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This is a timeline of Australian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Australia and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see history of Australia .
The background colour indicates which party won the election. All six states and both territories have established limits on the length of a parliamentary term, with the federal parliament limited to three years, and all state and territorial parliaments limited to a four-year term.
The politics of Australia operates under the written Australian Constitution, which sets out Australia as a constitutional monarchy, governed via a parliamentary democracy in the Westminster tradition. Australia is also a federation, where power is divided between the federal government and the states and territories.
After winning its first election in 1949, the Liberal Party of Australia stayed in power for approximately 22 years. From 1949-2023, it has held office for a total of approximately 50 years. During the same time, the Labor Party has held office for approximately 22 years. However, in the period from 1972-2022, both Labor and Liberal have held ...
v. t. e. The history of Australia since 1945 has seen long periods of economic prosperity and the introduction of an expanded and multi-ethnic immigration program, which has coincided with moves away from Britain in political, social and cultural terms and towards increasing engagement with the United States and Asia.
This has happened on a number of occasions, most recently between the 2019 and 2022 elections (3 years 3 days). The longest gap between elections was 3 years 122 days, between the 1906 and 1910 elections. Parliaments may be divided into one or more sessions. Each session except the last must be prorogued before a new session can begin.
Sport. 20 October – Essendon wins the Premiership of the 1923 VFL season, defeating Fitzroy 8.15 (63) to 6.10 (46) at the MCG. Bitalli wins the Melbourne Cup. Wynette wins the Caulfield Cup. New South Wales wins the Sheffield Shield. The 1923 NSWRFL Premiership culminates in Eastern Suburbs ' 15–12 victory over South Sydney in the final.
Notes. ^ Andrew Barr's time in office as of 16 August 2024. ^ Peter Malinauskas's time in office as of 16 August 2024. ^ Jeremy Rockliff's time in office as of 16 August 2024. ^ Anthony Albanese's time in office as of 16 August 2024. ^ Chris Minns's time in office as of 16 August 2024. ^ Roger Cook's time in office as of 16 August 2024.