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See also: 1992 in Australia, other events of 1993, 1994 in Australia

Incumbents

• Queen of Australia - HM Queen Elizabeth II
• Governor General - Bill Hayden
• Prime Minister - Paul Keating
• Premier of New South Wales - John Fahey
• Premier of South Australia - Lynn Arnold, then Dean Brown
• Premier of Queensland - Wayne Goss
• Premier of Tasmania - Ray Groom
• Premier of Western Australia - Carmen Lawrence. then Richard Court
• Premier of Victoria - Jeff Kennett
• Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory - Rosemary Follett
• Chief Minister of the Northern Territory - Marshall Perron

Events

• February 6 - Elections in Western Australia see the ALP government of Carmen Lawrence voted out and the Liberal Party voted in. Richard Court becomes the new premier.
• March 13 - Paul Keating and the ALP win the federal 'unwinnable election' and are re-elected for a fifth term in power.
• August 4 - Coles Myer announces a $4 billion expansion plan creating 100,000 new jobs & spanning five years.
• September 23 - The IOC selects Sydney to be the site of the 2000 Summer Olympics
• December 11 - Dean Brown and the Liberal Party win the South Australian elections, winning government from Lynn Arnold and the ALP.

Arts and literature

• Alex Miller's novel The Ancestor Game wins the Miles Franklin Award

Film

The Piano (1993) - New Zealand co-production, won 3 Oscars and received a further 5 nominations. AFI winner for Best Film

Television

• March 3 - The Birthday Cake Interview takes place. This is seen as a crucial factor in the surprise re-election of the ALP in the federal election.

• July 30- Australian drama series "A Country Practice" is axed after 1058 episodes by the Seven Network, the final episode aired on the 22nd November, Network Ten pick up the series the following year, but it is no where near as successful as the Channel Seven version and is axed soon after.

• November 25 - Ray Martin presents his final episode of Midday. He moves on to A Current Affair in 1994 and is replaced in the Midday role by Derryn Hinch.
• Canwest buys Network Ten from Westpac

Sport

• March 5 – First day of the Australian Track & Field Championships for the 1992-1993 season, which are held at the QEII Stadium in Brisbane, Queensland.
• May 16 – Marconi Fairfield equal the record of 4 national titles by beating Adelaide City in the NSL Final.
• June 4 – Shane Warne, in his first delivery of Ashes cricket, delivers what has been described as the "Ball of the Century" to Mike Gatting, bowling the Englishman.
• July 18 – Sean Quilty wins his second men's national marathon title, clocking 2:15:31 in Brisbane, while Karen McCann claims her second women's title in 2:40:10.
• September 25 – Essendon (20.13.133) defeat Carlton (13.11.89) to win the 97th VFL/AFL premiership.
• September 26 – Brisbane Broncos (14) defeat the St. George Dragons (6) for the second consecutive year to win the 86th NSWRL premiership.
• November 17 – The Socceroos lose to Argentina 0-1 in Buenos Aires in the CONMEBOL/CONCACAF-OFC playoff, thereby failing to qualify for the 1994 FIFA World Cup on aggregate.

Deaths

• February 10 - Fred Hollows, ophthalmologist (b.1929)
• July 2 - Sir Edward "Weary" Dunlop, surgeon (b.1907)
• November 6 - Michael Vernon, Australian consumer activist (b.1932)