2005 жылғы Австралия оқиғалары

The following lists events that happened during 2005 in Australia.

1 May – Federal Treasurer Peter Costello warns of Liberal Party instability if John Howard does not hand over the Prime Ministership. 2 May – Douglas Wood is taken hostage in Iraq. He is later rescued on 15 June. 6 May – The scandal concerning the 2001 deportation the Philippines of Australian resident Vivian Solon first comes to light. 19 May – Prime Minister John Howard admits he has no proof that a Muslim cleric spoke to Douglas Wood. 23 May – The Morris Inquiry into the Queensland public hospital system (headed by Tony Morris QC) begins in Brisbane. 25 May – New South Wales Premier Bob Carr becomes the State's longest serving Premier. 26 May – National Sorry Day is renamed National Day of Healing. 27 May – Schapelle Corby convicted of drug smuggling by an Indonesian court, and sentenced to 20 years in prison (later reduced to 15 and then reverted to 20 years).

5 September – Prime Minister John Howard rejects calls to sack Health Minister Tony Abbott over his insensitive remarks in relation to the suicide attempt by John Brogden. 14 September – In New York City, at the biggest gathering of world leaders at the United Nations 2005 World Summit, Prime Minister John Howard announces that Australia will double its overseas aid donations to $4 billion per year, within five years. 17 September – Prime Minister John Howard delivers a rebuke to the United Nations during an address to world leaders. 28 September – Prime Minister John Howard meets oil company leaders over the use of biofuels.

5 October – The Opposition accused Queensland Premier Peter Beattie of covering up a letter from the Health Commissioner asking for a new inquiry into the health crisis. 12 October – The Bali Memorial, Melbourne commemorating the victims of the 2002 Bali bombings is officially opened. 31 October – Federal Opposition Leader Kim Beazley commits the Federal Labor Party to supporting the Government's anti terror laws.

Yodel Australia, online advertising and internet marketing company is founded.

Andrew McGahan's novel The White Earth wins the Miles Franklin Award. Gail Jones is awarded the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal for Sixty Lights. Tim Winton's short story collection The Turning wins the Christina Stead Prize for fiction. Sonya Hartnett's novel Surrender wins the Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction.

8 January – Australia Unites: Reach Out To Asia raises $20 million for the 2004 Asian tsunami relief effort. It is also the first time that Australia's three major commercial television stations have co operated to broadcast such an event. 25 May – Graham Kennedy dies at age 71. The network on which most of his shows aired, the Nine Network, passes up the offer to broadcast his funeral & the Seven Network arrives, axes Nine's coverage and Seven picks it up and wins it. Nine does eventually show parts of the funeral live. 26 June – Douglas Wood is interviewed by Sandra Sully about his time as a captive after Network Ten pays a reported $400,000 for an exclusive interview. 15 August: Big Brother: Greg Mathew, along with twin brother David Mathew, also known as "The Logan Twins" is announced the winner of the fifth series. 20 November – Madonna's Warner Bros. single "Hung Up" defeats Gold Digger by Kanye West and Jamie Foxx to be crowned the title of the ARIA single debuting at No. 1. This was the last Top 50 ARIA charts on ABC TV's Rage to be shown on the Seven Network. Only Seven Local TV and ABC TV will continue the Rage Top 50 Charts until the end of July 2006, when it launches jtv. 16 December: Good Morning Australia finishes its 12 year run on Network Ten from the studios of ATV 10. Host Bert Newton leaves Ten and signs with the Nine Network to host the game show Bert's Family Feud.