A Look Back At

Born in 1995

What Was Life Like in 1995?

Who Was in Charge?

Prime Minister

Paul Keating

Monarch

Queen Elizabeth II

What Things Cost

Petrol (per litre)

$0.72

Loaf of Bread

$1.80

Average House

$140,000

Weekly Wage

$680.00

Events of 1995 in Australia

A selection from Wikipedia's '1995 in Australia'. Not a complete list.

  • 4 January – Chief justice of the Family Court of Australia, Alastair Nicholson calls for the law to recognise homosexual couples and their children as a family unit, stating that it was "unhelpful to attempt to set limits to what a family can be."
  • 2 February – Tasmanian Premier Ray Groom defies Prime Minister Paul Keating's moratorium on logging in 72 Tasmanian coupes.
  • 25 March – Liberal candidate Brendan Smyth wins the 1995 Canberra by-election with a 16% swing, a formerly safe Labor seat occupied by Ros Kelly.
  • 8 April – The 1995 Wentworth by-election is held, triggered by the resignation of former Liberal leader John Hewson.
  • 9 May – The Federal Budget is delivered. The Budget's enormous turnaround in projected revenue, from a deficit of $12.9 billion to a small surplus, is received with scepticism by many commentators.
  • 7 June – Prime Minister Paul Keating announces to Parliament that Australia would have a referendum on the republic with a head of state elected by Parliament by a majority of at least two-thirds.
  • 15 July – The 1995 Queensland state election produces a hung Parliament, with Labor holding a one-seat majority over the Liberal/National coalition, as well as suffering a 7% swing and the loss of 9 seats.
  • 3 December – The Anzac Bridge in Sydney is opened to traffic.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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ARIA No. 1 on 1 January 1995

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