Born in 1997

A selection from Wikipedia's '1997 in Australia'. Not a complete list.

• 1 January – The Tri-Nation ODI cricket match at the SCG between Australia and Pakistan is marred by poor crowd behaviour.
• 4 February – Prime Minister John Howard wins Parliamentary support for a constitutional convention on the republic.
• 6 March – In Cairns, Paul Streeton is sentenced to life imprisonment for setting fire to school boy Tjandamurra O'Shane.
• 11 April – Pauline Hanson launches the One Nation party in Ipswich, Queensland.
• 8 May – Melbourne's Crown Casino is opened by Victorian Premier Jeff Kennett.
• 2 June – A former Victorian police officer is arrested for attempting to extort more than $4 million from Nestlé by contaminating Nestle products at a Coles supermarket in Sydney. He is extradited from Victoria to New South Wales where he pleads guilty.
• 1 July – The telecommunications market is deregulated, allowing the entry of competitors other than Telstra and Optus.
• 11 October – A state election is held in South Australia. The Liberal/National coalition government of John Olsen is re-elected, albeit with a substantially reduced minority.

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