A Look Back At

Born in 1989

What Was Life Like in 1989?

Who Was in Charge?

Prime Minister

Bob Hawke

Monarch

Queen Elizabeth II

What Things Cost

Petrol (per litre)

$0.58

Loaf of Bread

$1.10

Average House

$108,000

Weekly Wage

$505.00

Events of 1989 in Australia

A selection from Wikipedia's '1989 in Australia'. Not a complete list.

  • 4 February – The 1989 Western Australian state election is held. Peter Dowding returns as Premier when the Labor Party wins 31 seats albeit with a 10% fall in votes.
  • 4 March – The first Australian Capital Territory election is held.
  • 13 May – Liberal candidate Robin Gray wins the 1989 Tasmanian state election. The Liberal Party secures 46.9% of the vote, while the Labor Party secures 34.7% and the Green Independents 17.1%.
  • 29 May – The Australian Labor Party in Tasmania signs the Labor–Green Accord with the Tasmanian Greens to form government.
  • 23 August – All of Australia's 1,645 domestic airline pilots resign over an airline's move to sack and sue them over a dispute, following a strike.
  • 25 October – In response to the Fitzgerald Inquiry recommendations, the Queensland Government establishes two new bodies - the Criminal Justice Commission (CJC) to be headed by former NCA Commissioner Sir Max Bingham and the Electoral and Administrative Review Commission (EARC) under Tom Sherman.
  • 25 November – Elections in South Australia narrowly return the Labor government of John Bannon to power.
  • 2 December – The 1989 Queensland state election is held.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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