1983 in Australia

1983 in Australia
Monarchy	Elizabeth II
Governor-General	Ninian Stephen
Prime minister	Malcolm Fraser, then Bob Hawke

←

1983
in
Australia

→

Decades:

1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s

Incumbents

Queen of Australia – Elizabeth II
Governor General – Sir Ninian Stephen
Prime Minister – Malcolm Fraser then Bob Hawke
Premier of New South Wales – Neville Wran
Premier of South Australia – John Bannon
Premier of Queensland – Joh Bjelke-Petersen
Premier of Tasmania – Robin Gray
Premier of Western Australia – Ray O'Connor, then Brian Burke
Premier of Victoria – John Cain
Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory – Post did not exist in 1983.
Chief Minister of the Northern Territory – Paul Everingham

Events

3 February – Australian P.M Malcolm Fraser is granted a double dissolution of both houses of parliament for a double dissolution election for 5 March. On the same day Bob Hawke replaces Bill Hayden as federal ALP leader.
16 February – The Ash Wednesday bushfires in Victoria and South Australia claim the lives of 71 people in one of Australia's worst ever fires.
5 March – Australian federal election, 1983. The ALP, with Bob Hawke as leader wins with one of the biggest parliamentary majorities in Australian political history.
11 March – Hawke Ministry sworn in, Andrew Peacock becomes Federal Opposition leader.
11 April – National Economic Summit held in Canberra.
22 April – Soviet embassy official Valery Ivanov is expelled from Australia for allegedly trying to recruit spies in the Australian government.
1 May – The Sydney Entertainment Centre is opened.
16 May – NSW Premier Neville Wran steps aside in response to allegations raised by ABC program Four Corners that he attempted to influence the NSW Magistry
1 July – High Court blocks construction of the Franklin Dam in Tasmania in the Tasmanian Dams Case
28 July – New South Wales premier Neville Wran exonerated by Street Royal Commission over claims raised by ABC program Four Corners which claimed that he attempted to influence the NSW majestry
26 September – Australia II wins the America's Cup ending the New York Yacht Club's 132-year domination of the race
30 November – ASIS (Australian Secret Intelligence Service) officer bungle a training exercise in the Melbourne Sheraton hotel.^[1]
9 December – The Australian Dollar is floated, by Federal Treasurer Paul Keating. Under the old flexible peg system, the Reserve Bank bought and sold all Australian dollars and cleared the market at the end of the day.

Arts and literature

"No award" is made for the Miles Franklin Award

Film

Television

30 April – Four Corners program aired exposing allegations that NSW Premier Neville Wran had tried to influence the magistry over the dropping of fraud charges against Kevin Humphreys, charged with misappropriation of funds from the Balmain Leagues Club. Humphreys is forced to resign his position as President of the NSWRL, while Wran has to face the Street Royal Commission over the allegations & was later exonerated.
26 September – After Australia's America's Cup win, Prime Minister Bob Hawke goes on the Today show and declared a public holiday for that day, stating that "any boss who sacks anyone for not turning up today is a bum."
27 November – The last ever episode of The Don Lane Show goes to air on GTV-9.

Sport

26 February – Value of a rugby league try is increased to four points for the start of the 1983 season. A number of other rule changes are also made, including a "hand over" after six tackles instead of a scrum.
20 March – Robert de Castella is Australia's best finisher at the eleventh IAAF World Cross Country Championships, staged in Gateshead, England. He finishes in sixth place (37:00.0) in the race over 11,994 metres.
11 May – VFL Board accepts the findings of the McKinsey Report in principle, suggesting major changes to league administration including the establishment of an independent commission.
12 June – John Stanley wins the men's national marathon title, clocking 2:17:04 in Sydney, while Megan Sloane claims the women's title in 2:37:50.
18 June – Fitzroy produce an amazing performance against North Melbourne in a top-of-the-table clash at the Junction Oval, winning by 150 points and kicking the third-highest VFL score to that point. The previous biggest loss by a minor premier was 69 points. Matt Rendell, effectively playing as a seventh forward, kicked eight goals after having not kicked one for seventeen games.
9 July – Australia's run of 16 consecutive Rugby League test victories is ended when New Zealand upset Australia 19–12 at Lang Park, Brisbane.
22 July – Fitzroy with 12.6 (78) and St. Kilda with 7.1 (43) set a record aggregate score for a quarter in VFL football, beating the previous record of 18.2 (110) in 1975 by Essendon and Carlton.
5 August – First game played under lights since 1952. Geelong defeat Sydney at the SCG
24 September – Hawthorn (20.20.140) defeat Essendon (8.9.57) to win the 87th VFL premiership
25 September – Parramatta Eels defeat Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 18–6 to win the 76th NSWRL premiership
26 September – Newtown Jets & Western Suburbs Magpies axed from the 1984 NSWRL premiership. It is announced that Newtown will return as Newtown-Campbelltown in 1985. The move never eventuates.
1 November – Kiwi wins the Melbourne Cup.
5 December – NSWRL reinstate Western Suburbs after Equity Court ruling. Wests end up moving to Campbelltown around the same time.
Ross Glendinning (North Melbourne) wins the Brownlow Medal

Births

9 January – Scott Brennan, Olympic rower
14 January – Jason Krejza, cricketer
20 January – Paula Taylor, Thai- born Australian model and actress
4 February - Jarrad Waite, footballer
15 March – Ben Hilfenhaus, cricketer
22 March - Daniel Harries, figure skater
20 April - Miranda Kerr, model
25 April - Johnathan Thurston rugby league footballer
26 April - Jake Wall, model
10 May – Fiona Hammond, water polo player
11 May – Holly Valance, actress and singer
18 May - Chris Kokkinos, Channel Operations Specialist
18 June
- Cameron Smith, rugby league footballer
- Billy Slater, rugby league footballer
23 July – Bec Cartwright, actress
11 August - Chris Hemsworth, actor
18 August – Russell Ford, field hockey striker
19 August – Tammin Sursok, actress
27 August – Suzie Fraser, water polo player
17 October - Jesse Rosenfeld, actor
25 November – Luke Wagstaff, banker
5 December – Cooper Cronk, rugby league footballer

Deaths

28 January – Frank Forde, fifteenth Prime Minister of Australia (born 1890)
29 August – Decima Norman, track and field athlete (born 1909)

References

↑ Chapter 8: Caught in the act : the ASIS raid, Australian Institute of Criminology (1989).

Years in Australia (1788–present)

1788 1789 1790 1791 1792 1793 1794 1795 1796 1797 1798 1799 1800

1801 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1810 1811 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817 1818 1819 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900

1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Timeline of Australian history

1983 in Oceania

Sovereign states	Australia Federated States of Micronesia Fiji Kiribati Marshall Islands Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu

Associated states of New Zealand	Cook Islands Niue

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, February 08, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.