The death penalty was formally abolished in Australia in 1985.

The death penalty was formally abolished in Australia in 1985.
The last Australian killed by the judiciary, Ronald Ryan, was hanged in Melbourne's Pentridge Prison on February 3, 1967. Between 1901 and 1967, when the country implemented capital punishment, 114 people were executed in Australia.
Queensland was one of the first jurisdictions anywhere to abolish the death penalty, in 1922.
Australia is a world leader in seeking the abolition of capital punishment. In international forums, Canberra is a traditional co-sponsor of United Nations resolutions against the death penalty, and, as a matter of policy, makes representations on behalf of many non-Australians facing the ultimate sentence in retentionist countries.
The Extradition Act in force in the country clearly provides that a person cannot be extradited where an offence is punishable by death unless the country seeking extradition agrees the death penalty will not be imposed or carried out.
On December 18, 2008 Australia co-sponsored and voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium on the Use of the Death Penalty at the UN General Assembly.