1990 in Australia

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1990 in Australia
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor-General	Bill Hayden
Prime Minister	Bob Hawke
Population	17,065,128
Elections	Federal, NT

See also:

1990 Australian incumbents

1 Incumbents
2 Events
- 2.1 Unknown Dates
3 Arts and literature
4 Film
5 Television
6 Sport
7 Births
8 Deaths

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] 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 2 - Australian opera singer Dame Joan Sutherland announces her retirement.
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.

[edit] Unknown Dates

Homosexual acts between consenting adults decriminalised in Queensland.

[edit] Arts and literature

[edit] Film

September 20 – The Big Steal is released. Directed by Nadia Tass, the film will go on to be nominated for nine AFI awards, of which it will win three.

[edit] 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 14 - 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.

[edit] Sport

March 20 – The VFL officially becomes known as the AFL.
March 30 – First day of the Australian Track & Field Championships for the 1989-1990 season, which are held at the Olympic Park in Melbourne, Victoria. The men's 10,000 metres event was conducted at Canberra on February 24, 1990.
May 22 – New South Wales (13.8.86) upsets Victoria (10.16.76) in a State of Origin match at the SCG.
July 22 – Allan Carman wins the men's national marathon title, clocking 2:15:17 in Brisbane, while Trudy Fenton claims the women's title in 2:44:38.
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.