When Did Capital Punishment End in Australia?

Australia abolished capital punishment through a staggered process across its jurisdictions:

• Last execution: Ronald Ryan, hanged at Pentridge Prison, Victoria, on February 3, 1967.
• State abolition: Queensland (1922), Tasmania (1968), ACT (1973), NT (1973), Victoria (1975), South Australia (1976), Western Australia (1984), New South Wales (1985).
• Federal abolition: The Death Penalty Abolition Act 1973 ended it for federal offenses.
• Complete legal extinction: New South Wales was the last state to remove it from statute books in 1985.

In 2010, the Federal Parliament passed the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Torture Prohibition and Death Penalty Abolition) Act, which prohibits any Australian state or territory from reintroducing the death penalty, ensuring compliance with the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR.