See also: 1995 in Australia, other events of 1996, 1997 in Australia
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- February 23 – Super League's challenge to club loyalty contracts signed with the ARL is ruled out of order & orders banning Super League until 2000 are made.
- March 7 – First day of the Australian Track & Field Championships for the 1995-1996 season, which are held at the Sydney Athletic Field in Sydney. The 10,000 metre championship was conducted at the Zatopek Meet in Melbourne, Victoria on December 14, 1995.
- March 10 – The first Australian Grand Prix to be held at the Albert Park grand prix circuit takes place. Damon Hill, of the Williams team wins.
- March 17 – Sri Lanka win the Cricket World Cup, defeating Australia in the final.
- March 22 – Clubs aligned with the Super League forfeit opening round of matches in the ARL competition.
- May 18 – The Fitzroy Lions (16.11.107) defeat the Fremantle Dockers (10.16.76) at the Whitten Oval in what would be Fitzroy's final ever victory as a stand-alone club.
- May 26 – Melbourne Knights win the NSL for the second season in a row, defeating minor premiers Marconi Fairfield 2-1 in the Final at Olympic Park.
- June 8 – About 2/3rds of the way into the 3rd quarter of the match between Essendon & the St Kilda Saints at Waverley Park, the ground lighting fails. The remainder of the game is played the following Tuesday, Essendon won, 13.11.89 to 9.13.67.
- July 4 – The AFL teams endorse a merger between the Fitzroy Lions & the Brisbane Bears.
- July 21 – Magnus Michelsson wins the men's national marathon title, clocking 2:20:20 in Brisbane, while Sylvia Rose claims the women's title in 2:40:17.
- August 17 – Fitzroy & Brisbane play each other for the last time before merging. At Optus Oval, Brisbane win 29.13.187 to 14.16.100.
- August 25 – Fitzroy play their last game in Melbourne, against the Richmond Tigers at the MCG. Richmond win, 28.19.187 to 5.6.36. Despite losing by 151 points, the Fitzroy song is played after the game and their fans flood the field.
- September 1 – Fitzroy play their last ever game of Australian rules football as a stand-alone entity. Against Fremantle at Subiaco Oval, Fremantle win, 24.13.157 to 10.11.71.
- September 21 – Tony Lockett kicks a memorable behind to ensure the Swans (10.10.70) defeat the Essendon Bombers (10.9.69) & thus qualify for Sydney's first grand final appearance since 1945.
- September 28 – The North Melbourne Kangaroos (19.17.131) defeat the Sydney Swans (13.10.88) to win the 100th VFL/AFL premiership. It is the Kangaroos third premiership and they are presented with the only gold premiership cup to mark the centenary season.
- September 29 – The Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles defeat the St. George Dragons 20-8 to win the 89th NSWRL/ARL premiership.
- October 4 – The full bench of the Federal Court overturn the earlier decision to ban Super League, meaning the competition can start in 1997.
- November 5 – Saintly wins the Melbourne Cup giving Bart Cummings his 10th win as a trainer.
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