1996 жылғы Австралия оқиғалары

The following lists events that happened during 1996 in Australia.

15 January – New South Wales Police Commissioner Tony Lauer announces his resignation.

3 February – Liberal Frank Tanti wins the 1996 Mundingburra state by election causing Labor to lose its Parliamentary majority in Queensland. 5 February – New South Wales Royal Commissioner Justice James Roland Wood's interim report concludes that the police service's internal security, ICAC and the Ombudsman's Office are all incapable of dealing with police corruption. 8 February – Queensland Premier Wayne Goss declares the Labor leadership open, but is re elected unopposed. 19 February – Rob Borbidge becomes Premier of Queensland and Joan Sheldon becomes Deputy Premier after Independent MP Liz Cunningham declares her support for the Coalition. Peter Beattie becomes Labor leader, with Jim Elder as deputy. 24 February – A state election is held in Tasmania. The Liberal Party government of Ray Groom is re elected; however, Groom's promise to only govern in a majority saw him resign. A swing of 12% against the Liberal Party saw them reduced to 16 seats with Labor gaining 14 and the Greens 4, with Bruce Goodluck as an Independent.

3 May – Queensland Premier Rob Borbidge prepares to dump his election pledge of no new taxes and charges, while Queensland Opposition Leader Peter Beattie signals a move by Labor away from economic rationalism towards service delivery. 10 May – Prime Minister John Howard announces new gun control measures, which involve the banning of automatic and semi automatic weapons, self loading rifles, shotguns and pump action shotguns, as well as tightening of other gun laws. A nationwide register will be established, along with requirements for a genuine reason for owning, possessing or using a firearm, minimum standards for storage and mail order sales controls. The watered down bill is passed, but then rejected by the Legislative Council 8:6. 24 May – Prime Minister John Howard indicates that he may have to drop some of his election promises because of budget constraints. May – Floods in southern Queensland and northern New South Wales kill five people and cause more than A$55 million in farm losses. 25 May – Former federal member for Page, Harry Woods, wins the 1996 Clarence state by election from the National Party with a 14% swing, thus giving the New South Wales Government a more comfortable 3 seat majority.

11 June – Peter Ryan replaces Tony Lauer as New South Wales Police Commissioner. 12 June – Two Blackhawk Helicopters collide near Townsville, killing 18 people. 16 June – Prime Minister John Howard wears a bullet proof vest as he confronts an angry crowd of 3,000 in Sale on a tour of rural Australia to listen to the pro gun lobby, stating that "If I am wrong and you are right then the democratic processes of Australia will vindicate you and condemn me". 26 June – Prime Minister John Howard rejects claims by Noel Pearson that he does not believe in the spirit of the Mabo decision, saying "I have always regarded the Mabo decision itself as being a justified, correct decision".

1 September – Senator Richard Alston calls for the full sale of Telstra, drawing a rebuke from Prime Minister John Howard the following day. 6 September – The Wiggles' Wiggly Wiggly Christmas album is released. 10 September – Independent Federal MP Pauline Hanson makes her maiden speech to Parliament, reigniting the race debate, attacking Asian immigration, calling for a tougher line on Aboriginal welfare, as well as the reintroduction of compulsory national service. 16 September – Prime Minister John Howard meets President Suharto in Jakarta and tells him Australia does not need to choose between "our history and our geography". "Neither do I see Australia as a bridge between Asia and the West, as is sometimes suggested," he says. Prime Minister John Howard states that he welcomes "the fact that people can now talk about certain things without living in fear of being branded a bigot or as a racist" which some felt indicated a veiled acceptance of Pauline Hanson's maiden speech. Hanson declares him "the leader she is prepared to have" the following day. 24 September – British Holocaust denier David Irving says he will lodge a new visa application "because these remarks made by the Australian Prime Minister show a new climate of freedom of speech now applying in Australia". 25 September – John Howard rejects Pauline Hanson's views on Asian immigration and multi culturalism but defends her right to express them. He supports reductions in the immigration programme, saying: "there is a link between the high level of unemployment among certain groups in Australia and some past immigration levels in the composition of our programme in the past".

