Australia was one of the first countries in the world to play host to the skyscraper boom along with the United States and Canada. Australia's first skyscraper as then-defined was Melbourne's now demolished APA Building, completed in 1889, which was among the tallest buildings in the world at the time. The nation's first skyscraper as defined today by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat as buildings exceeding 150 metres was the Australia Square Tower in Sydney, completed in 1967.

The vast majority of Australia's buildings which exceed 150 metres in height are located in the eastern states of Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland, with a smaller number in Western Australia. While Australia's other states and territories contain no skyscrapers as defined, they all play host to numerous high-rise buildings.

This list includes the tallest completed and topped out buildings in Australia that reach a height of at least 200 metres (656.2 feet), ranked by their official heights as defined by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH). An equal sign (=) following a rank indicates the same height between two or more buildings (in such cases, the building with the highest number of floors is listed first). The "Year" column indicates the year of completion.^[1] The list includes only habitable buildings, as opposed to structures such as observation towers, radio masts, transmission towers and chimneys.

Official heights (denoted by "O") are also known as "architectural heights", as they include spires but exclude communications masts and antennae. This is because spires form an integral part of a building's design while masts and antennae do not, being purely functional. Also included are heights "excluding spires" ("ES"), which as used here include the entire architectural structure save for architectural spires. Whilst this is not a measure used by CTBUH, the concept is nonetheless frequently referred to by skyscraper aficionados.

The Sydney Tower completed in 1981, was the first structure in any city in Australia to climb above 300m / 1,000ft standing at 309 m (1,014 ft). However it is not included in this list as it does not qualify as a skyscraper due to it having only 4 floors . The bulk of the structure above the base consists of a communications and observation tower.

