closure of copper operations in 2025|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-19/glencore-copper-mine-mount-isa-closes/102994426|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=24 October 2023|archive-date=23 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231023212358/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-19/glencore-copper-mine-mount-isa-closes/102994426|url-status=live}}
• 19 October –
• Following the 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum, Queensland's LNP opposition leader David Crisafulli announces his party will be dropping its support for a state-based Treaty, despite having earlier supported a Treaty in early 2023.{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/19/queensland-lnp-abandons-support-for-treaty-with-first-nations-people | title=Queensland LNP abandons support for treaty with First Nations people | newspaper=The Guardian | date=18 October 2023 | last1=Gillespie | first1=Eden | last2=Smee | first2=Ben | access-date=20 October 2023 | archive-date=20 October 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231020064642/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/19/queensland-lnp-abandons-support-for-treaty-with-first-nations-people | url-status=live }}{{cite news | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-19/david-crisafulli-backflips-on-path-to-treaty-support-queensland/102984166 | title=Queensland opposition backflips on support for state's Path to Treaty | newspaper=ABC News | date=18 October 2023 | access-date=20 October 2023 | archive-date=20 October 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231020064648/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-19/david-crisafulli-backflips-on-path-to-treaty-support-queensland/102984166 | url-status=live }}
• Tim Mathieson, former partner of Julia Gillard, is convicted of sexual assault and fined $7000 in Melbourne Magistrates Court.{{cite news|last=Silva|first=Kristian|date=19 October 2023|title=Tim Mathieson, former partner of Julia Gillard, spared jail over sexual assault on sleeping woman|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-19/tim-mathieson-julia-gillard-partner-spared-jail-sexual-assault/102996542|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=24 October 2023|archive-date=23 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231023190407/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-19/tim-mathieson-julia-gillard-partner-spared-jail-sexual-assault/102996542|url-status=live}}
• 21 October –
• Thousands of pro-Palestine protestors attend rallies throughout Australia to show their support for Palestinians in Gaza.{{cite news|last1=Lewis|first1=Alexander|last2=Barrett Peters|first2=Courtney|last3=Tapper|first3=Michelle|last4=Perpitch|first4=Nicolas|date=21 October 2023|title=Colours of Palestinian flag fly over streets in Sydney, Brisbane and Perth as thousands attend rallies|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-21/thousands-attend-sydney-pro-palestinian-march-october-21/103005592|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=24 October 2023|archive-date=24 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024023358/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-21/thousands-attend-sydney-pro-palestinian-march-october-21/103005592|url-status=live}}
• Wollongong mayor Gordon Bradbery is condemned by Jewish groups for comments he made at a local pro-Palestine rally.{{cite news|last=Burfitt|first=Penny|date=23 October 2023|title=Wollongong mayor Gordon Bradbery condemned by Jewish groups over Hamas comments in pro-Palestinian speech|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-23/wollongong-mayor-gordon-bradbery-condemned-over-hamas-comments/103009232|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=24 October 2023|archive-date=24 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024023752/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-23/wollongong-mayor-gordon-bradbery-condemned-over-hamas-comments/103009232|url-status=live}} The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies accuse Bradbery of seeking to justify the 7 October attack and describe his comments as "reprehensible and irresponsible in the extreme" which caused some local residents to be "disturbed and appalled".
• Western Australia local government elections are held with Basil Zempilas re-elected as Lord Mayor of Perth.{{cite news|last1=Zimmerman|first1=Josh|last2=Dietsch|first2=Jake|date=22 October 2023|title=Basil Zempilas says he's a 'better leader' after winning Perth Lord Mayor re-election|url=https://thewest.com.au/politics/local-government/basil-zempilas-says-hes-a-better-leader-after-winning-perth-lord-maypr-re-election--c-12286312|work=The West Australia|location=|access-date=24 October 2023|archive-date=23 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231023091801/https://thewest.com.au/politics/local-government/basil-zempilas-says-hes-a-better-leader-after-winning-perth-lord-maypr-re-election--c-12286312|url-status=live}}
• Local government elections are held in the Shire of Christmas Island{{Cite web |title=Council Elections |url=https://www.shire.gov.cx/council-elections |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=Shire of Christmas I |language=en |archive-date=10 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110212547/https://www.shire.gov.cx/council-elections |url-status=live }} and the Shire of Cocos (Keeling) Islands.{{Cite web |title=Council Elections |url=https://shire.cc/en/your-council/council-elections.html |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=Shire of Cocos Islands |archive-date=26 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026070030/https://shire.cc/en/your-council/council-elections.html |url-status=live }}
• 22 October – An open letter purportedly written by Indigenous leaders, describes the result of 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum as "appalling and mean-spirited" and attributes the loss to a lack of bipartisanship, racism and lies in political advertising.{{cite news|last=Brennan|first=Bridget|date=22 October 2023|title=Indigenous leaders break their silence, call referendum defeat 'appalling and mean-spirited'|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-22/indigenous-leaders-call-referendum-defeat-appalling/103004646|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=24 October 2023|quote=It is unclear who signed the letter...|archive-date=23 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231023205351/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-22/indigenous-leaders-call-referendum-defeat-appalling/103004646|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Basford Canales|first=Sarah|date=22 October 2023|title=Yes supporters say voice referendum 'unleashed a tsunami of racism'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/22/indigenous-groups-say-voice-referendum-unleashed-a-tsunami-of-racism|work=The Guardian|location=|access-date=24 October 2023|quote=The statement, which was not signed...|archive-date=23 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231023010825/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/22/indigenous-groups-say-voice-referendum-unleashed-a-tsunami-of-racism|url-status=live}}
• 23 October – Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arrives in Washington, D.C. for a four-day visit and prepares to meet with members of congress and president of the United States Joe Biden.{{cite news|last=Campbell|first=Eleanor|date=23 October 2023|title=Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has touched down in Washington for a series of meetings|url=https://www.news.com.au/national/politics/prime-minister-anthony-albanese-has-touched-down-in-washington-dc-for-a-series-of-meetings/news-story/f609c0077d87ae43e1d7a3b30a18ee2f|work=news.com.au|location=|access-date=24 October 2023|archive-date=25 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231025214302/https://www.news.com.au/national/politics/prime-minister-anthony-albanese-has-touched-down-in-washington-dc-for-a-series-of-meetings/news-story/f609c0077d87ae43e1d7a3b30a18ee2f|url-status=live}}
• 25 October – Two people were killed, and more than five buildings were destroyed in more than forty out-of-control bushfires across the Darling Downs, Queensland.{{Cite news |date=2023-10-24 |title=Queensland bushfires claim a life as conditions worsen and evacuation center forced to move |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-25/qld-bushfires-body-found-tara-millmerran/103015702 |access-date=2023-10-25 |archive-date=25 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231025125025/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-25/qld-bushfires-body-found-tara-millmerran/103015702 |url-status=live }}
• 28 October – Emergency evacuation orders for the towns of Tara, Wieambilla and The Gums are in place as more than 32 buildings have been destroyed due to the ongoing Darling Downs bushfires.{{Cite web |date=2023-10-28 |title=More residents told to evacuate as Queensland fires spread |url=https://7news.com.au/news/disaster-and-emergency/more-residents-told-to-evacuate-as-queensland-fires-spread-across-western-downs-and-gladstone-regions--c-12354458 |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=7NEWS |language=en |archive-date=28 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028025613/https://7news.com.au/news/disaster-and-emergency/more-residents-told-to-evacuate-as-queensland-fires-spread-across-western-downs-and-gladstone-regions--c-12354458 |url-status=live }}
• 31 October – Football Australia formally end their bid to host the 2034 FIFA World Cup, leaving Saudi Arabia as the only confirmed bid before FIFA's deadline for declarations of interest expires.{{Cite news |title=Saudi Arabia set to host 2034 World Cup |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/67271423 |access-date=2023-10-31 |archive-date=31 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031143256/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/67271423 |url-status=live }}

• 1 November –
• Islamic terrorist Abdul Nacer Benbrika won his High Court (In a 6–1 decision) bid to restore his Australian citizenship, which was cancelled in 2020.{{Cite news |date=2023-10-31 |title=Convicted terrorist Abdul Nacer Benbrika wins High Court bid to restore his Australian citizenship |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-01/terrorist-abdul-benbrika-citizenship-restored-in-high-court/103047952 |access-date=2023-11-01 |archive-date=13 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113200436/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-01/terrorist-abdul-benbrika-citizenship-restored-in-high-court/103047952 |url-status=live }}
• A 10-year-old boy is killed after becoming trapped under an elevator at St Lucy's School – a Catholic school for students with disabilities in the Sydney suburb of Wahroonga.{{cite news|last1=Cassidy|first1=Caitlin|last2=Beazley|first2=Jordyn|date=1 November 2023|title=Sydney boy, 10, dies after being trapped under lift at school for children with disability|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/01/sydney-wahroonga-boy-10-dies-st-lucys-school-for-students-with-disabilities-trapped-lift|work=The Guardian|location=|access-date=5 November 2023|archive-date=9 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509063202/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/01/sydney-wahroonga-boy-10-dies-st-lucys-school-for-students-with-disabilities-trapped-lift|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Carroll|first1=Lucy|last2=Harris|first2=Christopher|date=3 November 2023|title='We grieve the loss of a beautiful boy': Tributes flow for 10-year-old Sanad Shahriar|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/we-grieve-the-loss-of-a-beautiful-boy-tributes-flow-for-10-year-old-sanad-shahriar-20231103-p5ehg4.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|location=|access-date=5 November 2023|archive-date=5 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231105005842/https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/we-grieve-the-loss-of-a-beautiful-boy-tributes-flow-for-10-year-old-sanad-shahriar-20231103-p5ehg4.html|url-status=live}}
• 3 November –
• A 49-year-old woman faces court in Morwell, Victoria after having been charged the previous day with three counts of murder and five counts of attempted murder in a suspected case of mushroom poisoning during a family lunch she allegedly hosted at her home in Leongatha.{{cite news|last1=Ritchie|first1=Hannah|last2=Atkinson|first2=Simon|date=3 November 2023|title=Suspected mushroom poisoning: Erin Patterson faces Australian court on murder charges|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-67305278|work=BBC News|location=|access-date=5 November 2023|archive-date=5 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231105005843/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-67305278|url-status=live}} The case is adjourned until May 2024.
• A state funeral is held at St Mary's Church in Ipswich, Queensland for former governor-general and Labor Party leader Bill Hayden.{{cite news|last=O'Flaherty|first=Antonia|date=3 November 2023|title=Bill Hayden's state funeral draws Australian politicians to celebrate the Labor luminary who rose from humble beginnings|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-03/queensland-state-funeral-bill-hayden-former-governor-general/103053520|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=5 November 2023|archive-date=5 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231105005843/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-03/queensland-state-funeral-bill-hayden-former-governor-general/103053520|url-status=live}}
• Qantas shareholders vote against an executive pay deal at the company's annual general meeting in Melbourne, with chairman Richard Goyder heckled by company shareholders.{{cite news|last1=Visontay|first1=Elias|last2=Barrett|first2=Jonathan|last3=Kelly|first3=Cait|date=3 November 2023|title=Qantas chairman heckled by shareholders at AGM as investors reject executive pay plans|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/nov/03/qantas-chairman-heckled-by-shareholders-at-agm-as-investors-reject-executive-pay-plans|work=The Guardian|location=|access-date=5 November 2023|archive-date=9 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509062951/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/nov/03/qantas-chairman-heckled-by-shareholders-at-agm-as-investors-reject-executive-pay-plans|url-status=live}}
• 4 November –
• Three members of an aerial firefighting crew are killed when their firefighting aircraft crashes near Cloncurry, Queensland while en route from Toowoomba to Mount Isa to map areas of recent bushfires.{{cite news|last1=Andre|first1=Julia|last2=Waterson|first2=Larissa|last3=Loftus|first3=Tobi|date=4 November 2023|title=Three dead after firefighting plane crashes near Cloncurry in outback Queensland|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-04/light-plane-crashes-near-cloncurry/103065708|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=5 November 2023|archive-date=5 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231105005842/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-04/light-plane-crashes-near-cloncurry/103065708|url-status=live}}
• Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arrives in China for a three-day visit in which he will meet with Chinese president Xi Jinping and premier Li Qiang.{{cite news|last=Murphy|first=Katherine|date=5 November 2023|title=Albanese arrives in China for landmark visit, says it's in 'our national interest'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/05/anthony-albanese-arrives-for-china-visit-meeting-xi-jinping-and-li-qiang-in-australia-national-interest|work=The Guardian|location=|access-date=5 November 2023|archive-date=9 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509063151/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/05/anthony-albanese-arrives-for-china-visit-meeting-xi-jinping-and-li-qiang-in-australia-national-interest|url-status=live}}
• 5 November – A car ploughs through a beer garden in Daylesford, Victoria, killing five people and injuring four others.{{Cite news |date=2023-11-05 |title=Witnesses describe 'horrific' scene after car runs into Victorian pub's beer garden, killing five |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-05/daylesford-crash-victoria-police-five-dead-royal-hotel/103067290 |access-date=2023-11-05 |archive-date=5 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231105160152/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-05/daylesford-crash-victoria-police-five-dead-royal-hotel/103067290 |url-status=live }}
• 6 November —
• The Australian Greens stage a walkout of The Senate during Question Time with senator Mehreen Faruqi leading the boycott in protest of the Federal Government's response to the conflict in Gaza.{{Cite news |last1=Karp |first1=Paul |date=2023-11-06 |title=Greens stage Senate walkout over Labor's Israel-Hamas war response |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/06/greens-senate-walkout-over-labor-albanese-israel-hamas-war-response |access-date=2023-11-20 |issn=0261-3077}}
• Australia International Radio is officially launched.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}
• 7 November —
• The Reserve Bank of Australia lifts the official cash rate to 4.35% - the highest level since November 2011.{{cite news|last=Janda|first=Michael|date=7 November 2023|title=Reserve Bank raises interest rates, repayments now up more than 50pc since hikes began|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-07/reserve-bank-raises-interest-rates-november-2023/103073576|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=10 November 2023|archive-date=9 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109222911/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-07/reserve-bank-raises-interest-rates-november-2023/103073576|url-status=live}}
• Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arrives in the Cook Islands for the Pacific Islands Forum.{{cite news|last=Hurst|first=Daniel|date=9 November 2023|title=Pacific Islands Forum: Australia under pressure to rein in fossil fuel subsidies|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/08/pacific-islands-forum-australia-under-pressure-to-rein-in-fossil-fuel-subsidies|work=The Guardian|location=|access-date=10 November 2023|archive-date=9 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509063002/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/08/pacific-islands-forum-australia-under-pressure-to-rein-in-fossil-fuel-subsidies|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Hurst|first=Daniel|date=9 November 2023|title=Anthony Albanese trips the light Pacific during delicate diplomatic dance|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/09/anthony-albanese-pm-aitutaki-dance-cook-islands|work=The Guardian|location=|access-date=10 November 2023|archive-date=9 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509062957/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/09/anthony-albanese-pm-aitutaki-dance-cook-islands|url-status=live}}
• 8 November —
• The Optus telecommunications network experiences a widespread national outage which affects customers, businesses, hospitals, emergency services and rail networks.{{cite news|last1=Kolovos|first1=Benita|last2=Taylor|first2=Josh|date=8 November 2023|title=Optus outage: CEO says some services are being restored after millions across Australia lost mobile and internet|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/nov/08/optus-phone-and-internet-outage-affects-millions-across-australia|work=The Guardian|location=|access-date=8 November 2023|archive-date=9 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509063157/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/nov/08/optus-phone-and-internet-outage-affects-millions-across-australia|url-status=live}}
• The High Court of Australia rules that the practice of detaining asylum seekers and refugees in Australia is illegal, with 80 people released immediately into the community including several sex offenders and at least three murderers, including Sirul Azhar Umar who was convicted of the murder of Shaariibuugiin Altantuyaa.{{cite news|last=Ritchie|first=Hannah|date=8 November 2023|title=Australia indefinite detention unlawful, High Court rules|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-67353831|work=BBC News|location=|access-date=14 November 2023|archive-date=14 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231114094504/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-67353831|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Borys|first=Stephanie|date=14 November 2023|title=Three murderers and sexual offenders among people released from immigration detention|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-14/government-details-visas-immigration-detention-high-court-/103103322|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=14 November 2023|archive-date=14 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231114045218/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-14/government-details-visas-immigration-detention-high-court-/103103322|url-status=live}}
• 10 November —
• Violent clashes between pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian groups occur in the Melbourne suburb of Caulfield South prompting the evacuation of a synagogue and a Shabbat service to be abandoned.{{cite news|last1=Murray-Atfield|first1=Yara|last2=Lorigan|first2=Mike|date=11 November 2023|title=Clashes between pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli groups in Melbourne's south-east condemned|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-11/clashes-between-pro-israeli-pro-palestinian-groups-melbourne/103093814|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=12 November 2023|archive-date=11 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231111224453/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-11/clashes-between-pro-israeli-pro-palestinian-groups-melbourne/103093814|url-status=live}} Free Palestine Melbourne apologised for protesting in such close proximity to a synagogue but said it was not their intention to intimidate Jewish worshippers. Victorian premier Jacinta Allan said it was unacceptable for people to feel unsafe to go to their places of worship, while state opposition leader John Pesutto called the behaviour of protestors "absolutely disgusting".
• The bodies of two boys, aged two and three, are discovered hours apart in the same disused car in Woorabinda, Queensland with early investigations suggesting they may have died from suspected heat-related stress.{{cite news|last=Visontay|first=Elias|date=11 November 2023|title=Woorabinda deaths: two toddlers dead after being found hours apart in same car in Queensland|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/11/nfbntw-two-toddlers-dead-after-allegedly-being-found-separately-inside-parked-cars-in-queensland|work=The Guardian|location=|access-date=12 November 2023|archive-date=9 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509063756/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/11/nfbntw-two-toddlers-dead-after-allegedly-being-found-separately-inside-parked-cars-in-queensland|url-status=live}}
• 11 November — Australians observe the 105th Remembrance Day.{{cite news|last=Gore|first=Charlotte|date=11 November 2023|title=Australians mark 105th Remembrance Day with services honouring the fallen|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-11/remembrance-day-crowds-gather-across-australia-honour-fallen/103093892|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=12 November 2023|archive-date=12 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112031300/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-11/remembrance-day-crowds-gather-across-australia-honour-fallen/103093892|url-status=live}} A war memorial in the Melbourne suburb of Montrose needed to be cleaned before the local Remembrance Day service after it is vandalised with pro-Palestine graffiti the night before.{{cite news|last=Stewart|first=Cameron|date=11 November 2023|title=Melbourne war memorial defaced with anti-Israel slogans on Remembrance Day|url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/melbourne-war-memorial-defaced-with-palestine-slogans-on-remembrance-day/news-story/9ff71266e617145580cbf37c3e6c4992|work=The Australian|location= |access-date=12 November 2023}}
• 12 November — For the fifth consecutive week, large crowds gather in Australian capital cities for pro-Palestinian rallies including in Sydney's Hyde Park, with protestors calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.{{cite news |last=Knaus|first=Christopher|date=12 November 2023|title=Thousands call for Gaza ceasefire at Australian protests while pro-Israel rally demands release of hostages|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/12/thousands-call-for-gaza-ceasefire-at-australian-protests-while-pro-israel-rally-demands-release-of-hostages |work=The Guardian|location= |access-date=12 November 2023}}
• 14 November — Divers from HMAS Toowoomba operating in international waters off Japan sustain minor injuries from sonar pulses emanating from a Chinese warship.{{cite news|last=Greene|first=Andrew|date=18 November 2023|title=HMAS Toowoomba naval divers forced to exit water over Chinese warship sonar pulses|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-18/naval-chinese-warship-injury/103121900|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=21 November 2023}}
• 16 November — A 67-year-old Scenic Rim man dies in a ramped ambulance after waiting three hours to be admitted to Ipswich Hospital.{{cite news |last1=Slattery|first1=Molly|last2=Ferguson|first2=Gemma|date=17 November 2023|title=Wayne Irving died in a ramped ambulance after waiting three hours for emergency care at Ipswich Hospital |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-17/ipswich-hospital-ramping-wayne-irving-emergency-department/103121064|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=26 November 2023}} His death prompts the man's family to call for urgent reforms to Queensland's health system.{{cite news |last1=Pengilley|first1=Victoria|last2=McKenna|first2=Kate|date=23 November 2023|title=Family of Wayne Irving speak of their heartbreak after his ambulance was ramped for three hours |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-23/ipswich-hospital-ramping-death-wayne-irving-ambulance-wait-times/103142478|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=26 November 2023}}
• 17 November — Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin fronts a Senate inquiry into the company's national network outage on 8 November, where she admitted 228 Triple Zero calls were unable to be answered during the outage.{{cite news|last=Thorne|first=Leonie|date=17 November 2023|title=Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin fronted a Senate inquiry today. Here's what she had to say |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-17/optus-boss-grilled-about-outage-at-senate-inquiry/103117218|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=20 November 2023}}
• 18 November —
• A 52-year-old Brisbane woman dies after she had waited more than 90 minutes for an ambulance.{{cite news|last1=Vidler|first1=Adam|last2=Theocharous|first2=Mikala|date=21 November 2023|title=Queensland ambulance commissioner takes responsibility for mum's death |url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/cath-groom-brisbane-woman-dies-after-waiting-for-ambulance/e353d1f9-a9e2-4867-bd86-e3612fe06343|work=Nine News|location= |access-date=26 November 2023}} Calling Triple Zero after experiencing chest pains just before 10:30pm the night before, she gets tired of waiting and cancels the ambulance just before midnight.{{cite news|last1=Holland|first1=Isabella|last2=McCormack|first2=Madura|date=21 November 2023|title=Brisbane mum found dead in her bed after ambulance fails to arrive |url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/brisbane-mum-found-dead-in-her-bed-after-ambulance-fails-to-arrive/news-story/e341c269f72020bdb474bb873d4acce5|work=The Courier-Mail|location= |access-date=26 November 2023}} She is found dead by her son the following morning, prompting her sister to call on the state government to invest more money into the state's health system.{{cite news |last=Nicola|first=Andreas|date=23 November 2023|title=Cath Groom's sister calls for Palaszczuk government to invest in hospitals over Olympics |url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/qld-politics/cath-grooms-sister-calls-for-palaszczuk-government-to-invest-in-hospitals-over-olympics/news-story/5bd9074a9e6712a090967afe06524509|work=The Courier-Mail|location= |access-date=26 November 2023}}
• The 18-year-old son of South Australian police commissioner Grant Stevens dies at the Flinders Medical Centre after sustaining an irreversible brain injury in an alleged hit and run at Goolwa Beach the previous evening.{{cite news |author= |date=18 November 2023|title=SA Police Commissioner Grant Stevens's son, Charlie Stevens, dies after alleged hit-and-run crash south of Adelaide|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-18/grant-stevens-son-alleged-hit-and-run/103121954|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=23 November 2023}}{{cite news |author= |date=21 November 2023|title=SA Police Commissioner Grant Stevens and wife pay tribute to son Charlie, who died in alleged hit-and-run crash|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-21/sa-police-commissioner-grant-stevens-and-wife-pay-tribute-to-son/103129578|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=23 November 2023}} The car was allegedly driven by an 18-year-old Encounter Bay who was subsequently charged with causing death by dangerous driving, aggravated driving without due care, leaving the scene of a crash after causing death and failing to truly answer questions.{{cite news|last=Leckie|first=Evelyn|date=20 November 2023|title=Man accused of killing Charlie Stevens in alleged hit-and-run crash during Schoolies granted bail|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-20/sa-dhirren-randhawa-bailed-accused-death-charlie-stevens/103125128|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=23 November 2023}}
• 19 November — Two Viper S-211 Marchetti planes conducting a formation flight collide in mid-air. One plane manages to make it back to Essendon Airport, but the other plunges into Port Phillip Bay killing the two people on board - the pilot and a television camera operator.{{cite news |last=Kolovos|first=Benita|date=20 November 2023|title=Port Phillip plane crash: Victoria police believe camera operator and pilot were killed after mid-air collision |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/20/plane-crash-mid-air-port-phillip-bay-search-for-pilot-camera-operator-melbourne-victoria|work=The Guardian|location= |access-date=21 November 2023}} The plane's wreckage is found by emergency services on 21 November.{{cite news |author= |date=21 November 2023|title=Port Phillip Bay plane crash wreckage found in waters off Mornington on third day of search, police say|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-21/port-phillip-plane-crash-recovery-search/103128394|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=21 November 2023}}
• 20 November — Kelly Bayer Rosmarin resigns as Optus CEO following the 2023 Optus outage on 8 November, and following the 2022 Optus data breach following a cyberattack in 2022.{{cite news |last=Taylor|first=Josh|date=20 November 2023|title=Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin resigns after network outage |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/nov/20/optus-ceo-kelly-bayer-rosmarin-resigns-network-outage-australia|work=The Guardian|location= |access-date=20 November 2023}}
• 22 November —
• The Rookwood Weir, the largest weir to be built in Australia since World War II, is completed on the Fitzroy River, west of Rockhampton.{{cite news|last1=Beavan|first1=Katrina|last2=Hines|first2=Jasmine|date=22 November 2023|title=Rookwood Weir opens in central Queensland after construction delays from rain|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-22/major-qld-project-rookwood-weir-opens-years-of-construction/103132538|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=22 November 2023|quote=Cameron Dick said the weir was the largest built in the country since World War II.}}{{cite news |last=Jarrett|first=Vanessa|date=22 November 2023|title=$586.9M Rookwood Weir near Rockhampton completed after 12 years|url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/rockhampton/5869m-rookwood-weir-in-rockhampton-completed-after-12-years/news-story/186b241148264e46aef43056e2e02faa|work=The Morning Bulletin|location= |access-date=23 November 2023|quote=Rookwood Weir is the largest weir to have been built in Australia since World War II, when Yarrawonga Weir in Victoria in 1939}}
• The 2023 Wanneroo bushfire starts north of Perth, which will subsequently destroy or damage dozens of homes over the ensuing days.{{cite news |last=May|first=Natasha|date=24 November 2023|title=Perth fires: 18 homes destroyed as fire crews brace for more dangerous conditions|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/24/perth-fires-18-homes-destroyed-as-fire-crews-brace-for-more-dangerous-conditions|work=The Guardian|location= |access-date=26 November 2023}}{{cite news |last1=Bennett|first1=Emily|last2=Tuffield|first2=Rhinannon|date=26 November 2023|title=Dozens of homes lost, damaged amid ongoing WA bushfire threat|url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/perth-bushfires-update-dozens-of-homes-lost-damaged-amid-ongoing-wa-bushfire-threat/11db0a45-c618-4de6-bc26-a176495a3125|work=Nine News|location= |access-date=26 November 2023}}
• A 14-year-old high school student manages to stop a runaway bus from colliding with a busy petrol station in Casino, New South Wales.{{cite news|last=Dumas|first=Daisy|date=29 November 2023|title='It would have blown the whole place up': schoolgirl in Australia avoids crash by steering runaway bus away from fuel pumps|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/29/casino-high-school-bus-crash-runaway-nsw-australia-girl-isabelle-miller-grabs-wheel-petrol-station-near-miss|work=The Guardian|location= |access-date=6 December 2023}}
• 23 November — The remains of the baby at the centre of the notorious "baby in the post" cold case from 1965 are exhumed at a cemetery in Darwin in the hope of investigators finding a DNA match with the 53-year-old daughter of NTFL player Jimmy Anderson, who some investigators suspected was the intended recipient of the parcel sent from Melbourne.{{cite news|last1=Walsh|first1=Fia|last2=Caroutas|first2=Meni|date=22 November 2023|title=Baby sent in post exhumed as family hopes to solve grisly cold case mystery with DNA|url=https://www.ntnews.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts-nt/baby-sent-in-post-exhumed-as-family-hopes-to-solve-grisly-cold-case-mystery-with-dna/news-story/653023ccccf1dd270096d48ee6dff219|work=NT News|location= |access-date=23 November 2023}}{{cite news|last1=Koubaridis|first1=Andrew|last2=Caroutas|first2=Meni|date=4 June 2023|title=AFL player Jimmy Anderson linked to baby sent in post as family offer to help solve case with DNA|url=https://www.ntnews.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/the-missing-australia/afl-player-jimmy-anderson-linked-to-baby-sent-in-post-as-family-offer-to-help-solve-case-with-dna/news-story/68de5e32731604028f40237de87b6259|work=NT News|location= |access-date=23 November 2023}}
• 25 November — Hundreds of protesters commence a 30-hour blockade, blocking the shipping channel leading into the Port of Newcastle in a protest organised by climate group Rising Tide, objecting to the Federal Government approving new fossil fuel projects.{{cite news|last1=Stephens|first1=Romy|last2=Cook|first2=Carly|date=25 November 2023|title=Port of Newcastle blockaded as paddlers protest coal exports and lack of climate action|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-25/hundreds-paddle-out-coal-port-blockade-newcastle-climate-change/103146494|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=26 November 2023}}
• 26 November —
• The Rozelle Interchange in Sydney opens to traffic for the first time.{{cite news|last=Greenbank|first=Amy|date=26 November 2023|title=Rozelle Interchange opens in Sydney as authorities brace for traffic snarls. Here's what you need to know|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-26/navigating-nsw-rozelle-interchange-explainer/103149614|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=26 November 2023}}
• Dave Sharma is selected by the Liberal Party to fill the vacancy in the Senate left by Marise Payne, beating candidates such as Andrew Constance and Zed Seselja.{{cite news |last=Remeikis|first=Amy|date=26 November 2023|title=Moderate Dave Sharma wins NSW Liberal Senate spot after beating both Peter Dutton-endorsed candidates|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/26/moderate-dave-sharma-wins-nsw-liberal-senate-spot-after-beating-both-peter-dutton-endorsed-candidates|work=The Guardian|location= |access-date=26 November 2023}}
• 109 protestors, including a 97-year-old Uniting Church minister, are arrested for defying orders to leave the Port of Newcastle by 5pm, at the conclusion of the 30-hour blockade by Rising Tide to protest the Federal Government approving new fossil fuel projects.{{cite news|last1=Rose|first1=Anton|last2=Sproul-Mellis|first2=Eilidh|date=26 November 2023|title=Port of Newcastle protest: 80 people arrested, activists block 'almost 500,000 tonnes of coal' |url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/port-blockade-protesters-plan-biggest-act-of-civil-disobedience/news-story/4e4e8c0ee02b40811f9ee971f26619f3|work=The Daily Telegraph|location= |access-date=26 November 2023}}{{cite news|last1=Ritchie|first1=Hannah|date=27 November 2023|title=Climate protest: More than 100 arrested at world's largest coal port |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-67539759|work=BBC News|location= |access-date=28 November 2023}}
• 27 November — Home Affairs secretary Mike Pezzullo is sacked by the governor-general, after an independent inquiry finds Pezzullo breached the government's code of conduct at least 14 times.{{cite news|last=Evans|first=Jake|date=27 November 2023|title=Powerful Home Affairs boss Mike Pezzullo sacked after investigation into backchannel lobbying|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-27/home-affairs-mike-pezzullo-investigation-handed-down/103127944|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=27 November 2023}}
• 28 November — Labor senator for Western Australia Pat Dodson announces he plans to retire from federal politics on Australia Day, citing his treatment for cancer.{{cite news|last1=Worthington|first1=Brett|last2=Evans|first2=Jake|date=28 November 2023|title=Labor's Pat Dodson, known as the 'father of reconciliation', to retire from Senate on Australia Day|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-28/labor-senator-pat-dodson-to-retire-on-january-26/103158618|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=28 November 2023}}
• 29 November — A state funeral is held for former federal Labor minister Gerry Hand at St Ignatius' Church, Richmond.

