1990 In Australia

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INCUMBENTS

Prime Minister - Bob Hawke

Governor General - Bill Hayden

Premier Of New South Wales - Nick Greiner

Premier Of South Australia - John Bannon

Premier Of Queensland - Wayne Goss

Premier Of Tasmania - Michael Field

Premier Of Western Australia - Peter Dowding , then Carmen Lawrence

Premier Of Victoria - John Cain , then Joan Kirner

Chief Minister Of The Australian Capital Territory - Trevor Kaine

Chief Minister Of The Northern Territory - Marshall Perron

EVENTS

February 12 - Carmen Lawrence becomes the first Female premier of Western Australia and indeed Australia 's first female premier after the resignation of Peter Dowding.

March 20 - Serial Killer John Wayne Glover is arrested for a series of " Granny Murders " on Sydney 's North Shore .

March 24 - The government of Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke is re-elected for a 4th term.

August 7 - John Cain resigns as Victorian Premier over a series of financial scandals and is replaced by the first female premier of Victoria, Joan Kirner.

October 5 - After one hundred and fifty years, ten months and two days (Friday, January 3 , 1840 - Friday, October 5, 1990), The Herald Broadsheet Newspaper in Melbourne is published for the last time as a separate newspaper. Founded in 1840 as The Port Phillip Herald, it is merged with its morning Tabloid sister paper The Sun News-Pictorial and the first issue of the new Herald Sun , described by owner Rupert Murdoch as "The world's first 24-hour newspaper", with morning and afternoon editions, is published on the 8th

October 5 - On the same day, the forty nine year old Afternoon tabloid The Daily Mirror in Sydney is published for the last time as a separate newspaper. The first edition of The Daily Telegraph-Mirror appears on the 8th.

October 27 - Northern Territory elections return Country Liberal Party government of Marshall Perron to power.

November 1 - The Australian domestic aviation market is Deregulated .

November 29 - Treasurer Paul Keating announces that Australia is experiencing an economic Recession .

December 11 - Fairfax is placed in receivership.

Unknown Dates

Homosexual acts between consenting adults decriminalised in Queensland .

ARTS AND LITERATURE

FILM

TELEVISION

July - Kerry Packer purchases back control of the Nine Network for $ 250 million from Alan Bond , who purchased it from him for $1 billion in 1987 .

September - Westpac puts Network Ten into receivership.

December 27 - WIN Television purchases Star Television just 3 days before Queensland is due to be Aggregated , giving them the Nine Network affiliation & leaving QTV , who were going to take the Nine affiliation, with the Network Ten affiliation.

December 31 - The Queensland Regional Television market is aggregated, with Sunshine Television Network (now Seven Queensland ) taking a Seven affiliation, WIN Television taking a Nine affiliation & QTV with the Ten affiliation.

The Seven Network is placed in Receivership .

SPORT

March 20 - The VFL officially becomes known as the AFL .

May 22 - New South Wales (13.8.86) upsets Victoria (10.16.76) in a State Of Origin match at the SCG .

July 23 - Players' draft adopted at board meeting of NSWRL .

September 8 - Collingwood draws its elimination final with the West Coast Eagles . The AFL finals schedule is thrown into chaos & the Grand Final had to be played a week later than usual. Extra time is subsequently introduced in future finals matches.

October 6 - Collingwood (13.11.89) defeat Essendon (5.11.41) to win the 94th VFL / AFL premiership. It is the first premiership won under the AFL banner & Collingwood 's first premiership since 1958 , thereby symbolising the end of the "Colliwobbles".

November 10 - Mal Meninga scores stunning last-minute try to win second Ashes Rugby League test at Old Trafford .

BIRTHS

DEATHS

January 4 - Henry Bolte (b. 1908), Premier of Victoria

September 2 - Robert Holmes à Court (b. 1937), businessman

September 30 - Patrick White (b. 1912), author

October 14 - Clifton Pugh (b. 1924), artist

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