A Look Back At

Born in 2015

What Was Life Like in 2015?

Who Was in Charge?

Prime Minister

Tony Abbott

Monarch

Queen Elizabeth II

What Things Cost

Petrol (per litre)

$1.15

Loaf of Bread

$3.50

Average House

$560,000

Weekly Wage

$1,490.00

Events of 2015 in Australia

A selection from Wikipedia's '2015 in Australia'. Not a complete list.

  • 31 January – A state election is held in Queensland. The Labor Party led by Annastacia Palaszczuk forms a minority government with the support of an independent MP.
  • 9 February – The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced that Australia will debut in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna, Austria.
  • 20 February – Cyclone Marcia makes landfall in Queensland, damaging the city of Rockhampton and surrounds.
  • 28 March – A state election is held in New South Wales, and is won by the Coalition government led by Mike Baird.
  • 19 July – Anti Islam Reclaim Australia holds rallies in several Australian cities. One of the Speakers at these rallies included National MP George Christensen.
  • 28 August – Australian Border Force announces its officers would be placed throughout the Melbourne central business district to conduct visa compliance checks over the upcoming weekend as part of a joint-agency exercise with Victoria Police called Operation Fortitude.
  • 14 September – Malcolm Turnbull calls upon Prime Minister Tony Abbott to spill the leadership of the Liberal Party, with Abbott calling a party room meeting for later that evening. Turnbull wins the leadership ballot 54–44, becoming leader of the Liberal Party.
  • 12 December – Foreign Minister Julie Bishop is among the signatories to a global climate change agreement after a two-week summit at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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