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The date and time in Australia are most commonly recorded using the day–month–year format (2 January 2025) and the 12-hour clock (3:46 am), although 24-hour time is used in some cases. For example, some public transport operators such as V/Line [ 1 ] and Transport NSW [ 2 ] use 24-hour time, although others use 12-hour time instead.
The standardisation of time in Australia began in 1892, when surveyors from the six colonies in Australia met in Melbourne for the Intercolonial Conference of Surveyors. The delegates accepted the recommendation of the 1884 International Meridian Conference to adopt Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) as the basis for standard time.
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The time 00:00 refers to midnight at the start of a date, 12:00 to noon, and 24:00 to midnight at the end of a date, but 24 should not be used for the first hour of the next day (e.g. use 00:10 for ten minutes after midnight, not 24:10).
At the time of Australia's federation on 1 January 1901 Melbourne became the seat of government of the federated Commonwealth of Australia. The first federal parliament convened on 9 May 1901 in the Royal Exhibition Building , subsequently moving to the Victorian Parliament House, where it sat until it moved to Canberra in 1927.
Australia is one of five nations to have participated in every Summer Olympics of the modern era, [492] and has hosted the Games twice: 1956 in Melbourne and 2000 in Sydney. [493] It is also set to host the 2032 Games in Brisbane. [494] Australia has also participated in every Commonwealth Games, [495] hosting the event in 1938, 1962, 1982 ...
The 2024 Australia Cup Final was an association football match played between A-League Men sides Melbourne Victory and Macarthur FC at AAMI Park in Melbourne on 29 September 2024 to determine the winners of the 2024 Australia Cup. [2] It was the ninth Australia Cup final and the 42nd final of Australian soccer's primary cup competitions.
The 2024 Melbourne City Council election was held on 26 October 2024 to elect nine councillors and a leadership team (consisting of a lord mayor and deputy lord mayor) to the City of Melbourne. The election was held as part of the statewide local government elections in Victoria , Australia.