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Australia year in review 2023

Looking back on the key events of the year in news, politics, culture and sport 

  • Jehrmess Waia from Saibai Island's Muyngu Koekaper dance team

    Australia’s best agency photography for 2023 – in pictures

    Protests, natural disasters and First Nations pride were among the memorable images from the past year taken by Australia’s wire agency photographers
  • Kylie Minogue, Troye Sivan, Angie McMahon, Genesis Owusu, Tkay Maidza and Jen Cloher

    Kylie, Jen Cloher, Troye Sivan and others: the 17 best Australian albums of 2023

    From queer ecstasy to award-winning post-punk, here are our critics’ favourite releases of the year
  • Composite image for best theatre of 2024 featuring (L-R) Nadia ‘Nadeeya’ Gabrieli Kalati performs Bikutsi 3000, Nikki Shiels in Melbourne Theatre Company's production of Sunday, Mary Poppins the Musical and Taylor Mac's show Bark of Millions

    Australia on stage: the best theatre, musicals, dance and opera of 2023

    From ballet to Afrofuturism to a world-class immersive spectacle, Guardian Australia critics pick out the best live stage experiences of the year
  • Australia's 2023 in review: the stories that shook the nation – video

    From the dramatic referendum vote to Matilda's World Cup mania, here's a look back at (nearly) everything that happened in 2023, in just six minutes
  • Composite of book covers for the best of 2023: Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life by Anna Funder, Anam by Andre Dao, Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright, Question 7 by Richard Flanagan, The In-Between by Christos Tsiolkas, I'd Rather Not by Robert Skinner, Gunflower by Laura Jean McKay and Unfinished Woman by Robyn Davidson

    The 25 best Australian books of 2023: Richard Flanagan, Alexis Wright, Robyn Davidson and others

    Just in time for your Christmas shopping: Guardian Australia’s critics and staff pick out the best of the best
  • People preparing and watching the total solar eclipse at a viewing site 35km from Exmouth, Western Australia, Thursday, April 20, 2023.

    Guardian Australia’s best photos of 2023 – in pictures

    From Eurovision super fans to solar eclipses and star celebrities, here is a selection of the finest work by our photographers
  • Anthony Albanese visits the Temple of Heaven in Beijing

    Yeah, nah, maybe and goodbye: the year in Australian politics – in pictures

  • Mwajemi Hussein in The Survival of Kindness, Julia Garner and Jessica Henwick in The Royal Hotel, and Simon Baker in Limbo

    From dystopian drama to heart-rending documentary: the 10 best Australian films of 2023

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