Deaths
- 1 January – Dawn Lake, 78, entertainer and widow of Bobby Limb
- 3 January – Steve Rogers, 51, Cronulla rugby league great
- 5 January – Sophie Heathcote, 33, actress
- 9 January – Andy Caldecott, 41, motorcyclist
- 31 January – Owen Abrahams, 72, Australian rules footballer
- 9 March – Harry Seidler, 82, architect
- 28 March – Pro Hart, 77, artist (born 1928)
- 24 April – Jimmy Sharman jnr, 94, boxing troupe impresario
- 6 May – Grant McLennan, 48, musician
- 7 May – Richard Carleton, 62, journalist
- 18 August - Ken Kearney, 82, rugby league footballer and coach
- 28 August – Don Chipp, 81, politician
- 4 September – Steve Irwin ("The Crocodile Hunter"), 44, environmentalist & documentarian
- 4 September – Colin Thiele, 85, author
- 8 September – Peter Brock, 61, motor racing driver
- 11 September – Nancy Borlase, 92, artist
- 15 September – Abe Saffron, 86, notorious Sydney nightclub owner and suspected underworld figure
- 3 October – Peter Norman, 64, athlete
- 2 November – Wally Foreman, 58, sports commentator
- 11 November – Belinda Emmett, 32, actress
- 27 November – Alan "Fluff" Freeman, 79, Australian-born UK radio personality
- 25 December – Sir Bob Cotton, 91, politician
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