• 1 December —
• The FBI arrest a 58-year-old man in Arizona as part of the investigation into the Wieambilla shootings on 12 December 2022.{{cite news |author= |date=6 December 2023|title=Man arrested in Arizona over 2022 shooting of police officers Rachel McCrow and Matthew Arnold and civilian Alan Dare in Wieambilla |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-06/qld-wieambilla-shooting-arrest-arizona-queensland-police/103196120|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=6 December 2023}}
• A 20-year-old man who lost control of the vehicle he was driving and crashed, killing his five teenage passengers in Buxton on 6 September 2022 is sentenced to the maximum 12 years jail with a non-parole period of seven years.{{cite news|last=Mitchell|first=Georgina|date=1 December 2023|title=Driver jailed for 12 years after five teens killed in Buxton crash|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/driver-jailed-for-12-years-after-five-teens-killed-in-buxton-crash-20231130-p5eo7x.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|location= |access-date=1 December 2023}}
• A 41-year-old convicted drug trafficker is sentenced to ten years in prison and declared a serious violent offender after the car she was driving crashed head-on into an Australia Post truck at 164 km/h on the Bruce Highway between Mackay and Rockhampton on 21 June 2022, killing the 62-year-old truck driver.{{cite news |last=Mesner|first=Kerri-Anne|date=2 December 2023|title=Drug trafficker Jennifer Joan Turner jailed for Marlborough fatal crash |url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/rockhampton/police-courts/drug-trafficker-jennifer-joan-turner-jailed-for-marlborough-fatal-crash/news-story/9c9db1d03e0f51b69defd4b9c2ccb584|work=The Morning Bulletin|location= |access-date=5 December 2023}}
• 2 December —
• Two former detainees released into the community following the High Court of Australia's ruling that indefinite immigration detention in Australia was unlawful are arrested in separate incidents - a 65-year-old man is arrested for allegedly assaulting a woman in Adelaide while a 45-year-old man is arrested for allegedly being in possession of drugs in Sydney.{{cite news |last1=Armstrong|first1=Clare|last2=McMillan|first2=Isabel|last3=Yankovic|first3=George|date=5 December 2023|title=Two former detainees have been charged with fresh alleged crimes since High Court released them|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/two-former-detainees-have-been-charged-with-fresh-alleged-crimes-since-high-court-released-them/news-story/0d211ab9a909adbebd37cded231fb60c|work=The Daily Telegraph|location= |access-date=5 December 2023}}
• 3 December — Approximately thirty people in masks use Eureka Day to hold a white supremacist march in the Victorian city of Ballarat, prompting outrage from the local community.{{cite news |last1=Mayers|first1=Laura|last2=Neal|first2=Matt|last3=Martin|first3=Stephen|last4=Bentley|first4=Prue|date=4 December 2023|title=Outrage in Ballarat at white supremacist march, 15yo questioned over banned Nazi salute|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-04/ballarat-white-supremacy-march-investigated/103183616|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=7 December 2023}}
• 4 December —
• A severe hail storm causes damage to property and farming crops in the Fraser Coast, Sunshine Coast and Gympie regions of Queensland, with Gympie affected the worst.{{cite news|last1=Dwyer|first1=Bree|last2=Nichols|first2=Jennifer|last3=Shorthouse|first3=Janel|date=4 December 2023|title=Severe storm smashes Fraser Coast, Gympie and Sunshine Coast with potentially record-breaking hail|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-04/huge-hail-smashes-gympie-and-sunshine-coast-storm-weather/103186032|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=5 December 2023}}{{cite news |author= |date=4 December 2023|title=Queensland city smashed by golf-ball-sized hail|url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/gympie-hail-storm-queensland-weather/3d2669ec-5695-45de-9fea-2f44a158f18e|work=Nine News|location= |access-date=5 December 2023}}
• Approximately $40,000 in cash is discovered scattered along the Mitchell Freeway in Perth.{{cite news|last=Bazeer|first=Zathia|date=5 December 2023|title=Perth man charged after thousands of dollars in cash found strewn across Mitchell Freeway|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-05/cash-found-on-mitchell-freeway-in-perth-police-charge-man/103190538|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=6 December 2023}} Police attending the incident conducted a search of a vehicle where they seized 51 grams of cocaine as well as $8,000 in cash. They arrested a 34-year-old man was charged with possession of cocaine with intent to sell or supply, possession of stolen or unlawfully obtained property and having no authority to drive.
• 5 December —
• A third former immigration detainee who was released into the community after the High Court's ruling that indefinite immigration in Australia was unlawful is arrested in Melbourne.{{cite news |author= |date=5 December 2023|title=Sex offender released from immigration detention charged after Melbourne arrest|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-05/sex-offender-released-from-immigration-detention-charged/103191828|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=5 December 2023}} The 33-year-old registered sex offender is charged with nine counts of breaching his reporting obligations, which includes allegedly creating social media accounts and contacting children.{{cite news |last1=Argoon|first1=Ashley|last2=Gailberger|first2=Jade|date=5 December 2023|title=Freed immigration detainee Emran Dad allegedly contacted minors on TikTok, Instagram|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts-victoria/third-freed-criminal-detainee-arrested-in-dandenong/news-story/01b26bfee9afcab1a3a215be208ce203|work=Herald Sun|location= |access-date=5 December 2023}}
• The Federal Government begins to rush preventative detention laws through Federal Parliament to give judges the power to cancel the Australian citizenship of serious offenders and to preventively detain some non-citizens released after the High Court's ruling that indefinite detention in Australia is unlawful.{{cite news|last=Roberts|first=Georgia|date=5 December 2023|title=Preventative detention laws rushed through parliament|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-05/preventative-detention-bill-passes-senate/103192116|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=6 December 2023}}{{cite news |last1=Karp|first1=Paul|last2=Hurst|first2=Daniel|date=6 December 2023|title=Labor passes preventive detention laws as judges gain power to cancel citizenship of serious offenders|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/dec/06/labor-preventive-detention-laws-pass-immigration-cancel-citizenship-ntwnfb|work=The Guardian|location= |access-date=6 December 2023}}
• Cyclone Jasper becomes the first cyclone of the 2023–24 Australian region cyclone season.{{cite news|last=Wallen|first=Scout|date=5 December 2023|title=Cyclone Jasper forms off Queensland coast as an early arrival for summer|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-05/qld-bom-update-on-cyclone-jasper/103191308|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=5 December 2023}}
• Strathbogie Shire Council in Victoria is suspended by local government minister Melissa Horne, with municipal monitor Peter Stephensen appointed as the council's interim administrator.{{cite news|last=Chisolm|first=Anna|date=5 December 2023|title=Strathbogie Shire Council suspended after string of governance, conduct concerns|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-05/strathbogie-shire-council-suspended-governance-conduct/103189976|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=7 December 2023}} The suspension will apply until the 2024 Victorian local elections.{{cite news|last=Sambul|first=Najma|date=5 December 2023|title=Awful': Victorian council suspended, administrator appointed|url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/strathbogie-shire-council-suspended-administrator-appointed-20231205-p5ep7n.html|work=The Age|location= |access-date=7 December 2023}}
• 6 December —
• A fourth former immigration detainee released following the High Court ruling that indefinite immigration in Australia was unlawful is arrested - a 45-year-old man is arrested in Melbourne and charged with one count of theft and one count of failing to comply with a curfew with the Australian Federal Police alleging he breached the conditions of his visa.{{cite news|last=Roberts|first=Georgia|date=6 December 2023|title=Fourth non-citizen arrested after High Court decision|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-06/fourth-person-arrested-after-detainee-released/103197184|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=6 December 2023}}
• Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus, Immigration minister Andrew Giles and home affairs minister Clare O'Neil hold a joint press conference to discuss Labor's proposed preventative detention laws.{{cite news|last=Roberts|first=Georgia|date=6 December 2023|title=Government refuses to say how many released detainees preventative detention laws apply to|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-06/government-refuses-to-say-preventative-number/103194524|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=6 December 2023}} Responding to a question by Sky News journalist Olivia Caisley, Dreyfus rejects the notion the government owes an apology to Australians allegedly assaulted by those released under the High Court's decision.{{cite news |last=Massola|first=James|date=6 December 2023|title='I will not be apologising': Dreyfus shouts at reporter in fiery High Court exchange|url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/i-will-not-be-apologising-dreyfus-shouts-at-reporter-in-fiery-high-court-exchange-20231206-p5epg1.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|location= |access-date=6 December 2023}} Dreyfus, who described Caisley's question as "absurd", is criticised for the way he spoke to Caisley, prompting him to apologise to her in private.{{cite news |last1=Gould|first1=Courtney|last2=Campbell|first2=Eleanor|date=6 December 2023|title=Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus accused of mansplaining after blowing up at female reporter|url=https://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/home-affairs-minister-clare-oneil-bats-off-resignation-calls-accuses-the-coalition-of-playing-politics/news-story/35fe4f949e6ed65b0f9600747411a8e7|work=news.com.au|location= |access-date=6 December 2023}}{{cite news|last1=Armstrong|first1=Clare|last2=Bharadwaj|first2=Angira|date=7 December 2023|title=Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus apologises to journalist Olivia Caisley as fifth detainee arrested|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/fourth-detainee-charged-after-being-freed-from-detention-as-labor-cant-say-how-many-will-be-jailed/news-story/2ae2b9358edd0abbdbc8a591db42cc8e|work=The Daily Telegraph|location= |access-date=7 December 2023}}
• 7 December — A fifth former immigration detainee released into the community following the High Court ruling that indefinite immigration in Australia was unlawful is arrested by police in Queensland after it was discovered that was an outstanding warrant for allegedly breaching parole conditions prior to entering immigration detention in 2012, after having been jailed for assault.{{cite news|last=Maskiell|first=Lois|date=7 December 2023|title=Fifth ex-detainee arrested after High Court ruling|url=https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/immigration-detention-laws-pass-as-fourth-ex-detainee-arrested-20231207-p5eppp|work=Australian Financial Review|location= |access-date=7 December 2023}}
• 10 December —
• Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announces she is retiring from politics and will resign as premier at the end of the week.{{cite news |last=Remeikis|first=Amy|date=10 December 2023|title=Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk retires from politics|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/dec/10/queensland-premier-annastacia-palaszczuk-retires-from-politics |work=The Guardian|location= |access-date=10 December 2023}} Her successor will be decided by the Labor caucus at the 2023 Queensland Labor Party leadership election on 15 December 2023.{{cite news |last=Rawling|first=Caitlin|date=10 December 2023|title=Annastacia Palaszczuk is retiring as Queensland premier|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-10/annastacia-palaszczuk-retiring-as-queensland-premier/103211112|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=10 December 2023|quote=I will finish at the end of this week as Premier and the next Premier of Queensland is for caucus to decide on Friday giving MPs time to come back.}}
• Western Australian premier Roger Cook, deputy premier Rita Saffioti, federal minister for Northern Australia Madeleine King, state MP Divina D'Anna and local Indigenous community members all officially reopen the Fitzroy River bridge in The Kimberley restoring an important transport link after the bridge was destroyed in the state's worst floods in January 2023.{{cite news|last=Condon|first=Alex|date=10 December 2023|title=Fitzroy River Bridge reopens after devastating Kimberley floods|url=https://www.watoday.com.au/politics/western-australia/fitzroy-river-bridge-reopens-after-devastating-kimberley-floods-20231210-p5eqfd.html|work=WA Today|location= |access-date=26 December 2023}}
• 11 December — The Federal Government unveils its 10-year migration strategy which includes increasing minimum English language requirements for international students and tightening visa processes for migrant workers.{{cite news|last=Hayder|first=Nour|date=10 December 2023|title=New migrant strategy to clamp day on migrants living in Australia in a 'permanently temporary' state|url= https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-10/migration-review-briefing/103211718|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=11 December 2023}}{{cite news|last=Roberts|first=Georgia|date=11 December 2023|title=Three takeaways of the federal government's migration review|url= https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-11/tightening-of-visa-conditions-australian-government/103212590|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=11 December 2023}}
• 12 December —
• A 51-year-old Fire and Rescue New South Wales firefighter dies while fighting a house fire in the Sydney suburb of Grose Vale.{{cite news |last1=Ibrahim|first1=Tony|last2=Roberts|first2=Millie|last3=Hyland|first3=Jesse|date=12 December 2023|title=Firefighter Michael Kidd dies while attending house blaze at Grose Vale in Sydney's north-west|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-12/nsw-sydney-grose-vale-house-fire-michael-kidd/103217840|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=14 December 2023}}
• A young boy and a man in his 30's are killed when the light plane they were in clipped powerlines and crashed on a rural property next to the Clarence River at Lilydale near Grafton, New South Wales.{{cite news |last=Rachwani|first=Mostafa|date=13 December 2023|title=Man in 30s and young boy confirmed dead after light plane crash at Lilydale in NSW|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/13/plane-crash-lilydale-grafton-man-boy-dead|work=The Guardian|location= |access-date=14 December 2023}}
• 13 December —
• It's announced that Australia will ban the use, supply and manufacturing of engineered stone from 1 July 2024 following a Safe Work Australia report which found the rates of silicosis and silica-related diseases had risen substantially particularly among engineered stone workers.{{cite news|last=Kolovos|first=Benita|date=13 December 2023|title='Dangerous product': Australian ban on engineered stone to begin next year |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/dec/13/engineered-stone-bench-top-ban-confirmed-begin-2024-when|work=The Guardian|location= |access-date=14 December 2023}}
• Cyclone Jasper makes landfall as a Category 2 cyclone near Wujal Wujal in Far North Queensland bringing strong winds, heavy rain, flooding and power outages to the region.{{cite news |author= |date=13 December 2023|title=Shelter warning as category 2 cyclone slowly makes landfall in Queensland|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/dec/13/tropical-cyclone-jasper-expected-to-cross-queensland-coast-as-category-two-late-on-wednesday|work=The Guardian|location= |access-date=14 December 2023}}{{cite news |last1=Marsh|first1=Vanessa|last2=Mulveney|first2=Mikaela|last3=Fellows|first3=Taylah|date=14 December 2023|title=Cyclone Jasper makes landfall, packing 140km/h winds, knocking out power to 31k properties|url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/weather/cyclone-jasper-makes-landfall-packing-140kmh-winds-knocking-out-power-to-31k-properties/news-story/a1198289af09d17334b7d2e52cbcbe01|work=The Courier-Mail|location= |access-date=14 December 2023}} The subsequent widespread flooding throughout Far North Queensland over the ensuing days force some residents onto rooftops, including patients at the Wujal Wujal Hospital, awaiting rescue.{{cite news|last=Nicholls|first=Matt|date=18 December 2023|title=GET THEM OUT NOW: Wujal Wujal facing an emergency after river breaks banks|url=https://capeyorkweekly.com.au/get-them-out-now-wujal-wujal-facing-an-emergency-after-river-breaks-banks/7348|work=Cape York Weekly|location= |access-date=18 December 2023}}{{cite news |last=Vujkovic|first=Melanie|date=18 December 2023|title=Far North Queensland braces for more record rainfall, dangerous flooding with hundreds rescued in Cairns overnight|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-18/qld-record-flooding-far-north-monday/103239260|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=18 December 2023}} The entire town of Wujal Wujal is evacuated and Cairns becomes completely isolated due to the closures of highways into the city and the inundation of the Cairns Airport.{{cite news|last=Murray|first=Duncan|date=18 December 2023|title=Cairns floods break 46-year record, closes airport|url=https://www.afr.com/policy/energy-and-climate/cairns-floods-break-records-as-cyclone-jasper-hits-queensland-20231218-p5es2r|work=Australian Financial Review|location= |access-date=18 December 2023}}{{cite news |last=Turnbull|first=Tiffanie|date=18 December 2023|title=Queensland sees flooding after near-record rainfall |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-67740978|work=BBC News|location= |access-date=18 December 2023}}
• 14 December —
• Following her pardon in June, Kathleen Folbigg's convictions for killing her four children are overturned with the New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal ruling her convictions be quashed.{{cite news |last1=McLeod|first1=Catie|last2=Rose|first2=Tamsin|date=14 December 2023|title=Kathleen Folbigg's convictions for killing her four children quashed by NSW court|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/dec/14/kathleen-folbiggs-convictions-for-killing-her-four-children-quashed-by-nsw-court|work=The Guardian|location= |access-date=14 December 2023}}
• Legislation is passed in United States Congress which allows nuclear-powered submarines to be sold to Australia under the AUKUS agreement.{{cite news|last1=Hurst|first1=Daniel|last2=Butler|first2=Josh|date=15 December 2023|title=US Congress passes bill allowing sale of Aukus nuclear submarines to Australia|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/14/us-congress-passes-bill-allowing-sale-of-aukus-nuclear-submarines-to-australia|work=The Guardian|location= |access-date=15 December 2023}}
• The Australian Financial Review names Gina Rinehart as Business Person of the Year.{{cite news|last=Thomson|first=James|date=14 December 2023|title=The Australian Financial Review names its Business Person of the Year|url=https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/leaders/gina-rinehart-named-the-australian-financial-review-business-person-of-the-year-20231211-p5eqqf|work=Australian Financial Review|location= |access-date=15 December 2023}}
• 15 December —
• Steven Miles is sworn in as the 40th premier of Queensland by governor Jeannette Young, after being elected unopposed at the Labor caucus meeting.{{cite news |last=Messenger|first=Andrew|date=15 December 2023|title=Steven Miles unveils five new cabinet ministers as he's sworn in as Queensland premier|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/dec/15/steven-miles-unveils-five-new-cabinet-ministers-as-hes-sworn-in-as-queensland-premier|work=The Guardian|location= |access-date=15 December 2023}} Cameron Dick is sworn in as the state's deputy premier.
• A state memorial is held for Barry Humphries at the Sydney Opera House.{{cite news|last=Hyland|first=Jesse|date=15 December 2023|title=Barry Humphries remembered in state memorial at the Sydney Opera House|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-15/nsw-barry-humphries-state-memorial-sydney-opera-house/103229322|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=15 December 2023}}
• Vodafone Australia becomes the first major telecommunications company to shut down its 3G network in Australia.{{cite news|last=Saarinen|first=Nelli|date=14 December 2023|title=Australia's 3G network shutdown begins this Friday with Vodafone. Here's what you need to know|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-14/australia-3g-network-shut-down-vodafone/103230684|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=18 December 2023}}
• Kirsty Bryant becomes the first woman in Australia to give birth to a baby from a transplanted uterus.{{cite news|last=Siossian|first=Emma|date=19 December 2023|title=Australia's first uterus transplant recipient Kirsty Bryant gives birth to healthy baby boy|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-19/uterus-transplant-baby-arrives-in-australian-first/103244660|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=19 December 2023}}
• 18 December — A woman is found dead with apparent stab wounds in the commercial kitchen area at the National Zoo & Aquarium in Canberra.{{cite news|last=Gore|first=Charlotte|date=18 December 2023|title=Woman found dead from apparent stabbing at National Zoo and Aquarium in Canberra, suspect taken to hospital in police custody|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-18/act-woman-found-dead-at-canberra-zoo-man-taken-into-custody/103242576|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=19 December 2023}} A 29-year-old co-worker is subsequently charged with her murder during a bedside hearing the following day at Canberra Hospital to which he pleads not guilty.{{cite news |last=Gore|first=Charlotte|date=19 December 2023|title=Canberra man charged with murder over apparent stabbing death of coworker Tshewang Choden at National Zoo and Aquarium|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-19/man-charged-stabbing-murder-coworker-national-zoo-and-aquarium/103246686|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=19 December 2023}} The man is refused bail and is expected to appear in court again in April 2024.
• 19 December —
• Chief minister of the Northern Territory Natasha Fyles resigns.{{Cite news |last1=Hislop|first1=Jack|last2=Morgan|first2=Thomas|date=19 December 2023|title=Northern Territory Chief Minister Natasha Fyles resigns amid mounting pressure over leadership |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-19/northern-territory-chief-minister-natasha-fyles-to-resign/103245954 |access-date=19 December 2023}}
• A 32-year Australian reserves captain is killed in an ambush by Gaza militants in Southern Gaza while fighting for the Israel Defense Forces in the Gaza war.{{cite news|last=Horn|first=Allyson|date=2 January 2024|title=Australian serving with Israeli army killed inside Gaza|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-02/australian-serving-with-israeli-army-killed-inside-gaza/103277994|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=2 January 2024}}
• Convicted terrorist Abdul Nacer Benbrika is released into the community after Victorian Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth Hollingworth grants his release on an extended supervision order.{{cite news |last=Silva|first=Kristian|date=19 December 2023|title=Victorian Supreme Court grants Abdul Nacer Benbrika release on an extended supervision order |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-19/convicted-terrorist-abdul-nacer-benbrika-free-jail/103245256|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=19 December 2023}}
• The 80th anniversary of the Canal Creek air crash is commemorated at Canal Creek, Queensland.{{cite news |author=|date=24 December 2023|title=Canal Creek 80th anniversary of WWII crash|url=https://cqtoday.com.au/news/2023/12/24/canal-creek-80th-anniversary-of-wwii-crash/|work=CQ Today|location= |access-date=26 December 2023}}
• 20 December —
• Charles Vincent Read, the 24-year-old son of Chopper Read is sentenced to 15 months jail in the Hobart Magistrates Court after pleading guilty to several charges including burglary, stealing and driving while disqualified.{{cite news|last=Lohberger|first=Loretta|date=20 December 2023|title=Charlie Read, son of Mark 'Chopper' Read, sentenced over burglary, drug possession and driving while disqualified charges |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-20/chopper-read-son-charlie-sentenced-hobart-magistrates-court/103252136|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=20 December 2023}}
• The Labor caucus in the Northern Territory unanimously decide that Eva Lawler will be the next chief minister with Chansey Paech becoming the new deputy chief minister following the resignation of Natasha Fyles.{{cite news|last=Vivian|first=Steve|date=20 December 2023|title=Eva Lawler to become the next Northern Territory chief minister |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-20/eva-lawler-next-northern-territory-chief-minister/103252794|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=20 December 2023}}
• A federal court ruling sees Airbnb fined $15 million and ordered to pay up to $15 million in compensation for misleading to around 70,000 Australian customers between January 2018 and August 2021 by failing to make clear prices on the website were in USD and not AUD.{{cite news|last=Taylor|first=Josh|date=20 December 2023|title=Airbnb forced to pay up to $30m for misleadingly charging Australians in US dollars|url=https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/dec/20/airbnb-forced-to-pay-up-to-30m-for-misleadingly-charging-australians-in-us-dollars|work=The Guardian|location= |access-date=26 December 2023}}
• 21 December —
• Eva Lawler is sworn in as the 13th chief minister of the Northern Territory.{{cite news|last=Hislop|first=Jack|date=21 December 2023|title=Eva Lawler sworn in as NT chief minister following Natasha Fyles' resignation|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-21/eva-lawler-sworn-in-as-nt-chief-minister/103253900|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=21 December 2023}}
• Homes are destroyed by a bushfire in the Perth suburb of Parkerville as other bushfires burn at Manjimup, Toodyay and Lancelin.{{cite news|last1=De Poloni|first1=Gian|last2=Mundy|first2=Garrett|last3=Trigger|first3=Rebecca|date=21 December 2023|title=WA fires: Parkerville emergency bushfire engulfs homes east of Perth as Lancelin, Toodyay fires downgraded|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-21/lancelin-toodyay-manjimup-emergency-bushfires-wa-fires/103253286|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=21 December 2023}}
• 22—28 December — Sealed bricks of cocaine wash up on beaches in New South Wales prompting the state's crime command to commence an investigation.{{cite news|last=Hyland|first=Jesse|date=27 December 2023|title=More bricks of cocaine wash up on beaches between Sydney and Newcastle |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-27/nsw-sydney-newcastle-cocaine-drugs-bricks-packages-police/103267540|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=28 December 2023}}
• 24 December —
• Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton deliver the annual leaders' Christmas messages.{{cite news |last=Somos|first=Christy|date=24 December 2023|title=Gratitude and 'tough' times feature in Australian leaders' Christmas messages|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/gratitude-and-tough-times-feature-in-australian-leaders-christmas-messages/lcuqsx9yn|work=SBS News|location= |access-date=26 December 2023}}
• The annual Carols by Candlelight event at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne is disrupted by pro-Palestinian protestors.{{cite news|last1=Jenkins|first1=Olivia|last2=Dann|first2=Emily|date=25 December 2023|title=Pro-Palestine protesters cause Christmas Eve chaos by storming Melbourne's Carols by Candelight stage|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/propalestine-protesters-cause-christmas-eve-chaos-by-storming-melbournes-carols-by-candelight-stage/news-story/1108192605f5716fc05c452dda1b70e2|work=Herald Sun|location= |access-date=26 December 2023}} Children preparing to perform with Emma Memma are rushed off the stage for their own safety until security could intercept the protestors. One of the protestors, a 21-year-old woman is arrested and issued with an infringement notice for carrying a controlled weapon.
• 25 December — Severe storms sweep across South East Queensland bringing heavy rain, large hail, strong winds and causing power outages.{{cite news |last1=Quattrocelli|first1=Peter|last2=Vujkovic|first2=Melanie|date=26 December 2023|title=Woman killed by fallen tree as wild Christmas storm lashes south-east Queensland |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-26/qld-storms-gold-coast-death/103264778|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=26 December 2023}} One woman is killed by a falling tree. The severe weather prompts the Boxing Day closure of some of the Gold Coast's theme parks including Warner Bros. Movie World, Wet 'n' Wild, Dreamworld and WhiteWater World.
• 27 December — At least 10 people are killed during severe weather which brings thunderstorms and strong winds to the eastern states of Queensland and Victoria.{{Cite news|date=27 December 2023|author=|title=9 people have died in wild weather in Australian states, officials say |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/9-people-died-wild-weather-australian-states-queensland-105933170 |access-date=27 December 2023|work=ABC News (America)|agency=Associated Press|language=en}}
• 28 December —
• Acting foreign affairs minister Mark Dreyfus confirms two Australian brothers were killed in an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon, after terrorist group Hezbollah claims one of the brothers had been fighting for them.{{cite news|last=Greber|first=Jacob|date=28 December 2023|title=One of two Australians killed in Israeli strike linked to terror group|url=https://www.afr.com/world/middle-east/dreyfus-confirms-two-australians-killed-in-israeli-strike-20231228-p5etze|work=Australian Financial Review|location= |access-date=28 December 2023}}
• Yakult Australia confirms it has been the target of a cyberattack.{{cite news|last=Nguyen|first=Kevin|date=28 December 2023|title=Yakult Australia targeted in cyber attack, employee files published on dark web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-28/yakult-australia-cyber-attack-dragonforce-files-dark-web/103269784|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=28 December 2023}}
• A 15-year-old Adelaide boy is killed in a shark attack while surfing on the Yorke Peninsula in South Australia.{{cite news|last1=Warriner|first1=Jessica|last2=Keane|first2=Daniel|date=29 December 2023|title=Shark attack victim killed off Yorke Peninsula remembered as 'talented and dearly loved' young surfer|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-29/teenage-boy-killed-in-ethel-beach-shark-attack/103271148|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=30 December 2023}}
• 29 December — The United Workers Union sends a report to Worksafe SA claiming workers at the Smith's factory in Adelaide have been experiencing adverse reactions from the seasoning used to flavour Doritos 'Flamin' Hot' corn chips.{{cite news |author=|date=29 December 2023|title=Spicy Doritos seasoning leaving workers with 'skin irritation' and 'difficulty breathing' at Smith's Chips factory, union claims|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-29/union-says-hot-chip-seasoning-causing-breathing-difficulties/103268396|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=30 December 2023}} In response, PepsiCo say they consider the safety of its employees as a "top priority" and they have mandated mask wearing during the production process and will install additional extraction fans.
• 31 December — Two Port Augusta train drivers are killed when the Pacific National freight train they were driving collides with a truck on a level crossing on the Barrier Highway at Bindarrah near the South Australian border with New South Wales which results in a major derailment.{{cite news |last1=Ormonde|first1=Bill|last2=McConnell|first2=Sarah|date=31 December 2023|title=Two train workers dead after crash between train and truck at Bindarrah, near NSW and SA border|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-31/train-and-truck-crash-near-nsw-sa-border/103275502|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=31 December 2023}}

• 1 January –
• Field Day is held at The Domain in Sydney where a total of 97 people are allegedly found in possession of illicit substances, with three people arrested for drug supply offences.{{cite news |author=|date=2 January 2023|title=Police catch almost 100 people with drugs at Sydney Field Day music festival|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-02/police-detect-97-people-with-drugs-at-field-day/101821812|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=2 January 2024}}{{cite news|last=Crittenden|first=Madeline|date=11 February 2023|title=A festival of sheer stupidity: Magistrate slams young Field Day drug users |url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts-nsw/a-festival-of-sheer-stupidity-magistrate-slams-young-field-day-drug-users/news-story/e3e48b0bc7cc184a2e33bf1a563f5ead|work=The Daily Telegraph|location= |access-date=2 January 2024}}
• Blueback is released to cinemas.{{cite news |last=Buckmaster|first=Luke|date=30 December 2022|title=Blueback review – Tim Winton adaptation hammers home its climate message|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/dec/30/blueback-review-tim-winton-adaptation-hammers-home-its-climate-message|work=The Guardian|location= |access-date=16 December 2023|quote=Blueback is in cinemas around Australia from 1 January}}
• 11 January – Cate Blanchett wins Best Actress at the 80th Golden Globe Awards for her role in Tár.{{cite news |last=Maddox|first=Garry|date=11 January 2023|title=Cate Blanchett triumphs as the Golden Globes return with surprisingly political ceremony|url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/movies/cate-blanchett-triumphs-as-the-golden-globes-return-with-surprisingly-political-ceremony-20230109-p5cb9g.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|location= |access-date=28 June 2023}}
• 15 January – Cate Blanchett wins Best Actress at the 28th Critics' Choice Awards for her role in Tár, but uses her acceptance speech to criticise the award, describing it as a "poor second" to a bottle of mouthwash Julia Roberts had given her, and accuses the film and television industry or promoting a "televised horse race".{{cite news |last1=Payne|first1=Shiloh|last2=Riga|first2=Jessica|date=16 January 2023|title=Cate Blanchett wins Best Actress at Critics Choice Awards, criticises 'televised horse race'|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-16/critics-choice-awards-2023-live-blog/101852122|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=12 July 2023}}{{cite news |last=Tu|first=Jessie|date=16 January 2023|title=Cate Blanchett blasts 'patriarchal pyramid' of televised awards in acceptance speech|url=https://womensagenda.com.au/latest/cate-blanchett-blasts-patriarchal-pyramid-of-televised-awards-in-acceptance-speech|work=Women's Agenda|location= |access-date=12 July 2023}}
• 21 January – The 51st Golden Guitar Awards are held in Tamworth.{{cite news |last=Furlong|first=Caitlin|date=21 January 2023|title=Tiggy Eckersley, 10, becomes youngest-ever winner at Golden Guitar awards in Tamworth|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-21/golden-guitars-tamworth-tiggy-eckersley-james-johnson-casey/101879860|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=29 June 2023}} Casey Barnes wins Album of the Year and Top Selling Album of the Year for Light It Up. 10-year-old Tiggy Heart Eckersley becomes the youngest Golden Guitar winner, awarded for the Song of the Year "Star of the Show" which she co-wrote with her parents Brooke McClymont and Adam Eckersley and their friend Dan Biederman. Andrew Swift is named Male Artist of the Year while Amber Lawrence is named Female Artist of the Year.
• 22 January – The Sydney Harbour Bridge and Cahill Expressway are closed to allow filming of The Fall Guy starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt.{{cite news|last=Muroi|first=Millie |date=21 January 2023|title=Harbour Bridge closes as Ryan Gosling shoots new film|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/harbour-bridge-to-close-as-ryan-gosling-shoots-new-film-20230121-p5cehb.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|location= |access-date=29 June 2023}}
• 26 January – True Spirit is released to selected Australian cinemas prior to its streaming on Netflix.{{cite news |last=Cartwright|first=Lexie|date=19 January 2023|title=How local creative team got Netflix on-board with Jessica Watson movie|url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/movies/upcoming-movies/how-local-creative-team-got-netflix-onboard-with-jessica-watson-movie/news-story/8be60f5f775551ea4d306d4543f5aa00|work=news.com.au|location= |access-date=16 December 2023|quote=True Spirit streams on Netflix February 3 and is in selected cinemas in Australia from January 26.}}
• 28 January – Flume tops the annual Triple J Hottest 100 with the song "Say Nothing" featuring Maya.{{cite news |last=Cunningham|first=Katie|date=28 January 2023|title=Triple J Hottest 100: Flume tops Australia's biggest music poll with Say Nothing|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/28/triple-j-hottest-100-flume-tops-australias-biggest-music-poll-with-say-nothing|work=The Guardian|location= |access-date=29 June 2023}}

• 19 February – Cate Blanchett wins Best Actress in a Leading Role at the 76th BAFTAS for her role in Tár.{{cite news|last=Maddox|first=Garry|date=20 February 2023|title=An emotional Cate Blanchett wins best actress at the BAFTAS for Tar|url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/movies/cate-blanchett-wins-best-actress-at-the-baftas-for-tar-20230220-p5clsc.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|location= |access-date=12 July 2023}}
• 24 February – The winners of the 12th AACTA International Awards are announced. Among the Australian winners are Baz Luhrmann (Best Direction), Cate Blanchett (Best Actress), Mark Coles Smith (Best Actor in a Series) and Mystery Road: Origin (Best Drama Series).{{cite news |last=Pederson|first=Erik|date=23 February 2023|title=Australia's International Awards: 'Avatar: The Way Of Water', Cate Blanchett & Austin Butler Take Top Prizes – Full List|url=https://deadline.com/2023/02/aacta-international-awards-2023-winners-avatar-the-way-of-water-austin-butler-cate-blanchett-1235269142/|work=Deadline Hollywood|location= |access-date=10 July 2023}}
• 26 February – A state memorial service is held in Melbourne for Olivia Newton-John who died in August 2022.{{cite news |last=Rachwani|first=Mostafa|date=26 February 2023|title=Thousands pay tribute to Olivia Newton-John at Australian memorial service |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/feb/26/thousands-pay-tribute-to-olivia-newton-john-at-australian-memorial-service|work=The Guardian|location= |access-date=10 September 2023}}

