Australia 's participation in the 2015 contest was set to be a one-off event , the plan being only to perform again the following year had they won , but it was confirmed in November 2015 by SVT that they would participate in the 2016 contest . Australia is the first country from the Oceania region ( and the second country outside Eurasia , after Morocco in 1980 ) to participate in the contest
2016 contest
Eurovision Song Contest 2016
Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest