2010 in Australia

none March 2020 February 2012 The following lists events that happened during 2010 in Australia. Elizabeth II Quentin Bryce Kevin Rudd, then Julia Gillard 22,300,000 SA, TAS, Federal, VIC 2010 Incumbents thumb|upright|140px|Quentin Bryce horizontal right center 280 Kevin Rudd official portrait.jpg Kevin Rudd Julia Gillard 2010.jpg Julia Gillard Monarch – Elizabeth II Governor-General – Quentin Bryce Prime Minister – Kevin Rudd (until 24 June), then Julia Gillard Deputy Prime Minister – Julia Gillard (until 24 June), then Wayne Swan Opposition Leader – Tony Abbott Chief Justice – Robert French State and territory leaders Premier of New South Wales – Kristina Keneally Opposition Leader – Barry O'Farrell Premier of Queensland – Anna Bligh Opposition Leader – John-Paul Langbroek Premier of South Australia – Mike Rann Opposition Leader – Isobel Redmond Premier of Tasmania – David Bartlett Opposition Leader – Will Hodgman Premier of Victoria – John Brumby (until 2 December), then Ted Baillieu Opposition Leader – Ted Baillieu (until 2 December), then Daniel Andrews Premier of Western Australia – Colin Barnett Opposition Leader – Eric Ripper Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory – Jon Stanhope Opposition Leader – Zed Seselja Chief Minister of the Northern Territory – Paul Henderson Opposition Leader – Terry Mills Chief Minister of Norfolk Island – Andre Nobbs (until 24 March), then David Buffett Governors and administrators Governor of New South Wales – Marie Bashir Governor of Queensland – Penelope Wensley Governor of South Australia – Kevin Scarce Governor of Tasmania – Peter Underwood Governor of Victoria – David de Kretser Governor of Western Australia – Ken Michael Administrator of the Australian Indian Ocean Territories – Brian Lacy Administrator of Norfolk Island – Owen Walsh Administrator of the Northern Territory – Tom Pauling Events Whole year 2010 was the year of 'Women in Local Government'http://lgwomen2010.org.au/ Home Year of Women in Local Government 2010 21 March 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100406035800/http://lgwomen2010.org.au/ 6 April 2010 dead and the year of the 'Girl Guide'http://www.guidesaus.org.au/ Home - Girl Guides Australia 21 March 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20110809202229/http://www.guidesaus.org.au/ 9 August 2011 dead to coincide with the 100th year of the Girl Guides. January 2 January – The fatal stabbing of a young Indian man, Nitin Garg, in the Melbourne suburb of Yarraville generates deep anger in India, following other incidents of violence against Indian students in Australia.Indian anger over Footscray 'crime on humanity' https://web.archive.org/web/20100106040359/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/04/2784683.htm? 6 January 2010 , Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 4 January 2010. 7 January – The Queensland Government activates disaster relief funding for communities in central and southwest Queensland isolated by floods.Queensland flood families marooned since Christmas Day Natalie Gregg 8 January 2010 http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/queensland-flood-families-marooned-since-christmas-day/story-e6frf7jx-1225817191871 12 March 2010 14 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110614103324/http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/queensland-flood-families-marooned-since-christmas-day/story-e6frf7jx-1225817191871 live 26 January – 82-year-old Iris Temperley is raped and murdered in the backyard of her home in Rockhampton, Queensland.10 February 2010 Rockhampton mourns elderly bash victim https://www.smh.com.au/national/rockhampton-mourns-elderly-bash-victim-20100210-ns9o.html The Sydney Morning Herald 10 December 2023 31 August 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230831091641/https://www.smh.com.au/national/rockhampton-mourns-elderly-bash-victim-20100210-ns9o.html live February 3 February – Following extensive public criticism, the South Australian Attorney-General Michael Atkinson announces that controversial new electoral legislation will be repealed after the South Australian state election to be held on 20 March 2010. The new legislation requires anyone responding online to a political report during an election period to provide their full name and postcode, with the information to be retained by the publisher for six months.https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/nation/sa-attorneygeneral-backs-down-on-political-blogging/news-story/a3772021adf455ca449c913af2dd1a36 SA attorney-general backs down on political blogging Akerman Pia 3 February 2010 The Australian 3 February 2010 12 August 2010 subscription https://web.archive.org/web/20100812185415/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/sa-attorney-general-backs-down-on-political-blogging/story-e6frg6nf-1225826154732 live 13 February – A by-election is held for the Victorian state electorate of Altona. Despite a double digit swing to the Liberal Party, the safe seat is retained by the Australian Labor Party candidate, Jill Hennessy.http://www.theage.com.au/national/altona-in-12-swing-against-labor-20100213-nyis.html Altona in 12% swing against Labor Fyfe Melissa Pierik, Jon 14 February 2010 The Age 13 February 2010 Melbourne https://web.archive.org/web/20100215195325/http://www.theage.com.au/national/altona-in-12-swing-against-labor-20100213-nyis.html 15 February 2010 live 19 February – Mary MacKillop is declared by Pope Benedict XVI to be a saint of the Roman Catholic Church, the first Australian so declared. A formal canonisation will take place in October 2010.http://www.theage.com.au/national/catholics-rejoice-as-mary-rises-to-sainthood-20100219-olxo.html Catholics rejoice as Mary rises to sainthood Zwartz Barney 20 February 2010 The Age 20 February 2010 Melbourne https://web.archive.org/web/20100221053719/http://www.theage.com.au/national/catholics-rejoice-as-mary-rises-to-sainthood-20100219-olxo.html 21 February 2010 live 22–23 February – Police are called to Rose Bay in Sydney's eastern suburbs in the early morning hours of 23 February to remove an illuminated street sign which had been tampered with earlier in the evening so it would display to passing motorists that "Kevin Rudd Sucks".https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/national/no-offence-pm-but-kevin-rudd-sucks/news-story/c67cab62d6e132c12f446b369ffc6298?sv=82d8b0fcaf25d8bf0ab143198bf211b6 No offence PM but Kevin Rudd sucks The Courier Mail 23 February 2010 6 July 2018 3 June 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230603062156/https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/national/no-offence-pm-but-kevin-rudd-sucks/news-story/c67cab62d6e132c12f446b369ffc6298?sv=82d8b0fcaf25d8bf0ab143198bf211b6 live March 1–2 March – A record rainfall for a single day, since 22 December 1956, with over 100mm of rain fall across 1.7 per cent of Australian territory on 1 March, and over 1.9 per cent of the country the following day.Record falls to flush Lake Eyre, Murray-Darling Asa Wahlquist, Rural writer The Australian 6 March 2010 subscription https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/record-falls-to-flush-lake-eyre-murray-darling/news-story/2b592db4e523d41d5a8013a6d56d9bc5 12 March 2010 1–20 March – Major floods hit southern Queensland and north western New South Wales, with Charleville, Roma and St George severely affected,http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/breaking-news-national/qld-floods-could-break-1890-record-20100304-pjd0.html Qld floods could break 1890 record The Age Fairfax 4 March 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100305165354/http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/breaking-news-national/qld-floods-could-break-1890-record-20100304-pjd0.html 5 March 2010 live resulting with significant damage to properties, roads and rail lines. 6 March – Severe thunderstorms and hail hit Melbourne and central Victoria, causing flash flooding and widespread property damage. 9–11 March – Official visit to Australia of President of Indonesia Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. During the visit he is appointed an Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) and addresses the Australian Parliament, the first Indonesian head of state to do so.Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to address Fed Parliament AAP, staff writers herald sun 10 March 2010 http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/indonesian-president-susilo-bambang-yudhoyono-to-address-fed-parliament-gets-companion-of-the-order-of-australia/story-e6frf7l6-1225838942477 12 March 2010 10 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110510085745/http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/indonesian-president-susilo-bambang-yudhoyono-to-address-fed-parliament-gets-companion-of-the-order-of-australia/story-e6frf7l6-1225838942477 live 17 March – The remains of Special Air Service members Lieutenant Kenneth Hudson and Private Robert Moncrieff are found in West Kalimantan. The Australian soldiers disappeared on 21 March 1966 whilst on patrol during the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation.Remains of SAS pair found Dan Oakes The Age 17 March 2010 http://www.theage.com.au/national/remains-of-sas-pair-found-20100316-qcl4.html 17 March 2010 Melbourne https://web.archive.org/web/20100322192954/http://www.theage.com.au/national/remains-of-sas-pair-found-20100316-qcl4.html 22 March 2010 live 17 March – The population of Heron and Lady Elliot Islands is evacuated to the mainland, in expectation of the approaching tropical Cyclone Ului. Cyclone Ului doubles speed, heads toward land Courtney Trenwith Brisbane Times 18 March 2010 http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/cyclone-ului-doubles-speed-heads-toward-land-20100318-qg5v.html 18 March 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100322193100/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/cyclone-ului-doubles-speed-heads-toward-land-20100318-qg5v.html 22 March 2010 live 20 March – State elections are held in South Australia and Tasmania.SA to move into official election mode https://web.archive.org/web/20100215053851/http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/sa-to-move-into-official-election-mode-20100210-nqfq.html 15 February 2010 , The Sydney Morning Herald, 10 February 2010. 21 March – The category 3 severe tropical Cyclone Ului crosses the Queensland coast near Airlie Beach, causing moderate damage.Cyclone batters Queensland coast https://web.archive.org/web/20100324114919/http://news.ninemsn.com.au/glance/1030058/cyclone-batters-queensland-coast 24 March 2010 , NineMSN, 21 March 2009. 22 March – A storm featuring torrential rain and large hailstones caused flash flooding, structural damage and loss of power to 150,000 houses in Perth. Torrential rain and hailstones bring chaos Tony Barrass The Australian 23 March 2010 https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/nation/torrential-rain-and-hailstones-bring-chaos/news-story/3d6864983963c4026bb89a0dea2a3209 23 March 2010 30 December 2012 subscription https://archive.today/20121230223615/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/torrential-rain-and-hailstones-bring-chaos/story-e6frg6nf-1225844049003 live 24 March – South Australian Liberal leader Isobel Redmond concedes defeat following the 2010 state election.Larkin, Steve: SA Liberal leader Isobel Redmond concedes election defeat https://web.archive.org/web/20110614130636/http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/sa-liberal-leader-isobel-redmond-concedes-election-defeat/story-e6frf7l6-1225844850494 14 June 2011 , Herald Sun, 24 March 2010. 25 March – The Australian Bureau of Statistics announces that the population of Australia now exceeds 22 million.http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mediareleasesbyCatalogue/CA1999BAEAA1A86ACA25765100098A47?Opendocument Australia's population exceeds 22 million Australian Bureau of Statistics 30 March 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100328040241/http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs%40.nsf/mediareleasesbyCatalogue/CA1999BAEAA1A86ACA25765100098A47?Opendocument 28 March 2010 live 29 March – 100 boats have arrived since November 2007 bringing 4,386 asylum-seekers and at least 225 crew members to Australia. The 100th boat, with 41 passengers and 3 crew on board, was intercepted in the vicinity of Christmas Island. 100th asylum boat intercepts navy patrol Paul Maley and Paige Taylor The Australian 30 March 2010 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/th-asylum-boat-intercepts-navy-patrol/story-e6frgczf-1225847189641 30 March 2010October 2026 medicmedic 31 March – The Queensland Government, the City of Gold Coast council and Australian Commonwealth Games Association officially launch the Gold Coast's bid to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games.Gold Coast launches formal bid for 2018 Commonwealth Games ABC Our Brisbane 31 March 2010 http://www.ourbrisbane.com/news/articles/3639146.gold-coast-firming-for-2018-commonwealth-games 1 April 2010 April 3 April – MV Shen Neng 1, a Chinese bulk carrier, runs aground off Great Keppel Island spilling fuel oil in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.The Great Barrier Reef scandal, The Guardian, 6 April 2010. 8 April – The Governor of Tasmania commissions David Bartlett to form a minority Labor government with the conditional support of the Tasmanian Greens, following the hung parliament result of the 2010 state election.Labor's door open on Greens deal, ABC News, 9 April 2010. 12 April – The Minister for Education, Julia Gillard, announces a taskforce has been established to investigate allegations of rorting in the Government's $16b Building the Education Revolution program aimed at upgrading facilities at Australian schools.https://www.smh.com.au/national/gillard-buckles-over-school-building-rorts-probe-20100412-s38n.html Gillard buckles over school building rorts probe Harrison Dan 12 April 2010 Sydney Morning Herald Fairfax 16 April 2010 Sydney https://web.archive.org/web/20100415195113/http://www.smh.com.au/national/gillard-buckles-over-school-building-rorts-probe-20100412-s38n.html 15 April 2010 live 14 April – Peter Wellington MP introduces the Daylight Saving for South East Queensland Referendum Bill 2010 into Queensland Parliament which calls for a referendum to be held at the next State election on introduction of daylight saving time for South East Queensland. 