• 5 May – Julia Gutman is announced as the winner of the Archibald Prize for her portrait of Montaigne called Head in the sky, feet on the ground.{{cite news |last=Burke|first=Kelly|date=5 May 2023|title=Archibald prize 2023: Julia Gutman wins $100,000 for portrait of Montaigne |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/may/05/archibald-prize-2023-julia-gutman-wins-100000-for-portrait-of-montaigne|work=The Guardian|location= |access-date=29 June 2023}}
• 23 March –
• Of an Age is released into Australian cinemas.{{cite news|last=Byrnes|first=Paul|date=5 March 2023|title=The 10 movies to check out in March|url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/movies/the-10-movies-to-check-out-in-march-20230228-p5co88.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|location= |access-date=16 December 2023|quote=Of An Age...opens March 23}}
• The Portable Door is released into Australian cinemas prior to streaming on Stan.{{cite news|author=|date=2 February 2023|title=The Portable Door|url=https://if.com.au/the-portable-door-trailer|work=IF Magazine|location= |access-date=16 December 2023|quote=The Portable Door will be released in cinemas on March 23 via Madman Entertainment before premiering on Stan April 7.}}

• 27 April – Sarah Holland-Batt wins the Stella Prize for her poetry collection entitled The Jaguar.{{cite news|last=Burke|first=Kelly|date=27 April 2023|title=Sarah Holland-Batt wins Stella prize for 'tender' poems about her father's death|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/apr/27/sarah-holland-batt-wins-stella-prize-for-tender-poems-about-her-fathers-death|work=The Guardian|location= |access-date=1 January 2024}}

• 11–13 May – Progressive metal band Voyager represents Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 with the track "Promise", finishing in 9th place.
• 18 May – Limbo is released to Australian cinemas.{{cite news|last=Buckmaster|first=Luke|date=18 May 2023|title=Limbo review – Simon Baker is transcendent in another beautiful film from Ivan Sen |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/may/18/limbo-review-simon-baker-is-transcendent-in-another-beautiful-film-from-ivan-sen|work=The Guardian|location= |access-date=16 December 2023|quote=...it is out in cinemas in Australia from 18 May}}

• 20 June – Li Cunxin announces he will retire as artistic director of Queensland Ballet at the end of the year.{{cite news |last1=O'Brien|first1=Kerrie|last2=Geraets|first2=Nell|date=20 June 2023|title=Mao's last dancer retires: Li Cunxin takes his final bow|url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/dance/mao-s-last-dancer-retires-li-cunxin-takes-his-final-bow-20230620-p5dhwj.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|location= |access-date=20 December 2023}}
• 28 June – Run Rabbit Run is released to Netflix.{{cite news|last=Sun|first=Michael|date=11 June 2023|title=Run Rabbit Run review – Sarah Snook fails to spook|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/jun/11/run-rabbit-run-review-sarah-snook-fails-to-spook|work=The Guardian|location= |access-date=|quote=It will premiere on Netflix worldwide on 28 June}}

• 6 July – The New Boy is released to Australian cinemas.{{cite news |last=Kelly|first=Vivienne|date=7 June 2023|title='The New Boy' Drops Official Trailer Ahead of Australian Premiere|url=https://au.variety.com/2023/film/news/the-new-boy-9432/|work=Variety|location= |access-date=16 December 2023|quote=ahead of its premiere on July 6 in Australia.}}
• 25 July – Shankari Chandran wins the Miles Franklin Award for Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens{{Cite news |last=Burke |first=Kelly |date=2023-07-25 |title=Shankari Chandran wins 2023 Miles Franklin award for Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jul/25/miles-franklin-award-2023-winners-shankari-chandran-chai-time-cinnamon-gardens |access-date=2023-07-25 |issn=0261-3077}}
• 26 July – The Appleton Ladies' Potato Race premieres on Network 10 before streaming on Paramount+ from 27 July.{{cite news |last=Low|first=Lenny Ann|date=15 July 2023|title=A funny, compassionate, honest tale about feminism, culture clashes and potatoes|url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/a-funny-compassionate-honest-tale-about-feminism-culture-clashes-and-potatoes-20230705-p5dlvw.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|location= |access-date=16 December 2023|quote=The Appleton Ladies' Potato Race is on Ten and 10 Play on Wednesday, July 26, at 7.30pm and Paramount+ from July 27}}

• 3 September – John Farnham agrees to allow his 1986 hit "You're the Voice" to be used as the soundtrack for the Yes campaign in the lead up to the 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum.{{cite news |last=Yu|first=Andi|date=3 September 2023|title=John Farnham's hit song You're The Voice the official soundtrack for the 2023 referendum Yes campaign |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-03/john-farnhams-youre-the-voice-for-referendum-yes-campaign/102806260|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=4 September 2023}}
• 28 September – Love Is in the Air becomes available for streaming on Netflix.{{cite news|last=Varvaris|first=Mary|date=2 October 2023|title=Delta Goodrem's 'Love Is in The Air' Movie Hits Netflix #1|url=https://themusic.com.au/news/delta-goodrem-s-love-is-in-the-air-movie-hits-netflix-1/WRDnTUxPTnE/02-10-23|work=The Music|location= |access-date=16 December 2023|quote=On Thursday (28 September), the new movie starring Delta Goodrem alongside Joshua Sasse, Love Is In The Air, premiered on Netflix...}}

• 5 October – Shayda is released to Australian cinemas.{{cite news|last=Ma|first=Wenlei|date=2 October 2023|title=Shayda director Noora Niasari on family violence, Iranian liberation and taking her first film to the Oscars|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/oct/02/shayda-film-director-noora-niasari|work=The Guardian|location= |access-date=16 December 2023|quote=Shayda opens in Australian cinemas on 5 October.}}
• 24 October – Alex Skovron wins the Patrick White Award.{{cite news |last=Brophy|first=Kevin John|date=24 October 2023|title=A light touch, a feel for drama and a generous nature: author Alex Skovron wins the Patrick White Award|url=https://theconversation.com/a-light-touch-a-feel-for-drama-and-a-generous-nature-author-alex-skovron-wins-the-patrick-white-award-216162|work=The Conversation|location= |access-date=1 January 2024}}

• 2 November – Bring Him to Me is released to Australian cinemas.{{cite news|last=Wilson|first=Jake|date=2 November 2023|title=Not even Sam Neill can save this low-energy thriller|url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/movies/not-even-sam-neill-can-save-this-low-energy-thriller-20231101-p5egn3.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|location= |access-date=16 December 2023}}
• 14 November – The National Film and Sound Archive reveal the 2023 Sounds of Australia: "Anvil Chorus", Concerto of the Greater Sea, "Howzat", "I Am Australian", "I Only Came To Say Goodbye", "Menstruation Blues", "Slip-Slop-Slap", "Streets of Old Fitzroy", Sweet Nell of Old Drury, "Take Me To Your World", The Death of a Wombat and "The Loved One"{{cite news |last=Travers|first=Penny|date=14 November 2023|title=Slip! Slop! Slap! jingle, I am Australian, Sherbet's Howzat, Robyn Archer's Menstruation Blues among new Sounds of Australia|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-14/nfsa-adds-11-new-recordings-to-sounds-of-australia-registry/103101898|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=15 November 2023}}
• 15 November –
• The Australian National Dictionary Centre at the Australian National University selects "Matilda" as Australia's word of the year.{{cite news |last=Cassidy|first=Caitlin|date=15 November 2023|title='Matilda' named Australia's 2023 word of the year in nod to Tillies' triumphs |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/nov/15/matilda-australia-2023-word-of-the-year-womens-world-cup|work=The Guardian|location= |access-date=15 November 2023}}
• The 2023 ARIA Music Awards are held in Sydney where Genesis Owusu wins Album of the Year for Struggler and Troye Sivan is named Best Solo Artist for "Rush", which is also voted Song of the Year.{{cite news |last=Dervisevic|first=Hanan|date=15 November 2023|title=ARIA Awards 2023: Troye Sivan takes home four awards, tearful G Flip wins two. Here's the full list of winners|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-15/aria-awards-2023-winners-list/103097736|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=15 November 2023}}
• 16 November – Jessica Au wins the Prime Minister's Literary Award for Fiction for her second novel Cold Enough for Snow.{{cite news|last=Heath|first=Nicola|date=16 November 2023|title=Jessica Au wins $80,000 Prime Minister's Literary Award for novel, Cold Enough for Snow|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-16/jessica-au-cold-enough-for-snow-prime-minister-literary-award/103115260|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=1 January 2024}}
• 23 November – Edmund Tadros and Neil Chenoweth win the Gold Walkley at the 68th Walkley Awards, for their coverage in the Australian Financial Review of the PwC tax scandal.{{cite news |author= |date=24 November 2023|title=Australian Financial Review journalists receive gold Walkley award for PwC Tax leaks scandal|url=https://www.mediaweek.com.au/walkley-awards-excellence-in-journalism-australian-financial-review-pwc|work=Mediaweek|location= |access-date=26 November 2023}}

• 6 December – Guy Sebastian's former manager Titus Day who was found guilty by a jury in November 2022 of 34 fraud-related charges after allegedly embezzling $600,000 from Sebastian, has his conviction quashed and will be re-tried after winning an appeal in the Court of Criminal Appeal.{{cite news|last=Schmidt|first=Nathan|date=6 December 2023|title=Guy Sebastian's former manager to face retrial after $620k embezzlement conviction quashed|url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/latest-news/guy-sebastians-former-manager-to-face-retrial-after-620k-embezzlement-conviction-quashed/news-story/237336fd4bd6fac9da0791707757ef25|work=The Australian|location= |access-date=6 December 2023}}
• 20 December – Leanne Benjamin is named as the new artistic director of Queensland Ballet, succeeding Li Cunxin who is retiring from the company.{{cite news|last=Beavan|first=Katrina |date=20 December 2023|title=Former Rockhampton ballerina Leanne Benjamin takes over from Li Cunxin as artistic director of Queensland Ballet|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-20/leanne-benjamin-takes-over-from-li-cunxin-at-qld-ballet/103249772|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=20 December 2023}}

{{main|2023 in Australian television}}

• 16 January – Sarah Abo begins co-hosting the Nine Network's breakfast program Today, succeeding Allison Langdon.{{cite news |last=Enker|first=Debi|date=11 January 2023|title=How Sarah Abo landed one of the biggest hosting roles on Australian TV|url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/how-sarah-abo-landed-one-of-the-biggest-hosting-roles-on-australian-tv-20230106-p5cav7.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|location= |access-date=10 July 2023}}
• 28 January – Veteran Seven Network sports presenter Pat Welsh signs off after 47 years based at the network's Brisbane studio.{{cite news |last=Knox|first=David|date=29 January 2023|title="I've had a ball": Pat Welsh departs Seven News after 47 years|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/01/ive-had-a-ball-pat-welsh-departs-seven-news-after-47-years.html|work=TV Tonight|location= |access-date=10 July 2023}}
• 30 January –
• Allison Langdon begins her tenure as the host of Nine's A Current Affair, succeeding Tracy Grimshaw who departed at the end of 2022.{{cite news|last=Knox|first=David|date=30 January 2023|title=Ally Langdon begins as new host of A Current Affair|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/01/ally-langdon-begins-as-new-host-of-a-current-affair.html|work=TV Tonight|location= |access-date=10 July 2023}}
• Sam Mac is announced as the new host of Sydney Weekender, replacing Matt Shirvington.{{cite news|last=Knox|first=David|date=30 January 2023|title=Sam Mac becomes new Sydney Weekender host|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/01/sam-mac-becomes-new-sydney-weekender-host.html|work=TV Tonight|location= |access-date=10 July 2023}}

• 27 February – After stepping down as the host of 7.30 in 2022, Leigh Sales returns to ABC TV as the new host of Australian Story which had been without a host since Caroline Jones left in 2016.{{cite news |last=Mitchell|first=Thomas|date=15 February 2023|title='I thought about a total career change': Why Leigh Sales is back on the ABC|url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/i-thought-about-a-total-career-change-why-leigh-sales-is-back-on-the-abc-20230214-p5ckb3.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|location= |access-date=4 September 2023}}
• 28 February –
• New sketch show We Interrupt This Broadcast premieres on the Seven Network.{{cite news |last=Knox|first=David|date=20 February 2023|title=Airdate: We Interrupt This Broadcast|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/02/airdate-we-interrupt-this-broadcast.html|work=TV Tonight|location= |access-date=10 July 2023}}
• Australian comedian Reuben Kaye delivers a controversial joke about Jesus during an appearance on The Project which prompts widespread criticism, and prompts hosts Waleed Aly and Sarah Harris to apologise the following night for the offence it caused to Muslim and Christian viewers.{{cite news |last=Knox|first=David|date=2 March 2023|title="We acknowledge the offense": The Project apologises over guest joke|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/03/we-acknowledge-the-offense-the-project-apologises-over-guest-joke.html|work=TV Tonight|location= |access-date=26 December 2023}}{{cite news |last=Beaini|first=Adella|date=3 March 2023|title=Archbishop of Sydney pens letter to Channel 10 bosses after 'disgusting' Jesus joke|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/archbishop-of-sydney-pens-letter-to-channel-10-bosses-after-disgusting-jesus-joke/news-story/d082de227fefbe006f1a5e6790fca8c4|work=The Daily Telegraph|location= |access-date=26 December 2023}}

• 19 March – Indira Naidoo begins hosting the long-running Compass program on ABC TV, succeeding Geraldine Doogue.{{cite news |last=Knox|first=David|date=21 February 2023|title=Indira Naidoo new host of Compass|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/02/indira-naidoo-new-host-of-compass.html|work=TV Tonight|location= |access-date=10 July 2023|quote=The new season begins Sunday, 19 March, 6.30pm on ABC.}}
• 26 March – Royston Sagigi-Baira wins the eighth season of Australian Idol with Phoebe Stewart the runner-up.{{cite news|last=Knox|first=David|date=27 March 2023|title=Royston wins Australian Idol|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/03/royston-wins-australian-idol-2023.html|work=TV Tonight|location= |access-date=10 July 2023}}
• 27 March – Olympic pole vaulter Liz Parnov wins Australian Survivor: Heroes V Villains.{{cite news|last=Knox|first=David|date=28 March 2023|title=Liz wins Australian Survivor 2023|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/03/liz-wins-australian-survivor-2023.html|work=TV Tonight|location= |access-date=10 July 2023}}

• 12 April – The final edition of Spencer Gulf Nightly News goes to air prior to its axing by Southern Cross Austereo, leaving South Australians with no regional television news service.{{cite news |last1=Ward|first1=Nicholas|last2=Cominos|first2=Christian|last3=Brown|first3=Oliver|date=13 April 2023|title=Spencer Gulf Nightly News axed by Southern Cross Austereo|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-13/spencer-gulf-nightly-news-axed-by-southern-cross-austereo/102220072|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=30 June 2023}}
• 17 April – An episode of animated series Bluey entitled "Exercise" prompts criticism and accusations of fat shaming, which leads to the episode being edited.{{cite news |last=Hall|first=Amy|date=17 April 2023|title=Why this episode of Bluey has been criticised by some parents and body image experts|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/why-this-episode-of-bluey-has-been-criticised-by-some-parents/sibc12ag0|work=SBS News|location= |access-date=20 November 2023}}{{cite news |last=Rutherford|first=Nichola|date=5 May 2023|title=Bluey: Episode of children's TV show edited over 'fat-shaming' claims|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-65496426|work=BBC News|location= |access-date=20 November 2023}}
• 30 April – Former netballer Liz Ellis wins the ninth season of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! while boxer Harry Garside is runner-up.{{cite news |last=Bond|first=Nick|date=1 May 2023|title=Liz Ellis' 'life-changing moment' on I'm A Celeb|url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/reality-tv/im-a-celebrity/liz-ellis-lifechanging-moment-on-im-a-celeb/news-story/b90c8add1f54aad2994d253f44b27e94|work=news.com.au|location= |access-date=30 June 2023}} After flying back to Australia on 2 May, Garside is arrested by police at Sydney Airport and charged with assaulting his former partner on 1 March.{{cite news|last=Anderson|first=Anthony|date=2 May 2023|title=Olympic boxer and reality TV star was arrested at Sydney airport|url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/breaking-news/the-olympic-boxer-and-reality-tv-star-was-arrested-at-sydney-airport/news-story/4ae32d1975402ad7cf34c88c6def913d|work=The Australian|agency=NCA Newswire|location= |access-date=30 June 2023}} The charges were withdrawn by police on 7 June.{{cite news |last1=Ferri|first1=Lauren|last2=Lang|first2=Adelaide|date=7 June 2023|title=Charges dropped against Olympian boxer Harry Garside|url=https://www.news.com.au/sport/boxing/charges-dropped-against-olympian-boxer-harry-garside/news-story/6f018109f42ec469d1947a28f42f54f5|work=news.com.au|location= |access-date=30 June 2023}}

• 1 May – The premiere of the fifteenth series of MasterChef Australia is pulled from the schedule by Network 10 just hours before it is due to air due to the sudden death of judge Jock Zonfrillo.{{cite news |last1=Di Stefano|first1=Mark|last2=Buckingham-Jones|first2=Sam|last3=LaFrenz|first3=Carrie|date=7 May 2023|title=How Ten scrambled to recover from MasterChef tragedy|url=https://www.afr.com/companies/media-and-marketing/how-ten-scrambled-to-recover-from-masterchef-tragedy-20230505-p5d5ze|work=Australian Financial Review|location= |access-date=30 June 2023}} After consultation with Zonfrillo's family, the series commences on 7 May 2023.
• 6 May – The ABC is heavily criticised for their coverage of the Coronation of Charles III and Camilla on ABC TV, during which they held a panel discussion featuring three anti-monarchists including Q+A host Stan Grant, Australian Republican Movement chair Craig Foster and Indigenous writer and lawyer Teela Reid, and one monarchist Julian Leeser.{{cite news|last=Butler|first=Josh|date=8 May 2023|title=Australian monarchists accuse ABC of 'despicable' coverage of King Charles's coronation|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/may/08/king-charles-coronation-australia-monarchists-accuse-abc-of-despicable-tv-coverage|work=The Guardian|location= |access-date=24 July 2023}}{{cite news|last=O'Brien|first=Susie|date=8 May 2023|title=Heads should roll at ABC over coronation coverage|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/susie-obrien/susie-obrien-heads-should-roll-at-abc-over-coronation-coverage/news-story/f5f96a0204b88dc3c1b0a97719929f14|work=Herald Sun|location= |access-date=24 July 2023}}{{cite news|last1=Elsworth|first1=Sophie|last2=Madden|first2=James|date=8 May 2023|title=ABC's coronation coverage labelled 'bile'|url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/abcs-coronation-coverage-labelled-bile/news-story/e28ed610e1d5810d3c7123650597b73e|work=The Australian|location= |access-date=24 July 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.3aw.com.au/neil-mitchell-takes-the-abc-to-task-over-its-kings-coronation-coverage|title=Neil Mitchell takes the ABC to TASK over its King's Coronation coverage|author= |date=8 May 2023|website=3AW|publisher= |access-date=24 July 2023|quote=}}{{cite news|last=Elsworth|first=Sophie|date=23 July 2023|title=ABC chair Ita Buttrose 'sorry' for controversial King's coronation coverage|url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/abc-chair-ita-buttrose-sorry-for-controversial-kings-coronation-coverage/news-story/bc225977ae0d8e4330430336ae0b6910|work=The Australian|location= |access-date=24 July 2023}} The panel discussion prompted more than 1,800 complaints from viewers and an ombudsman's investigation, which found no breach of impartiality standards during the coverage.{{cite web |url=https://about.abc.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Ombudsman-Investigation-Coronation-Coverage-final-report.pdf|title=Ombudsman's Report – 25 May 2023 (King Charles III Coronation Coverage – 6 May 2023)|author= |date=25 May 2023|website=ABC Ombudsman|publisher= |access-date=24 July 2023|quote=}}{{cite news |author= |date=25 May 2023|title=ABC Ombudsman finds coverage of King Charles III's coronation did not breach impartiality standards |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-25/abc-ombudsman-findings-king-coronation-coverage/102392616|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=24 July 2023}} Grant also received racial abuse after his appearance on the panel which prompted him to step back from hosting Q+A.{{cite news|last=Meade|first=Amanda|date=19 May 2023|title=Q+A host Stan Grant standing down from ABC show after racist abuse |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/may/19/stan-grant-abc-qa-qanda-host-standing-down-racist-abuse|work=The Guardian|location= |access-date=24 July 2023}}

• 2 June – After losing his civil defamation trial, Ben Roberts-Smith resigns from Seven West Media.{{cite news|last=Meade|first=Amanda|date=2 June 2023|title=Ben Roberts-Smith resigns from Seven after losing defamation fight against Nine|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jun/02/ben-roberts-smith-resigns-from-seven-network-queensland-general-manager-after-losing-defamation-case-trial-verdict-against-nine-newspapers|work=The Guardian|location= |access-date=4 June 2023}} He had been the general manager of regional network Seven Queensland since July 2015 before also being appointed as general manager of Seven Brisbane in 2016.{{cite news |author= |date=3 July 2015|title=Seven West Media appoints Ben Roberts-Smith as general manager of Seven Queensland|url=https://www.mediaweek.com.au/seven-west-media-appoints-ben-roberts-smith-as-general-manager-of-seven-queensland|work=Mediaweek|location= |access-date=4 June 2023}}{{cite news |author= |date=12 April 2016|title=Ben Roberts-Smith promoted to general manager of Seven Brisbane|url=https://mumbrella.com.au/ben-roberts-smith-promoted-to-general-manager-of-seven-brisbane-and-seven-queensland-359380|work=Mumbrella|location= |access-date=4 June 2023}}
• 9 June – After 21 years, David Koch co-hosts Seven Network breakfast program Sunrise for the final time.{{cite news |last=Meade|first=Amanda|date=9 June 2023|title=Sun sets on David Koch's 21 years of breakfast television with farewell extravaganza |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/commentisfree/2023/jun/09/sun-sets-on-david-kochs-21-years-of-breakfast-television-with-farewell-extravaganza|work=The Guardian|location= |access-date=10 June 2023}} Koch is succeeded by Matt Shirvington.{{cite news|last1=Lahey|first1=Kate|last2=Geraets|first2=Nell|date=5 June 2023|title=Sunrise announces David Koch's replacement|url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/sunrise-announces-david-koch-s-replacement-20230605-p5ddwd.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|location= |access-date=29 June 2023}}
• 17 June – The Australian Broadcasting Corporation's managing director David Anderson announces a major restructure of the organisation in the new financial year, resulting in the loss of 120 jobs, the Sunday evening state-based ABC News bulletins on ABC TV being replaced with a single national bulletin and the abolition of the ABC's arts team.{{cite news|last1=Antrobus|first1=Blake|last2=Williamson|first2=Joanne|date=16 June 2023|title=Difficult decisions': ABC axes state-based Sunday news bulletin, 120 jobs in major restructure|url=https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/media/the-abc-will-reportedly-announce-a-significant-number-of-jobs-are-being-axed/news-story/8179cfd3795cc07a0d3669141a329454|work=news.com.au|location= |access-date=23 June 2023}} Among those to lose their jobs was national political editor Andrew Probyn whose position is made redundant.{{cite news |last=Meade|first=Amanda|date=15 June 2023|title=ABC political editor Andrew Probyn made redundant by national broadcaster|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/jun/15/abc-political-editor-andrew-probyn-made-redundant-by-national-broadcaster|work=The Guardian|location= |access-date=23 June 2023}} The ABC is widely condemned for the decisions.{{cite news|last=Eccles|first=David|date=16 June 2023|title='Disgrace': Backlash over ABC job, local news cuts|url=https://indaily.com.au/news/2023/06/16/disgrace-backlash-over-abc-job-local-news-cuts|work=InDaily|location= |access-date=23 June 2023}}{{cite news |last=Harmsworth|first=Andrei|date=16 June 2023|title=Peter Kennedy: ABC's former political editor says replacing WA bulletin with national news is 'a disgrace' |url=https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/peter-kennedy-abcs-former-political-editor-says-replacing-wa-bulletin-with-national-news-is-a-disgrace-c-10999599|work=The West Australian|location= |access-date=23 June 2023}}{{cite news|last=Walter|first=Riley|date=16 June 2023|title=ABC Adelaide host Stacey Lee blasts decision to cut local Sunday night news bulletins |url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/abc-adelaide-host-stacey-lee-blasts-decision-to-cut-local-sunday-night-news-bulletins/news-story/5c4e18bbf133202151e8b9db16495c55|work=The Advertiser|location= |access-date=23 June 2023}}{{Cite tweet |last=Malinauskas|first=Peter|author-link=Peter Malinauskas|user=PMalinauskasMP|number=1671383558521524224|date=21 June 2023|title=The ABC's decision to axe its local Sunday night news bulletins is just wrong|script-title= |trans-title= |language= |retweet= |location= |access-date=23 June 2023|link= |quote=The ABC's decision to axe its local Sunday night news bulletins is just wrong. A strong democracy depends on a strong fourth estate. In an open letter, I'm calling upon the ABC to reconsider its position and reinstate local 7pm Sunday bulletins.|ref=}}
• 25 June – ABC TV's Sunday morning public affairs show Insiders signs off from the ABC's Melbourne studio for the final time, ahead of its relocation to the ABC's studio in Canberra.{{cite news|last=Knox|first=David|date=26 June 2023|title=Insiders signs off from Melbourne studio|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/06/insiders-signs-off-from-melbourne-studio.html|work=TV Tonight|location= |access-date=9 July 2023}}

• 10 July – The Seven Network announces they have signed a two-year deal with Hockey Australia to broadcast all internationally sanctioned games played by the Kookaburras and Hockeyroos as well as all matches of the Hockey One league throughout 2023 and 2024.{{cite news |last=Knox|first=David|date=10 July 2023|title=Seven deal for Kookaburras, Hockeyroos matches|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/07/seven-deal-for-kookaburras-hockeyroos-matches.html|work=TV Tonight|location= |access-date=10 July 2023}}
• 16 July – Brent Draper wins the 15th season of Masterchef Australia.{{cite news |last=Knox|first=David|date=16 July 2023|title=Brent Draper wins MasterChef 2023|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/07/brent-draper-wins-masterchef-2023.html|work=TV Tonight|location= |access-date=16 July 2023}}
• 23 July –
• Weekend Sunrise becomes the final live television program to broadcast from the Seven Network's Martin Place studios as the network completes its relocation to its Eveleigh headquarters. The final editions of Sunrise and The Morning Show from Martin Place aired on 21 July while the final Seven News Sydney bulletin from Martin Place aired on 25 June.{{cite news|last=Knox|first=David|date=21 July 2023|title=Sunrise, The Morning Show farewell Martin Place|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/07/sunrise-the-morning-show-farewell-martin-place.html|work=TV Tonight|location= |access-date=23 July 2023}}{{cite news|last=Knox |first=David|date=26 June 2023|title=Seven News Sydney signs off from Martin Place studios |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/06/seven-news-sydney-signs-off-from-martin-place-studios.html|work=TV Tonight|location= |access-date=23 July 2023}}
• Phil Burton and dance partner Ash-Leigh Hunter win the twentieth series of Dancing with the Stars.{{cite news|last=Knox|first=David|date=24 July 2023|title=Phil Burton wins Dancing with the Stars |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/07/phil-burton-wins-dancing-with-the-stars.html|work=TV Tonight|location= |access-date=24 July 2023}}
• 24 July – The ABC announces that Stan Grant will not be returning to host Q+A with Patricia Karvelas confirmed as the program's host for the remainder of the year.{{cite news |last=Knox|first=David|date=24 July 2023|title=Stan Grant not returning to Q+A|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/07/stan-grant-not-returning-to-qa.html|work=TV Tonight|location= |access-date=24 July 2023}} It is also announced Dan Bourchier would soon be hosting a special edition of Q+A from the Garma Festival.
• 30 July – Seven Network personality Sonia Kruger wins the Gold Logie at the 2023 Logie Awards held in Sydney.{{cite news |last=Knox|first=David|date=30 July 2023|title=2023 Gold Logie: It's Sonia! |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/07/2023-gold-logie-its-sonia.html|work=TV Tonight|location= |access-date=31 July 2023}} Kruger's win is criticised by several media commentators and Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi.{{cite news|last=Faruqi|first=Osman|date=31 July 2023|title=Sonia Kruger's Logie win wasn't a shock, but it was still depressing to watch|url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/sonia-kruger-s-logie-win-wasn-t-a-shock-but-it-was-still-depressing-to-watch-20230731-p5dsgf.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|location= |access-date=10 August 2023}}{{cite news|last=Mascarenhas|first=Carla|date=31 July 2023|title=Sonia Kruger's Logie win sparks backlash after divisive 2016 comments|url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/sonia-krugers-logie-win-sparks-backlash-after-divisive-2016-comments/news-story/4d7ccdec8b1234982585b7ffa9ced0c2|work=news.com.au|location= |access-date=10 August 2023}}{{cite news|last=Rida|first=Adam|date=1 August 2023|title='I will never forget what Sonia Kruger said about Muslims'|url=https://mumbrella.com.au/i-will-never-forget-what-sonia-kruger-said-about-muslims-795939|work=Mamamia|location= |access-date=10 August 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/chamber/hansards/27122/toc_pdf/Senate_2023_08_09.pdf|title=Senate: Hansard (Wednesday, 9 August 2023)|author= |date=9 August 2023|website= |publisher=Australian Government|page=36|access-date=10 August 2023|quote=}} All referred to Kruger's controversial remarks on the Nine Network's Today program in 2016 regarding immigration which the New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal ruled as having vilified Muslims.{{cite news|last=Kozaki|first=Danuta|date=18 July 2016|title=Sonia Kruger's Muslim comments: Stereotyping breeds hate, race discrimination commissioner says|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-18/sonia-kruger-muslim-migration-comments-breed-hate-commissioner/7638070|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=10 August 2023}}{{cite news|last=Sedghi|first=Sarah|date=19 July 2016|title=Sonia Kruger responds to media storm, defends her right to comment on Muslim immigration|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-19/sonia-kruger-responds-to-media-storm-about-muslim-immigration/7641690|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=10 August 2023}}{{cite news |author= |date=15 February 2019|title=Sonia Kruger vilified Muslim people in Australia but her comments were not racist|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-15/sonia-kruger-vilified-muslims-but-comments-not-racist/10817772|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=10 August 2023}}

• 2 August –
• After receiving much criticism, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation announces it has reversed its earlier decision, deciding to retain the Sunday evening editions of the state-based ABC News bulletins on ABC TV.{{cite news |last=Knox|first=David|date=2 August 2023|title=ABC backflips on national Sunday bulletin plan, retains state-based news|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/08/abc-backflips-on-national-sunday-bulletin-plan-retains-state-based-news.html |work= |location= |access-date=8 August 2023}}
• After last airing in 2009, improvised comedy show Thank God You're Here returns to Network 10 with new host Celia Pacquola.{{cite news |last1=Anabel|first1=Anita|last2=Baumann|first2=Jasper|date=2 August 2023|title="It's like a theme park": Celia Paquola on the bigger scale of the new season of Thank God You're Here|url=https://www.mediaweek.com.au/its-like-a-theme-park-celia-paquola-on-the-bigger-scale-of-the-new-season-of-thank-god-youre-here|work=Mediaweek|location= |access-date=4 September 2023}}
• 4 August – Eddie McGuire announces that Millionaire Hot Seat, the afternoon game show he has hosted since its debut in 2009, will be going into hiatus in January 2024, to be replaced with a new program produced in Melbourne.{{cite news|last=Knox|first=David|date=4 August 2023|title=Hot Seat to go "into hiatus" on Nine|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/08/hot-seat-to-go-into-hiatus-on-nine.html|work=TV Tonight|location= |access-date=4 August 2023}}
• 7 August – Australian animated children's program Bluey wins the TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming at the 39th TCA Awards.{{cite news |last=Cordero|first=Rosy|date=7 August 2023|title='Succession' Leads 2023 TCA Award Winners |url=https://deadline.com/2023/08/2023-tca-award-winners-1235456383|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230807190633/https://deadline.com/2023/08/2023-tca-award-winners-1235456383/|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 August 2023|work=Deadline|location= |access-date=8 August 2023}}
• 15 August – After last airing in 2016, Kitchen Cabinet hosted by Annabel Crabb returns to ABC TV.{{cite news|last=Knox|first=David|date=15 August 2023|title=Politicians let down their guard and eat humble pie in Kitchen Cabinet|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/08/politicians-let-down-their-guard-and-eat-humble-pie-in-kitchen-cabinet.html|work=TV Tonight|location= |access-date=4 September 2023}}
• 16 August – The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup semi-final between the Matildas and the Lionesses becomes the most watched television program since the OzTAM audience measuring commenced in 2001, with preliminary data showing a national average audience of 7.13 million watched the game.{{cite news |author= |date=17 August 2023|title=Matildas' Women's World Cup semifinal loss to England sets TV audience record|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-17/fifa-womens-world-cup-matildas-england-tv-audience/102741074|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=19 August 2023}}
• 23 August – The 2023 reimagining of ABC TV's sitcom Mother and Son debuts, attracting a national metro audience of 441,000 viewers.{{cite news|last=Knox|first=David|date=24 August 2023|title=The Voice, Mother & Son score on Wednesday|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/08/the-voice-mother-son-score-on-wednesday.html|work=TV Tonight|location= |access-date=27 August 2023}}{{cite news|last=Knox|first=David|date=24 August 2023|title=Ratings: Wednesday 23 August 2023|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/08/wednesday-23-august-2023.html |work=TV Tonight|location= |access-date=27 August 2023}}
• 24 August – Prime Minister Anthony Albanese officially opens the Seven Sydney's new newsroom and studio facility at the network's head office in South Eveleigh.{{cite news |last=Knox|first=David|date=25 August 2023|title=Seven's new Sydney news studio official opening |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/08/gallery-sevens-new-sydney-news-studio-official-opening.html|work=TV Tonight|location= |access-date=27 August 2023}}
• 29 August – After having last aired in 2018, Network 10 reboots Shark Tank with a completely new cast of "sharks", consisting of Sabri Suby, Catriona Wallace, Davie Fogarty, Jane Lu, and Robert Herjavec.{{cite news |last=Anabel|first=Anita|date=29 August 2023|title=Shark Tank Australia 2023 Recap Episode 1: The Sharks make one business an offer they can't refuse |url=https://www.chattr.com.au/29/08/2023/shark-tank-australia-2023-recap-episode-1|work=Chattr |location= |access-date=27 August 2023}}

