Born in 1984

A selection from Wikipedia's '1984 in Australia'. Not a complete list.

• 17 January – Ian Sinclair is elected leader of the National Party of Australia following Doug Anthony's retirement.
• 1 February – Medicare comes into effect in Australia.
• 6 March – High Court Judge, Justice Lionel Murphy is named in Parliament as the judge referred to in The Age tapes published on 2 February.
• 14 May – The $1 coin is introduced in Australia.
• 16 July – Letters Patent issued for the Royal Commission into British Nuclear Tests in Australia
• 18 July – National Crime Authority is established.
• 1 October – National Film and Sound Archive (Screensound Australia) opens in Canberra.
• 2 December – Hawke Government re-elected with a reduced majority.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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