- 1990 in Australia
Infobox Australian year
monarch =Elizabeth II
governor-general =Bill Hayden
pm =Bob Hawke
population = 17,065,128
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elections =Federal,NT "See also:"1989 in Australia ,
other events of 1990,1991 in Australia ----See also:
*1990 Australian incumbents Incumbents
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Queen of Australia -HM Queen Elizabeth II
*Governor General -Bill Hayden
*Prime Minister -Bob Hawke
*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 , thenCarmen Lawrence
*Premier of Victoria - John Cain, thenJoan Kirner
*Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory -Trevor Kaine
*Chief Minister of the Northern Territory -Marshall Perron Events
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February 12 - Carmen Lawrence becomes the first female premier ofWestern Australia and indeedAustralia '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 ofAustralian 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 1 - TheTasmanian Greens terminate theLabor-Green Accord after Tasmania adopts the federal government's Forests and Forest Industry Strategy.
*October 2 - Australian opera singer DameJoan 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 inMelbourne is published for the last time as a separate newspaper. Founded in 1840 as "The Port Phillip Herald", it is merged with its morningtabloid sister paper "The Sun News-Pictorial" and the first issue of the new "Herald Sun ", described by ownerRupert 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" inSydney 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 returnCountry Liberal Party government of Marshall Perron to power.
*November 1 - The Australian domestic aviation market is deregulated.
*November 29 - TreasurerPaul Keating announces that Australia is experiencing an economicrecession .
*December 11 - Fairfax is placed in receivership.Unknown Dates
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Homosexual acts between consenting adults decriminalised inQueensland .Arts and literature
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Tom Flood 's novel "Oceana Fine " wins theMiles Franklin Award Film
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September 20 – "The Big Steal" is released. Directed byNadia Tass , the film will go on to be nominated for nine AFI awards, of which it will win three.Television
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Kerry Packer purchases back control of theNine Network for $250 million from Alan Bond, who purchased it from him for $1 billion in1987 .
*September 14 -Westpac putsNetwork Ten into receivership.
*December 27 - WIN Television purchasesStar Television just 3 days beforeQueensland 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 (nowSeven Queensland ) taking a Seven affiliation,WIN Television taking a Nine affiliation & QTV with the Ten affiliation.
*The Seven Network is placed inreceivership .port
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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 inMelbourne, Victoria . The men's 10,000 metres event was conducted atCanberra onFebruary 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 inBrisbane , whileTrudy 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 theWest 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 since1958 , thereby symbolising the end of the "Colliwobbles".
*November 10 –Mal Meninga scores stunning last-minute try to win second Ashesrugby league test at Old Trafford.Births
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March 24 –Keisha Castle-Hughes , New Zealand actressDeaths
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January 4 –Henry Bolte (b. 1908), Premier of Victoria
*January 9 – Sir Edward McTiernan (b. 1892), High Court judge and politician
*January 15 – Dame Peggy van Praagh (b. 1910), ballet dancer
*February 8 – Sir Ernie Titterton (b. 1916), nuclear physicist
*February 14 –Graeme Hole (b. 1931), cricketer
*March 10 –Pat McDonald (b. 1922), actress ("Number 96", "Sons & Daughters")
*March 10 – Sir Reginald Wright (b. 1905), Tasmanian Liberal senator
*April 15 –William Hart-Smith (b. 1911), poet
*May 5 –Gordon Mackie (b. 1912), NSW politician
*June 8 –Herbie Matthews (b. 1913), Australian Rules football player and coach for the South Melbourne Swans
*June 21 –Martin Johnston (b. 1947), poet
*June 25 –Peggy Glanville-Hicks (b. 1912), composer
*July 1 –Albert Field (b. 1910), Queensland senator
*August 15 –Jimmy Carruthers (b. 1929), boxer
*August 17 – Sir David Martin (b. 1933), Governor of New South Wales
*September 2 –Robert Holmes à Court (b. 1937), businessman
*September 26 – Sir James Forrest (b. 1905), lawyer
*September 30 –Patrick White (b. 1912), author
*October 14 –Clifton Pugh (b. 1924), artist
*December 25 –John Stuart Anderson (b. 1908), chemist
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