• 6 September – Nine Entertainment holds their Upfronts in Sydney where they officially reveal the commentary teams for their Olympics and Paralympics coverage.{{cite news |last=Knox|first=David|date=6 September 2023|title=Upfronts 2024: Nine Network |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/09/upfronts-2024-nine-network.html|work=TV Tonight|location= |access-date=9 September 2023}} The network also confirms a local version of Tipping Point hosted by Todd Woodbridge will air on Nine in 2024 as will a reboot of an Australian version of Jeopardy! Nine also confirms the return of former A Current Affair host Tracy Grimshaw in an undisclosed project.
• 7 September – The Australian Broadcasting Corporation admits it breached its own policies pertaining to the licensing of its archival television footage for political purposes after it's discovered the ABC's commercial arm licensed footage from the 1967 referendum to be used in Uluru Dialogue's advertisement for the 2023 referendum featuring John Farnham's hit song You're the Voice.{{cite news |last=Wilson|first=Cam|date=7 September 2023|title=ABC broke its own rules by providing Yes with 'You're the Voice' ad footage |url=https://www.crikey.com.au/2023/09/07/abc-voice-to-parliament-yes-john-farnham-advertisement|work=Crikey|location= |access-date=9 September 2023}}{{cite news |last=Bye|first=Clarissa|date=7 September 2023|title=John Farnham ad given historic ABC footage 'in error' to promote Yes campaign|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/john-farnham-ad-given-historic-abc-footage-in-error-to-promote-yes-campaign/news-story/dd2c8550fd4c95e75de64e8c7455618b|work=The Daily Telegraph|location= |access-date=9 September 2023}} That same footage was also inexplicably watermarked with a logo belonging to private company Australian Television Archive despite owner James Paterson stating that he had "nothing to do with the campaign, the agency or have any connection whatsoever to the footage our logo was placed on".{{cite news|last=Wilson|first=Cam|date=6 September 2023|title=No-one knows why this business logo appears in the Yes campaign's 'You're the Voice' ad|url=https://www.crikey.com.au/2023/09/06/yes-campaign-youre-the-voice-mystery-australian-television-archive|work=Crikey|location= |access-date=9 September 2023}}
• 10 September – Juanita Phillips reads her final ABC News New South Wales bulletin on ABC TV in Sydney after 21 years.{{cite news|last=Cockburn|first=Paige|date=10 September 2023|title=ABC news presenter Juanita Phillips reflects on stories that moved her as she prepares for last day at broadcaster|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-10/abc-news-presenter-juanita-phillips-anchors-tv-news-final-time/102834336|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=10 September 2023}} She is succeeded by Jeremy Fernandez.
• 18 September – Neighbours returns after more than a year off the air.{{cite news |author=|date=18 September 2023|title=Neighbours returns to Australian screens tonight. Here's how to watch it and what to expect from the new episodes|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-18/neighbours-is-back-where-to-watch-mischa-barton/102868154|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=2 October 2023}}

• 3 October – Identical twins Radha and Prabha win the thirteenth series of My Kitchen Rules.{{cite news|last=Knox|first=David|date=4 October 2023|title=Radha and Prabha win MKR 2023 |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/10/radha-and-prabha-win-mkr-2023.html|work=TV Tonight|location= |access-date=7 October 2023}}
• 8 October – Tarryn Stokes wins the twelfth season of The Voice.{{cite news|last=Knox|first=David|date=9 October 2023|title=Tarryn Stokes wins The Voice 2023|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/10/tarryn-stokes-wins-the-voice-2023.html|work=TV Tonight|location= |access-date=9 October 2023}}
• 18 October - Television journalist and former I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! contestant Natasha Exelby appears in Melbourne Magistrates' Court, where she is fined $2000, disqualified from driving for 22 months and had her licence cancelled after crashing into a parked car at Toorak while having a BAC of .220.{{cite news |last=Placella|first=Laura|date=19 October 2023|title=Journalist Natasha Exelby busted drink driving after crashing into parked car while four times over legal limit |url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts-victoria/journalist-natasha-exelby-busted-drink-driving-after-crashing-into-parked-car-while-four-times-over-legal-limit/news-story/f710cdbc849622fb4e298b61c049c1f3|work=Herald Sun |location= |access-date=26 November 2023}} However, no conviction was recorded.
• 22 October – The Nine Network announces that the ABC's former political editor Andrew Probyn had joined Nine as national affairs editor.{{cite news|last=Kurmelovs|first=Royce|date=22 October 2023|title=Andrew Probyn joins Nine after being made redundant by the ABC|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/oct/22/andrew-probyn-joins-nine-after-being-made-redundant-by-the-abc|work=The Guardian|location= |access-date=12 December 2023}}
• 24 October – Network 10 / Paramount ANZ hold their 2024 upfronts in Sydney where they reveal: Ready Steady Cook will be rebooted with Miguel Maestre as host; Deal of No Deal will be revived with Grant Denyer as host; new episodes of Wheel of Fortune will be filmed in the UK with Graham Norton as host; and Robert Irwin will co-host I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!{{cite news |last=Laidlaw|first=Kyle|date=24 October 2023|title=Everything announced (and missing) from the Paramount/Network 10 Upfronts |url=https://tvblackbox.com.au/page/2023/10/24/everything-announced-and-missing-from-the-paramount-network-10-upfronts|work=TV Blackbox|location= |access-date=24 October 2023}} They also announce a new judging line up for MasterChef Australia with Poh Ling Yeow, Sofia Levin and Jean-Christophe Novelli joining returning judge Andy Allen. It's also announced Top Gear Australia will be rebooted to stream on Paramount+, hosted by Blair Joscelyne, Beau Ryan and Jonathan LaPaglia.

• 1 November – Foxtel closes its Foxtel Movies Kids channel.{{Cite web |title=Customer updates |url=https://www.foxtel.com.au/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107210757/https://www.foxtel.com.au/index.html |archive-date=7 November 2023 |access-date=8 November 2023 |website=Foxtel}}
• 7 November – Dami Im wins fifth season of The Masked Singer Australia.{{cite news|last=Knox|first=David|date=8 November 2023|title=Dami Im wins The Masked Singer 2023|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/11/dami-im-wins-the-masked-singer-2023.html|work=TV Tonight|location= |access-date=12 November 2023}} Darren Hayes is the runner-up and Conrad Sewell places third.
• 9 November – Darren McMullen and his nephew Tristan Dougan win The Amazing Race Australia: Celebrity Edition.{{cite news |last=Knox|first=David|date=10 November 2023|title=Darren McMullen makes generous gesture in Amazing Race finale|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/11/darren-mcmullen-makes-generous-gesture-in-amazing-race-finale.html|work=TV Tonight|location= |access-date=12 November 2023}} They decide to share the $100,000 prize money with the other two charities nominated by the remaining two teams (Alli Simpson's team and Emma Watkins' team)
• 14 November – It's announced Network 10's morning program Studio 10 would be ending its 10-year run on 21 December 2023, after more than 2500+ editions.{{cite news |last=Knox|first=David|date=14 November 2023|title=Axed: Studio 10 ending after 10 years |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/11/axed-studio-10-ending-after-10-years.html|work=TV Tonight|location= |access-date=14 November 2023}}
• 18 November – The Nine Network announces that Alicia Loxley and Tom Steinfort would be replacing long-serving anchor Peter Hitchener as the weeknight news presenter on Nine News Melbourne in 2024 - with Hitchener moving to the weekend bulletins.{{cite news|last=McKnight|first=Rob|date=18 November 2023|title=Peter Hitchener moves on as 9News Melbourne weeknights presenter|url=https://tvblackbox.com.au/page/2023/11/18/peter-hitchener-dumped-as-9-news-weeknights-presenter|work=TV Blackbox|location= |access-date=26 November 2023}}{{cite news |author= |date=18 November 2023|title=Hitchener to leave Nine's weeknight news bulletins after 25 years|url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/hitchener-to-leave-nine-s-weeknight-news-bulletins-after-25-years-20231118-p5ekzh.html|work=The Age|location= |access-date=26 November 2023|quote=...Peter Hitchener is moving to the weekend...}}
• 20 November –
• Three Australian television programs win their categories at the 51st International Emmy Awards in New York: Harley & Katya for Best Sports Documentary, Built to Survive for Kids: Factual, and Heartbreak High for Kids: Live Action.{{cite news |last=Knox|first=David|date=21 November 2023|title=Australian trifecta at International Emmy Awards |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/11/australian-trifecta-at-international-emmy-awards.html|work=TV Tonight|location= |access-date=21 November 2023}}
• It's announced "Fast Ed" would be departing the Seven Network's lifestyle program Better Homes and Gardens after almost twenty years, with the final edition in which he appears scheduled to air on 1 December.{{cite news|last=Knox|first=David|date=20 November 2023|title="Fast" Ed Halmagyi to depart Better Homes & Gardens|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/11/fast-ed-halmagyi-to-depart-better-homes-gardens.html|work=TV Tonight|location= |access-date=20 November 2023}}
• 22 November –
• Bruce Lehrmann settles his defamation case against the Australian Broadcasting Corporation which the ABC says was "settled on mutually acceptable, confidential terms, without admission of liability".{{cite news |last=Whitbourn|first=Michaela|date=22 November 2023|title=Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann settles defamation case with ABC|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/former-liberal-staffer-bruce-lehrmann-settles-defamation-case-with-abc-20231122-p5elyo.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|location= |access-date=26 November 2023}} However, Lehrmann continues his defamation action against Network 10 and Lisa Wilkinson which commences in the Federal Court in Sydney.{{cite news |last1=Byrne|first1=Elizabeth|last2=Bell|first2=Patrick|date=22 November 2023|title=Bruce Lehrmann's defamation action against Network Ten, Lisa Wilkinson begins after ABC settlement |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-22/abc-settles-bruce-lehrmann-defamation-action/103134762|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=26 November 2023}}
• The Australian Transport Safety Bureau releases its findings into the helicopter crash in February 2022, in which Outback Wrangler star Willow Wilson was killed in West Arnhem Land, concluding that fuel exhaustion was the likely cause.{{cite news|last1=Morgan|first1=Thomas|last2=Spina-Matthew|first2=Sarah|last3=Hislop|first3=Jack|date=22 November 2023|title=ATSB releases final report into fatal helicopter crash in remote NT that killed Chris 'Willow' Wilson|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-22/atsb-final-report-fatal-helicopter-crash-nt-chris-wilson-death/103131088|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=26 November 2023}}
• 30 November – Peter Hitchener reads his final weeknight edition of Nine News Melbourne.{{cite news|last=Grebert-Craig|first=Brooke|date=1 December 2023|title=Peter Hitchener becomes emotional as he bids farewell to weeknights at Nine News |url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/peter-hitchener-becomes-emotional-as-he-bids-farewell-to-weeknights-at-nine-news/news-story/e280d59be4a81fc0bc1b5eddaf9a5250|work=Herald Sun|location= |access-date=1 December 2023}}

• 4 December – The International Cricket Council announce that Amazon Prime Video had secured the exclusive broadcast rights for all ICC tournament matches, commencing in 2024.{{cite news |author= |date=4 December 2023|title=ICC announces four-year Australian broadcast deal with Amazon's Prime Video for Cricket World Cups, all ICC tournaments|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-04/icc-signs-streaming-deal-for-cricket-world-cups-champions-trophy/103187662|work=ABC News|agency=Australian Associated Press|location= |access-date=6 December 2023}} The announcement comes after federal communications minister Michelle Rowland introduces proposed new anti-siphoning laws to parliament, requiring free to air networks to be offered first refusal for major sporting events.{{cite news|last=Bovill|first=Monte|date=28 November 2023|title=New laws to prevent 'iconic' sport moments slipping behind paywalls|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-28/anti-siphoning-laws-and-prominence-on-tv-screens/103162160|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=6 December 2023}} The decision to award the rights to the ICC tournament cricket matches to a streaming service is criticised by lobby group FreeTV Australia, who call for the changes to the anti-siphoning rules laws to be fast-tracked.{{cite news|last=Caffrey|first=Oliver|date=5 December 2023|title=TV lobby group slams ICC tournaments going to Amazon |url=https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8448188/tv-lobby-group-slams-icc-tournaments-going-to-amazon|work=The Canberra Times|location= |access-date=6 December 2023}}
• 7 December –
• It's announced that Seven West Media CEO James Warburton will step down from the role at the end of the financial year and will be succeeded by Jeff Howard.{{cite news|last=Evans|first=Duncan|date=7 December 2023|title=CEO of media giant Seven West Media James Warburton steps down|url=https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/media/ceo-of-media-giant-seven-west-media-james-warburton-steps-down/news-story/f1076c4d1a38531dad326a8e3f9e8045|work=news.com.au|location= |access-date=7 December 2023}}
• After appearing in Darwin Local Court for a brief committal hearing, the star of Outback Wrangler and Wild Croc Territory Matt Wright is committed to stand trial in the Northern Territory Supreme Court on a charge of attempting to pervert the course of justice, which is related to the fatal helicopter crash in 2022 in which his co-star Chris "Willow" Wilson was killed.{{cite news|last=Mackay|first=Melissa|date=7 December 2023|title=Celebrity crocodile wrangler Matt Wright to stand trial on charge related to fatal helicopter crash|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-07/croc-wrangler-matt-wright-committed-to-stand-trial-nt-court/103199446|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=7 December 2023}} Wright strenuously denies all charges.
• 12 December –
• Network 10 confirms the 10 News First: Perth bulletin anchored by Natalie Forrest would continue to be broadcast live from its Subiaco studio in Perth in 2024.{{cite news|last=Laidlaw|first=Kyle|date=12 December 2023|title=Network 10 to stay with locally presented news for Perth viewers|url=https://tvblackbox.com.au/page/2023/12/12/confirmed-network-10-to-stay-with-locally-presented-news-for-perth-viewers|work=TV Blackbox|location= |access-date=14 December 2023}}
• 15 December –
• The Drum which aired on both ABC TV and the ABC News channel final edition is broadcast.{{cite news|last=Shepherd|first=Tory|date=12 December 2023|title=ABC cancels panel show The Drum over poor ratings|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/dec/12/the-drum-abc-cancelled-why-ratings-network-panel-show|work=The Guardian|location= |access-date=12 December 2023}} The three main presenters Julia Baird, Ellen Fanning and Dan Bourchier will be remain with the ABC.
• 17 December – It's reported that after 17 years ABC News presenter Karina Carvalho would be leaving the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.{{cite news|last=Elsworth|first=Sophie|date=17 December 2023|title=ABC's Karina Carvalho quits, sources say she was concerned about activist journalists at the taxpayer-funded broadcaster|url=https://www.www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/abcs-karina-carvalho-quits-sources-say-she-was-concerned-about-activist-journalists-at-the-taxpayerfunded-broadcaster/news-story/84f035a9219cd6cfb09926fcf9600578|work=The Australian|location=|access-date=17 December 2023}}{{Dead link|date=September 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite news|last=Caporn|first=Dylan|date=17 December 2023|title=Former ABC Perth anchor Karina Carvalho quits national broadcaster|url=https://thewest.com.au/business/media/former-abc-perth-anchor-quits-national-broadcaster-over-activist-colleagues-reports-c-12932753|work=The West Australian|location= |access-date=17 December 2023}}
• 21 December – Warren Mundine receives a formal apology from SBS after its ombudsman Amy Stockwell found NITV's The Point: Australia Decides program hosted by Narelda Jacobs on the night of the 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum twice breached the broadcaster's Code of Conduct.{{cite news |last=Morse|first=Callan|date=21 December 2023|title=SBS apologises to Warren Mundine after breaching impartiality standards during Voice interview|url=https://nit.com.au/21-12-2023/9140/sbs-issues-apology-to-warren-mundine-after-broadcaster-breaches-impartiality-standards-during-voice-interview|work=National Indigenous Times|location= |access-date=22 December 2023}} During the program which featured Mundine and Marcia Langton as panelists, Jacobs was found to have given the impression that one perspective had been unduly favoured when she criticised Mundine and described Langton as a "national treasure". Stockwell also finds the program failed to provide an opportunity for Mundine to respond to a significant claim by Langton about Mundine's business when his microphone was muted.
• 22 December – The final edition of Network 10's morning program Studio 10 goes to air.{{cite news|last=Laidlaw|first=Kyle|date=22 December 2023|title=The end of Studio 10; final episode goes to air after 10 years |url=https://tvblackbox.com.au/page/2023/12/22/the-end-of-studio-10-final-episode-goes-to-air-after-10-years|work=TV Blackbox|location= |access-date=22 December 2023}}

• 30 January –
• The Chrissie Swan Show, hosted by Chrissie Swan launches on the Nova Network.{{cite news |last=Patterson|first=Sarah|date=27 January 2023|title=The Chrissie Swan Show launches on Nova |url=https://radiotoday.com.au/the-chrissie-swan-show-launches-on-nova|work=Radio Today|location= |access-date=2 December 2023}}
• The Pick Up, hosted by Brittany Hockley, Laura Byrne and Mitch Churi launches on the KIIS Network.{{cite news |author= |date=22 January 2023|title=ARN announces The Pick Up with Britt, Laura and Mitch to replace 3PM Pick Up|url=https://www.mediaweek.com.au/arn-announces-the-pick-up-with-britt-laura-and-mitch|work=Mediaweek|location= |access-date=2 December 2023}}

• 9 February – Nine Entertainment is awarded the non-exclusive audio rights for all Summer and Winter Olympic Games held between 2024 and 2032, enabling Nine Radio to cover the Olympics on 2GB, 3AW, 4BC and 6PR.{{cite news |last=Patterson|first=Sarah|date=9 February 2023|title=Nine locks in the Olympics until 2032 |url=https://radiotoday.com.au/nine-locks-in-the-olympics-until-2032|work=Radio Today|location= |access-date=2 December 2023}}
• 14 February –
• The ABC Ombudsman Fiona Cameron finds ABC News breached the ABC's editorial guidelines of accuracy and impartiality when a radio report about a public meeting in Alice Springs was broadcast on current affairs program AM on 31 January 2023, finding that it had unduly favoured one perspective above all others.{{cite news|last=Meade|first=Amanda|date=14 February 2023|title=ABC breached impartiality guidelines in report presenting NT meeting as 'racist', ombudsman finds|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/feb/14/abc-breached-impartiality-guidelines-in-report-presenting-nt-meeting-as-racist-ombudsman-finds|work=The Guardian|location= |access-date=2 December 2023}}
• ABC managing director David Anderson tells a Senate Estimates hearing that the AM report on 31 January 2023 by reporter Carly Williams which claimed there were elements of white supremacy at a public meeting in Alice Springs, should not have gone to air.{{cite news |last1=Visentin|first1=Lisa|last2=Quinn|first2=Karl|date=14 February 2023|title='Systems and processes failed': ABC boss acknowledges mistake in Alice Springs report|url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/abc-alice-springs-report-breached-guidelines-ombudsman-finds-20230214-p5ckc5.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|location= |access-date=2 December 2023}} Anderson claims systems and processes which should have prevented the broadcast of the report had failed.

• 9 March – It's announced Ricki-Lee Coulter would be joining Tim Blackwell and Joel Creasey for the Ricki-Lee, Tim & Joel national drive program on the Nova network, replacing Kate Ritchie.{{cite news |author= |date=9 March 2023|title=Ricki-Lee Coulter to replace Kate Ritchie on Nova's national drive program|url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/radio/rickilee-coulter-to-replace-kate-ritchie-on-novas-national-drive-program/news-story/065e8a4de33c0c17cb380a35ab634aef|work=news.com.au|location= |access-date=2 December 2023}}
• 14 March – Kate Ritchie joins Ryan Fitzgerald and Michael Wipfli for the Nova 96.9 breakfast program, Fitzy and Wippa with Kate Ritchie.{{cite news |last=Cartwright|first=Lexie|date=10 March 2023|title=Kate Ritchie announces she's joining Nova's Fitzy & Wippa|url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/radio/kate-ritchie-announces-shes-joining-novas-fitzy-wippa/news-story/b4d4b88ef41129d2def5e468e0f2172c|work=news.com.au|location= |access-date=2 December 2023}}
• 28 March – The Australian Communications and Media Authority find the Australian Radio Network to have breached the decency provisions in the Commercial Radio Code of Practice after Kyle Sandilands made comments during a discussion about the 2020 Paralympic Games on 1 September 2021 during The Kyle and Jackie O Show on KIIS 106.5.{{cite news|last=Quinn|first=Karl|date=28 March 2023|title=Kyle Sandilands' comments on Paralympics found to breach decency standards|url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/kyle-sandilands-s-comments-on-paralympics-found-to-breach-decency-standards-20230328-p5cvvp.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|location= |access-date=2 December 2023}} The ACMA described Sandilands' comments as "insensitive and hurtful toward the athletes as well as being offensive to the average moderate person in the broader community." The ACMA also find ARN breached the Code of Conduct on 3 September 2021 when Sandilands threatened Australian Greens senator Jordon Steele-John for criticising Sandilands' earlier comments.

• 17 April - Television presenter Brooke Boney temporarily replaces Woody Whitelaw on the KIIS Network's Will & Woody program, while Whitelaw competes on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!.{{cite news |last=Boland|first=Bray|date=3 April 2023|title=Brooke Boney joins Will McMahon for KIIS national Drive show|url=https://radiotoday.com.au/brooke-boney-joins-will-mcmahon-for-kiis-national-drive-show|work=Radio Today|location= |access-date=2 December 2023}}

• 8 May – Triple M Townsville's Steve Price announces his retirement after hosting the station's breakfast program for the past 32 years, with his final program scheduled for 25 December.{{cite news |last=Smith|first=Leighton|date=9 May 2023|title=Steve 'Pricey' Price to retire from radio in 2024 |url=https://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/news/townsville/steve-pricey-price-to-retire-from-radio-in-2024/news-story/523763e3f066a4443bdf270bebdac36a|work=Townsville Bulletin|location= |access-date=2 December 2023}}

• 2 June – Fox FM's' Fifi, Fev & Nick breakfast team, consisting of Fifi Box, Brendan Fevola, Nick Cody and Josiah Shala break the Guinness World Record for the longest marathon for a radio music show DJ (team) after broadcasting for 27 hours.{{cite news |author= |date=2 June 2023|title=Fifi, Fev and Nick break the Guinness World Record|url=https://radioinfo.com.au/news/fifi-fev-and-nick-break-the-guinness-world-record|work=radioinfo|location= |access-date=2 December 2023}}

• 12 July – It's announced Michael Hing and Lewis Hobba would be leaving Triple J after three years of hosting Drive together.{{cite news |last=Mitchell|first=Thomas|date=12 July 2023|title=Radio favourites Michael Hing and Lewis Hobba to depart Triple J|url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/radio-favourites-michael-hing-and-lewis-hobba-to-depart-triple-j-20230712-p5dnma.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|location= |access-date=2 December 2023}}

• 10 August - The Australian Communications and Media Authority find the Australian Radio Network to have breached the decency provisions in the Commercial Radio Code of Practice after comments made on 23 August 2023 by Kyle Sandilands during The Kyle and Jackie O Show on KIIS 106.5 during a discussion about monkeypox which Sandilands characterised as "the big gay disease".{{cite news |last=Geraets|first=Nell|date=10 August 2023|title=Kyle Sandilands' monkeypox comments breached decency rules, says ACMA |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/kyle-sandilands-monkeypox-comments-breached-decency-rules-says-acma-20230810-p5dvdv.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|location= |access-date=2 December 2023}} The ACMA concluded "the overall sentiment of the segment stereotyped gay men as irresponsible in regard to their sexual health".
• 11 August – Abby Butler and Tyrone Pynor commence as the new Drive hosts on Triple J.{{cite news |last=Boland|first=Bray|date=8 August 2023|title=Abby Butler and Tyrone Pynor take over triple j Drive |url=https://radiotoday.com.au/abby-butler-and-tyrone-pynor-take-over-triple-j-drive|work=Radio Today|location= |access-date=2 December 2023}}

• 4 September – It's announced Tom Elliott will succeed Neil Mitchell as the host of 3AW's Mornings program in 2024.{{cite news|last1=Lahey|first1=Kate|last2=Geraets|first2=Nell|date=4 September 2023|title=Tom Elliott to replace Neil Mitchell in 3AW's major shuffle|url=https://www.theage.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/tom-elliott-to-replace-neil-mitchell-on-3aw-20230904-p5e1pc.html|work=The Age|location= |access-date=2 December 2023}}
• 15 September – Virginia Trioli signs off from ABC Radio Melbourne's Mornings program for the final time, leaving the role to return to ABC TV for a new arts series in 2024.{{cite news|last=Quinn|first=Karl|date=31 August 2023|title='I couldn't ignore it': Virginia Trioli reveals why she quit ABC Radio|url=https://www.theage.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/virginia-trioli-quits-abc-radio-announces-return-to-tv-20230830-p5e0rg.html|work=The Age|location= |access-date=2 December 2023}}{{cite news |last=Trioli|first=Virginia|date=15 September 2023|title=Virginia Trioli says goodbye to ABC Radio Melbourne |url=https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/melbourne-mornings/virginia-trioli-says-goodbye-to-abc-radio-melbourne-mornings/102861574|work=ABC Listen|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|location= |access-date=2 December 2023}}

• 14 October – The 34th Australian Commercial Radio Awards are held in Sydney.{{cite news |last=Mitchell|first=Thomas|date=14 October 2023|title=Neil Mitchell celebrated as Jonesy and Amanda win big at radio awards |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/neil-mitchell-celebrated-as-jonesy-and-amanda-win-big-at-radio-awards-20231014-p5ec8c.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|location= |access-date=2 December 2023}} Brendan Jones and Amanda Keller from 101.7 WSFM's Jonesy & Amanda breakfast show are named Best On Air Team (Metro), Neil Mitchell is named Best Talk Presenter (Metro), while 4BC's Laurel Edwards and Triple M Townsville's Steve Price are inducted into the Hall of Fame.

• 3 November – Southern Cross Austereo reveals there will be only three east coast breakfast shows on its regional Hit Network in 2024, with 90.9 Sea FM's breakfast show hosted by Bonte Langbroek and Danny Lakey set to be heard across regional Queensland from the Gold Coast.{{cite news |last=Patterson|first=Sarah|date=3 November 2023|title=SCA unveils its 2024 regional Breakfast shows for Hit and Triple M Networks|url=https://radiotoday.com.au/sca-unveils-its-2024-regional-breakfast-shows-for-hit-and-triple-m-networks|work=Radio Today|location= |access-date=2 December 2023}} The Hit 106.9 Jess & Ducko breakfast show, hosted by Jess Farchione and Nick Ducat will also be networked across New South Wales from Newcastle, while Hit 100.9's Dan & Christie breakfast show, hosted by Dan Taylor and Christie Hayes, will be broadcast across Tasmania and regional Victoria from Hobart.
• 15 November – ABC Radio Sydney's Afternoons presenter Josh Szeps announces on air that he has decided to leave the station at the end of the year, with his final program scheduled for 22 December.{{cite news |last=Haigh|first=Joshua|date=15 November 2023|title='Don't pretend': ABC host quits live on-air|url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/radio/dont-pretend-abc-host-quits-live-onair/news-story/fbd78a870d35a31164bb5b6bfd92b795|work=news.com.au|location= |access-date=2 December 2023}} Szeps cited "penalties" for speaking bluntly and bemoaned the risk involved in having conversations about controversial issues for his decision to resign from the ABC.
• 17 November –
• ABC Radio Adelaide Breakfast presenter Stacey Lee resigns from the ABC to be the new Afternoons host on FIVEaa in 2024.{{cite news|last=Iannella|first=Antimo|date=17 November 2023|title=Stacey Lee quits ABC Adelaide breakfast radio to move to FIVEaa, Jules Schiller and Sonya Feldhoff new show hosts|url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/stacey-lee-quits-abc-adelaide-breakfast-radio-to-move-to-fiveaa-jules-schiller-and-sonya-feldhoff-new-show-hosts/news-story/d926f94b9eb682d73d47709f2b87ffcc|work=The Advertiser|location= |access-date=2 December 2023}}
• It's announced Julian Schiller and Sonya Feldhoff would be co-hosting ABC Radio Adelaide's Breakfast program in 2024.
• 22 November – Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O sign Australia's longest ever radio deal with the Australian Radio Network, vowing to host The Kyle and Jackie O Show for the next ten years, which will also see them broadcast live into the Melbourne market for the first time in 2024.{{cite news |last=Buckingham-Jones|first=Sam|date=15 October 2023|title=Kyle and Jackie O to take on Melbourne in new $200m KIIS FM contract|url=https://www.afr.com/companies/media-and-marketing/kyle-and-jackie-o-to-take-on-melbourne-in-new-200m-kiis-fm-contract-20231011-p5ebka|work=Australian Financial Review|location= |access-date=2 November 2023}}
• 23 November –
• Australia's first radio station, ABC Radio Sydney (originally 2SB) celebrates 100 years on air.{{cite news|last1=Quinn|first1=Rod|last2=Bolger|first2=Rosemary|date=22 November 2023|title=Australia's first radio station began 100 years ago as 2SB, now known as ABC Radio Sydney|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-22/abc-radio-2bl-702-sydney-celebrates-100-years-on-air/103119034|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=2 December 2023}} To commemorate the anniversary, the station ceases its use of the time signal "pips".{{cite news|last=Bolger|first=Rosemary|date=23 November 2023|title=ABC Radio Sydney calls time on the pips, deemed irrelevant in an age of digital radio and smartphones|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-23/abc-switches-off-the-pips-irrelevant-digital-age-smartphones/103137592|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=2 December 2023}}
• Tom Switzer announces he is resigning from the ABC after nine years of hosting Radio National's Between the Lines program.{{cite news|last=Pike|first=Elizabeth|date=24 November 2023|title='Ruffled feathers': Tom Switzer resigns from ABC|url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/radio/ruffled-feathers-tom-switzer-resigns-from-abc/news-story/459c3bb3286203bdeb3d23cf0ddcdf8f|work=news.com.au|location= |access-date=18 December 2023}}
• 29 November – Craig Reucassel is announced as the new host of ABC Radio Sydney's Breakfast program in 2024, while it's also announced James Valentine is returning to the station's Afternoons program.{{cite news |last=Quinn|first=Karl|date=29 November 2023|title=Craig Reucassel to host ABC breakfast radio, Valentine back to afternoons |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/craig-reucassel-to-host-abc-breakfast-radio-valentine-back-to-afternoons-20231128-p5enac.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|location= |access-date=2 December 2023}}
• 30 November – Peter Goers signs off for the last time from ABC Radio Adelaide's Evenings program, after having hosted the show since 2003.{{cite news |last=Patterson|first=Sarah|date=19 October 2023|title=ABC Adelaide's Peter Goers retires from broadcasting|url=https://radiotoday.com.au/abc-adelaides-peter-goers-retires-from-broadcasting|work=Radio Today|location= |access-date=2 December 2023}}

