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Did you know? consists of a series of "hooks", which are interesting facts taken from Wikipedia's newest or recently expanded Australian related articles. The choice of articles is subject to a series of criteria, see DYK rules for more information.

... that starting at age 16, future Woolworths CEO Brad Banducci was named top sewing machine salesperson three years in a row?
... that Mark Hutton was the first Australian to be a starting pitcher in a Major League Baseball game?
... that the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme has been criticised for placing workers at risk of modern slavery?
... that Australian NFL player Laki Tasi got into American football at the suggestion of a burger shop owner?
... that an Australian High Court case found a hotel chain to have used third-party contractors to avoid paying employees their required benefits?
... that a 44-point comeback in a 2024 semi-final was the Australian Football League's largest semifinal comeback ever?
... that in 2025 Oscar Piastri became the first Australian since 2010 to lead the Formula One World Drivers' Championship?
... that an Australian radio station defended playing Zheani's "Bring Wet Cunt" uncensored in 2024?
... that Australian gamer Zer0 led his team to an Apex Legends Global Series championship with a substitution teammate to whom he had never spoken before?
... that Georgina Sutton was the first woman to be appointed the chief pilot of an Australian airline?
... that the Greco-Australian dialect, a variety of Modern Greek, blends words with English roots into the Greek language?
... that Aboriginal Australians who first saw herds of water buffalo interpreted the new animals as a manifestation of their dreaming?
... that the political and media storm around so-called African gangs in Australia has been described by academics as a moral panic?
... that the first imported copies of Norman Lindsay's Age of Consent were confiscated by Australian customs authorities?
... that Monique Ryan ran for election to the Parliament of Australia after seeing an advertisement in the newspaper calling for an independent candidate?
... that Australian politicians may face the pub test?
... that Monica Smit was ordered to pay Victoria Police's legal bill of about A$250,000, despite winning a lawsuit against them?
... that the mascot of an Australian HIV prevention campaign was a condom-wielding superhero?
... that Fatima Payman is the first elected woman to wear a hijab in Australia’s parliament?
... that the Bluey special "The Sign" reminded a Sydney Morning Herald reporter of Australia's housing crisis?
... that police investigated the European Australian Movement after it distributed letters carrying a slogan from Nazi Germany?
... that a dispute over paid sick leave at a chocolate factory ended up before the High Court of Australia in Mondelez v AMWU?
... that in 1939, a teenage Robin Ordell became the youngest radio announcer in Australia?
... that Episode 2351 of the Australian soap opera Home and Away was filmed in England, marking the first time the serial was filmed overseas?
... that Holly Ringland wrote her second book while stuck in Australia for three years during the COVID-19 pandemic?
... that "Guest Starring John Noble" guest stars John Noble as Australian actor John Noble?
... that Aboriginal soldier Tim Hughes was decorated for remarkable bravery, exceptional coolness and initiative during the Battle of Buna–Gona?
... that on its maiden voyage from Liverpool to Australia, the George Roper ran aground and was wrecked?
... that Dan Bull was a keyboardist for Eskimo Joe before he was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Assembly?
... that the health of prisoners in Australia is impacted by their lack of access to Medicare, the country's otherwise-universal health care system?
... that Charles Strong founded the Australian Church after facing heresy charges, and attracted many elite congregants including a future prime minister?
... that in 1919 nurse Hilda Hope McMaugh became the first Australian woman to qualify as a pilot?
... that Zali Steggall, an independent member of the Parliament of Australia, is an Olympic skiing medallist?
... that an Australian wildlife conservationist has trapped and killed more than 1,450 feral cats?
... that the 2023 Aston by-election was the first time in more than 100 years that the governing party won a seat from the opposition at an Australian by-election?
... that the Australian spider Progradungula barringtonensis has been called a "ghost of Gondwana"?
... that the arts magazine Paper Chained was banned in some Australian prisons due to its pen-pal program?
... that a senator once brought fake dynamite into an Australian budget estimates hearing to make a point about parliamentary security arrangements?
... that Australian military chaplain Andrew Gillison took up arms to snipe at Turkish soldiers in Gallipoli?
... that Turkish international soccer player Rojin Polat was named member of the "2021 All Schools Merit Girls Team" in New South Wales, Australia?
... that Moira Deeming comes from a family of union leaders and Australian Labor Party members, but is a member of the Liberal Party?
... that "the Boshfather" was deported from Australia in October 2025?
... that Towa Tei's "Sometime Samurai" remained unfinished for eight years until Australian singer Kylie Minogue re-recorded the song in 2004?
... that Australian Madeleine Steere played water polo professionally in Turkey after studying biomolecular science in the United States?
... that all Aboriginal languages in mainland Australia may have descended from a common ancestor spoken around 6,000 years ago?