20 April – The 5.2 w y Kalgoorlie-Boulder earthquake shook Western Australia with a maximum Mercalli intensity of V (Moderate), damaging buildings and injuring two. 27 April – Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announces the deferral of the introduction of the proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme until after the end of the current commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol (which ends in 2012), citing a lack of bipartisan support for the proposal and slower progress than expected in terms of global action on climate change.http://www.climatechange.gov.au/en/media/whats-new/cprs-delayed.aspx CPRS Delayed 30 June 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100717023522/http://www.climatechange.gov.au/en/media/whats-new/cprs-delayed.aspx 17 July 2010 live May 2 May – The Rudd Government announces it will tax the above-normal profits—known as super profits—of the mining industry to fund a superannuation rise and a company tax cut.Emma Rodgers (3 May 2010). Rudd brushes off mining tax threats. ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved on 17 January 2012. 11 May – The 2010 Australian federal budget was released by the Treasurer of Australia, Wayne Swan. 15 May – 16-year-old sailor Jessica Watson completes a solo voyage around the world.(3 May 2010). Watson completes around the world voyage https://web.archive.org/web/20121031114531/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-05-15/watson-completes-around-the-world-voyage/827632 31 October 2012 . ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved on 17 January 2012. June 3 June – The township of Lennox Head on the North Coast of New South Wales is affected by a tornado, which destroys at least 40 properties. 19 June – A by-election is held for the New South Wales state electorate of Penrith. The by-election was won by the Liberal Party candidate Stuart Ayres with a record swing of 25.7% in two party preferred terms. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Karyn Paluzzano after an admission that she lied to the Independent Commission Against Corruption and her subsequent expulsion from the Australian Labor Party.Results: 2010 Penrith by-election https://web.archive.org/web/20100706014359/http://www.abc.net.au/elections/nsw/2010/penrith/result.htm 6 July 2010 . ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved on 17 January 2012. 24 June – Following a leadership spill, Julia Gillard replaces Kevin Rudd as leader of the Federal Australian Labor Party and hence Prime Minister of Australia. Gillard is the 27th Prime Minister and the first female appointed to that role.Gillard ousts Rudd in bloodless coup https://web.archive.org/web/20100625130706/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/24/2935500.htm 25 June 2010 , ABC News, 24 June 2010. 26 June – The bodies of eleven people, including six board members of the Australian mining company Sundance Resources who were killed in a plane that crashed in West Africa, are recovered. 29 June – Jayant Patel is found guilty on three counts of manslaughter and one count of grievous bodily harm for his actions as Director of Surgery at Bundaberg Base Hospital between 2003 and 2005.Patel guilty on all charges http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/29/2940352.htm 29 June 2010 Australian Broadcasting Corporation 29 June 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100702052032/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/29/2940352.htm 2 July 2010 dead 29 June – The Victorian government officially proclaims the creation of four new National Parks, based around the river red gum forests in the state's north—Barmah National Park, Gunbower National Park, Lower Goulburn River National Park and Warby-Ovens National Park.New Victorian national parks include biggest redgum forest http://www.abc.net.au/rural/news/content/201006/s2939814.htm ABC Rural Australian Broadcasting Corporation 30 June 2010 11 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121111081800/http://www.abc.net.au/rural/news/content/201006/s2939814.htm live July 2 July – Prime Minister Julia Gillard announces major changes to the Federal Government's proposed Resource Super Profits Tax, now known as the Mineral Resource Rent Tax, including a reduction in the headline rate to 30%.Jacob Saulwick Gillard cuts mining tax deal http://www.theage.com.au/business/gillard-cuts-mining-tax-deal-20100702-zr62.html 2 July 2010 The Age 2 July 2010 Melbourne https://web.archive.org/web/20100703085101/http://www.theage.com.au/business/gillard-cuts-mining-tax-deal-20100702-zr62.html 3 July 2010 live 19 July – 250 Australian and British WWI soldiers are laid to rest in a new Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery in Fromelles, France. This is the first full cemetery that the Commonwealth War Graves Commission has constructed in more than 50 years.Fromelles cemetery thanks to Vic man Alyssa Braithwaite Sydney Morning Herald http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/fromelles-cemetery-thanks-to-vic-man-20100720-10i44.html 20 July 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100723150400/http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/fromelles-cemetery-thanks-to-vic-man-20100720-10i44.html 23 July 2010 live 31 July – A tornado hits the town of Penola, South Australia.'Wicked' tornado rips through Penola https://web.archive.org/web/20100802134821/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/01/2970016.htm 2 August 2010 , ABC News, 1 August 2010. August 6 August – The High Court of Australia rules in the case Rowe & Anor v Electoral Commissioner & Anor that certain provisions of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 are invalid, specifically those introduced in the Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Electoral Integrity and Other Measures) Act 2006, which close the electoral roll on the day the writ for a federal election is issued. An estimated 100,000 enrolments were being reconsidered by the Australian Electoral Commission, and would be contacted to inform them they would be eligible to vote in the 2010 election.High Court upholds GetUp! case https://web.archive.org/web/20100818103750/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/06/2975602.htm 18 August 2010 , ABC News, 6 August 2010. 21 August – The 2010 federal election is held.Rodgers, Emma: Game on for winter election https://web.archive.org/web/20100721040539/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/17/2956476.htm 21 July 2010 , ABC News, 17 July 2010. The result is a hung parliament, with Labor and the Coalition winning 72 seats each. The balance of power is held by four independent MPs (Bob Katter, Rob Oakeshott, Andrew Wilkie and Tony Windsor), one Green (Adam Bandt) and a member of the WA Nationals (Tony Crook).Liddy, Matthew: Australia's hung Parliament explained https://web.archive.org/web/20110119060355/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/23/2990782.htm 19 January 2011 , Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 23 August 2010. September 4 September – Widespread flooding across Victoria leads to the evacuation of hundreds of people and millions of dollars of property damage. 7 September – Seventeen days after the 2010 federal election, the three independent MPs holding the balance of power announce their decisions. Bob Katter announces he supports the Coalition. Several hours later, Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott announce they will support Julia Gillard's Labor government, allowing Gillard to inform the Governor-General that she is able to form a minority government.Curtis, Lyndal: Independents split, but two support Labor https://web.archive.org/web/20100910102004/http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2010/s3005255.htm 10 September 2010 , PM (ABC Local Radio), 7 September 2010. October 8 October – The Murray-Darling Basin Authority releases the Guide to the Murray-Darling Basin Plan. The plan proposes to cut water entitlements in the basin by up to 40% and return 4000 GL of water to the river system.Wilson Lauren ACT flags federal bailout on water https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/act-flags-federal-bailout-on-water/news-story/477db30aaf93be35a11e99d1ca4e3fb6 13 October 2010 The Australian 12 October 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101013064506/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/in-depth/murray-darling-crisis/act-flags-federal-bailout-on-water/story-e6frg6px-1225937858874 13 October 2010 subscription live 17 October – Mary MacKillop is canonised by the Pope Benedict XVI, making her Australia's first Roman Catholic saint (Saint Mary of the Cross).Mary MacKillop officially declared a saint https://web.archive.org/web/20101019003523/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/10/17/3040558.htm 19 October 2010 , ABC News, 17 October 2010. 25 October – Environmental activist Peter Gray throws his shoes at former Prime Minister John Howard on the ABC's Q&A programme, in protest to the Howard Government's involvement in the Iraq War. http://www.abc.net.au/tv/qanda/shoes1.htm Peter Gray and John Howard's shoes Australian Broadcasting Corporation 9 July 2018 7 August 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180807201721/http://www.abc.net.au/tv/qanda/shoes1.htm live Atlas of Living Australia website launched.New York Times Guide to Digitized Natural History Collections https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/10/19/science/digitized-museums-guide.html October 2015 November 4 November – Qantas Flight 32 suffers an uncontained engine failure and makes an emergency landing at Singapore Changi Airport. The failure was the first of its kind for the Airbus A380. 27 November – A state election is held in Victoria. The Liberal/National coalition led by Ted Baillieu wins a two-seat majority. December 15 December – A boat carrying up to 80 asylum seekers crashes into a cliff face on Christmas Island, killing at least 30.Police identifying Christmas Island dead, The Sydney Morning Herald, 20 December 2010. 16–20 December – The Gascoyne River in Western Australia was affected by major flooding, inundating houses in Carnarvon.Floodwaters force evacuations in Carnarvon http://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-12-20/floodwaters-force-evacuations-in-carnarvon/2380280 ABC News 19 December 2010 Australian Broadcasting Corporation 16 January 2011 15 July 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240715011526/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-12-20/floodwaters-force-evacuations-in-carnarvon/2380280 live December 2010 – January 2011 – Around 200,000 people in 22 cities and towns across Queensland are affected by floods, most widespread flooding disaster in Queensland history.http://www.theage.com.au/national/queensland-floods-a-disaster-of-biblical-proportions-20110101-19cm0.html Melbourne The Age Erik Jensen Ruth Williams Queensland floods a 'disaster of biblical proportions' 2 January 2011 3 January 2011 3 January 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110103112008/http://www.theage.com.au/national/queensland-floods-a-disaster-of-biblical-proportions-20110101-19cm0.html live Full date unknown Alex Watts & the Foreign Tongue, rock band from Melbourne is formed.http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/features/qanda/266001/alex-watts-foreign-tongue.htm Alex Watts & the Foreign Tongue 18 February 2013 5 January 2023 29 April 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130429225625/http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/features/qanda/266001/alex-watts-foreign-tongue.htm live Arts 26 March – Sam Leach wins the Archibald Prize for portraiture for his painting of musical comedian Tim Minchin.Leach stares down Archibald competition https://web.archive.org/web/20100418055303/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/26/2857006.htm 18 April 2010 , ABC News, 26 March 2010. Literature 2010 in Australian literature Science and technology 13 June – The Japanese space probe Hayabusa lands in the Woomera Prohibited Area in South Australia, after returning to Earth with samples from the asteroid 25143 Itokawa.Smith, Tanalee: Scientists retrieve capsule, seeking asteroid dust, Associated Press, 15 June 2010. Film 11 December – The 52nd Australian Film Institute Awards are presented. The film Animal Kingdom wins ten awards (including three industry awards presented the night before).Dunks, Glenn: The Animal Kingdom Show https://web.archive.org/web/20101214090228/http://www.encoremagazine.com.au/the-animal-kingdom-show-6282 14 December 2010 , Encore, 13 December 2010. Television 2010 in Australian television Sport 12–28 February – Australia sends a team of 40 competitors to the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada. Two Australians win gold medals, Torah Bright in the Women's halfpipe and Lydia Lassila in the Women's aerials.http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,26781857-5002332,00.html Australia flourish with record Winter Games haul; Britain flop in Vancouver Boyd Christopher 28 February 2010 Fox Sports Australia Premier Media Group 16 March 2010 15 July 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240715011541/https://www.foxsports.com.au/wp-content/js/mobile-useragent-info.js live 13 February – The inaugural NRL All Stars match is held at Skilled Park in the Gold Coast, with the Indigenous All Stars defeating the NRL All Stars 16–12. Indigenous halfback Johnathan Thurston wins the inaugural Preston Campbell award for player of the match. 14 February – Sydney FC defeats Melbourne Victory 2–0 in the final match of the home-and-away season of the 2009–10 A-League, securing the club its second A-League premiership and a spot in the 2011 AFC Champions League.http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=32579 Sydney pinches premiership Lucius Adam 14 February 2010 A-League 16 March 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20110227133241/http://a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=32579 27 February 2011 dead 28 February – 2009 NRL premiers the Melbourne Storm defeat Super League XIV champions the Leeds Rhinos 18–10 in the 2010 World Club Challenge. The win, as well as the Storm's premiership and minor premiership wins since 2006, would be later revoked in April following the club's salary cap breach. 13 March – Australia defeats Germany 2–1 in the final of the 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup at Dhyan Chand National Stadium, in New Delhi, India. This is Australia's second World Cup title. 20 March – Sydney FC defeats Melbourne Victory in the 2010 A-League Grand Final at Etihad Stadium to add the A-League Championship to their Premiership. Sydney FC wins 4–2 on penalties, after the match is tied at 1–1 after extra time.http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/20/2851569.htm?site=sport&section=football Spot-on Sydney claims title 21 March 2010 ABC Grandstand Sport Australian Broadcasting Corporation 21 March 2010 28 December 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101228140208/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/20/2851569.htm?site=sport&section=football dead 21 March – Victoria win their 28th Sheffield Shield title, defeating Queensland by 457 runs at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/21/2851851.htm?site=sport&section=all Bushrangers wrap up big Shield win 21 March 2010 ABC Sport Australian Broadcasting Corporation 21 March 2010 11 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121111002846/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/21/2851851.htm?site=sport&section=all dead 21–24 March – The 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships are held in Copenhagen, Denmark. Australia tops the medal table, winning 6 gold medals, 2 silver and 2 bronze. 28 March – British driver Jenson Button wins the 2010 Australian Grand Prix for McLaren, his second successive victory in the race. He finishing 12 seconds ahead of Polish driver Robert Kubica. 22 April – The Melbourne Storm are stripped of their 2007 and 2009 National Rugby League premierships and 2006–2008 minor premierships, fined a record $1.689 million, deducted all eight premiership points for the 2010 season and barred from receiving premiership points for the rest of the season after systematic breaches of the NRL salary cap were discovered.http://www.theage.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/melbourne-storm-stripped-of-everything-20100422-tfy6.html?autostart=1 Melbourne Storm stripped of everything Munro Ian 23 April 2010 The Age Fairfax 23 April 2010 Melbourne https://web.archive.org/web/20100425154609/http://www.theage.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/melbourne-storm-stripped-of-everything-20100422-tfy6.html?autostart=1 25 April 2010 live 4 May – Neil Robertson defeats Scotland's Graeme Dott 18–13 to win the 2010 World Snooker Championship.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/8658924.stm Neil Robertson shows mettle to win World Championship Ashenden Mark 4 May 2010 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 4 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100507153348/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/8658924.stm 7 May 2010 live 16 May – Australia wins the 2010 ICC Women's World Twenty20 defeating New Zealand by 3 runs in the final at Bridgetown, Barbados. In the corresponding men's event, Australia finish runners-up, losing the final to England by 7 wickets.English Peter Australia shut down NZ for thrilling trophy win http://www.cricinfo.com/wwt202010/content/current/story/459880.html Cricinfo ESPN 17 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100519115022/http://www.cricinfo.com/wwt202010/content/current/story/459880.html 19 May 2010 live 30 May – The Australian team wins the 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup, defeating North Korea 5–4 on penalties after the two teams were level on 1–1 after extra time.AFC WOMEN'S ASIAN CUP 2010 MATCH SUMMARY http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=369&matchId=2613 https://archive.today/20120918005040/http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=369&matchId=2613 dead 18 September 2012 Asian Football Confederation 31 May 2010 10 June – Football Federation Australia withdraws Australia's bid to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup, but continues to bid for the 2022 event.Confidence high for 2022 as Australia's 2018 World Cup bid axed http://www.theage.com.au/world-cup-2010/world-cup-news/confidence-high-for-2022-as-australias-2018-world-cup-bid-axed-20100611-y17a.html The Age Melbourne, Australia 11 June 2010 Dan Silkstone 15 June 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100614171458/http://www.theage.com.au/world-cup-2010/world-cup-news/confidence-high-for-2022-as-australias-2018-world-cup-bid-axed-20100611-y17a.html 14 June 2010 live 12 June – Timana Tahu withdraws from the New South Wales team for the second match of the 2010 State of Origin series after assistant coach Andrew Johns made racially disparaging comments about Queensland player Greg Inglis.Webster Andrew acist slur wasn't the first, says Timana Tahu http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/racist-slur-wasnt-the-first-says-timana-tahu/story-e6frexv9-1225879661018 15 June 2010 Daily Telegraph 15 June 2010 20 September 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120920005426/http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/racist-slur-wasnt-the-first-says-timana-tahu/story-e6frexv9-1225879661018 live 23 June – Despite defeating Serbia 2–1 in their final match in Group D, Australia did not progress past the group stages of the 2010 FIFA World Cup—finishing third in their group behind Ghana on goal difference. 5 August – Melbourne Heart FC plays its first match in the A-League. It is defeated 0–1 by Central Coast Mariners at AAMI Park. 5 September – The St. George Illawarra Dragons win their second straight, and most recent, minor premiership following the final main round of the 2010 NRL season. Following the Melbourne Storm's stripping of team points in April after their salary cap breach, they are relegated to last position by default. 20 September – Carlton player Chris Judd wins his second Brownlow Medal.Judd storms to second Brownlow https://web.archive.org/web/20240715011527/https://www.abc.net.au/news 15 July 2024 , ABC News (Australia), 21 September 2010. 25 September – The 2010 AFL Grand Final is a draw between Collingwood and St Kilda.Wilson, Caroline: It's still neck and neck after 44 years, The Age, 25 September 2010. 2 October – Collingwood wins the replay of the 2010 AFL Grand Final, defeating St Kilda 16.12 (108) to 7.10 (52). 3 October – The St. George Illawarra Dragons defeat the Sydney Roosters 32–8 in the 2010 NRL Grand Final to win the 103rd NSWRL/ARL/NRL premiership. The win is the Dragons' first in any incarnation since 1979. 10 October – Craig Lowndes and Mark Skaife win the 2010 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 ahead of Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden teammates Jamie Whincup and Steve Owen.http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?10%2F10%2F2010.MOUN.R11 NATSOFT Race Result 14 February 2022 3 September 2012 https://archive.today/20120903213040/http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?10/10/2010.MOUN.R11 dead It was Lowndes' fifth victory at Bathurst and Skaife's sixth, and the first team 1–2 finish since 1984. 17 October – Ducati Corse rider Casey Stoner took a popular home crowd victory in the 2010 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix, finishing eight seconds ahead of Spanish rider Jorge Lorenzo for the Yamaha Motor Racing team. 23 October – So You Think wins the Cox Plate for a second time at Moonee Valley. 1 November – Surfer Stephanie Gilmore wins the 2010 ASP World Tour, her fourth world championship.Horne Ben Fanning says Gilmore can win 10 titles http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sport/fanning-says-gilmore-can-win-10-titles-20101102-17at6.html 2 November 2010 Sydney Morning Herald 2 November 2010 30 August 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120830042517/http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sport/fanning-says-gilmore-can-win-10-titles-20101102-17at6.html live 2 November – French horse Americain, ridden by Gérald Mossé, wins the 150th Melbourne Cup. 2 December – Australia's bid to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup is unsuccessful, with Qatar selected as the location for the 2022 event. 26–29 December – England win the fourth Test and retain The Ashes. 28 December – Wild Oats XI takes line honours for the fifth time in the 2010 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, although a protest is unsuccessfully raised over the yacht's failure to report its position by radio as it entered Bass Strait at Green Cape.Wild Oats XI facing protest https://web.archive.org/web/20110101003213/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/12/28/3102818.htm? 1 January 2011 , ABC News, 28 December 2010. 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