4 December – Alan Bond pleads guilty to dishonesty offences during the $1 billion takeover of Bell Resources, which is believed to be Australia's biggest corporate fraud. 5 December – Independents Brian Harradine and Mal Colston vote to push the Telstra Bill through to the second reading in the Senate, allowing for the part privatisation of Telstra by the Federal Government, in exchange for an additional $250 million from the sale being spent to ensure regional and rural areas have greater access to telecommunications services. The legislation is expected to pass the Senate the next year and be proclaimed on 1 May. 14 December – A state election is held in Western Australia. The Liberal/National coalition government of Richard Court is re elected. 18 December – The Carruthers Inquiry recommends that disciplinary action be taken against 8 police officers, including the union president and executive officer. 23 December – In a 4–3 majority verdict, the High Court of Australia holds that the native title of the Wik and Thayorre peoples of Cape York has survived the granting of pastoral leases by the Queensland Government and did not necessarily extinguish native title. However, although pastoral leaseholders do not have exclusive possession of grazing land, if the two uses were in conflict, pastoral uses would prevail.

Australian television celebrates its 40th birthday with celebrations lasting throughout the year. The actual birthday was on 16 September. January – Jessica Rowe joins Ten News in Sydney to co anchor with Ron Wilson for the next nine years. April – John Burgess is shelved from the Seven Network after being long time host of Wheel of Fortune. The show begins to repeat the 1988 episodes. July – Wheel of Fortune returns and starts in mid 1996 with the relocation from Adelaide to Sydney, with new host Tony Barber. August – After a court battle, the first series of Friends screens on the Seven Network, almost two years after it premiered in the United States. Subsequent series is picked up by the Nine Network. 8 June – About 2/3 of the way into the 3rd quarter of the match between Essendon & the St Kilda Saints at Waverley Park, the ground lighting fails. The remainder of the game is played the following Tuesday, Essendon won, 13.11.89 to 9.13.67. 4 July – The AFL teams endorse a merger between the Fitzroy Lions & the Brisbane Bears. 17 August – Fitzroy & Brisbane play each other for the last time before merging. At Optus Oval, Brisbane win 29.13.187 to 14.16.100. 25 August – Fitzroy play their last game in Melbourne, against the Richmond Tigers at the MCG. Richmond win, 28.19.187 to 5.6.36. Despite losing by 151 points, the Fitzroy song is played after the game and their fans flood the field. 1 September – Fitzroy play their last ever game of Australian rules football as a stand alone entity. Against Fremantle at Subiaco Oval, Fremantle win, 24.13.157 to 10.11.71. 21 September – Tony Lockett kicks a memorable behind to ensure the Swans (10.10.70) defeat the Essendon Bombers (10.9.69) & thus qualify for Sydney's first grand final appearance since 1945. 28 September – The North Melbourne Kangaroos (19.17.131) defeat the Sydney Swans (13.10.88) to win the 100th VFL/AFL premiership. It is the Kangaroos' third premiership and they are presented with the only gold premiership cup to mark the centenary season.

17 March – Sri Lanka win the Cricket World Cup, defeating Australia in the final.

23 February – Super League's challenge to club loyalty contracts signed with the ARL is ruled out of order & orders banning Super League until 2000 are made. 22 March – Clubs aligned with the Super League forfeit opening round of matches in the ARL competition. 29 September – Minor premiers the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles defeat the St. George Dragons 20–8 to win the 89th NSWRL/ARL premiership. The South Queensland Crushers finish in last position, claiming the wooden spoon. 4 October – The full bench of the Federal Court overturn the earlier decision to ban Super League, meaning the competition can start in 1997.

26 May – Melbourne Knights win the National Soccer League competition for the second season in a row, defeating minor premiers Marconi Fairfield 2–1 in the Final at Olympic Park.

10 March – The first Australian Grand Prix to be held at the Albert Park grand prix circuit takes place. Damon Hill, of the Williams team wins.

7 March – First day of the Australian Track & Field Championships for the 1995–1996 season, which are held at the Sydney Athletic Field in Sydney. The 10,000 metre championship was conducted at the Zatopek Meet in Melbourne, Victoria on 14 December 1995. 21 July – Magnus Michelsson wins the men's national marathon title, clocking 2:20:20 in Brisbane, while Sylvia Rose claims the women's title in 2:40:17.

5 November – Saintly wins the Melbourne Cup giving Bart Cummings his 10th win as a trainer.

29 December – The 80 foot maxi Morning Glory breaks the race record in winning this year's Sydney to Hobart yacht race in 2 days 14 hours 7 minutes 10 seconds.