• 1 December –
• Neil Mitchell signs off for the last time from the morning program on Melbourne's 3AW after having hosted the show since 1990.{{cite news |last=Perillo|first=Sarah|date=1 December 2023|title=Radio legend Neil Mitchell hosts last show after 'extraordinary' career|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/radio-legend-neil-mitchell-hosts-last-show-after-extraordinary-career/news-story/4e7c02481041d7634360d0d225555bcb|work=Herald Sun|location= |access-date=2 December 2023}}
• The local Jase & Lauren breakfast show airs for the final time on Melbourne's KIIS 101.1 ahead of the station taking The Kyle and Jackie O Show in 2024, networked from Sydney's KIIS 106.5.{{cite news|last=Coster|first=Alice|date=29 November 2023|title=Lauren Phillips opens up on 'brutal' axing and what comes next |url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/confidential/lauren-phillips-opens-up-on-brutal-axing-and-what-comes-next/news-story/a6620dedb82c3abafb6c1d7b74f40c87|work=Herald Sun|location= |access-date=2 December 2023}}
• Triple M Gold Coast is officially renamed 92.5 Triple M Gold.{{cite news|last=Fox|first=Crystal|date=1 December 2023|title=Flan, Ali and Spida announce the renaming of their station to 92.5 Triple M Gold |url=https://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/news/gold-coast/flan-ali-and-spida-announce-the-renaming-of-their-station-to-925-triple-m-gold/news-story/bd5fc11d873de04d31d501c1ee0562b3|work=Gold Coast Bulletin|location= |access-date=2 December 2023}}
• 5 December – ABC Radio National celebrates the 100th anniversary of the first test broadcasts of its original station 2FC.{{cite news|last=Kelsey-Sugg|first=Anna|date=4 December 2023|title=On Radio National's 100th anniversary, RN presenters share their magical moments of radio|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-05/history-listen-on-radio-national-s-100-year-anniversary/103176804|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=5 December 2023}}
• 7 December – Former 2GB Breakfast host Alan Jones is accused of indecently assaulting four young men during his time at the station, with the allegations published in The Sydney Morning Herald by investigative journalist Kate McClymont.{{cite news|last=McClymont|first=Kate|date=7 December 2023|title='He'd go the grope': Alan Jones accused of indecently assaulting young men|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/he-d-go-the-grope-alan-jones-accused-of-indecently-assaulting-young-men-20231205-p5epai.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|location= |access-date=7 December 2023}} Jones' lawyers respond to the allegations by describing them as "demonstrably false" and indicate they had commenced defamation proceedings against McClymont and Nine Newspapers.{{cite news|last=Greenbank|first=Amy|date=7 December 2023|title=Alan Jones's lawyers taking 'first steps' towards defamation proceedings over indecent assault allegations|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-07/alan-jones-denies-indecent-assault-allegations/103200252|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=7 December 2023}}{{cite news|last1=McSweeney|first1=Jessica|last2=Hornery|first2=Andrew|last3=Jaspan|first3=Calum|date=7 December 2023|title=Alan Jones' denials leave alleged victim 'sick to the stomach'|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/alan-jones-denials-leave-alleged-victim-sick-to-the-stomach-20231207-p5epx1.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|location= |access-date=7 December 2023}}
• 11 December – It's announced that Richard Kingsmill would be leaving the Australian Broadcasting Corporation after 35 years, after first joining the ABC's youth network Triple J as a producer in 1988, ultimately becoming group music director in 2017 overseeing music content for Triple J and ABC Local Radio as well as Triple J Unearthed, Double J and ABC Country.{{cite news|last=Winter|first=Velvet|date=11 December 2023|title=Richard Kingsmill announces departure from triple j after three decades with the youth station|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-11/richard-kingsmill-announces-departure-from-triple-j/103214438|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=12 December 2023}}
• 13 December – ABC Ombudsman Fiona Cameron finds the 24 November 2023 edition of Triple J's Hip Hop Show breached the ABC's standards for due impartiality and for the responsible management of controversial program material after guest presenter Miss Kaninna delivered pro-Palestine comments during the show, prompting complaints.{{cite web |url=https://about.abc.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Ombudsmans-Investigation-Report-Hip-Hop-Show-24-November-2023-1.pdf|title=Ombudsman Investigation Report – 13 December 2023: triple j - Hip Hop Show – 24 November 2023|last=Cameron|first=Fiona|date=13 December 2023|website=ABC Ombudsman|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=15 December 2023|quote=}}{{cite news|last=Brook|first=Benedict|date=15 December 2023|title=Pro-Palestine statement on Triple J by hip hop artist Miss Kaninna breached ABC standards, broadcaster finds|url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/radio/propalestine-statement-on-triple-j-by-hip-hop-artist-miss-kaninna-breached-abc-standards-broadcaster-finds/news-story/a31a7f420a08ec84a9f28b35dafdb233|work=news.com.au|location= |access-date=15 December 2023}}
• 20 December – Journalist Antoinette Lattouf who is filling in for Sarah Macdonald on ABC Radio Sydney's Mornings program is sacked by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation after posting about the Gaza war on social media.{{cite news|last=Keoghan|first=Sarah|date=20 December 2023|title=ABC radio presenter axed after Israel-Hamas conflict posts|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/abc-radio-presenter-axed-after-israel-hamas-conflict-posts-20231220-p5esu7.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|location= |access-date=21 December 2023}} Lattouf responds by saying she believes she was terminated unlawfully and that it was "not a win for journalism or critical, fair thinking."{{cite news |last=Shepherd|first=Tory|date=21 December 2023 |title=Antoinette Lattouf says she is considering 'legal options' after losing ABC radio role over Israel-Gaza social media posts |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/dec/21/antoinette-lattouf-abc-sacking-why-israel-gaza-legal-options|work=The Guardian|location= |access-date=21 December 2023}}
• 25 December – Long serving Townsville radio presenter and ACRA Hall of Fame inductee Steve Price hosts his final radio program on Triple M Townsville, formerly known as 4TO FM.{{cite news |last=Morgan|first=Evan|date=23 December 2023|title=Steve Price to host final radio show on Christmas Day |url=https://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/news/townsville/steve-price-to-host-final-radio-show-on-christmas-day/news-story/c8b17a71c5e2041a95d5afb2d1988098|work=Townsville Bulletin|location= |access-date=26 December 2023}}

• 5 January – The world's first statue of a female cricketer is erected at the Sydney Cricket Ground with a bronze sculpture of Belinda Clark officially unveiled.{{cite news |last=Stonehouse|first=Greta|date=5 January 2023|title=Australian star Belinda Clark immortalised in world-first bronze sculpture of female cricketer|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-05/scg-unveils-first-female-cricketer-statue-belinda-clark/101828464|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=28 June 2023}}
• 7 January – A professional drag racing competitor is killed at the New Year Nitro event at the Willowbank Raceway in Ipswich, Queensland when his car crashes into a camera tower.{{cite news|last=Thorpe|first=Andrew|date=7 January 2023|title=Drag racer Sam Fenech dies, camera operator injured in crash at Willowbank Raceway near Brisbane|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-07/willowbank-raceway-crash-driver-dies-camera-operator/101835292|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=28 June 2023}}
• 8 January –
• The third cricket test between Australia and South Africa at the Sydney Cricket Ground ends in a draw, but Australia win the series 2–0.{{cite news|last=Lemon|first=Geoff|date=8 January 2023|title=South Africa deny Australia series sweep as Sydney Test ends in draw|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/jan/08/south-africa-hang-on-to-deny-australia-series-sweep-as-sydney-test-ends-in-fighting-draw|work=The Guardian|location= |access-date=29 June 2023}}
• Novak Djokovic wins the Men's singles final at the 2023 Adelaide International 1 tournament while Aryna Sabalenka wins the Women's singles final.{{cite news|last=Gates|first=Zachary|date=8 January 2023|title=Novak Djokovic grabs Adelaide International silverware after extraordinary outburst at team |url=https://wwos.nine.com.au/tennis/adelaide-international-2023-novak-djokovic-defeats-sebastian-korda-in-final-scores-outburst-at-team-brother-video/8f6b02dd-2f82-4bdf-a1b4-0211313b7976|location= |access-date=29 June 2023}}{{cite news |author= |date=8 January 2023|title=Aryna Sabalenka ends Linda Nosková's dream run to win Adelaide International |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-08/aryna-sabalenka-defeats-linda-noskova-adelaide-international/101836062|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=29 June 2023}}
• The United States win the inaugural United Cup tennis competition which concludes at Ken Rosewall Arena in Sydney.{{cite news |author= |date=8 January 2023|title=US defeats Italy to claim inaugural United Cup ahead of Australian Open|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-08/united-cup-us-defeats-italy-in-final/101836138|work=ABC News|agency=Australian Associated Press|location= |access-date=29 June 2023}}
• 10 January – Football Australia rules that Melbourne Victory FC brought the game into disrepute, penalising the club with a $550,000 fine and a suspended 10-point deduction for the violent A-League pitch invasion which occurred at AAMI Park on 17 December 2022 which saw fans run onto the field and assault referee Alex King and player Tom Glover.{{cite news |last=Rugair|first=Vince|date=10 January 2023|title=Victory hit with $550,000 fine, suspended 10-point deduction for violent pitch invasion |url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/soccer/victory-hit-with-550-000-fine-suspended-10-point-deduction-for-violent-pitch-invasion-20230110-p5cbg2.html|work=The Age|location= |access-date=28 June 2023}}
• 12 January – Cricket Australia announces that they are withdrawing the Australian team from a three-match One Day International series that they were due to play against Afghanistan in the United Arab Emirates due to the treatment of women by the Taliban.{{cite news |last1=Watson|first1=Angus|last2=Mendonca|first2=Duarte|last3=Foster|first3=Matt|date=12 January 2023|title=Australia pulls out of Afghanistan cricket series over Taliban's restrictions on women|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/12/sport/australia-afghanistan-cricket-taliban-intl-hnk-spt/index.html|work=CNN|location= |access-date=28 June 2023}}
• 14 January – Kwon Soon-woo becomes the Men's singles champion at the 2023 Adelaide International 2 tournament while Belinda Bencic wins the Women's singles title.{{cite news|last=Gates|first=Zachary|date=14 January 2023|title=Incredible underdog feat as Kwon Soon-woo conquers Adelaide tournament|url=https://wwos.nine.com.au/tennis/adelaide-international-2-kwon-soon-woo-roberto-bautista-agut-mens-singles-final-result-video-highlights/9c53726e-1774-46f5-b600-09c9bad563ab|work=Wide World of Sports|location= |access-date=29 June 2023}}{{cite news|last=Parkin|first=Darren|date=14 January 2023|title=Belinda Bencic crowned women's singles champion|url=https://adelaideinternational.com.au/2023/01/belinda-bencic-crowned-womens-singles-champion|work=Adelaide International|location= |access-date=29 June 2023}}
• 17 January –
• Grace Brown wins the Women's Tour Down Under.{{cite news |author= |date=17 January 2023|title=Grace Brown outsprints Amanda Spratt to win first Tour Down Under title|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/jan/17/grace-brown-outsprints-amanda-spratt-to-win-first-tour-down-under-title|work=The Guardian|agency=Australian Associated Press|location= |access-date=29 June 2023}}
• Play is suspended on all outside courts at the Australian Open just after 2 pm AEDST when Tennis Australia's extreme heat policy is enacted due to high temperatures.{{cite news |last=Kemp|first=Emma|date=17 January 2023|title=Australian Open disrupted by extreme Melbourne heat … and torrential rain|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/jan/17/australian-open-disrupted-as-extreme-melbourne-heat-forces-players-off-court|work=The Guardian|location= |access-date=29 June 2023}} Play resumes at 5 pm AEDST but is again interrupted due to rain.
• 18 January – Daisy Pearce announces her retirement from Women's Australian rules football.{{cite news |last=Burt|first=Sarah|date=18 January 2023|title=Emotional day for AFLW as Melbourne's trailblazing captain Daisy Pearce finally announces retirement |url=https://7news.com.au/sport/aflw/emotional-day-for-aflw-as-melbournes-trailblazing-captain-daisy-pearce-finally-announces-retirement-c-8966168|work=Seven News|location= |access-date=29 June 2023}}
• 28 January – Aryna Sabalenka becomes Australian Open women's singles champion.{{cite news |last=McGowan|first=Marc|date=28 January 2023|title=An Aryna spectacular: Sabalenka stuns from a set down to win the Australian Open|url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/tennis/an-aryna-spectacular-sabalenka-stuns-from-a-set-down-to-win-the-australian-open-20230128-p5cg6r.html|work=The Age|location= |access-date=29 June 2023}}
• 30 January – Novak Djokovic becomes Australian Open men's singles champion for the tenth time.{{cite news |last=Carayol|first=Tumaini|date=29 January 2023|title=Novak Djokovic sinks Stefanos Tsitsipas to claim his 10th Australian Open title |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/jan/29/australian-open-tennis-novak-djokovic-stefanos-tsitsipas-final-report|work=The Guardian|location= |access-date=29 June 2023}}

• 4 February – The Perth Scorchers win the 2022–23 Big Bash League season defeating the Brisbane Heat in the final at Perth Stadium.{{cite news |author= |date=4 February 2023|title=Perth Scorchers beat Brisbane Heat to claim Big Bash League title |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-04/perth-scorchers-brisbane-heat-bbl-big-bash-final-live-scores/101907106|work=ABC News|agency=Australian Associated Press|location= |access-date=29 June 2023}}
• 7 February –
• Aaron Finch announces his retirement from international cricket.{{cite news |author= |date=7 February 2023|title=Aaron Finch announces international retirement after illustrious career|url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/australia/breaking-finch-set-to-announce-international-retirement-after-illustrious-career/news-story/1a89afd35c465523ac2384cc51bd44b9|work=Fox Sports|location= |access-date=1 July 2023}}
• 12-year-old Chloe Covell wins silver at the 2023 World Skateboarding Championships in Sharjah.{{cite news |last=Hytner|first=Mike|date=8 February 2023|title=Chloe Covell: skateboard prodigy, 13, targets Paris Olympics after taking world silver medal |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/feb/07/skateboard-prodigy-chloe-covell-13-targets-paris-olympics-after-taking-world-silver-medal|work=The Guardian|location= |access-date=|quote=Chloe Covell turns 13 on Wednesday... Her silver in Sharjah – secured while still just 12 years old...}}
• 11 February – Professional road racing cyclist Rohan Dennis announces his plans to retire at the end of the 2023 season.{{cite news|last=Vaughan|first=Roger|date=12 February 2023|title=Rohan Dennis to quit pro cycling at end of season|url=https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8082590/rohan-dennis-to-quit-pro-cycling-at-end-of-season|work=The Canberra Times|location= |access-date=31 December 2023}}
• 18 February – The World Club Challenge takes place with the Penrith Panthers losing by one point.{{cite news | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-18/world-club-challenge-penrith-loses-to-st-helens/101994626 | title=St Helens breaks 29-year drought with upset win over Penrith in World Club Challenge | newspaper=ABC News | date=18 February 2023}}
• 22 February – The Matildas claim victory in the 2023 Cup of Nations with a 3–0 victory over Jamaica in the final match in Newcastle.{{cite news|last=Lewis|first=Samantha|date=22 February 2023|title=Matildas defeat Jamaica in final Cup of Nations match to retain trophy |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-22/matildas-vs-jamaica-cup-of-nations-liveblog/102006976|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=4 July 2023}}
• 26 February – Australia wins the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup, defeating South Africa by 19 runs.{{cite news|last=Savage|first=Nic|date=27 February 2023|title=Australia wins sixth Women's T20 World Cup title in latest chapter of epic dynasty|url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/never-thought-would-happen-t20-world-cup-final-sold-out-in-historic-first-for-south-african-womens-sport/news-story/1b53861323073dd3c8cdbb704b54cbb7|work=Fox Sports|location= |access-date=29 June 2023}}

• 2 March – The 2023 NRL season commences, with Melbourne Storm defeating Parramatta Eels 16–12 at CommBank Stadium.
• 5 March – The Dolphins play their inaugural NRL match, defeating Sydney Roosters 28–18.{{cite web |url=https://www.nrl.com/news/2023/03/05/phins-up-history-made-as-dolphins-stun-roosters-in-season-opener/ |title=Phins up: History made as Dolphins stun Roosters in season opener |website=NRL.com |date=5 March 2023 |access-date=5 March 2023 |author=Hogan, Kelsey}}
• 24 March – A power outage occurs at The Gabba during the Friday night AFL game between the Brisbane Lions and the Melbourne Demons with 12 minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, stopping play for 38 minutes.{{cite news |author= |date=25 March 2023|title=Lions coach Chris Fagan believes Gabba power outage gave Melbourne 'unfair advantage' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/mar/25/what-a-night-seriously-lights-out-for-demons-as-lions-win-after-gabba-blackout|work=The Guardian|agency=Australian Associated Press|location= |access-date=30 June 2023}}

• 2 April – Max Verstappen wins the 2023 Australian Grand Prix.{{cite news|last=Richards|first=Giles|date=2 April 2023|title=Max Verstappen wins Australian GP as chaotic F1 race finishes under safety car|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/apr/02/max-verstappen-wins-australian-gp-as-chaotic-f1-race-finishes-under-safety-car|work=The Guardian|location= |access-date=29 June 2023}}

• 2 May – The Australian Football League (AFL) give its 19th AFL license to Tasmania after decades of campaigning.{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-02/tasmania-granted-19th-afl-licence/102286066|title=AFL presidents approve Tasmania for 19th team licence after decades of campaigning|publisher=ABC News|date=2 May 2023|accessdate=3 May 2023}}
• 31 May – Queensland defeat New South Wales 26–18 in the first match of the 2023 State of Origin series, held at Adelaide Oval. Queensland prop Reuben Cotter is named player of the match.

• 1 June – Queensland defeat New South Wales 18–10 in the first match of the 2023 Women's State of Origin series, held at CommBank Stadium. Queensland prop Keilee Joseph is awarded the Nellie Doherty Medal for player of the match.
• 20 June – Australia win the first Ashes test beating England by two wickets at Edgbaston Cricket Ground, securing a 1–0 lead in the five test series.{{cite news|last=Martin|first=Ali|date=21 June 2023|title=Australia hold off late England charge to win first Ashes Test in thrilling finale|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/jun/20/england-australia-ashes-first-test-day-five-match-report-cricket|work=The Guardian|location= |access-date=10 July 2023}}
• 21 June – Queensland defeat New South Wales 32–6 in the second match of the 2023 State of Origin series, held at Suncorp Stadium, sealing a series victory.{{cite news|last=Meyn|first=Travis|date=22 June 2023|title=State of Origin Game 2: QLD Maroons win 32–6 over NSW Blues|url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/nrl/state-of-origin-game-2-qld-maroons-v-nsw-blues-team-news-start-time-how-to-watch-live-stream/news-story/f3db32ca610bb94e162675f0fa465c11|work=The Courier-Mail|location= |access-date=23 June 2023}} Queensland prop Lindsay Collins is named player of the match.
• 22 June – New South Wales defeat Queensland 18–14 in the second match of the 2023 Women's State of Origin series, held at Queensland Country Bank Stadium, though Queensland win the series overall based on points difference. Queensland second rower Tazmin Gray is named player of the match and is awarded the Nellie Doherty medal for player of the series.
• 27 June – Sam Mitchell, Jimmy Bartel, Corey Enright, Michael Aish, Tom Leahy, Mark Williams and Bruce McAvaney are all inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.{{cite news|last=Waterworth|first=Ben|date=27 June 2023|title='Choking up a bit': Cats great's emotional family tribute as seven Hall of Fame inductees revealed … and an eighth held over until 2024|url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-hall-of-fame-inductees-2023-australian-football-hall-of-fame-2023-news-live-bruce-mcavaney-to-be-inducted-legends-list/news-story/62fbfae31894ab4a358cf88d4d2b0dde|work=Fox Sports|location= |access-date=29 June 2023}} Barry Cable is removed from the Hall of Fame after being found to have repeatedly sexually abused a Perth girl during his playing career.{{cite news|last=Beveridge|first=Riley|date=27 June 2023|title=AFL removes Barry Cable from Hall of Fame, revokes Legend status|url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/957823/afl-removes-barry-cable-from-hall-of-fame-revokes-legend-status|work=AFL News|publisher=Australian Football League|location= |access-date=29 June 2023}}

• 2 July –
• Boxer Jeff Horn announces his retirement.{{cite news|last=Badel|first=Peter|date=2 July 2023|title=Jeff Horn drops retirement bombshell|url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/jeff-horn-drops-retirement-bombshell/news-story/925503c813a65f8bbc26ad6f568d0540|work=The Courier-Mail|location= |access-date=2 July 2023}}
• Australia wins the second Ashes test, beating England by 43 runs at Lord's, taking a 2–0 nil lead in the five-match series.{{cite news |last1=Smale|first1=Simon|last2=Healy|first2=Jon|date=3 July 2023|title=Australia wins second Ashes Test at Lord's despite Ben Stokes century, taking 2–0 series lead |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-02/australia-wins-second-ashes-test-lords-day-five-ben-stokes/102552814|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=3 July 2023}} However, a controversial stumping of Jonny Bairstow by Alex Carey prompts some members of the Marylebone Cricket Club to allegedly verbally abuse and physically contact the Australian players as they return to their dressing rooms at lunch, while accusing the players of cheating.{{cite news |author= |date=3 July 2023|title=Australia claims spectators tried to trip players in the Lord's stands, as MCC suspends three members during heated Ashes Test |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-03/ashes-second-test-members-suspended-after-tripping-claims/102553524|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=3 July 2023}} This prompts reactions from Usman Khawaja and David Warner before stewards usher them away.{{cite news|last1=Burnton|first1=Simon|last2=Ambrose|first2=Tom|date=3 July 2023|title=MCC suspends three members after clash with Australian cricket team |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/jul/02/mcc-unreservedly-apologised-to-australia-after-long-room-incident-england-ashes|work=The Guardian|location= |access-date=3 July 2023}} Three MCC members are suspended as a result.
• 4 July – The Australian Sports Brain Bank publish findings which reveal Heather Anderson, a former AFLW player who died at the age of 28 in 2022, is the first female athlete to be diagnosed with the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy, which is caused by repetitive head injuries.{{cite news |last=Davey|first=Melissa|date=4 July 2023|title=Late Australian footballer Heather Anderson first diagnosed case of CTE brain trauma in a female athlete |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jul/04/first-case-cte-female-athlete-aflw-player-heather-anderson-diagnosed-australian-researchers|work=The Guardian|location= |access-date=5 July 2023}}
• 5 July – An ongoing pay dispute with the National Rugby League escalates when the Rugby League Players Association announces it has instructed NRL and NRLW players not to partake in any media interviews during Round 19 or the third State of Origin after a breakdown in protracted negotiations over the collective bargaining agreement.{{cite news |last=Hooper|first=James|date=5 July 2023|title=Players in dramatic NRL, Origin media boycott as CBA standoff explodes |url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-2023-rlpa-calls-player-media-boycott-over-collective-bargaining-agreement-latest-news-nrl/news-story/8c3ecffb174b49b6c3cbce93266fe98c|work=Fox Sports|location= |access-date=5 July 2023}} NRL CEO Andrew Abdo describes the action taken as disappointing.{{cite news |last1=Read|first1=Brent|last2=Carayannis|first2=Michael|date=5 July 2023|title=NRL responds to the RLPA media boycott as pay war explodes|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/nrl-state-of-origin-media-boycott-as-rlpa-pay-war-explodes/news-story/c39ed2c1297ba189cb8d46dfefe4971d|work=The Daily Telegraph|location= |access-date=5 July 2023}}
• 8 July – Alexander Volkanovski wins the UFC 290 bout against Yair Rodríguez at T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada.{{cite news |author= |date=9 July 2023|title=UFC 290: Alexander Volkanovski claims featherweight title as Robert Whittaker falls to Dricus Du Plessis|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-09/ufc-290-alexander-volkanovski-and-robert-whittaker-results/102580964|work=ABC News|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|agency=Associated Press|location= |access-date=9 July 2023}}
• 9 July – England win the third Ashes test, beating Australia by three wickets at Headingley Cricket Ground and with the series now 2–1 keep themselves in contention in the five-test series.{{cite news |last1=Smale|first1=Simon|last2=Healy|first2=Jon|date=9 July 2023|title=England wins third Ashes Test at Headingley, chasing down 251 runs for victory thanks to Chris Woakes and Harry Brook|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-09/live-updates-the-ashes-third-test-day-four-england-vs-australia/102581142|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=10 July 2023}}
• 10 July – The Gold Coast Suns sack senior coach Stuart Dew.{{cite news|last=Valencich|first=Glenn|date=11 July 2023|title=Gold Coast Suns coach Stuart Dew sacked amid fading AFL finals hopes|url=https://7news.com.au/sport/afl/gold-coast-suns-set-to-sack-afl-coach-stuart-dew-as-soon-as-today-c-11240705|work=Seven News|location= |access-date=11 July 2023}}
• 12 July – New South Wales win the final State of Origin game but the 24–10 victory over Queensland isn't enough to win the series with Queensland winning the series 2–1.{{cite news|last=Fontaine|first=Angus|date=12 July 2023|title=NSW avoid State of Origin whitewash with win over Queensland in game three |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/jul/12/nsw-avoid-state-of-origin-whitewash-with-win-over-queensland|work=The Guardian|location= |access-date=14 July 2023}} Cody Walker is named Player of the Match.
• 14 July –
• Australian swimmers begin competing at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka.{{cite news |author= |date=15 July 2023|title=Gubecka wins 10km open water silver medal in Fukuoka |url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/swimming/gubecka-wins-10km-open-water-silver-medal-in-fukuoka-c-11286557|work=The West Australian|agency=Australian Associated Press|location= |access-date=24 July 2023}}
• More than 50,000 spectators at Docklands Stadium watch a friendly women's soccer game between the Matildas and France, with the Matildas winning the match 1–0 after a Mary Fowler goal.{{cite news |last1=Lewis|first1=Samantha|last2=Healy|first2=Jon|date=14 July 2023|title=Matildas beat France 1–0 thanks to Mary Fowler's goal in final 2023 Women's World Cup send-off match|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-14/matildas-beat-france-mary-fowler-womens-world-cup-friendly/102604244|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=15 July 2023}}
• 20 July – The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup commences which is jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand.{{cite news|last1=Doyle|first1=Michael|last2=Riga|first2=Jessica|date=20 July 2023|title=FIFA Women's World Cup: Matildas defeat Ireland, New Zealand claim win over Norway|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-20/live-updates-fifa-women-world-cup-blog-matildas-vs-ireland/102622916|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=24 July 2023}} The Matildas win their opening match against the Republic of Ireland 1–0 despite captain Sam Kerr being unable to play due to a calf injury.
• 22 July – The 2023 NRL Women's season gets underway with the first of Round 1 between the Gold Coast Titans and the North Queensland Cowboys at Robina Stadium.{{cite news|last=Campton|first=Nick|date=21 July 2023|title=Five quick hits of everything you need to know ahead of the 2023 NRLW season|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-21/nrlw-2023-season-preview-roosters-broncos-dragons/102628120|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=2 September 2023}}
• 23 July –
• Ariarne Titmus breaks the 400-metre women's freestyle world record at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka.{{cite news |author= |date=23 July 2023|title=Ariarne Titmus breaks world record as Australia enjoys golden night in Fukuoka |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-23/world-aquatics-championships-australia-ariarne-titmus-sam-short/102637542|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=24 July 2023}}
• Australia retains The Ashes after rain washes out the last day of play of the fourth Ashes test at Old Trafford which ends in a draw.{{cite news|last=Burnton|first=Simon|date=24 July 2023|title='Tough pill to swallow': Stokes rues rain after Australia retain Ashes with draw|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/jul/23/australia-retain-ashes-after-rain-douses-englands-hopes-in-fourth-test-draw|work=The Guardian|location= |access-date=24 July 2023}} Australia takes a 2–1 lead before the final test at The Oval.
• 26 July – Mollie O'Callaghan breaks the 200-metre women's freestyle world record at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka.{{cite news|last=Linden|first=Julian|date=27 July 2023|title=World Swimming Championships: How Mollie O'Callaghan outpaced David Popovici in historic 200m freestyle final win|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/olympics/swimming/world-swimming-championships-mollie-ocallaghan-and-zac-stubbletycook-in-finals/news-story/a7ce53a59eddc8edf13925f3fd6293db|work=Herald Sun|location= |access-date=30 July 2023}}
• 27 July – Australia breaks the 4 x 200-metre women's freestyle relay world record at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka.{{cite news|last=Linden|first=Julian|date=28 July 2023|title=Swimming world championships results: Mollie O'Callaghan, Shayna Jack, Brianna Throssell, Ariarne Titmus break record to win gold in Women's 4x200m freestyle relay|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/olympics/swimming/swimming-world-championships-results-mollie-ocallaghan-shayna-jack-brianna-throssell-ariarne-titmus-break-record-to-win-gold-in-womens-4x200m-freestyle-relay/news-story/462b9c344db543b97ab97c6d9f4cc06a|work=Herald Sun|location= |access-date=30 July 2023}}
• 29 July –
• Australia breaks the 4 x 100-metre mixed freestyle relay world record at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka.{{cite news |last=Linden|first=Julian|date=30 July 2023|title=Swimming World Championships 2023: Aussies on target for record medal haul, NBC medal tally farce |url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/olympics/swimming/swimming-world-championships-2023-how-ariarne-titmus-helped-make-katie-ledecky-the-goat/news-story/4318561ce126f9fb4b69d34d9f0d5f38|work=Herald Sun|location= |access-date=30 July 2023|quote=...the Australian mixed 4x100m freestyle relay smashed the world record to claim the team's 13th gold medal.}}
• Geelong Cats footballer Jeremy Cameron is allegedly assaulted when he was headbutted in an unprovoked attack while watching the cricket at a pub in South Geelong.{{cite news |last=Cotton|first=Ben|date=3 August 2023|title=New details emerge of shock pub attack on Cats superstar as police called in |url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/teams/geelong-cats/afl-news-2023-jeremy-cameron-headbutted-by-patron-while-watching-cricket-fit-to-play-in-geelong-vs-port-adelaide-game/news-story/1708fb70b951b7bd7cdbd6bb6090ecdc|work=Fox Sports|location= |access-date=24 September 2023}}
• 31 July –
• Australian rules footballer Buddy Franklin announces his retirement.{{cite news |last1=Twomey|first1=Callum|last2=Beveridge|first2=Riley|date=31 July 2023|title=Bye Bye Buddy: Lance Franklin ends his glorious career|url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/992370/bye-bye-buddy-lance-franklin-announces-his-retirement|work=AFL.com.au|location= |access-date=31 July 2023}}
• The Matildas win their match against Canada at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup to advance to the knockout stage.{{cite news |last=Rugari|first=Vince|date=31 July 2023|title=Resurgent Matildas top Group B with magnificent 4–0 victory over Canada |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/resurgent-matildas-top-group-b-with-magnificent-4-0-victory-over-canada-20230731-p5dsri.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|location= |access-date=1 August 2023}}
• England win the fifth Ashes test bowling Australia out and winning by 49 runs to draw the series 2–2, but with Australia retaining the urn.{{cite news|last=Conn|first=Malcolm|date=1 August 2023|title=Stokes celebrates Oval Test victory after crazy drop as England level series|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/stokes-celebrates-test-victory-after-crazy-drop-as-england-level-series-20230731-p5dss0.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|location= |access-date=1 August 2023}}

