The following lists events that happened during 1980 in Australia.
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Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Governor-General | Sir Zelman Cowen |
Prime minister | Malcolm Fraser |
Population | 14,515,729 |
Australian of the Year | Manning Clark |
Elections | WA, NT, Federal, QLD |
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John Malcolm Fraser was an Australian politician who served as the 22nd prime minister of Australia from 1975 to 1983. He held office as the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia.
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Nugan Hand Bank was an Australian merchant bank that collapsed in 1980 after the suicide of one of its founders, Australian lawyer Francis John Nugan, resulting in a major scandal. News stories suggested that the bank had been involved in illegal activities, including drug smuggling, arranging weapons deals, and providing a front for the United States Central Intelligence Agency. Speculation grew when it became known that the bank had employed a number of retired United States military and intelligence officers, including former CIA director William Colby.
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On 26 April 1980, they were seen getting into a white utility outside the Faulkner home in Acland Street.
In 1936 the Newcastle Morning Herald took over the Newcastle Sun, a lively afternoon paper... The Newcastle Sun closed on 4 July 1980 (after which for a short time there was a Newcastle edition of the Sydney Sun)
Mr Hawke, the ALP candidate for the safe Federal seat of Wills has tendered his resignation as president. He will formally leave the ACTU at the end of this month...
The Royal Commission into the Federated Ship Painters' and Dockers' Union opened in Melbourne yesterday...
Although not officially opened until 1979-80, the Northern Region now includes the new standard gauge line from Tarcoola to Alice Springs. This line was opened on 9 October 1980.
Princess Alexandra officially opened the new railway line in October 1980.
Mr Howard also said that the Government had decided to lift all controls on the rates that savings and trading banks can offer on deposits
On December 17, a blast believed to have been caused by a time bomb, caused $300,000 damage to the store at Warilla, a southern suburb of Wollongong. Two days later, another time bomb started a fire which destroyed the Maitland branch, causing damage estimated at more than $300,000.
The Crimes (Sexual Offences) Act 1980 was nevertheless passed on 23 December 1980 and came into effect on 1 March 1981