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| 2022 | Director Kim Beazley announced that the memorial would be open to covering the Australian Frontier Wars for the first time. |
| 2022 | A RAND Corporation analysis documented the strategic context and importance of the GWEO program, highlighting Australia's efforts to enhance its domestic weapons manufacturing infrastructure. |
| November 2022 | Agency partnered with Fugro to open the Fugro SpAARC spacecraft control centre in Perth. |
| September 22 2022 | The AMC formally accepts the contact to become an inaugural Enterprise Partner for the GWEO (Guided Weapons Enterprise Opportunity). |
| August 23 2022 | AMC receives backing from MBDA, a European guided weapons joint venture involving Airbus, BAE Systems, and Leonardo. |
| August 22 2022 | AMC enters into a strategic partnership with American defence contractor Day & Zimmermann. |
| June 2022 | A new sculpture by Sundari Carmody titled 'One: all that we can see' was unveiled in front of the Australian Space Discovery Centre at Lot Fourteen. The sculpture is a steel tubular ring with LED lighting at the top, commissioned by Lot Fourteen. |
| March 2022 | Australian Space Agency and University of Adelaide announced collaboration on Mars exploration. |
| 2021 | The Stone of Remembrance was temporarily relocated to the western courtyard to accommodate construction for the museum's expansion. |
| 2021 | The National Capital Authority approved the AWM's expansion plans, which involve demolishing the old Anzac Hall and constructing a new building. |
| 2021 | The Australian Government initiated the GWEO program, contracting the Australian Missile Corporation (AMC) as an Enterprise Partner to develop Australia's domestic guided and non-guided weapons capability. |
| October 13 2021 | Australian Government announced an agreement with NASA for Australian researchers to build a rover to be sent to the moon by 2026. |
| 2020 | The Defence Strategic Update prefaced the creation of the Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance (GWEO) Enterprise program, signaling Australia's intent to develop domestic missile manufacturing capabilities. |
| February 19 2020 | Australian Space Agency opened its office. |
| 2019 | Australian Space Agency located at Lot Fourteen in Adelaide, near the north-eastern corner of the city centre. |
| 2019 | University of Sydney research study revealed the psychological distress experienced by lesbian, gay, and bisexual people during the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey, documenting elevated levels of depression, anxiety, and stress. |
| 2019 | Australia Institute study confirmed the marriage equality debate as an acute external minority stress event with measurable negative mental health impacts on LGBTIQ people and their allies. |
| December 13 2018 | The Ruddock religious freedoms inquiry report was officially released to the public, prompting the government to propose a religious discrimination act. |
| October 2018 | Recommendations from the Ruddock religious freedoms inquiry were leaked to Fairfax Media before the official public release. |
| May 18 2018 | Ruddock's religious freedoms inquiry completed its report, examining potential implications of same-sex marriage legislation on religious freedom in Australia. |
| May 14 2018 | Senator Michaelia Cash officially announced the launch of the Australian Space Agency, with 1 July 2018 set as the commencement date and Megan Clark as the inaugural head. |
| March 2018 | Expert Reference Group delivered its final report and recommendations. |
| February 13 2018 | Senate committee handed down the final report on the postal survey process. |
| January 9 2018 | New same-sex marriages began, following the mandatory one-month notice period required by the new legislation. |
| 2017 | Christopher Latham was appointed as the AWM's first musical artist-in-residence. |
| December 15 2017 | The first legal same-sex wedding under Australian law was held, with some couples successfully obtaining an exemption from the standard one-month notice period. |
| December 9 2017 | The Marriage Amendment Act came into effect, with existing same-sex marriages performed outside Australia being recognized. |
| December 8 2017 | The Marriage Amendment Bill received royal assent. |
| December 7 2017 | The Marriage Amendment Bill passed the House of Representatives without amendment. |
| November 2017 | Philip Ruddock announced to head an inquiry into religious freedoms, widely interpreted as a strategic move to facilitate the quick passage of the Dean Smith bill while deferring detailed religious freedom discussions. |
| November 29 2017 | The Marriage Amendment Bill passed the Senate by 43 votes to 12. During the proceedings, openly gay MP Tim Wilson proposed to his partner Ryan Bolger in the public gallery, marking the first known engagement on the floor of the House of Representatives. |
| November 15 2017 | Statistics and quality and integrity report released to the public at 10 am AEDT. |
| November 7 2017 | Deadline for survey responses, with submissions received after 6 pm local time not being processed. |
| October 27 2017 | Deadline for eligible Australians to return their survey form. |
| October 20 2017 | Requests for replacement survey materials closed at 6 pm local time. |
| September 25 2017 | Senator Simon Birmingham announced the Australian Government's intention to create a national space agency at the International Astronautical Congress in Adelaide. |
| September 25 2017 | All survey forms were expected to have arrived, and paperless options (online form and telephone survey) opened. |
| September 14 2017 | Expert Reference Group provided its Interim Report to the Australian Government. |
| September 12 2017 | Survey forms began to be mailed out to all Australian voters over a two-week period. |
| August 24 2017 | Final day for citizens to update or add their name to the electoral roll to receive a survey form. |
| August 14 2017 | The Senate Finance and Public Administration References Committee opened a Public Inquiry into the arrangements around the postal survey. |
| August 9 2017 | A government-initiated motion in the Senate to debate the Plebiscite (Same-Sex Marriage) Bill 2016 was tied at 31-31, effectively defeating the motion. |
| July 2017 | Department of Industry, Innovation and Science established the Expert Reference Group to review the Australian space industry. |
| November 7 2016 | The Senate rejected the plebiscite legislation by a vote of 33-29. |
| October 20 2016 | The House of Representatives passed legislation for a plebiscite on same-sex marriage by a vote of 76-67. |
| September 16 2016 | Andrea Boyd delivered an address at the Global Access Partners Summit in Sydney, urging Australia to establish a national space agency. |
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