2022 in Australia
overview of Australia-related events during the year of 2022
The following is a list of events including expected and scheduled events for the year 2022 in Australia.
Incumbents
Monarch
Governor-General
Prime Minister
Deputy Prime Minister
Opposition Leader
Chief Justice
State and territory leaders
Premier of New South Wales – Dominic Perrottet
Opposition Leader – Chris Minns
Premier of Queensland – Annastacia Palaszczuk
Opposition Leader – David Crisafulli
Premier of South Australia – Steven Marshall (until 21 March), then Peter Malinauskas
Opposition Leader – Peter Malinauskas (until 21 March), then David Speirs (from 19 April)
Premier of Tasmania – Peter Gutwein (until 8 April), then Jeremy Rockliff
Opposition Leader – Rebecca White
Premier of Victoria – Daniel Andrews
Opposition Leader – Matthew Guy (until 8 December), then John Pesutto
Premier of Western Australia – Mark McGowan
Opposition Leader – Mia Davies
Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory – Andrew Barr
Opposition Leader – Elizabeth Lee
Chief Minister of the Northern Territory – Michael Gunner (until 13 May), then Natasha Fyles
Opposition Leader – Lia Finocchiaro
Governors and administrators
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
Governor of Western Australia – Kim Beazley (until 15 July), then Chris Dawson
Administrator of the Australian Indian Ocean Territories – Natasha Griggs
Administrator of Norfolk Island – Eric Hutchinson
Administrator of the Northern Territory – Vicki O'Halloran
Events
January
1–8 January – ex-Cyclone Seth causes severe flooding and hazardous surf in South East Queensland and Northern New South Wales. The system crosses the Queensland coast near Hervey Bay on 7 January bringing heavy rainfall and major flooding to the Mary River.
6 January – Tennis player Novak Djokovic has his visa cancelled for failing to present evidence of COVID-19 vaccination upon arrival in Melbourne to compete in the 2022 Australian Open. Djokovic is placed in immigration detention pending deportation, and indicates he will commence legal action against the decision.
13 January –
The number of daily COVID-19 cases in Australia exceeds 147,090 people, fueled by highly transmissible Deltacron hybrid variant.
Official deaths from COVID-19 surpass 2,500.
14 January – After Novak Djokovic's visa is reinstated by a judge of the Federal Circuit Court on 10 January, immigration minister Alex Hawke uses the ministerial discretion provisions of the Migration Act 1958 to re-cancel Djokovic's visa, citing "health and good order grounds".
17–30 January – The Australian Open 2022 is held. Ashleigh Barty wins the women's singles title, the first Australian to do so since 1978.
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