• 1 August – Australian runner Peter Bol is cleared of doping following a Sport Integrity Australia investigation.{{cite news |author= |date=1 August 2023|title=Peter Bol cleared of doping following investigation by Sport Integrity Australia|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-01/peter-bol-cleared-of-doping-wada-sport-integrity-australia/102672048|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=3 August 2023}} The World Anti-Doping Agency says it will review its testing processes after notifying Bol of a positive test result for synthetic EPO in January despite subsequent analysis of a B-sample returning an "atypical" finding.
• 5 August – The Wallabies narrowly lose the final Bledisloe Cup match of 2023 to the All Blacks in Dunedin, 23–20.{{cite news |author= |date=5 August 2023|title=All Blacks defeat Wallabies 23–20 to record Bledisloe Cup clean sweep|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-05/bledisloe-cup-new-zealand-australia-wallabies/102690894|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=11 August 2023}}
• 6 August – The Diamonds win the 2023 Netball World Cup, beating England 61–45 in Cape Town in what was Ash Brazill's final game.{{cite news|last=Carter|first=Brittany|date=7 August 2023|title=Australia's Diamonds win Netball World Cup for 12th time, beating England 61–45 in Cape Town final|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-07/australia-wins-back-netball-world-cup-send-brazill-out-on-high/102695996|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=11 August 2023}}
• 7 August – The Matildas progress through to the quarter-finals of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup after defeating Denmark 2–0 at Brisbane Stadium with Caitlin Foord and Hayley Raso scoring a goal each.{{cite news |last1=Healy|first1=Jon|last2=Smale|first2=Simon|date=7 August 2023|title=Matildas through to FIFA Women's World Cup quarterfinals as Sam Kerr returns in 2–0 victory against Denmark, England edge Nigeria|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-07/live-updates-fifa-womens-world-cup-matildas-vs-denmark-eng-nga/102697684|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=8 August 2023}}
• 12 August – The Matildas progress through to the semi-finals of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup after defeating France in a penalty shootout at Brisbane Stadium, with Cortnee Vine kicking the winning penalty.{{cite news |last1=Healy|first1=Jon|last2=Smale|first2=Simon|date=12 August 2023|title=Matildas win FIFA Women's World Cup quarterfinal after classic shootout against France in Brisbane |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-12/live-updates-fifa-womens-world-cup-matildas-vs-france/102714394|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=12 August 2023}}
• 13 August – Ed Goddard and Niamh Allen are the respective men's and women's winners of Sydney's 14 km City2Surf.{{cite news|last=Duffin|first=Perry|date=13 August 2023|title=Human wave surges through Sydney's streets to Bondi|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/human-wave-surges-through-sydney-s-streets-to-bondi-20230813-p5dw23.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|location= |access-date=15 October 2023|quote=Coming in first for the men was elite runner Ed Goddard with a time of 41 minutes and 30 seconds. First for the women was Niamh Allen at 47 minutes and 29 seconds.}}
• 16 August – The England Lionesses beat the Matildas 3–1 in a semi-final of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup at Stadium Australia.{{cite news |last1=Healy|first1=Jon|last2=Smale|first2=Simon|date=16 August 2023|title=Matildas lose 3–1 to England's Lionesses in semifinal at Sydney's Olympic Stadium|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-16/matildas-lose-womens-world-cup-semifinal-against-england/102725694|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=19 August 2023}}
• 19 August –
• A goal umpire denies the Adelaide Crows a match-winning goal kicked by Ben Keays in the final 90 seconds of their Round 23 match against the Sydney Swans at Adelaide Oval, mistakenly believing the ball had hit the post, which results in the Crows missing out a place in the finals.{{cite news |last=Ralph|first=Jon|date=20 August 2023|title=Gillon McLachlan admits 'human error' cost Crows in heartbreaking defeat |url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/gillon-mclachlan-admits-human-error-cost-crows-in-heartbreaking-defeat/news-story/bc56254da0214a5167d1af75b10ae733|work=Herald Sun|location= |access-date=21 August 2023}} The goal umpire is subsequently stood down and the AFL's CEO Gillon McLachlan apologises for the mistake.{{cite news |last1=Ryan|first1=Peter|last2=Wu|first2=Andrew|last3=Ward|first3=Roy|date=20 August 2023|title='Inexplicable': McLachlan admits goal umpiring blunder but defends review system|url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/worst-nightmare-possible-afl-umpire-error-might-have-cost-crows-a-finals-spot-20230819-p5dxvm.html|work=The Age|location= |access-date=21 August 2023}}
• Jack Ziebell plays his final game for the North Melbourne Football Club.{{cite news |author= |date=19 August 2023|title=AFL R23 match report: Roos fall short as Ziebell says goodbye|url=https://www.nmfc.com.au/news/1408529/afl-r23-match-report-north-melbourne-v-richmond|work=North Melbourne Football Club|location= |access-date=24 September 2023}}
• 20 August –
• Just hours after playing his final game, footballer Jack Ziebell is allegedly assaulted in an unprovoked at a bar in South Yarra at approximately 1 am while celebrating his retirement.{{cite news |author= |date=20 August 2023|title=Retiring North Melbourne champ Jack Ziebell spends night in hospital after 'unprovoked attack'|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-20/retiring-north-melbourne-champ-jack-ziebell-attacked/102752466|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=24 September 2023}}{{cite news |author= |date=24 September 2023|title=Jack Ziebell says he will require more surgery later in the year after alleged assault outside a Melbourne bar |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-24/jack-ziebell-speaks-after-alleged-assualt-outside-melbourne-bar/102895136|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=24 September 2023}} Two men were subsequently arrested for the alleged assault.{{cite news |author= |date=21 August 2023|title=Two men arrested following assault of retiring North Melbourne player Jack Ziebell |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-21/two-men-arrested-jack-ziebell-assault/102756932|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=24 September 2023}}
• The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup final is played at Stadium Australia in Sydney, where Spain defeats England 1–0.{{cite news|last=Smale|first=Simon|date=20 August 2023|title=Spain wins first Women's World Cup with 1–0 victory over England in final at Stadium Australia in Sydney|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-20/live-updates-fifa-womens-world-cup-final-england-vs-spain/102753206|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=21 August 2023}}
• The Matildas are presented with the keys to the city at a public reception held at Brisbane's Riverstage where premier Annastacia Palaszczuk promised to triple investment into improving women's facilities at local sports clubs.{{cite news|last=Ferguson|first=Gemma|date=20 August 2023|title=Matildas gifted keys to the city after FIFA Women's World Cup third-place playoff in Brisbane|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-20/matildas-given-key-to-the-city-in-brisbane-fifa-womens-world-cup/102752508|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=2 September 2023}} Australian singer Nikki Webster also surprises the team with a performance of "Strawberry Kisses".
• 23 August – Nina Kennedy wins gold in the women's pole vault event at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, sharing it with American Katie Moon.{{cite news|last=Laub|first=Andrew|date=24 August 2023|title=USA's Katie Moon and Australia's Nina Kennedy decide to share women's pole vault gold medal|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/katie-moon-nina-kennedy-share-gold-medal-pole-vault-usa-australia-world-championship/|work=CBS News|location= |access-date=2 September 2023}}
• 25 August – Collingwood claims the AFL's minor premiership for the first time since 2011 after defeating Essendon by 70 points at the MCG.{{cite news |author= |date=25 August 2023|title=Collingwood beats Essendon by 70 points to win AFL minor premiership ahead of Brisbane and Port Adelaide|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-25/collingwood-beat-essendon-to-win-afl-minor-premiership/102769614|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=2 September 2023}}
• 27 August – Matt Smith and Sinead Noonan are the respective men's and women's winners of Perth's 12 km City to Surf.{{cite news|last=Harwood|first=Erin|date=27 August 2023|title=City to Surf|url=https://www.facebook.com/9NewsPerth/videos/city-to-surf-winners/263174873216131|work=Nine News|location= |access-date=15 October 2023}}

• 1 September – The 2023 AFL Women's season gets underway with the first game of Round 1 between Melbourne and Collingwood at Princes Park.{{cite news|last=Healey|first=Catherine|date=2 September 2023|title=Reigning premiers send big AFLW statement as Pies star hobbles off 'in tears' |url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/womens-afl/live-aflw-2023-melbourne-demons-vs-collingwood-magpies-season-eight-round-1-live-scores-updates-stats-video-stream-result-news-blog/news-story/0f84976e257b65338aa787bef655eecc|work=Fox Sports|location= |access-date=2 September 2023}}
• 2 September – The Penrith Panthers win the NRL minor premiership and are awarded the J. J. Giltinan Shield for the third time in four years after defeating the North Queensland Cowboys 44–12 at Penrith Stadium. Wests Tigers finish in last position, claiming their second straight wooden spoon.{{cite news|last=Nicolussi|first=Christian|date=2 September 2023|title=Panthers seal minor premiership in major boost for Roosters, Raiders|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/panthers-make-major-finals-statement-clinching-minor-premiership-20230902-p5e1i1.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|location= |access-date=4 September 2023}}
• 9 September – The Wallabies beat Georgia 35–15 in their opening match at the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France – their first win under coach Eddie Jones.{{cite news |last1=Smale|first1=Simon|last2=Pentony|first2=Luke|date=10 September 2023|title=Wallabies defeat Georgia 35–15 to open Rugby World Cup campaign on positive note|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-10/rugby-world-cup-wallabies-vs-georgia/102833756|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=10 September 2023}}
• 15 September – A stand at Stadium Australia is named the Cathy Freeman Stand in honour of Cathy Freeman, the first Aboriginal athlete to win an individual Olympic gold medal for Australia.{{cite news|last=Gregory|first=Xanthe|date=15 September 2023|title=Cathy Freeman honoured with stand at Stadium Australia in Sydney Olympic Park|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-15/cathy-freeman-stand-at-sydney-olympic-park/102861452|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=16 September 2023}}
• 17 September – In their first win against Australia since 1954, Fiji defeats Wallabies 22–15 in a 2023 Rugby World Cup pool match.{{cite news |last1=Smale|first1=Simon|last2=Pentony|first2=Luke|date=18 September 2023|title=Fiji stuns Wallabies 22–15 at Rugby World Cup in France to break 69-year drought|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-18/rugby-world-cup-2023-wallabies-lose-to-fiji/102849868|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=24 September 2023}}
• 24 September – Wallabies are defeated by Wales by 40–6 and are likely to be knocked out of the 2023 Rugby World Cup without progressing past the pool stages for the first time in history.{{cite news |last=Smale|first=Simon|date=25 September 2023|title=Five quick hits — Shocking second half costs Wallabies record-breaking Rugby World Cup defeat against Wales |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-25/five-quick-hits-wallabies-crash-rugby-world-cup-defeat-wales/102896066|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=25 September 2023}} Coach Eddie Jones and captain David Porecki both apologise to Australia for their team's poor performance.{{cite news |last=Otto|first=Tyson|date=25 September 2023|title=Australian rugby exploding with rage after Wallabies World Cup humiliation |url=https://www.news.com.au/sport/rugby/wallabies-vs-wales-live-eddie-jones-bombshell-hangs-over-must-win-world-cup-clash/news-story/a949237a0ed9888ca4009ffabb3ebabe|work=news.com.au|location= |access-date=25 September 2023}}
• 25 September – Lachie Neale wins the 2023 Brownlow Medal.{{cite news |last1=Atkinson|first1=Cody|last2=Lawson|first2=Sean|date=26 September 2023|title=How Lachie Neale won his second Brownlow Medal, winning the count ahead of other AFL superstars |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-26/how-lachie-neale-won-his-second-brownlow-medal/102900124|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=30 September 2023}}
• 27 September – Kalyn Ponga and Tamika Upton are awarded the Dally M Medals at the 2023 Dally M Awards.{{cite news |last1=Smale|first1=Simon|last2=Healy|first2=Jon|date=27 September 2023|title=Kalyn Ponga and Tamika Upton win sweep Dally M Medals as Newcastle Knights sweep top NRL and NRLW awards |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-27/dally-m-medal-live-updates-nrl-2023/102902396|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=30 September 2023}}
• 28 September – After a four-day trial in the District Court of New South Wales, Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka is found not guilty of raping a woman in Sydney after having been accused of stealthing in Sydney in November 2022, while in Australia for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.{{cite news |last=Turnbull|first=Tiffanie|date=28 September 2023|title=Danushka Gunathilaka: Sri Lankan cricketer found not guilty of rape|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-66920784|work=BBC News|location= |access-date=30 September 2023}}
• 30 September – The Collingwood Magpies defeat the Brisbane Lions in the 2023 AFL Grand Final.{{Cite news |last=Horn |first=Jonathan |date=2023-09-30 |title=Collingwood claim 16th AFL premiership after edging out Brisbane in grand final classic |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/sep/30/afl-grand-final-2023-collingwood-magpies-brisbane-lions-match-report-results-winner |access-date=2023-09-30 |issn=0261-3077}}

• 1 October –
• The Penrith Panthers defeat the Brisbane Broncos in the 2023 NRL Grand Final.{{cite news |last=Healy|first=Jon|date=1 October 2023|title=Penrith Panthers defeat Brisbane Broncos to claim third-straight title after Nathan Cleary magic|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-01/nrl-grand-final-penrith-panthers-defeat-brisbane-broncos/102921872|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=2 October 2023}}
• The Newcastle Knights defeat the Gold Coast Titans in the 2023 NRLW Grand Final.{{cite news |last=Tedeschi|first=Nick|date=1 October 2023|title=Tamika Upton pounces late to give Knights NRLW grand final win over Titans |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/oct/01/nrlw-grand-final-2023-newcastle-knights-gold-coast-titans-match-report-tamika-upton-results-winner|work=The Guardian|location= |access-date=8 October 2023}}
• 8 October –
• Shane van Gisbergen wins the Bathurst 1000 for the third time.{{cite news|last=Williams|first=Rebecca|date=8 October 2023|title=Bathurst 1000: Shane van Gisbergen wins back-to-back titles at Mount Panorama|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/motorsport/supercars/bathurst-1000-all-the-latest-news-from-mount-panorama/news-story/86aaab1051fb6e199894ed7de7fcb2b1|work=The Daily Telegraph|location= |access-date=8 October 2023}}
• Australia is defeated by six wickets in their World Cup match against India at M. A. Chidambaram Stadium.{{cite news |author= |date=8 October 2023|title=Virat Kohli and KL Rahul guide India to Cricket World Cup victory over Australia|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-08/cricket-world-cup-australia-india-scorecentre/102938010|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=14 October 2023}}
• 12 October – Australia is defeated by 134 runs in their 2023 Cricket World Cup match against South Africa at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium.{{cite news |author= |date=12 October 2023|title=South Africa crush sloppy Australia in one-sided Cricket World Cup rout|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-12/cricket-world-cup-australia-south-africa-scorecentre/102938296|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=14 October 2023}}
• 14 October –
• The Socceroos are defeated by England 1–0 in an international friendly at Wembley Stadium in London.{{cite news |last=Lewis|first=Samantha|date=14 October 2023|title=Socceroos lose 1–0 to England in international friendly at Wembley |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-14/socceroos-v-england-friendly-wembley-live-updates/102972824|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=14 October 2023}}
• The Joseph Pride-trained Think About It jockeyed by Sam Clipperton wins The Everest at Randwick Racecourse.{{cite news |last=Gates|first=Zachary|date=14 October 2023|title='Unbelievable' run takes out $20 million Everest race at Royal Randwick|url=https://wwos.nine.com.au/horse-racing/news-2023-the-everest-think-about-it-winner-results-royal-randwick/bd5f759a-88a1-4476-adc5-102352419667|work=Nine's Wide World of Sports|location= |access-date=14 October 2023}}
• 15 October –
• Tim Vincent and Eloise Wellings are the respective men's and women's winners in the 10 km Bridge to Brisbane.{{cite news|last1=Holdsworth|first1=Matty|last2=Cook|first2=Liam|last3=French|first3=Tanya|date=15 October 2023|title=Bridge to Brisbane live coverage – all the colour|url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/bridge-to-brisbane/live-follow-bridge-to-brisbane-live-coverage-all-the-colour/live-coverage/8e00241695e1afd3b6a37ff043b33c87|work=The Courier-Mail|location= |access-date=15 October 2023|quote=Local lad Tim Vincent took out the 10km win in a time of 29 mins and 29 seconds while Eloise Wellings won for the women in 33 mins and 7 seconds}}
• Reece Edwards and Gemma Maini are the respective men's and women's winners in the 42 km Melbourne Marathon.{{cite news |author= |date=15 October 2023|title=2023 Nike Melbourne Marathon Festival Winners Announced |url=https://www.miragenews.com/2023-nike-melbourne-marathon-festival-winners-1103671|work=Mirage News|location= |access-date=15 October 2023}}
• Ali Day and Lana Rogers are the respective men's and women's winners of the Coolangatta Gold.{{cite news|last=Garland|first=Jack|date=15 October 2023|title=Coolangatta Gold: Day, Rogers create history in surf lifesaving event|url=https://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/sport/coolangatta-gold-day-rogers-create-history-in-surf-lifesaving-event/news-story/3625eeb32068e65b9a3e784b65c2d3a1|work=Gold Coast Bulletin|location= |access-date=16 October 2023}}
• 16 October – Australia wins by five wickets in their 2023 Cricket World Cup match against Sri Lanka at BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium.{{cite news |author= |date=16 October 2023|title=Australia beats Sri Lanka by five wickets in Lucknow to revive World Cup hopes |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-16/cricket-world-cup-australia-beats-sri-lanka-in-lucknow/102938362|work=ABC News|agency=Australian Associated Press|location= |access-date=12 November 2023}}
• 19 October – The 2023–24 Women's Big Bash League season commences at with a match between the Sydney Sixers and the Melbourne Stars at North Sydney Oval.{{cite news|last=Gabor|first=Martin|date=20 October 2023|title='She's a freak': Annabel Sutherland dominates but Meg Lanning steals the show in a stunning WBBL return|url=https://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/shes-a-freak-annabel-sutherland-dominates-but-meg-lanning-steals-the-show-in-a-stunning-wbbl-return/news-story/e02a4edf1708d182669cede9f890e76c|work=news.com.au|location= |access-date=29 October 2023}}
• 20 October –
• The 2023–24 A-League Men season begins with Adelaide United defeating reigning champions Central Coast Mariners 3–0.{{cite web|url=https://aleagues.com.au/news/adelaide-united-3-0-central-coast-mariners-match-report-goals-highlights/|title=Mariners' title defence begins with defeat as rampant Reds usher in new era in style|website=A-Leagues|date=20 October 2023|first=Matt|last=Comino}}
• Australia wins by 62 runs in their 2023 Cricket World Cup match against Pakistan at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.{{cite news|last=Baum|first=Greg|date=21 October 2023|title=Dazzling tons from Warner, Marsh power Australia to crushing win over Pakistan |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/warner-marsh-tons-power-australia-to-crushing-win-over-pakistan-20231020-p5edx6.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|location= |access-date=12 November 2023}}
• 21 October –
• The Anthony and Sam Freedman-trained Without A Fight, ridden by Mark Zahra, wins the Caulfield Cup at Caulfield Racecourse.{{cite news |author= |date=21 October 2023|title=Without A Fight wins $5 million Caulfield Cup, beating West Wind Blows and Gold Trip |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-21/without-a-fight-wins-caulfield-cup/103005850|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=24 October 2023}}
• Australian cricketer Alyssa Healy is taken to hospital and undergoes surgery on her hand after sustaining a dog bite at home forcing her to be ruled out of the entire WBBL season.{{cite news |author= |date=22 October 2023|title=Sydney Sixers star Alyssa Healy out injured following surgery on her hand due to an accident at home |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-22/alyssa-healy-undergoes-surgery-on-hand-after-accident-at-home/103007768|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=24 October 2023}}{{cite news |author= |date=23 October 2023|title=Alyssa Healy hopeful of WBBL return and India tour following hand surgery from dog bite|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-23/alyssa-healy-hopeful-of-wbbl-return-india-tour-after-dog-bite/103010026|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=24 October 2023}}{{cite news |author= |date=27 October 2023|title=Sydney Sixers' Alyssa Healy ruled out for rest of the WBBL season as she recovers from finger surgery|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-27/alyssa-healy-to-miss-entire-wbbl-season-recovers-from-dog-bite/103032776|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=29 October 2023}}
• 23 October – The Australian Diamonds win the 2023 Constellation Cup.{{cite news |author= |date=23 October 2023|title=Diamonds win Constellation Cup despite losing final Test to Silver Ferns|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-23/diamonds-silver-ferns-constellation-cup-game-four/103010716|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=24 October 2023}}
• 25 October – Australia wins by 309 runs in their 2023 Cricket World Cup match against the Netherlands at Arun Jaitley Stadium during which Glenn Maxwell breaks the record for the fastest century.{{cite news |author= |date=25 October 2023|title=Glenn Maxwell breaks Cricket World Cup record for fastest century as Australia thrashes the Netherlands by 309 runs |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-25/cricket-world-cup-australia-netherlands-scorecentre/102938444|work=ABC News|agency=Reuters|location= |access-date=12 November 2023}}
• 28 October –
• The Danny Shum-trained Romantic Warrior, ridden by James McDonald, wins the 2023 W. S. Cox Plate at Moonee Valley Racecourse.{{cite news |author= |date=28 October 2023|title=Romantic Warrior sneaks home in photo finish to claim 2023 Cox Plate|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-28/cox-plate-race-report/103035636|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=29 October 2023}}
• Australia win by five runs in the 2023 World Cup cricket match against New Zealand at HPCA Stadium.{{cite news |author= |date=28 October 2023|title=Australia claim five-run win over New Zealand at cricket World Cup in India|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-28/cricket-world-cup-australia-new-zealand-scorecentre/102938518|work=ABC News|agency=Australian Associated Press|location= |access-date=12 November 2023}}
• 29 October – Wallabies coach Eddie Jones resigns ten months into a five-year contract.{{cite news |last=Decent|first=Tom|date=29 October 2023|title='I gave it a run': Eddie Jones resigns as Wallabies coach|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-union/jones-resigns-as-wallabies-coach-20231029-p5efxj.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|location= |access-date=19 November 2023}}

• 4 November –
• The Chris Waller-trained Riff Rocket, ridden by James McDonald, wins the Victoria Derby at Flemington Racecourse.{{cite news |author= |date=4 November 2023|title=Riff Rocket wins Victoria Derby as Melbourne Cup carnival kicks off at Flemington |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-04/victoria-derby-riff-rocket-wins-in-photo-finish/103065626|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=5 November 2023}}
• Australia win by 33 runs in their 2023 Cricket World Cup match against England at Narendra Modi Stadium.{{cite news |last=Martin|first=Ali|date=5 November 2023|title=Australia see off England to knock holders out of Cricket World Cup |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/nov/04/australia-see-off-england-to-knock-holders-out-of-cricket-world-cup|work=The Guardian|location= |access-date=12 November 2023}}
• 5 November – Hayden Wilde and Ashleigh Gentle win the respective men's and women's categories at the Noosa Triathlon but the results are somewhat overshadowed when a 53-year-old competitor dies during the swimming leg.{{cite news |author= |date=5 November 2023|title=Gentle wins record 10th Noosa Tri title as Olympic medallist claims men's race |url=https://www.sunshinecoastnews.com.au/2023/11/05/record-setter-wins-10th-noosa-tri-title/|work=Sunshine Coast News|location= |access-date=7 November 2023}}{{cite news|last=Church|first=Ben|date=6 November 2023|title=Man, 53, dies during swimming leg of an Australian triathlon|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2023/11/06/sport/triathlon-athlete-death-australia-spt-intl/index.html|work=BBC News|location= |access-date=7 November 2023}}
• 7 November –
• The Anthony and Sam Freedman-trained Without A Fight, ridden by Mark Zahra, wins the 2023 Melbourne Cup at Flemington Racecourse.{{Cite news |date=2023-11-07 |title=The complete Melbourne Cup finishing order from first to last |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-07/melbourne-cup-2023-finishing-order-from-first-to-last/103073154 |access-date=2023-11-07}}{{cite news|last1=McGarry|first1=Andrew|last2=Doyle|first2=Michael|date=7 November 2023|title=Melbourne Cup: Without A Fight creates history with Cup win, as jockey Mark Zahra claims back-to-back victories |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-07/without-a-fight-creates-history-with-melbourne-cup-win/103039160|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=7 November 2023}}
• The Sara Ryan-trained Attractable, ridden by Regan Bayliss, wins the Big Dance at Randwick Racecourse.{{cite news|last=Roots|first=Chris|date=7 November 2023|title=Rookie Ryan gets biggest win as Attractable lands $3 million Big Dance|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/racing/rookie-ryan-gets-biggest-win-as-attractable-lands-3-million-big-dance-20231107-p5ei8n.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|location= |access-date=7 November 2023}}
• Australia wins by three wickets in their 2023 Cricket World Cup match against Afghanistan at Wankhede Stadium.{{cite news|last=Farrrer|first=Martin|date=8 November 2023|title=Maxwell hits astonishing unbeaten 201 to rescue Australia against Afghanistan|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/nov/07/glenn-maxwell-hits-astonishing-unbeaten-201-to-rescue-australia-and-deny-afghanistan|work=The Guardian|location= |access-date=12 November 2023}}
• 9 November – Australian women's cricket captain Meg Lanning announces her retirement from international cricket.{{cite news|last=Brunsdon|first=Simon|date=9 November 2023|title=Emotional Aussie skipper Meg Lanning reveals reason for 'scary' retirement |url=https://wwos.nine.com.au/cricket/news-2023-meg-lanning-retires-australia-captain/69997cc5-fe43-4992-88c3-9406b8e3d3f9|work=Nine's Wide World of Sports|location= |access-date=12 November 2023}}
• 10 November – A state memorial service is held at the MCG for Australian rules football great Ron Barassi.{{cite news|last=Pierik|first=Jon|date=10 November 2023|title=A footy icon, and a dad: MCG rings with tales of Ron Barassi at memorial service|url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/a-footy-icon-and-a-dad-mcg-rings-with-tales-of-ron-barassi-at-memorial-service-20231107-p5ei76.html|work=The Age|location= |access-date=12 November 2023}}
• 11 November – Australia wins by eight wickets in their 2023 Cricket World Cup match against Bangladesh at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium.{{cite news |author= |date=11 November 2023|title=Cricket World Cup: Australia defeats Bangladesh, with Mitch Marsh scoring 177 |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-11/cricket-world-cup-australia-bangladesh-scorecentre/102938708|work=ABC News|agency=Australian Associated Press|location= |access-date=12 November 2023}}
• 16 November – Australia win by three wickets in their 2023 Cricket World Cup semi-final against South Africa at Eden Gardens, and progress through to the 2023 Cricket World Cup final against India at Narendra Modi Stadium.{{cite news|last=Conn|first=Malcolm|date=17 November 2023|title=Australia to meet India in final after tense victory over South Africa|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/australia-to-meet-india-in-final-after-tense-victory-over-south-africa-20231117-p5ekou.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|location= |access-date=19 November 2023}}
• 19 November – Australia win the 2023 Cricket World Cup defeating India by six wickets in the 2023 Cricket World Cup final at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.{{cite news |last1=Smale|first1=Simon|last2=Johnson|first2=Paul|date=20 November 2023|title=Australia stuns India to claim record-extending sixth Cricket World Cup crown in Ahmedabad|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-19/live-updates-cricket-world-cup-final-india-vs-australia/103124084|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=20 November 2023}}
• 21 November – Former cricketer and television commentator Michael Slater pleads guilty in Noosa Magistrates Court to obstructing police following an altercation with police officers on 31 March 2023.{{cite news |last1=Grimes|first1=Kirra|last2=Ross|first2=Jessica|last3=Dye|first3=Josh|date=21 November 2023|title=Former cricketer Michael Slater sentenced over police altercation in Noosa Heads|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-21/michael-slater-sentenced-over-noosa-police-altercation/103130512|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=23 November 2023}} Slater is fined $600 but no conviction was recorded.
• 22 November – Nikita Tszyu beats Dylan Biggs in a TKO victory at the Newcastle Entertainment Centre to claim the Australian super welterweight boxing title.{{cite news |author= |date=23 November 2023|title=Nikita Tszyu wins Australian super welterweight title with TKO win over Dylan Biggs|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-23/nikita-tszyu-wins-australian-superwelterweight-title/103140082|work=ABC News|agency=Australian Associated Press|location= |access-date=23 November 2023}}
• 25 November – Courtney Bruce is awarded the Liz Ellis Diamond at the Australian Netball Awards, which is overshadowed when Netball Australia confirms it threatened legal action against players who planned to boycott the event amid an ongoing pay dispute.{{cite news |author= |date=27 November 2023|title=Courtney Bruce wins 2023 Liz Ellis Diamond as Super Netball stars boycott awards, Netball Australia threatens legal action |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-26/courtney-bruce-wins-2023-liz-ellis-diamond/103151752|work=ABC News|agency=Australian Associated Press|location= |access-date=28 November 2023}} This prompts a rebuke from Liz Ellis who accuses Netball Australia of treating players with "callous disregard".{{cite news |author= |date=28 November 2023|title=Liz Ellis calls out 'callous disregard' by Netball Australia after players are forced to attend awards event|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-27/liz-ellis-calls-out-callous-disregard-of-netball-australia/103157018|work=ABC News|agency=Australian Associated Press|location= |access-date=28 November 2023}}
• 26 November –
• Min Woo Lee wins the Australian PGA Championship at Royal Queensland Golf Club.{{cite news|last=Monteverde|first=Marco|date=26 November 2023|title=Min Woo Lee survives early Sunday scare to win Australian PGA Championship|url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/breaking-news/min-woo-lee-survives-early-sunday-scare-to-win-australian-pga-championship/news-story/ba064d2a9649f84b43c43aa65576de89|work=The Australian|location= |access-date=26 November 2023}}
• Australia is defeated 2–0 in the 2023 Davis Cup Final by Italy at Jose Maria Martin Carpena Arena.{{cite news |last=Carayol|first=Tumaini|date=27 November 2023|title=Italy defeat Australia to win Davis Cup for first time since 1976 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/nov/26/italy-defeat-australia-to-win-davis-cup-for-first-time-since-1976|work=The Guardian|location= |access-date=27 November 2023}}

• 1 December – The Matildas win The Don Award at the Sport Australia Hall of Fame Awards - only the third team to receive the award instead of an individual sportsperson.{{cite news |last=Bourke|first=Ed|date=1 December 2023|title=Matildas win The Don Award for stirring World Cup campaign |url=https://www.news.com.au/sport/football/matildas-win-the-don-award-for-stirring-world-cup-campaign/news-story/59abd4af02ce9e93a361d7f11b6bc9f9|work=news.com.au|location= |access-date=1 December 2023}} There are also seven new inductees into the Hall of Fame - Kim Brennan, Tim Cahill, Kurt Fearnley, Lydia Lassila, Timothy McLaren, Nova Peris and Johnathan Thurston. Three previous inductees were elevated to "Legend" status - Bob Skilton, Layne Beachley and Mark Ella.
• 2 December – The Adelaide Strikers beat the Brisbane Heat by three runs in the WBBL Final at the Adelaide Oval.{{cite news |author= |date=2 December 2023|title=Adelaide Strikers down Brisbane Heat to win consecutive WBBL titles |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-02/wbbl-final-live-adelaide-strikers-cricket-scores/103165844|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=2 December 2023}}

• 3 December – The Brisbane Lions win the 2023 AFL Women's Grand Final at Princes Park, defeating North Melbourne 7.2 (44) - 4.3 (27).{{cite news |last=Croci|first=Danielle|date=3 December 2023|title=Brisbane Lions roar home in fourth quarter to win epic AFLW 2023 grand final|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/dec/03/brisbane-lions-roar-home-in-final-quarter-to-win-epic-aflw-final|work=The Guardian|location= |access-date=4 December 2023}}
• 4 December – Olympic rower Simon Burgess appears in Hobart Magistrates Court charged with one count of common assault, one count of injure property and three counts of breach Family Violence Order following an alleged incident in Franklin on 2 December 2023.{{cite news|last=Gwynn |first=Liz|date=4 December 2023|title=Olympic rower Simon Burgess on domestic violence charges, magistrate refuses bail|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-04/olympic-rower-simon-burgess-on-domestic-violence-charges/103186048|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=6 December 2023}} Magistrate Andrew McKee remanded Burgess in custody after refusing a bail application.
• 7 December – The 2023–24 Big Bash League season commences at The Gabba with a match between the Brisbane Heat and the Melbourne Stars.{{cite news |author= |date=8 December 2023|title=Brisbane Heat score historic BBL win over Melbourne Stars following Colin Munro's heroics|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-08/bbl-colin-munro-leads-brisbane-heat-to-win-over-melbourne-stars/103204746|work=ABC News|agency=Australian Associated Press|location= |access-date=14 December 2023}}
• 9 December – Alyssa Healy is officially named as captain of the Australian women's cricket team across all three formats, with Tahlia McGrath named vice-captain.{{cite news |author= |date=9 December 2023|title=Alyssa Healy named new Australia cricket captain across all three formats|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/dec/09/alyssa-healy-named-new-australia-captain-across-all-three-formats|work=The Guardian|agency=Australian Associated Press|location= |access-date=14 December 2023}}
• 13 December – It's revealed former Australian rules footballer and commentator Rex Hunt has been diagnosed with dementia.{{cite news|last=Byrne|first=Fiona|date=13 December 2023|title=Footy and media great Rex Hunt diagnosed with dementia|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/fiona-byrne/tv-radio-footy-and-fishing-great-rex-hunt-diagnosed-with-dementia/news-story/3ada578855913372a4f02b77f75c12e1|work= |location= |access-date=14 December 2023}}
• 14 December – The first cricket test between Australia and Pakistan gets underway at Perth Stadium.{{cite news|last=Bilton|first=Dean|date=14 December 2023|title=David Warner plays the hits in Perth to silence the critics, real and imagined, as Australia dominates Pakistan|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-14/david-warner-plays-the-hits-in-perth-to-silence-the-critics/103230644|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=15 December 2023}}
• 17 December – Australia defeat Pakistan by 360 runs in a match which saw Nathan Lyon secure his 500th test wicket.{{cite news|last1=Lemon|first1=Geoff|last2=Howcroft|first2=Jonathan|date=17 December 2023|title=Australia crush Pakistan in first Test as Nathan Lyon takes 500th wicket – as it happened|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2023/dec/17/australia-vs-pakistan-live-updates-first-test-cricket-aus-v-pak-results-scores-start-time-scorecard-teams-latest-day-four-perth-optus-stadium|work=The Guardian|location= |access-date=18 December 2023}}
• 21 December – Australian cricketer Usman Khawaja is charged by the International Cricket Council for breaching clothing and equipment regulations during the first test in Perth after wearing a black armband without seeking prior approval.{{cite news|last1=Wu|first1=Andrew|last2=Conn|first2=Malcolm|date=21 December 2023|title=Khawaja charged by ICC, seeks permission to continue 'human rights' message|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/khawaja-seeks-permission-to-continue-human-rights-message-20231221-p5et4w.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|location= |access-date=26 December 2023}} Khawaja says he will be contesting the reprimand and asking for consistency in how the ICC officiates.{{cite news |author=|date=22 December 2023|title=Usman Khawaja says black armband was for 'personal bereavement' after ICC reprimand|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/usman-khawaja-asks-icc-for-consistency-after-reprimand-for-wearing-black-armband/ysha0x43b|work=SBS News|agency=Australian Associated Press|location= |access-date=26 December 2023}} Khawaja had already been prevented from wearing boots displaying handwritten political slogans in the colours of the Palestinian flag during the first test due to the ICC's regulations prohibiting political, religious or racial messaging.{{cite news|last=Somos|first=Christy|date=14 December 2023|title=Why Usman Khawaja's shoes have started a cricketing controversy|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/why-usman-khawajas-shoes-have-started-a-cricketing-controversy/l64c4kq1p|work=SBS News|location= |access-date=26 December 2023}}
• 26 December –
• The Boxing Day Test gets underway at the MCG with Pakistan winning the toss and electing to bowl first.{{cite news|last=Caffrey|first=Oliver|date=26 December 2023|title=Pakistan to bowl first in MCG test after winning toss|url=https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8470284/pakistan-to-bowl-first-in-mcg-test-after-winning-toss|work=The Canberra Times|location= |access-date=26 December 2023}}
• The 2023 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race commences in Sydney Harbour with sailors warned to expect treacherous conditions.{{cite news|last=Lulham|first=Amanda|date=26 December 2023|title=Sydney to Hobart yacht race 2023: rolling updates, latest news, favourites, weather, drama, tracker|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/sydney-to-hobart-yacht-race-2023-rolling-updates-latest-news-favourites-weather-drama-tracker/news-story/664d7097e42cc5ffc488b3493bf9cc14|work=The Daily Telegraph|location= |access-date=26 December 2023}}
• 28 December – LawConnect claims line honours in the 2023 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race narrowly beating Andoo Comanche.{{cite news|last=Eder|first=Billie|date=28 December 2023|title='I can't believe that result': LawConnect claims dramatic Sydney to Hobart win|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/sailing/lawconnect-claims-dramatic-sydney-to-hobart-line-honours-win-20231228-p5etz2.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|location= |access-date=28 December 2023}}
• 29 December –
• Australia wins the Boxing Day Test defeating Pakistan by 79 runs.{{cite news |last1=Healy|first1=Jon|last2=Smale|first2=Simon|date=29 December 2023|title=Pat Cummins shines as Australia beats Pakistan by 79 runs to win Boxing Day Test and Benaud-Qadir Trophy|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-29/boxing-day-test-day-four-live-updates-australia-pakistan-mcg/103271762|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=30 December 2023}} However, Pakistan claims their loss was caused by inconsistent umpiring.{{cite news |author=|date=30 December 2023|title=Pakistan blames 'inconsistent umpiring' for Boxing Day Test defeat to Australia|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-30/cricket-boxing-day-test-pakistan-australia/103274068|work=ABC News|agency=Australian Associated Press|location= |access-date=30 December 2023}}
• The 2024 United Cup tennis tournament commences in Perth.{{cite news |author=|date=28 December 2023|title=Australians in a 'bloody tough group' at the United Cup, according to captain Lleyton Hewitt|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-28/hewitt-backs-aussie-underdogs-to-show-plenty-of-bite-united-cup/103270926|work=ABC News|agency=Australian Associated Press|location= |access-date=2 January 2024|quote=The mixed-teams event begins in Perth on Friday...}}
• 30 December – Alive claims overall honours in the 2023 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.{{cite news |last=Rowbottom|first=Chris|date=30 December 2023|title=Sydney to Hobart yacht race 2023 overall winner Alive takes the cup for a second time|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-30/sydney-to-hobart-yacht-race-overall-winner-2023-alive/103270994|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=30 December 2023}}
• 31 December –
• The 2024 Brisbane International tennis tournament commences.{{cite news |author=|date=30 December 2023|title=Deadly eastern brown snake interrupts Dominic Thiem match at Brisbane International|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-30/deadly-brown-snake-dominic-thiem-tennis-brisbane-international/103274956|work=ABC News|agency=Australian Associated Press|location= |access-date=31 December 2023}} Play is temporarily halted during a qualifying match between Dominic Thiem and James McCabe the day prior while an eastern brown snake is removed from the court.
• Former professional road racing cyclist Rohan Dennis is arrested and charged causing death by dangerous driving, driving without due care and endangering life after his wife, fellow former professional cyclist Melissa Hoskins, is allegedly struck by a ute in the Adelaide suburb of Medindie. Dennis is bailed to appear in the Adelaide Magistrates Court in March 2024.