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Rank	Name	Image	Location	Height: m (ft)		Floors	Year	Notes	Reference
				O	ES
1	Q1		Gold Coast	322.5 (1,058)	245 (804)	78	2005	Tallest building in Australia since 2005. Tallest residential building in the world from 2005 to 2011. Q1 is short for Queensland Number One.	[2][3]
2	Australia 108		Melbourne	316.7 (1,039)		100	2020	Tallest building in Melbourne since 2020. Tallest building in Australia to roof since 2020. Topped out in November 2019.	[4]
3	Eureka Tower		Melbourne	297.3 (975)		91	2006	Tallest building in Melbourne from 2006 to 2019. Tallest building in Australia to roof from 2006 to 2019.	[5][6][7]
4	Crown Sydney		Sydney	271.3 (889)		75	2020	Tallest building in Sydney. Topped out in March 2020. Completed in December 2020.	[8][9]
5	Aurora Melbourne Central		Melbourne	270.5 (887)		84	2019		[10][11]
6	Brisbane Skytower		Brisbane	269.6 (885)		90	2019	Tallest building in Brisbane since 2019.	[12][13]
7	West Side Place Tower A		Melbourne	268.7 (876)		81	2021		[14]
8	120 Collins Street		Melbourne	265 (869)	222.15 (729)	52	1991	Tallest office building in Australia. Tallest building in Melbourne from 1991 to 2006. Tallest building in Australia from 1991 to 2005.	[15][16]
9	The One		Brisbane	264 (866)		82	2021		[17]
10	Salesforce Tower		Sydney	263 (863)		53	2022	Tallest commercial building in Sydney since 2022; structurally topped out in February 2022.	[18]
11	101 Collins Street		Melbourne	260 (853)	195 (640)	50	1991	Tallest building in Melbourne and Australia from March to August 1991.	[19][20]
12	1 William Street		Brisbane	259.8 (852)	224 (735)	46	2016	Tallest building in Brisbane from 2016 to 2018.	[21]
13	Ocean		Gold Coast	252.3 (828)		75	2022		[22]
14	Prima Pearl		Melbourne	254 (833)		72	2014		[23]
15	Rialto Towers		Melbourne	251.1 (824)		63	1986	Tallest office building in Australia to roof from 1986 to 2006. Tallest building in Melbourne from 1986 to 1991. Tallest building in Australia from 1986 to 1991.	[24][25]
16	Queens Place Tower 1		Melbourne	249.9 (820)		79	2021		[26]
=17	Infinity Tower		Brisbane	249 (817)		81	2013	Tallest building in Brisbane from 2013 to 2016.	[27]
=17	Central Park		Perth	249 (817)	226 (741)	51	1992	Tallest building in Perth since 1992.	[28][29]
19	Victoria One		Melbourne	246.8 (810)		76	2018	First proposed in 2013, construction commenced in 2014, before being completed in 2018.	[30]
20	Premier Tower (134–160 Spencer Street)		Melbourne	245.9 m (807 ft)		78	2021	First proposed in 2014, construction commenced in 2017, before topping–out in 2020. Completed in 2021. Recognised in 7th place for the 2021 Emporis Skyscraper Award.	[31]
21	Chifley Tower		Sydney	244 (801)	216 (709)	53	1992	Tallest building in Sydney from 1992 to 2019.	[32]
=22	Soleil		Brisbane	243 (797)		74	2011		[33]
=22	Citigroup Centre		Sydney	243 (797)	206 (676)	50	2000		[34]
24	Soul		Gold Coast	242.6 (796)		77	2012		[35]
25	Deutsche Bank Place		Sydney	240 (787)	160 (525)	39	2005	Shortest building to roof of top 30.	[36][37]
26	West Side Place Tower D (250 Spencer Street)		Melbourne	239 m (784 ft)		72	2023	First proposed in 2013, construction commenced in 2020, before topping–out in 2022. Second–tallest building of the West Side Place complex.	[38][39]
27	Greenland Centre		Sydney	237 (778)		67	2020	Topped out in July 2020. Scheduled for completion in late 2020. Tallest residential building in Sydney upon completion.	[40]
28	Swanston Central		Melbourne	236.7 (777)		78	2019		[41]
29	Brookfield Place		Perth	234.4 (769)		46	2011	Also known as City Square or BHP City Square	[42]
30	Shangri-La by the Gardens (308 Exhibition Street)		Melbourne	231.7 m (760 ft)		59	2023	First proposed in 2016, construction commenced in 2019, before topping-out in 2022. Upon completion in 2023, it will become the tallest all-hotel building in Australia, surpassing the Jewel Hotel on the Gold Coast. Taller tower of the by the Gardens development.	[43]
31	Melbourne Square Tower 1 (93–119 Kavanagh Street)		Melbourne	231 m (758 ft)		70	2021	First proposed in 2017, construction commenced in 2018, before topping–out in 2020. Completed in 2021. Tallest building of the Melbourne Square complex.	[44]
=32	World Tower		Sydney	230 (755)		73	2004	Won the bronze Emporis Skyscraper Award in 2004	[45][46]
=32	West Side Place Tower C (250 Spencer Street)		Melbourne	230 m (755 ft)		70	2023	First proposed in 2013, construction commenced in 2020, before topping–out in 2022. 3rd–tallest building of the West Side Place complex.	[47]
34	Vision Apartments		Melbourne	229 (751)		70	2016		[48]
35	25 Martin Place		Sydney	228 (748)		60	1977	Tallest building in Australia from 1977 to 1986.	[49][50]
36	Governor Phillip Tower		Sydney	227 (745)		54	1993	Incorporates the site of Australia's first Government House.	[51][52]
37	6 & 8 Parramatta Square		Sydney	225.45[53] (739.66)		57	2022	Tallest building in Parramatta. Topped out in November 2021.	[54]
=38	568 Collins Street		Melbourne	224 (735)		68	2015		[55][56]
=38	Bourke Place		Melbourne	224 (735)		49	1991	A 30 m communications mast sits atop the building.	[57][58]
40	Latitude		Sydney	222 (728)	192 (630)	45	2004		[59][60]
41	Circle on Cavill North Tower		Gold Coast	219.5 (720)		70	2007		[61][62]
42	Aurora Place		Sydney	218.9 (718)	188 (617)	41	2001		[63][64]
43	Sapphire by the Gardens (308 Exhibition Street)		Melbourne	218.8 m (718 ft)		57	2022	First proposed in 2016, construction commenced in 2019, before completion in 2022. Shorter tower of the by the Gardens development	[65]
=44	Light House Melbourne		Melbourne	218 (715)		69	2018		[66]
=44	Telstra Corporate Centre		Melbourne	218 (715)	193 (633)	47	1992		[67][68]
46	380 Melbourne (380 Lonsdale Street)		Melbourne	217.5 m (714 ft)		67	2021	First proposed in 2014, construction commenced in 2018, before topping–out in 2020. Completed in 2021.	[69]
47	International Towers 1		Sydney	217 (711)		49	2016		[70]
48	108 St Georges Terrace		Perth	214 (702)		50	1988	A 33 m communications mast sits atop the building.	[71][72]
49	180 George Street - North Tower		Sydney	213 (699)		67	2023	In Parramatta CBD.	[73]
50	Quay Quarter Tower		Sydney	212.92 (698.5)		52	1976/2022	Best Tall Building Worldwide 2023 Winner, 2023 CTBUH Awards.	[74]
=51	West Side Place Tower B		Melbourne	211 (692)		65	2021		[75]
=51	The Tower at Melbourne Central		Melbourne	211 (692)		54	1991	Part of a major shopping, office and public transport hub in Melbourne.	[76][77]
53	Aspire Melbourne (299 King Street)		Melbourne	210.6 m (691 ft)		65	2023	First proposed in 2014, construction commenced in 2020, before topping–out in 2022.	[78]
54	UNO Melbourne (111 A'Beckett Street)		Melbourne	210 m (689 ft)		65	2023	First proposed in 2015, construction began in 2020.	[79]
55	Aurora		Brisbane	207 (679)		69	2006		[80][81]
56	Freshwater Place		Melbourne	205 (673)		63	2005	The residential part of an office/residential building complex.	[82][83]
57	Eq. Tower		Melbourne	202.7 (665)		63	2017		[84]
58	Riparian Plaza		Brisbane	200 (656)		53	2005	A 50 m communications mast stands atop the building.	[85][86]

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This list includes the tallest buildings over 200 m that are currently under construction, approved or proposed in Australia according to the CTBUH, save for those which have already topped out.^[87]

The following table provides the tallest building (completed or topped out) in each state given that only New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, and Western Australia are currently featured in the lists of tallest buildings to architectural detail and to roof. Heights to architectural detail are used.

The following table lists future tallest buildings that if built, could become the tallest buildings in their respective state or territory.

This table shows Australian cities with at least one skyscraper over 150 metres in height, completed, topped–out or under construction.

• List of tallest buildings in the Southern Hemisphere
• List of tallest structures in Australia
• List of tallest buildings in Oceania
• List of cities in Australia with the most skyscrapers