The past 20 years have gone by in a heartbeat, and during that time we’ve been monitoring the wellbeing of Australian adults in one of the longest-running nationally representative surveys of wellbeing in the world, the Australian Unity Wellbeing Index. And what we’ve found? That, over 20 years, Australians have proven themselves to be a stable and resilient bunch.
2000–2010
September 2001:
September 11 attacks
June 2007:
First iPhone released
November 2008:
Barack Obama elected US President
February 2009:
Black Saturday bushfires
June 2010:
Julia Gillard replaces Kevin Rudd
2011–2020
April 2011:
Prince William marries Kate Middleton
March 2014:
Flight MH370 disappears
December 2014:
Lindt Cafe siege in Sydney
December 2017:
Same-sex marriage legalised in Australia
September 2019:
Black Saturday bushfires
March 2020:
First COVID-19 lockdown measures introduced in Australia
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