{{Main|Deaths in 2023}}

{{Further|Category:2023 deaths}}

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• 4 January – Alan Mackay-Sim, biomedical scientist (b. 1951)
• 6 January – David Penington, doctor and academic (b. 1930){{Cite web |title=David Penington Death Notice |url=https://tributes.theage.com.au/obituaries/468400/david-penington |access-date=2023-01-07 |website=The Age}}
• 7 January – Rob Heming, rugby union player (b. 1932)
• 8 January – Slim Newton, country singer (b. 1932)
• 10 January – George Pell, Catholic cardinal (b. 1941) (died in Italy){{cite news | url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/cardinal-george-pell-dies-at-the-age-of-81-reports-20230111-p5cbqk.html | title=Cardinal George Pell dies, aged 81, after complications from hip surgery | date=11 January 2023 |first=David |last=Estcourt |newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald}}{{cite news|url=https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2023/01/cardinal-george-pell-a-giant-in-more-ways-than-one-dies-at-81|title=Cardinal George Pell, a giant in more ways than one, dies at 81|first=Elise Ann|last=Allen|publisher=Crux Now|date=11 January 2023|accessdate=11 January 2023}}
• 16 January – Jim Molan, New South Wales politician and military general (b. 1950){{cite news |title=Liberal senator Jim Molan dies aged 72 after 'sudden' decline in health |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jan/17/liberal-senator-jim-molan-dies-aged-72-after-sudden-decline-in-health |access-date=16 January 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 January 2023}}
• 17 January – Renée Geyer, singer (b. 1953){{Cite news |date=2023-01-17 |title=Australian soul singer Renee Geyer dies aged 69 |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-17/renee-geyer-australian-soul-singer-dies/101862142 |access-date=2023-01-17}}
• 21 January –
• Simon Dunn, bobsledder (b. 1987)
• Gabrielle Williams, author of young adult fiction (b. 1963){{Cite web |last= |date=2023-01-25 |title=Vale Gabrielle Williams |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2023/01/25/225701/vale-gabrielle-williams/ |access-date=2023-03-03 |website=Books+Publishing |language=en-AU}}
• 22 January –
• David Hains, businessman and horse breeder (b. 1931)
• Vaughan Johnson, Queensland politician (b. 1947)
• 25 January – Duncan Pugh, bobsledder (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1974)
• 26 January – Diana Fisher, media identity (b. 1931)
• 28 January – Phil Coles, Olympic canoeist (b. 1931)
• 29 January – John Devine, football player and coach (Geelong, North Hobart) (b. 1940)
• 30 January –
• Andrew Grimwade, businessman and philanthropist (b. 1930){{Cite web |date=2023-02-13 |title=Vale Sir Andrew Grimwade CBE |url=https://www.helenhaines.org/media/vale-sir-andrew-grimwade-cbe/ |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=Helen Haines MP – Independent Federal Member for Indi |language=en-AU}}
• Ann Harding, economist (b. 1958){{Cite web |date=2023-02-04 |title=Ann Margaret HARDING Death Notice |url=https://tributes.canberratimes.com.au/obituaries/470928/ann-margaret-harding/?r=https://tributes.canberratimes.com.au/obituaries/canberratimes-au/ |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=The Canberra Times}}

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• 2 February – Richard Woolcott, diplomat (b. 1927)
• 3 February – Portia Robinson, historian (b. 1926){{Cite web|url=https://tributes.smh.com.au/obituaries/471405/portia-robinson-am-phd/|title=Portia ROBINSON AM PhD Death Notice – Sydney, New South Wales | Sydney Morning Herald|website=tributes.smh.com.au}}
• 5 February – Geoff Heskett, Olympic basketball player (1956) (b. 1929){{Cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/6282|title=Olympedia – Geoff Heskett|website=www.olympedia.org}}
• 9 February – Wesley Stacey, photographer (b. 1941){{Cite web |last=Shipton |first=Will |date=2023-02-28 |title=Rest in peace: Wesley Stacey (1941–2023) |url=https://www.insideimaging.com.au/2023/rest-in-peace-wesley-stacey-1941-2023/ |access-date=2023-03-30 |website=Inside Imaging |language=en-GB}}
• 17 February –
• George T. Miller, film director (b. 1943, Scotland){{cite news |last1=Quinn |first1=Karl |date=18 February 2023 |title=Australian film director George Miller, of Man From Snowy River fame, dies |publisher=The Sydney Morning Herald |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/movies/australian-film-director-george-miller-of-man-from-snowy-river-fame-dies-20230218-p5clkz.html |access-date=18 February 2023}}
• Peter Muller, architect (b. 1927){{cite news |date=19 February 2023 |title=Island Designer: Peter Muller 1927–2023 |publisher=Balidiscovery |url=https://balidiscovery.com/island-designer-peter-muller-1927-2023/ |access-date=19 February 2023}}
• 20 February – Ken Warby, motorboat racer and holder of water speed record (b. 1939) (died in the United States){{Cite news |date=2023-02-22 |title=Ken Warby, the fastest man on water, dies aged 83 |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-22/ken-warby-dead-speed-boat-record-holder/102006572 |access-date=2023-02-23}}{{Cite web |date=2023-02-22 |title='Sad day': Australia in mourning over heartbreaking news about icon |url=https://au.sports.yahoo.com/australia-in-mourning-over-death-of-speedboat-legend-ken-warby-025517042.html |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=Yahoo Sports |language=en-AU}}
• 22 February – Jeff Watson, journalist and documentary maker (b. 1942){{cite news |last=Knox|first=David|date=1 March 2023|title=Vale: Jeff Watson |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/03/vale-jeff-watson.html|work=TV Tonight|location= |access-date=2 March 2023}}
• 23 February – Syd Fischer, property developer and sailor (b. 1927){{Cite web |last=Pearson |first=Di |date=2023-02-27 |title=Vale Syd Fischer AM OBE |url=https://www.sail-world.com/news/259077/Vale-Syd-Fischer-AM-OBE |access-date=2023-02-28 |website=Sail-World}}

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• 1 March – Warren Saunders, cricketer (b. 1934)
• 16 March –
• Stephen Bromhead, New South Wales politician (b. 1957)
• Ron Elstob, politician (b. 1924){{cite web |author= |date=11 May 2023 |title=House of Representatives Hansard: Thursday, 11 May 2023 (proof) |url=https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/chamber/hansardr/26694/toc_pdf/House%20of%20Representatives_2023_05_11.pdf;fileType=application%2Fpdf |access-date=12 May 2023 |website=Parliament of Australia |publisher= |page=9 |quote=Condolences: Elstob, Mr Ronald Charles (Ron)}}
• Peter Hardy, actor (b. 1957)
• Brian Walsh, television executive (b. c. 1954){{cite news|last=Idato|first=Michael|date=17 March 2023|title=The greatest showman: Australian TV loses a legend|url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/the-greatest-showman-australian-tv-loses-a-legend-20230317-p5csxc.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|location= |access-date=17 March 2023}}
• 17 March – James Goldrick, naval historian and officer (b. 1958)
• 20 March –
• Bob Johnston, economist and governor of the Reserve Bank (b. 1924){{cite news |last1=Read |first1=Michael |date=20 March 2023 |title=Former RBA chief Bob Johnston remembered for floating the dollar |publisher=Financial Review |url=https://www.afr.com/policy/economy/former-rba-chief-bob-johnston-remembered-for-floating-the-dollar-20230320-p5ctpx |access-date=21 March 2023}}
• Terry Norris, actor and politician (b. 1930){{cite news |last=Quinn|first=Karl|date=22 March 2023|title='They just loved him': Family, friends farewell Terry Norris, Sarge from Cop Shop|url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/they-just-loved-him-family-friends-farewell-terry-norris-sarge-from-cop-shop-20230322-p5cu7u.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|location= |access-date=|quote=...died on Monday night}}
• John Sattler, rugby league player (b. 1942){{cite news |author= |date=20 March 2023 |title=Rugby league and South Sydney great John Sattler dies, aged 80 |work=ABC News |location= |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-20/nrl-john-sattler-dies-south-sydney/102121066 |access-date=20 March 2023}}
• 21 March – Hugh Hiscutt, Tasmanian politician (b. 1926){{cite web |date=23 March 2023 |title=Hugh James Hiscutt AM |url=https://www.mytributes.com.au/notice/death-notices/hiscutt-hugh-james-am/6040983/ |access-date=1 May 2023 |website=My Tributes |publisher=The Mercury}}
• 29 March –
• John Kerin, politician and economist (b. 1937){{Cite news |last=McIlroy |first=Tom |date=2023-03-29 |title=John Kerin remembered as Labor great |language=en |work=Australian Financial Review |url=https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/john-kerin-remembered-as-labor-great-20230329-p5cwc4 |access-date=2023-03-29}}
• Stewart West, politician (b. 1934){{Cite web |last=Langford |first=Ben |date=2023-03-29 |title=Tributes flow for political 'giant' and former member for Cunningham |url=https://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/8140249/tributes-flow-for-political-giant-and-former-member-for-cunningham/ |access-date=2023-03-29 |website=Illawarra Mercury |language=en-AU}}
• 30 March – Doug Mulray, radio and television personality (b. 1951){{cite news |author= |date=31 March 2023|title=Veteran radio personality Doug Mulray dead at 71, Triple M confirms|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-31/radio-personality-doug-mulray-dead-at-71/102169190|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=31 March 2023|quote=Triple M Sydney and several friends have confirmed that Mulray died yesterday}}

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• 1 April – Fay Miller, Northern Territory politician (b. 1947)
• 3 April – Galarrwuy Yunupingu, Aboriginal leader (b. 1948){{cite news |last1=Latimore |first1=Jack |date=3 April 2023 |title=A giant of the nation': Indigenous leader Yunupingu dies, aged 74 |work=Sydney Morning Herald |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/a-giant-of-the-nation-indigenous-leader-yunupingu-dies-aged-74-20230324-p5cuyc.html |access-date=3 April 2023}}
• 6 April – Bruce Petty, political satirist (b. 1929){{Cite news |date=2023-04-06 |title=Award-winning cartoonist Bruce Petty dies at age 93 |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-06/cartoonist-bruce-petty-dead-aged-93/102198758 |access-date=2023-04-06}}
• 7 April – Bruce Haigh, political commentator (b. 1945){{cite news |last=Cowell |first=Alan |date=23 April 2023 |title=Bruce Haigh, Diplomat Who Helped Battle Apartheid, Dies at 77 |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/23/world/africa/bruce-haigh-dead.html |url-access=limited |accessdate=23 April 2023}}
• 9 April – Max Hazelton, co-founder of Hazelton Airlines (b. 1927){{cite news |last1=McGuire |first1=Amelia |title='Unbridled passion': Aviation pioneer Max Hazelton dies aged 95 |url=https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/unbridled-passion-aviation-pioneer-max-hazelton-dies-aged-95-20230410-p5czdx.html |access-date=10 April 2023 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=10 April 2023 |language=en}}
• 11 April – John Olsen, artist (b. 1928){{Cite news |date=2023-04-11 |title=Acclaimed Archibald prize-winning artist John Olsen dies aged 95 |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-12/artist-john-olsen-dies-aged-95/102210938 |access-date=2023-04-11}}
• 15 April – Faith Thomas, cricketer (b. 1933){{cite news |title=Faith Thomas, Australia's first Indigenous Test cricketer, dies aged 90 |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-17/faith-thomas-first-indigenous-australian-test-cricketer-dies/102231228 |work=ABC News |date=17 April 2023 |language=en-AU}}
• 17 April – Maxine Klibingaitis, actress (b. 1964){{cite news |title=Australian actress Maxine Klibingaitis dies 'suddenly and unexpectedly' |url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/celebrity-deaths/australian-actress-maxine-klibingaitis-dies-suddenly-and-unexpectedly/news-story/03b254afa866b7507ac982f8411f3034 |access-date=18 April 2023 |work=news.com.au |date=18 April 2023}}
• 19 April –
• Lee Harding, photographer and science fiction writer (b. 1937){{Cite web |title=Lee Harding |url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A31597 |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=AustLit: Discover Australian Stories |publisher=The University of Queensland}}
• Father Bob Maguire, Catholic priest and community worker (b. 1934){{cite news |last1=Callanan |first1=Tim |title=Father Bob Maguire, charity campaigner and Catholic priest, dies aged 88 |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-19/father-bob-maguire-catholic-priest-dies/101814184 |access-date=24 April 2023 |website=ABC News |date=19 April 2023}}
• 21 April – John Tranter, poet (b. 1943){{cite web |title=John Tranter Death Notice – Sydney, New South Wales |url=https://tributes.smh.com.au/obituaries/477443/john-tranter/ |access-date=25 April 2023 |website=tributes.smh.com.au |publisher=Sydney Morning Herald}}
• 22 April – Barry Humphries, comedian, author, actor and satirist (b. 1934){{cite web |last1=Runciman |first1=Caleb |title=Barry Humphries: Australian comedic legend dies aged 89 |url=https://thewest.com.au/entertainment/barry-humphries-australian-comedic-legend-star-dies-aged-89-c-10425339 |website=The West Australian |access-date=22 April 2023 |date=22 April 2023}}
• 27 April – Francis Macnab, Uniting Church minister and psychologist (b. 1931){{cite news |date=29 April 2023 |title=MACNAB, Francis |language=English |work=Herald Sun |publisher=The Herald and Weekly Times |agency=My Tributes |location=Melbourne |url=https://www.mytributes.com.au/notice/death-notices/macnab-francis/6051355/ |url-status=live |access-date=29 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429225837/https://www.mytributes.com.au/notice/death-notices/macnab-francis/6051355/ |archive-date=29 April 2023}}
• 30 April –
• Broderick Smith, musician (b. 1948){{cite news |title=Pioneering Australian musician and The Dingoes frontman Broderick Smith dies aged 75 |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-01/broderick-smith-musician-and-dingoes-frontman-dies-aged-75/102286968 |access-date=1 May 2023 |work=ABC News |date=1 May 2023 |language=en-AU}}
• Jock Zonfrillo, chef (MasterChef Australia) (b. 1976){{cite news |title=Jock Zonfrillo, celebrated chef and judge on MasterChef Australia, dies aged 46 |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-01/jock-zonfrillo-judge-on-masterchef-australia-dies-aged-46/102288032 |access-date=1 May 2023 |work=ABC News |date=1 May 2023 |language=en-AU}}

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• 2 May –
• Gabrielle Carey, novelist (b. 1959){{Cite news |date=2023-05-04 |title=Probate Notice: Gabrielle Carey |work=NSW Probate Index |via=Ryerson Index}}
• Frank Phillips, golfer (b. 1932){{cite news |last=De Silva|first=Chris|date=3 May 2023|title=Australian golf community mourning death of 'one of our greatest players' Frank Phillips|url=https://wwos.nine.com.au/golf/frank-phillips-dead-at-90-two-time-australian-open-champion/14d3be35-e719-46a3-bb4a-3ab3e8e219c9|work=Nine's Wide World of Sports|location= |access-date=26 May 2023}}
• 3 May – Tony Staley, politician (b. 1939){{cite news|author= |date=9 May 2023|title=STALEY, Anthony Allan (Tony)|url=https://www.mytributes.com.au/notice/death-notices/staley-anthony-allan-tony/6053297|work=My Tributes|location= |access-date=26 May 2023}}
• 4 May – Bruce Childs, politician (b. 1934){{cite web |url=https://www.evatt.org.au/post/statement-on-the-passing-of-bruce-childs6-may-2023|title=Statement on the passing of Bruce Childs|author=|date=6 May 2023|website=Evatt Foundation|publisher= |access-date=26 May 2023|quote=It is with sadness that the Evatt Foundation received news of the passing of our former President (1998–2006) and Life Member, Bruce Childs on 4 May 2023.}}
• 5 May – Terry Lewis, police officer (b. 1928){{cite news|last1=Kyriacou|first1=Kate|last2=Chamberlin|first2=Thomas|date=5 May 2023|title=Disgraced former police commissioner Terry Lewis dies aged 95 |url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/disgraced-former-police-commissioner-terry-lewis-dies-aged-95/news-story/4456f7c75a0494eb3469dcccd5277012|work=The Courier-Mail|location= |access-date=5 May 2023|quote=It is understood Lewis had been in palliative care before passing away today.}}
• 10 May –
• Rosemary Crossley, author and disability rights advocate (b. 1945){{cite news |author= |date=24 May 2023|title=CROSSLEY, Dr Rosemary |url=https://tributes.smh.com.au/obituaries/479968/dr-rosemary-crossley/?r=https://tributes.smh.com.au/obituaries/smh-au|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|location= |access-date=26 May 2023}}
• Rolf Harris, entertainer, musician and sex offender (b. 1930) (died in the United Kingdom){{cite web|url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/celebrity-deaths/rolf-harris-dies-aged-93-after-health-battle/news-story/cdc9a736c4ce9694bccb2f47628bb3e1|title=Rolf Harris dies aged 93 after health battle|website=News.com.au|first=Lexi|last=Cartwright|date=23 May 2023}}
• 12 May – Owen Davidson, tennis player (b. 1943){{cite news |author=|date=14 May 2023|title=Tributes flow as Australian tennis great Owen Davidson dies, aged 79|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-14/tennis-australian-great-owen-davidson-dies-aged-79/102343812|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=26 May 2023|quote=...died in Conroe, Texas on Friday (US time).}}
• 13 May – Mary Parker, television presenter and actress (born in the United Kingdom) (b.1930){{cite news |last=Lee|first=Tim|date=17 May 2023|title=First woman to appear on Melbourne television, Mary Parker, dies|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-17/first-woman-on-melbourne-television-dies/102358070|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=5 June 2023}}{{cite news |author= |date=19 May 2023|title=FITZGERALD, Mary Clare Avison|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/tributes/notice/funeral-notices/fitzgerald-mary-clare-avison/6056864|work=Herald Sun|location= |access-date=5 June 2023|quote=31/10/1930 – 13/05/2023}}
• 18 May – Ray Wilkie, meteorologist (b. 1925){{cite web |url=https://televisionau.com/2023/05/obituary-ray-wilkie.html|title=Obituary: Ray Wilkie|last=Bayley|first=Andrew|date=21 May 2023|website=Television.AU|publisher= |access-date=22 May 2023|quote=}}
• 19 May – Ella Stack, mayor of Darwin (b. 1929){{cite news|last=Baird|first=Robert|date=22 May 2023|title=Dr Ella Stack, mayor who guided Darwin through Cyclone Tracy aftermath, dies aged 94|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-22/dr-ella-stack-former-darwin-mayor-cyclone-tracy-dies/102376262|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=26 May 2023|quote=Dr Stack died peacefully at the Canberra Hospital on Friday...}}
• 23 May –
• Andrew Burke, poet (b. 1944)
• Neil Dansie, cricketer (b. 1928){{cite news |last=Ramsey|first=Andrew|date=24 May 2023|title=Cricket mourns the loss of SA legend Neil Dansie|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/neil-dansie-obituary-hampton-south-australia-legend-sheffield-shield-life-death-bradman/2023-05-24|work=cricket.com.au|location= |access-date=5 June 2023}}
• 25 May –
• Joy McKean, musician (b. 1930){{cite news |author= |date=26 May 2023|title=Australian country music legend Joy McKean dies aged 93 |url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/celebrity-deaths/australian-country-music-legend-joy-mckean-dies-aged-93/news-story/2305aaea176bfdf7d3382b0788e840bf|work=news.com.au|location= |access-date=26 May 2023|quote=McKean's record company EMI made the announcement today, revealing that McKean, known as the “grand lady” of Australian country music, had died yesterday...}}
• Mac Gudgeon, screenwriter (b. 1949){{cite web |url=https://tributes.theage.com.au/obituaries/480569/mac-gudgeon|title=Death notice: Mac Gudgeon|author= |date=31 May 2023|website=The Age|publisher= |access-date= |quote=4 June 2023}}{{cite news |last=Slatter|first=Sean|date=29 May 2023|title=Vale Mac Gudgeon, writer for film, television and the stage|url=https://if.com.au/vale-mac-gudgeon-film-television-and-stage-writer|work=IF Magazine|location= |access-date=4 June 2023}}
• 26 May – Andrew Evans, pastor and co-founder of the Family First Party (b. 1935){{cite news|last=Hough|first=Andrew|date=28 May 2023|title=SA political figure former church pastor Andrew Evans dies aged 87|url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/sa-political-figure-former-church-pastor-andrew-evans-dies-aged-87/news-story/a811962e796ce0b1e5c9c15ac6aa54e2|work=The Advertiser|location= |access-date=5 June 2023}}{{cite news |author= |date=31 May 2023|title=Evans, Andrew |url=https://www.mytributes.com.au/notice/funeral-notices/evans-andrew/6081120/|work=My Tributes|location= |access-date=5 June 2023|quote=...26/05/2023}}

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• 6 June –
• Tom Herzfeld, politician (b. 1936){{cite web |url=https://www.westannouncements.com.au/browse/obituaries/view/herzfeld-tom?set=obituaries-today|title=Herzfeld (Tom)|author= |date=9 June 2023|website=West Announcements|publisher= |access-date=23 June 2023|quote=Passed away at home on 6.6.23}}
• Jim May, chemical engineer (b. 1934){{cite web |url=https://tributes.theage.com.au/obituaries/481451/james-richard-jim-may/?r=https://tributes.theage.com.au/obituaries/theage-au/|title=MAY, James Richard (Jim)|author= |date=10 June 2023|website=The Age|publisher= |access-date=23 June 2023|quote=20/7/34 – 6/6/23}}
• 8 June –
• Rale Rasic, Australian association football player and coach (born in Bosnia) (b. 1935){{cite news |author= |date=8 June 2023|title=Vale Rale Rasic|url=https://www.footballvictoria.com.au/news/vale-rale-rasic|work=Football Victoria|location= |access-date=|quote=Zvonimir ‘Rale’ Rasic, the first coach to guide Australia to the FIFA World Cup, passed away earlier this morning, aged 87}}
• Craig Stewart, Australian rules footballer (b. 1956){{cite news |author= |date=10 June 2023|title=STEWART, Craig Forbes |url=https://www.mytributes.com.au/notice/death-notices/stewart-craig-forbes/6084811|work=My Tributes|location= |access-date=11 June 2023|quote=15/09/1956 – 08/06/2023}}{{cite news|last=McFarlane|first=Glenn|date=9 June 2023|title=Former Collingwood and Richmond player Craig Stewart dies, aged 66|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/former-collingwood-and-richmond-player-craig-stewart-dies-aged-66/news-story/ae1a7befcea31069aac8527b271e6fb2|work=Herald Sun|location= |access-date=11 June 2023}}
• 9 June – Camilla Ah Kin, actress{{cite news |last=Knox|first=David|date=11 June 2023|title=Vale: Camilla Ah Kin |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/06/vale-camilla-ah-kin.html|work=TV Tonight|location= |access-date=11 June 2023|quote=She passed away in Sydney on Friday night}}
• 13 June – Dennis Argall, diplomat (b. 1943){{cite web |url=https://johnmenadue.com/vale-dennis-argall|title=Vale Dennis Argall|last=Argall|first=Liz|date=20 June 2023|website=Pearls and Irritations|publisher= |access-date=27 June 2023|quote=Dennis passed away peacefully at 11:10pm (AEST) on Tuesday the 13th of June...}}
• 14 June – James Hardy, winemaker, businessman and Olympic and America's Cup yachtsman (b. 1932){{Cite web |last= |date=2023-06-15 |title=Fair Winds – Sir James Hardy OBE |url=https://cyca.com.au/fair-seas-sir-james-hardy-obe/ |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=Cruising Yacht Club of Australia |language=en-AU}}
• 17 June – Siobhan O'Sullivan, political scientist (b. 1974){{cite web |url=https://www.animal-ethics.org/thanking-siobhan-osullivan-for-all-she-did-for-a-better-world-for-animals|title=Thanking Siobhan O'Sullivan for all she did for a better world for animals|author= |date=18 June 2023|website=Animal Ethics|publisher= |access-date=23 June 2023|quote=Animal philosopher and activist Siobhan O’Sullivan died on June 17th after a long struggle against ovarian cancer.}}
• 19 June – Bernie Massey, Australian rules footballer (b. 1939){{cite web |url=https://www.mytributes.com.au/notice/funeral-notices/massey-bernard-dean/6088062|title=MASSEY, Bernard Dean|author= |date=21 June 2023|website=My Tributes|publisher= |access-date=28 June 2023|quote=MASSEY, Bernard Dean 12.8.1939 – 19.6.2023...}}
• 20 June – Ray Wheatley, boxer (b. 1948){{Cite tweet |last=Damon|first=Ben|author-link=Ben Damon|user=ben_damon|number=1670960318414196736|date=20 June 2023|title=Australian boxing stalwart Ray Wheatley OAM has sadly passed away|script-title= |trans-title= |language= |retweet= |location= |access-date=22 June 2023|link= |quote=Australian boxing stalwart Ray Wheatley OAM has sadly passed away in hospital this morning at age 74. Wheatley was a boxer, referee, judge, supervisor, IBF vice-president, writer, media personality and a giant of the industry|ref=}}{{cite news |last=Dodds|first=Troy|date=21 June 2023|title=Legendary boxer and Penrith local Ray Wheatley dies aged 74|url=https://westernweekender.com.au/2023/06/legendary-boxer-and-penrith-local-ray-wheatley-dies-aged-74|work=The Western Weekender|location= |access-date=22 June 2023}}
• 21 June – Tom Roper, politician (b. 1945){{cite news|last=Willingham|first=Richard|date=22 June 2023|title=Long-serving Victorian Labor politician 'Snappy' Tom Roper dies aged 78|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-22/former-victorian-labor-mp-snappy-tom-roper-dies-aged-78/102510824|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=22 June 2023|quote="Snappy" Tom Roper died last night aged 78.}}
• 22 June – Peter Allan, cricketer (b. 1935){{cite news |author= |date=23 June 2023|title=Australian cricket remembers former Test rep Peter Allan |url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/peter-allan-dies-queensland-cricket-test-australia-10-wickets-innings-leading-shield-wicket-taker/2023-06-23|work=Cricket Australia|location= |access-date=25 June 2023|quote=Queensland Cricket Chair Chris Simpson paid tribute to Allan, who died on Thursday...}}
• 23 June – Rocky Gattellari, boxer (born in Italy) (b. 1941){{cite news |last=Pandaram|first=Jamie|date=23 June 2023|title='Life of the party': Boxing legend Rocky Gattellari dies, age 81|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/life-of-the-party-boxing-legend-rocky-gattellai-dies-age-81/news-story/11f064eadc0f7325436ccc273d3ba159|work=The Daily Telegraph|location= |access-date=24 June 2023|quote=...he passed away peacefully on Friday evening.}}
• 25 June – Simon Crean, politician (died in Germany) (b. 1949){{cite news |title=Former Labor leader Simon Crean dies aged 74 |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-25/former-labor-leader-simon-crean-dies-aged-74/102521856 |access-date=25 June 2023 |work=ABC News |date=25 June 2023 |language=en-AU}}
• 27 June – Graeme John, Australian rules footballer (b. 1943){{cite news |author= |date=29 June 2023|title=Vale Graeme John AO |url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/958141/vale-graeme-john-ao-afl-commissioner|work=AFL News|publisher=Australian Football League|location= |access-date=30 June 2023|quote=...after his death on Monday, June 27}}
• 28 June – Matt Rendell, Australian rules footballer (b. 1959){{cite news |last=Sutton|first=Ben|date=29 June 2023|title=Family confirms death of former AFL champion Matt Rendell aged 64|url=https://7news.com.au/sport/afl/family-confirms-sad-death-of-former-afl-champion-matt-rendell-aged-64-c-11102312|work=Seven News|location= |access-date=30 June 2023}}
• 29 June – Judi Farr, actress (b. 1938){{cite news |last=Blake |first=Jason |date=30 June 2023 |title=Australian actor Judi Farr has died |work=Limelight |location= |url=https://limelightmagazine.com.au/news/australian-actor-judi-farr-has-died |access-date=9 July 2023}}{{Cite web |date=2023-07-22 |title=Judith Mary Stuart 'Judi' Farr Death Notice |url=https://tributes.smh.com.au/obituaries/485278/judith-mary-stuart-judi-farr?r=https://tributes.smh.com.au/obituaries/smh-au/ |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=Sydney Morning Herald}}
• 30 June – Ron Pretty, poet (b. 1940){{Cite web |last=Roberts |first=Mark |date=2023-07-04 |title=Vale Ron Pretty |url=https://rochfordstreetreview.com/2023/07/05/vale-ron-pretty/ |access-date=2023-07-06 |website=Rochford Street Review |language=en}}

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• 2 July – Margaret Nisbett, soprano (b. 1929){{cite news |last=Blake|first=Jason|date=6 July 2023|title=Australian soprano Margaret Nisbett has died |url=https://limelightmagazine.com.au/news/australian-soprano-margaret-nisbett-has-died|work=Limelight|location= |access-date=7 July 2023|quote=She died at her home in Melbourne on 2 July.}}
• 3 July – Michael Baden-Powell, scout leader (b. 1940){{cite web |url=https://www.scout.org/news/celebrating-lord-michael-baden-powell|title=Celebrating Lord Michael Baden-Powell's life and contributions|author= |date=3 July 2023|website=Scouts |publisher= |access-date=5 July 2023|quote=...peacefully on 3 July 2023 at the age of 82.}}
• 6 July – Attila Abonyi, soccer player and manager (born in Hungary) (b. 1946){{cite web |url=https://www.footballvictoria.com.au/news/valeAtillaAbonyi|title=Vale Atti Abonyi|author= |date=7 July 2023|website=Football Victoria|publisher= |access-date= 7 July 2023|quote=passed away on Thursday, aged 76}}
• 10 July – Alan Wilkie, meteorologist and weather presenter{{cite news |last=Knox|first=David|date=12 July 2023|title=Vale: Alan Wilkie |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/07/vale-alan-wilkie.html|work=TV Tonight|location= |access-date=12 July 2023|quote=..."passed away peacefully" on Monday night...}}
• 11 July – Dale Brede, racing driver (b. 1974){{cite news|last=Noonan|first=Aaron|date=17 July 2023|title=Vale: Dale Brede|url=https://www.v8sleuth.com.au/vale-dale-brede|work=V8 Sleuth|location= |access-date=18 July 2023|quote=...died last Tuesday, July 11.}}
• 13 July –
• Ewen Jones, politician (b. 1960){{cite news |last1=Shirkie|first1=Daniel|last2=Jackson|first2=Blair|last3=Charles|first3=Caitlan|last4=McCormack|first4=Madura|date=13 July 2023|title=Former Herbert MP Ewen Jones dies, aged 63 |url=https://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/news/townsville/former-herbert-mp-ewan-jones-dies-aged-63/news-story/19b8f8098be76deae7e581023b997575|work=Townsville Bulletin|location= |access-date=15 July 2023}}
• Alan Morrow, Australian rules footballer (b. 1936){{cite web |url=https://www.saints.com.au/news/1379122/vale-alan-morrow|title=Vale, Alan Morrow|author= |date=13 July 2023|website=St Kilda Football Club|publisher= |access-date=15 July 2023|quote=}}
• 20 July – James A. Piper, physicist (b. 1947 in New Zealand){{Cite web |date=2023-07-20 |title=James A. Piper |url=https://www.optica.org/about/newsroom/obituaries/2023/james_a_piper/ |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=Optica}}
• 21 July – Brian Taber, cricketer (b. 1940){{cite web |url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/brian-taber-nsw-australia-wicketkeeper-test-death-passes-aged-83-cricket-tributes/2023-07-22|title=Australian cricket remembers Test 'keeper Brian Taber|author= |date=22 July 2023|website=Cricket Australia|publisher= |access-date=24 July 2023|quote=...passed away on Friday aged 83.}}
• 26 July – Arthur Blanch, country singer (b. 1928){{cite news|last=Varvaris|first=Mary|date=1 August 2023|title=Golden Guitar winner Arthur Blanch passes away|url=https://countrytown.com/news/golden-guitar-winner-arthur-blanch-passes-away/UODuQkVER0Y/01-08-23|work=Country Town|location= |access-date=2 August 2023|quote=passed away on Wednesday, 26 July...}}
• 27 July – Gordon Dean, politician and magistrate (b. 1942){{cite news|last=Jackson|first=Blair|date=28 July 2023|title=Former Herbert MP and Magistrate Gordon Dean dead, aged 81|url=https://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/news/townsville/former-herbert-mp-and-magistrate-gordon-dean-dead-aged-81/news-story/05d1544ed07d830a6bdc098e525560aa|work=Townsville Bulletin|location= |access-date=30 July 2023|quote=...he passed away on Thursday in Brisbane.}}
• 28 July – Justin Yerbury, molecular biologist (b. 1974){{cite news |last1=Rheinberger|first1=Nick|last2=Drewitt-Smith|first2=Ainslie|last3=Fernandez|first3=Tim|date=30 July 2023|title=Wollongong professor Justin Yerbury dies from motor neurone disease|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-30/professor-justin-yerbury-dies-motor-neurone/102189500|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=3 August 2023|quote=...died at his home in the NSW Illawarra, surrounded by his family on Friday night, aged 49.}}
• 31 July – Bob Dawson, Australian rules footballer (b. 1921){{cite news |last=Holmesby|first=Russell|date=11 August 2023|title=Vale, Bob Dawson and Jeff Hilton|url=https://www.saints.com.au/news/1400772/vale-bob-dawson-and-jeff-hilton|work=Saints|publisher=St Kilda Football Club|location= |access-date=21 August 2023|quote=At 102 years of age, Bob Dawson was the oldest living St Kilda player at the time of his death on July 31.}}

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• 1 August –
• Phillip Bennett, Governor of Tasmania (b. 1928){{cite web |title=Phillip Harvey Bennett |url=https://www.mytributes.com.au/notice/funeral-notices/bennett-phillip-harvey/6104459/ |access-date=13 August 2023 |website=My Tributes}}
• Richard Face, politician (b. 1942){{cite news|last=Kelly|first=Matthew|date=2 August 2023|title=Former Charlestown MP and Carr Government minister Richard Face dies aged 80 |url=https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8293197/former-nsw-minister-richard-face-dies|work=The Canberra Times|location= |access-date=3 August 2023|quote=...died on Tuesday night after a long battle with Parkinson's disease.}}
• 6 August – Elizabeth Webby, scholar of Australian literature (born 1942){{Cite web |title=Elizabeth Webby |url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A6186 |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=AustLit: Discover Australian Stories |publisher=The University of Queensland}}
• 11 August –
• Mike Ahern, 32nd Premier of Queensland (b. 1942){{cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-11/former-qld-premier-mike-ahern-dead-aged-81/102718558|title=Mike Ahern, former Queensland premier, dead at 81|publisher=ABC News|date=11 August 2023}}
• John Barrett, Australian rules footballer (b. 1928){{cite news|author=|date=16 August 2023|title=Deaths & Funerals: John Edward Barrett 21.12.1928 – 11.8.2023|url=https://specialpubs.austcommunitymedia.com.au/fcn/bmg/3dissue|work=Blue Mountains Gazette|page=44|location=|access-date=21 August 2023|archive-date=18 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818025521/https://specialpubs.austcommunitymedia.com.au/fcn/bmg/3dissue/|url-status=dead}}
• Jeff Hilton, Australian rules footballer (b. 1972){{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/beaconsfieldPP/posts/pfbid0v7uzovWVFyzrnjet1DCkKPK9qE3nK219Qe1uNrhyQxXMn9fFdQrX1Wux4C67VvuBl|title=Passing of Jeff "Joffa" Hilton|author= |date=11 August 2023|website=Beaconsfield Football & Netball Past Players and Officials|publisher= |access-date=21 August 2023|quote=Beaconsfield Football Club is saddened by the passing of Jeff "Joffa" Hilton, one of our 1999 premiership players...}}
• Shane McNally, rugby league player (b. 1954){{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02475FrChadreHqJASbhNFXmkPvMTQnLEHxSYPiADJABxm5tM8fcxAQ67nxJjoAvB1l&id=100064621095039|title=Passing of Shane McNally|author= |date=13 August 2023|website=Wests Old Boys|publisher= |access-date=21 August 2023|quote=...Shane McNally passed away on Friday.}}
• Ron Peno, singer-songwriter (Died Pretty) (b. 1955){{cite news |title=Lead singer of Died Pretty, Ron S Peno, dies in Melbourne after long illness |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-12/died-pretty-frontman-ron-peno-dies/102722644 |access-date=12 August 2023 |work=ABC News |date=12 August 2023 |language=en-AU}}
• 12 August – Mary-Louise McLaws, epidemiologist (b. 1953){{Cite news |last=Trioli |first=Virginia |date=2023-08-13 |title=Mary-Louise McLaws, renowned epidemiologist who helped guide Australia through the pandemic, dies aged 70 |language=en-AU |publisher=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-13/mary-louise-mclaws-renowned-epidemiologist-dies/102724932 |access-date=2023-08-13}}
• 13 August – Wolfgang Kasper, economist (b. 1939){{cite news |last1=Bennett|first1=Jeff|last2=Lindsay|first2=Greg|date=15 August 2023|title=The scholar who helped transform Australia|url=https://www.afr.com/policy/economy/the-brilliant-scholar-who-helped-transform-australia-s-economy-20230815-p5dwof|work=Australian Financial Review|location= |access-date=21 August 2023|quote=sudden death of economist Wolfgang Kasper in North Queensland on Sunday...}}
• 17 August – John Devitt, swimmer (b. 1937){{cite news|last=Litsky|first=Frank|date=18 August 2023|title=John Devitt, Champion Swimmer With a Tarnished Gold Medal, Dies at 86|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/18/sports/olympics/john-devitt-dead.html|work=The New York Times|location= |access-date=21 August 2023|quote=died on Thursday in Sydney.}}
• 18 August – Kyle Turner, rugby league player (b. 1992){{cite web |url=https://www.nrl.com/news/2023/08/19/vale-kyle-turner-rabbitohs-to-honour-2014-premiership-winner|title=Vale Kyle Turner: Rabbitohs to honour 2014 premiership winner |author= |date=19 August 2023|website=NRL.com|publisher=National Rugby League|access-date=19 August 2023|quote=...passed away on Friday, aged 31.}}
• 20 August – Harry Smith, soldier (b. 1933){{Cite web |last=FitzSimons |first=Peter |date=2023-08-21 |title=Commander of Australian troops at Long Tan dies days after 50th anniversary |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/commander-of-australian-troops-at-long-tan-dies-days-after-50th-anniversary-20230821-p5dy3o.html |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}
• 25 August – Merv Cross, orthopaedic surgeon and rugby league player (b. 1941){{Cite web |date=2023-08-30 |title=Dr Mervyn John CROSS Death Notice |url=https://tributes.smh.com.au/obituaries/488742/dr-mervyn-john-cross |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=Sydney Morning Herald}}
• 29 August – Dorothy Isaksen, politician (b. 1930){{Cite web |date=2023-09-02 |title=Dorothy May AM ISAKSEN Death Notice |url=https://tributes.smh.com.au/obituaries/489019/dorothy-may-am-isaksen |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=Sydney Morning Herald}}

• 1 September – Ken Bennett, Australian rules footballer (b. 1940){{cite news |author= |date=6 September 2023|title=BENNETT, Kenneth Raymond|url=https://www.mytributes.com.au/notice/death-notices/bennett-kenneth-raymond/6120928|work=My Tributes|location= |access-date=10 September 2023|quote=14/02/1940 – 01/09/2023}}
• 12 September – Damian Evans, archaeologist{{cite news |last=Cassidy|first=Caitlin|date=14 September 2023|title=Archaeology world mourns Damian Evans, who discovered medieval cities near Angkor Wat |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/sep/14/damian-evans-death-archaeologist-dies-discovered-medieval-cities-near-angkor-wat|work=The Guardian|location= |access-date=23 September 2023}}
• 13 September – John McDonald, rugby league player and coach (b. 1944){{cite news |last=Chen|first=David|date=14 September 2023|title=Queensland's first State of Origin coach John McDonald dies aged 79|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-14/queenslands-first-state-of-origin-coach-john-mcdonald-dies/102854206 |work=ABC News|location= |access-date=17 September 2023|quote=He died in Toowoomba on Wednesday afternoon.}}
• 14 September – Rob Langer, cricketer (b. 1948){{cite web |url=https://www.wacricket.com.au/news/3683256/vale-rob-langer|title=Vale Rob Langer|author= |date=15 September 2023|website=WA Cricket|publisher=Western Australian Cricket Association Ltd|access-date=23 September 2023|quote=...passed away on Thursday...}}
• 16 September –
• Ron Barassi, Australian rules footballer (b. 1936){{Cite news |date=2023-09-16 |title=Ron Barassi, AFL legend and premiership player and coach, dies aged 87 |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-16/afl-legend-ron-barassi-dies-aged-87/102865272 |access-date=2023-09-16}}
• Joy Chambers, actress (b. 1946){{cite news|last=Tassell|first=Dominque|date=17 September 2023|title=Logie award-winning Australian actress Joy Chambers-Grundy dies aged 76|url=https://7news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/logie-award-winning-australian-actress-joy-chambers-grundy-dies-aged-76-c-11928360|work=Seven News|location= |access-date=18 September 2023|quote=She died in her sleep on Saturday morning...}}
• Lionel Morgan, rugby league player (b. 1938){{cite news |author= |date=17 September 2023|title=Vale Lionel Morgan |url=https://www.nrl.com/news/2023/09/17/vale-lionel-morgan|work=NRL.com|location= |access-date=17 September 2023|quote=...passed away last night.}}
• Kevin Neale, Australian rules footballer (b. 1945){{cite news |last=Dampney|first=James|date=17 September 2023|title=Heartbreak as 'beloved, larger than life' St Kilda legend dies aged 78|url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/heartbreak-as-beloved-larger-than-life-st-kilda-legend-dies-aged-78/news-story/a306d62c92b01d3aeb09f82732038e26|work=Fox Sports|location= |access-date=17 September 2023|quote=...died overnight at the age of 78}}
• Paul Woseen, musician (b. 1967){{cite news|last=Antrobus|first=Blake|date=20 September 2023|title='Crazy nightmare': The Screaming Jets reveal band's future after shock death of bassist Paul Woosen, 56|url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/crazy-nightmare-the-screaming-jets-reveal-bands-future-after-shock-death-of-bassist-paul-woosen-56/news-story/5ef1d3fa86ed89f567a58a34a3580024|work=news.com.au|location= |access-date=|quote=Mr Woseen passed away last Saturday...}}
• 20 September – Graeme Page, politician (b. 1943){{cite web |url=https://www.premier.tas.gov.au/site_resources_2015/additional_releases/vale-the-hon.-graeme-page|title=Vale The Hon Graeme Page|last=Rockliff|first=Jeremy|date=21 September 2023|website=Jeremy Rockliff Premier of Tasmania|publisher=Tasmanian Government|access-date=23 September 2023|quote=...sadly passed away last night...}}
• 21 September – Kevin Byrne, politician (b. 1949){{cite web |url=https://www.cairns.qld.gov.au/council/news-notices/media-releases/media-releases/kevin-byrne|title=Vale Kevin Byrne: 1949 to 2023|author= |date=22 September 2023|website=News and notices|publisher=Cairns Regional Council|access-date=23 September 2023|quote=...who passed away yesterday.}}
• 26 September – Geof Motley, Australian rules footballer (b. 1935){{cite news |author= |date=27 September 2023|title=Port Adelaide Football Club legend Geof Motley dies, aged 88|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-27/port-adelaide-legend-geof-motley-dies/102905212|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=8 October 2023|quote=the 88-year-old died on Tuesday afternoon after a short illness.}}
• 29 September – Neville Harper, politician (b. 1926){{cite news |author= |date=6 October 2023|title=HARPER, Hon Neville John|url=https://www.mytributes.com.au/notice/funeral-notices/harper-hon-neville-john-mla/6131333/|work=My Tributes|location= |access-date=8 October 2023|quote=10/09/1926 – 29/09/2023}}

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• 1 October – Charlie Horsnell, cricketer (b. 1933){{cite web |url=https://www.mytributes.com.au/notice/death-notices/horsnell-kenneth-george-charlie/6131447|title=HORSNELL, Kenneth George (Charlie)|author= |date=5 October 2023|website=My Tributes|publisher= |access-date=29 October 2023|quote=03/09/1933 – 01/10/2023}}
• 3 October –
• Jacqueline Dark, opera singer (b. 1967/68){{Cite web |last=Blake |first=Jason |date=2023-10-04 |title=Opera star and cabaret singer Jacqueline Dark has died |url=https://limelightmagazine.com.au/news/opera-star-and-cabaret-singer-jacqueline-dark-has-died/ |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Limelight |language=en-AU}}
• Garry Nehl, politician (b. 1934){{cite web |url=https://deathsandfunerals.com.au/notice/garry-owen-barr-nehl/594772|title=Garry Owen Barr NEHL|author= |date= |website=Deaths & Funerals|publisher= |access-date=29 October 2023|quote=Died 03/10/2023}}
• 4 October – Tracey Freeman, paralympic athlete (b. 1948){{cite web |url=https://gladstonevalleyfunerals.com.au/2023/10/05/susan-marjory-freeman-tracey/|title=FREEMAN, Susan Marjory (Tracey)|author= |date=5 October 2023|website=Gladstone Valley Funerals|publisher= |access-date=29 October 2023|quote=FREEMAN (nee Lumby), Susan Marjory (Tracey); 10.01.1948– 04.10.2023}}
• 5 October – Kevin Coombs, paralympic basketballer (b. 1941){{cite news |author= |date=6 October 2023|title=Australian Paralympic community mourns the death of trailblazing wheelchair basketballer Kevin Coombs |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-06/kevin-coombs-obituary-death-of-paralympic-icon/102942240|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=29 October 2023|quote=...died on Thursday, aged 82.}}
• 6 October – Esme Timbery, shellworker (b. 1931){{Cite news |last=Goodwin |first=Sean Tarek |date=2023-10-06 |title=Esme Timbery, considered one of Australia's longest-practising First Nations artists, dies aged 92 |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-06/nsw-indigenous-artist-la-perouse-elder-esme-timbery-dead/102945288 |access-date=2023-10-08}}
• 11 October – Cal Wilson, comedian (born in New Zealand) (b. 1970){{cite news|last=O'Brien|date=11 October 2023|first=Kerrie|title=Cal Wilson death: Comedian dies, aged 53|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/comedy/comedian-cal-wilson-dies-aged-53-20231011-p5ebdy.html|access-date=11 October 2023}}
• 14 October – Lance Armstrong, politician and church minister (b. 1940){{cite news |last=Appleton|first=Molly|date=16 October 2023|title=Greens Bass MHA Lance Armstrong dies aged 83|url=https://www.examiner.com.au/story/8386816/good-god-hes-green-remembering-launcestons-lance-armstrong|work=The Examiner|location= |access-date=29 October 2023|quote=died peacefully in his sleep in a Melbourne nursing home on Saturday, October 14.}}
• 16 October – Eric Tweedale, rugby union player (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1921){{cite web|last=Williamson|first=Nathan|title=Vale Eric Tweedale: Oldest living Wallaby passes away, aged 102|url=https://www.rugby.com.au/news/vale-eric-tweedale-oldest-living-wallaby-passes-away-aged-102-20231017|website=Rugby.com.au|date=17 October 2023|access-date=18 October 2023}}
• 17 October – Brian Langton, NSW politician (b. 1948){{Cite web |title=The Hon. Brian Joseph Langton Death Notice |url=https://tributes.smh.com.au/obituaries/492908/the-hon-brian-joseph-langton/?r=https://tributes.smh.com.au/obituaries/smh-au/ |access-date=2023-10-26 |website=Sydney Morning Herald}}
• 20 October – Leslie Dayman, actor (b. 1938){{cite news |last=Davison|first=Katrina|date=25 October 2023|title=E Street, Prisoner, Sons and Daughters star Leslie Dayman dead aged 85|url=https://7news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/e-street-prisoner-sons-and-daughters-star-leslie-dayman-dead-aged-85-c-12304880|work=7 News|location= |access-date=29 October 2023|quote=...died on October 20 from unknown causes.}}
• 21 October –
• Max Corden, economist (b. 1927){{Cite web |date=2023-10-25 |title=Warner Max Corden – Death Notice |url=https://tributes.theage.com.au/obituaries/493201/warner-max-corden/?r=https://tributes.smh.com.au/obituaries/smh-au/search/?Query=Warner%2520Max%2520Corden&_ga=2.95677528.556729099.1698007359-56036455.1580757542 |access-date=2023-10-24 |website=The Age}}
• Bill Hayden, 21st Governor-General (b. 1933){{cite news |last=Clark|first=Andrew|date=22 October 2023|title=Hayden's achievements draw praise from politicians past and present|url=https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/hayden-s-achievements-draw-praise-from-politicians-past-and-present-20231022-p5ee55|work=Australian Financial Review|location= |access-date=29 October 2023|quote=...who died on Saturday after a long illness.}}
• 25 October – Lilie James, water polo coach (b. 2002){{cite news |last1=Harris|first1=Lia|last2=Stonehoue|first2=Greta|date=27 October 2023|title=Lilie James' family releases statement revealing their devastation at the 21-year-old's death at Sydney school|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-27/nsw-lilie-james-release-statement-over-death-at-school/103030664|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=29 October 2023|quote=The water polo coach was found... after police received a call on Wednesday evening.}}
• 26 October –
• John Burnheim, Australian philosopher (b. 1927){{Cite web |date=2023-11-04 |title=John Bernard Burnheim Death Notice |url=https://tributes.smh.com.au/obituaries/493997/john-bernard-burnheim/?r=https://tributes.smh.com.au/obituaries/smh-au/ |access-date=2023-12-02 |website=Sydney Morning Herald}}
• Helena Carr, businesswoman (born in Malaysia, died in Austria) (b. 1946){{cite news|last=Kozaki|first=Danuta|date=28 October 2023|title=Former New South Wales premier Bob Carr's wife Helena dies after brain aneurysm overseas|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-28/former-nsw-premier-bob-carr-s-wife-helena-dies-overseas/103035606|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=29 October 2023|quote=...she suffered a brain bleed on Thursday night and lost consciousness in his arms... told by doctors she is officially dead.}}

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• 2 November – Bob Bugden, rugby league player (b. 1936){{cite web |url=https://www.dragons.com.au/news/2023/11/07/vale-bob-bugden-19362023/|title=Vale Bob Bugden (1936 - 2023)|author= |date=7 November 2023|website=Dragons|publisher=National Rugby League|access-date=14 November 2023|quote=He died on 2 November 2023}}
• 4 November – Ken Timms, Australian rules footballer (b. 1938){{cite news |last=McCullagh-Beasy|first=Justine|date=7 November 2023|title='Loved banter': Premiership star remembered as tough footballer, doting family man|url=https://www.standard.net.au/story/8414767/remembering-warrnambools-ken-timms-an-essendon-premiership-star|work=The Standard|location= |access-date=12 December 2023}}
• 8 November – Marcus Besen, businessman and co-founder of Sussan (born in Romania) (b. 1923) (death announced on this date){{cite web|last=Lenaghan|first=Nick|title=Rich Lister, retailer, philanthropist: Marc Besen dies|url=https://www.afr.com/rich-list/rich-lister-retailer-philanthropist-marc-besen-dies-at-99-20231108-p5eihe|access-date=8 November 2023|website=Australian Financial Review|publisher=Nine Entertainment|date=8 November 2023}}
• 10 November – Johnny Ruffo, singer and actor (b. 1988){{cite web|last=Rasdien|first=Peta|title=Johnny Ruffo dies after long battle with brain cancer|url=https://thewest.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-death/johnny-ruffo-home-and-away-star-has-passed-away-after-battle-with-brain-cancer--c-12506618|website=The West Australian|publisher=Seven West Media|date=10 November 2023}}
• 12 November – Patrick Smith, sports journalist (b. 1952){{Cite web |last=Grand |first=Chip Le |date=2023-11-12 |title=Patrick Smith: Sporting journalist dies after heart attack, aged 71 |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/a-brilliant-sketch-tributes-as-sports-writing-loses-a-champion-20231112-p5ejem.html |access-date=2023-11-12 |website=The Age |language=en}}
• 13 November – James Davern, television writer, producer and director{{cite news |last=Knox|first=David|date=15 November 2023|title=Vale: James Davern|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/11/vale-james-davern.html|work=TV Tonight|location= |access-date=15 November 2023}}
• 15 November – Gerry Hand, politician (b. 1942){{cite news|last=Morgan|first=Cassandra|date=29 November 2023|title=Former Labor minister Gerry Hand farewelled|url=https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8441584/former-labor-minister-gerry-hand-farewelled|work=The Canberra Times|location= |access-date=12 December 2023}}
• 17 November –
• Dennis Kemp, field hockey player (b. 1931){{cite web|author= |date=20 November 2023|title=Vale Dennis Kemp|url=https://www.hockey.org.au/news/vale-dennis-kemp|work=Hockey Australia|location= |access-date=12 December 2023}}
• Brian Sampson, racing driver (b. 1935){{cite news|last=Bisset|first=Mark|date=18 November 2023|title=Vale "Sambo" Brian Sampson June 17, 1935 - November 17, 2023|url=https://autoaction.com.au/2023/11/18/vale-sambo-brian-sampson-june-17-1935-november-17-2023|work=Auto Action|location= |access-date=19 November 2023}}
• Nan Witcomb, radio presenter and poet (b. c. 1928){{cite news|last=McDonald|first=Patrick|date=18 November 2023|title=Adelaide former talkback host and poet Nan Witcomb dies aged 95 |url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/lifestyle/adelaide-former-talkback-host-and-poet-nan-witcomb-dies-aged-95/news-story/eeeb2725483bdfae57110411a49db1d0|work=The Advertiser|location= |access-date=19 November 2023|quote=...Witcomb died in her sleep early on Friday...}}
• 20 November –
• Mike Craig, hockey player (b. 1931){{cite web |url=https://www.camberwell.hockey/news/2023/11/29/mike-craig|title=Vale Michael 'Mike' Craig|last=Winter|first=Simon|date=29 November 2023|website=Camberwell Hockey|publisher= |access-date=6 December 2023|quote=}}
• Ted Hopkins, Australian rules footballer (b. 1949){{cite news|last=Niall|first=Jake|date=21 November 2023|title=Premiership hero and leader of the AFL's stats revolution: Ted Hopkins dies|url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/carlton-premiership-hero-ted-hopkins-dies-20231121-p5ello.html|work=The Age|location= |access-date=12 December 2023}}
• 21 November – Dale Spender, feminist writer (b. 1943){{Cite web |date=2023-11-25 |title=SPENDER, Dale – Death Notices |url=https://www.mytributes.com.au/notice/death-notices/spender-dale/6147282/ |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=My Tributes – The Courier-Mail |language=en}}
• 23 November –
• Tom Pauling, solicitor-general and administrator of Northern Territory (b.1946){{cite news|last1=Morgan|first1=Thomas|last2=Laverty|first2=Jo|date=24 November 2023|title=Former NT solicitor-general and administrator Tom Pauling AO KC dies aged 76|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-24/former-nt-administrator-tom-pauling-dies-aged-76/103144184|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=6 December 2023}}
• Paul Sait, rugby league player (b.1947){{cite news|last=Valencich|first=Glenn|date=23 November 2023|title=Rabbitohs mourning death of club legend Paul Sait after battling illness|url=https://7news.com.au/sport/rugby-league/rabbitohs-mourning-death-of-club-legend-paul-sait-after-battling-illness-c-12653182 |work=Seven News|location= |access-date=6 December 2023}}
• 24 November – Chris Stone, Australian rules footballer (b. 1959){{cite web |url=https://manlycricket.com/vale-chris-stone|title=Vale Chris Stone|author= |date=28 November 2023|website=Manly Warringah District Cricket Club|publisher= |access-date=6 December 2023|quote=Chris was 64 and passed away in Belgium on the 24th November after a long illness.}}
• 26 November – Maurie Considine, Australian rules footballer (b. 1932){{cite news|last=Seedy|first=Kimberley|date=30 November 2023|title=Tributes for former Hawthorn player, VAFA coach Maurie Considine following his death|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/east/tributes-for-former-hawthorn-player-vafa-coach-maurie-considine-following-his-death/news-story/43ce7c1d0070d23e6d46e2edc19a9bf0|work=Monash Leader|location= |access-date=6 December 2023}}

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• 4 December – Peta Murphy, politician (b. 1973){{Cite web |date=2023-11-25 |title=Labor MP Peta Murphy dies after battle with breast cancer |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-04/peta-murphy-dies-after-battle-with-breast-cancer/103185674 |access-date=2023-12-04 |website=ABC News |language=en}}
• 6 December –
• Fran Bladel, politician (b. 1933){{cite news|last=Maloney|first=Matt|date=6 December 2023|title=Former trailblazing Tasmanian Labor minister dies, aged 90|url=https://www.examiner.com.au/story/8450605/former-tasmanian-labor-politician-fran-bladel-dies-at-90|work=The Examiner|location= |access-date=12 December 2023}}
• Kevin Wylie, Australian rules footballer (b. 1933){{cite web|author= |date=2023|title=Kevin Wylie|url=https://forever.collingwoodfc.com.au/players/kevin-wylie|work=Collingwood Forever|location= |access-date=26 December 2023|quote=Date of death: 6 December 2023}}
• 10 December – Michael Blakemore, actor, writer and theatre director (b. 1928){{cite web|title=Director Michael Blakemore Dies at 95|url=https://www.playbill.com/article/director-michael-blakemore-dies-at-95|website=Playbill|date=2023-12-13}}
• 11 December – Phil Cooley, rugby league referee (b. 1951){{cite web|author= |date=12 December 2023|title=Vale Phil Cooley|url=https://www.nswrl.com.au/news/2023/12/12/vale--phil-cooley|work=New South Wales Rugby League|location= |access-date=26 December 2023}}
• 12 December – Shirley Barber, author (b. 1935){{cite news|last=Sharma|first=Yashee|date=12 December 2023|title=Beloved children's author Shirley Barber dies at 88|url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/children-book-author-shirley-barber-dead/c1dcd7a4-7685-4d0f-8b53-2748ea94bf31|work=Nine News|location= |access-date=12 December 2023}}
• 16 December – Colin Burgess, rock drummer (The Masters Apprentices, AC/DC, His Majesty) (b. 1946) (death announced on this date){{cite magazine|last=Kreps|first=Daniel|title=Colin Burgess, AC/DC's Original Drummer, Dead at 77|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/colin-burgess-ac-dc-original-drummer-dead-obit-1234931220/|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=16 December 2023}}
• 19 December –
• Darryl Cowie, Australian rules footballer (b. 1961){{cite web|author= |date=20 December 2023|title=Vale, Darryl Cowie |url=https://www.saints.com.au/news/1479463/vale-darryl-cowie|work=St. Kilda Football Club|location= |access-date=26 December 2023|quote=...passed away on December 19 at the age of 62...}}
• Barry Wakelin, politician (b. 1946){{Cite web |website=The Advertiser |title=Wakelin, Barry Hugh |url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/tributes/notice/death-notices/wakelin-barry-hugh-oam/6157095/}}
• 20 December – Franco Cozzo, businessman (b. 1936) (death announced on this date){{cite news|last1=Ortolan|first1=Mikaela|last2=Woodall|first2=Nate|date=20 December 2023|title=Melbourne icon Franco Cozzo dies aged 88|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-20/melbourne-icon-franco-cozzo-dies/103252566|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=20 December 2023}}
• 21 December – Carl Webb, rugby league player (b. 1981) (died in the Cook Islands){{cite news|last=Mobbs|first=Adam|date=25 December 2023|title=NRL rookie Troy Dargan tragically passes away in motorcycle accident on Christmas Eve|url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/nrl/nrl-rookie-troy-dargan-tragically-passes-away-in-motorcycle-accident-on-christmas-eve/news-story/ebcb4ade9fd040854d84b1985fe173e8|work=The Australian|location= |access-date=26 December 2023}}
• 23 December – Margaret Valadian, Indigenous educator (b. 1936){{Cite web |last=Warn |first=Patti |date=2024-01-15 |title=First Indigenous woman to qualify with a university degree |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/first-indigenous-woman-to-qualify-with-a-university-degree-20240111-p5ewi4.html |access-date=2024-04-23 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}
• 24 December – Troy Dargan, rugby league player (b. 1997){{cite news|last1=Badel|first1=Peter|last2=Riccio|first2=David|last3=Craddock|first3=Robert|date=22 December 2023|title=Queensland State of Origin star Carl Webb passes away after battle with motor neurone disease |url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/nrl/queensland-state-of-origin-star-carl-webb-passes-away-after-battle-with-motor-neurone-disease/news-story/723f8d55bed844d38911c56cc9c8e778|work=The Courier-Mail|location= |access-date=26 December 2023}}
• 25 December – Bill Granger, celebrity chef (b. 1969) (died in the United Kingdom){{cite web|title='Bloody great guy': Celebrity chef Bill Granger remembered after Christmas Day death|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-27/chef-bill-granger-dies-aged-54-on-christmas-day/103266588|website=ABC News|language=en-AU|date=26 December 2023}}
• 29 December – Mike Barnett, politician (b. 1946){{cite news|last=Spagnolo|first=Joe|date=30 December 2023|title=Labor stalwart and 'champion' of Rockingham Mike Barnett dies aged 77|url=https://thewest.com.au/politics/labor/labor-stalwart-and-champion-of-rockingham-mike-barnett-dies-aged-77-c-13062594|work=The West Australian|location= |access-date=31 December 2023}}
• 30 December – John Pilger, journalist and filmmaker (b. 1939) (died in the United Kingdom){{Cite web |date=2023-12-31 |title=Australian journalist and documentary filmmaker John Pilger dies aged 84 |url=https://www.itv.com/news/2023-12-31/australian-journalist-and-documentary-filmmaker-john-pilger-dies-aged-84 |access-date=2023-12-31 |website=ITVX}}
• 31 December – Melissa Hoskins, cyclist (b. 1991){{cite news |last1=Yankovich|first1=George|last2=Pfeiffer|first2=Carl|date=31 December 2023|title=Rohan Dennis charged over wife's death after she was allegedly struck by a ute at Medindie |url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/woman-taken-to-hospital-after-being-struck-by-car-at-medindie/news-story/691a22088310359bbaff532bcbb4622f|work=The Advertiser|location= |access-date=31 December 2023}}

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