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1977 in Australia

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The following lists events that happened during 1977 in Australia.

1977 in Australia
MonarchElizabeth II
Governor-GeneralSir John Kerr, then Sir Zelman Cowen
Prime ministerMalcolm Fraser
Population14,033,083
Australian of the YearRaigh Roe and Murray Tyrrell
ElectionsWA, Referendum, NT, SA, QLD, Federal

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Incumbents

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Sir John Kerr
Sir Zelman Cowen
Malcolm Fraser

State and territory leaders

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Governors and administrators

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Events

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January

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February

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March

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  • 8 March - The Federal Government holds a reception in Canberra for Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh as they begin the Silver Jubilee tour of Australia.[11]
  • 9 March - Queen Elizabeth II arrives in Brisbane as part of her Silver Jubilee goodwill tour.[12]
  • 13 March - ABBA In Australia tour concludes.
  • 15 March -
    • The former Australian consul to Timor Jim Dunn prepares to testify to the United States Congress on Indonesian atrocities.[13] The Indonesian Foreign Minister Adam Malik responds by threatening that his Government would allow "demonstrations and other mass actions" against the Australian Embassy to continue if further agitation against alleged Indonesian atrocities were allowed.[14]
    • Foreign Minister Andrew Peacock presents a 24-page speech to Federal Parliament in which he outlines a new direction in foreign policies based on Australia's richness in a world of want.[15] He says population and resources would be central future policies, as well as making attacks on Soviet Union military expansion.[15]
    • Federal Cabinet approves an agreement with the United States for the construction of the controversial Omega navigation station at a predicted cost of $15 million.[16]
  • 31 March - The Conciliation and Arbitration Commission’s wage decision is handed down.[17] The Commission indicates it would hold an inquiry into various aspects of wage fixation.[17] The Commission introduces a $5.70 a week increase on prices, prompting Federal Treasurer Phillip Lynch to say that the decision would retard the fight against inflation.[17]

April

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  • 13 April - The Premiers' Conference is held in Canberra where all governments commit to a three-month prices and wages freeze.[18]

May

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June

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  • 15 June - The Gleneagles Agreement is unanimously approved by the Commonwealth of Nations at a meeting at Gleneagles, Auchterarder, Scotland. Commonwealth Presidents and Prime Ministers agree, as part of their support for the international campaign against apartheid, to discourage contact and competition between their sportsmen and sporting organisations, teams or individuals from South Africa.[26]
  • 22 June -
    • The Uniting Church in Australia is formed following the union of the majority of Presbyterian, Methodist and Congregational Union churches in Australia.[27][28]
    • Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser meets with United States president Jimmy Carter in Washington.[29] Fraser is impressed by Carter 'as a decisive man' who would be 'setting American objectives in the great humanitarian issues'.[29] Carter undertakes to consult Australia before any agreement was concluded with the Soviet Union on arms limitation in the Indian Ocean.[29]

July

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August

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  • 7 August - At the Association of South-East Asian Nations meeting in Kuala Lumpur, prime minister Malcolm Fraser offers ASEAN leaders a package of increased bilateral aid of $250 million, as well as an extra $10 million for joint development projects, but claimed Australia could do nothing in its present economic circumstances to reduce trade barriers against their countries' products.[33][34]
  • 9 August - A board of inquiry into Housing Commission land deals is appointed by the Victorian Government with the power to investigate Cabinet decisions and to call Ministers to give evidence.[35]
  • 11 August - A 24-hour strike by postal staff at Melbourne's two biggest parcel centres stops more than 25,000 parcels being handled.[36][37]
  • 15 August - Cabinet decided that Australia would negotiate bilateral safeguards agreements with purchasers covering both present and future use of the uranium. Australia would seek an understanding with other exporters on the application and enforcement of safeguards, but this would not constitute a commercial cartel to control price or quantity.
  • 16 August - Federal Treasurer Philip Lynch presents the 1977–78 budget, with a predicted deficit of $2.21 billion.[38] It reduces personal income tax scales from seven to three (32 per cent, 46 per cent and 60 per cent) and also provides personal tax cuts to operate from 1 February 1978.[38]
  • 17 August - Federal Treasurer Phillip Lynch addresses the National Press Club of Australia and blames the Arbitration Commission for the lack of improvement in unemployment for its failure to restrain wages through its decisions.[39]
  • 21 August - Mail services returns to normal following the end of a national postal dispute.[40]
  • 23 August - Cabinet makes its final decisions on uranium mining in Australia, endorsing the main findings of the Fox inquiry unless there were 'compelling reasons' for departing from them.[41] It was agreed that mining could proceed, subject to environmental controls and a stringent nuclear safeguards regime.[41] The Ranger Uranium Mine could be developed without further environmental assessment, but the other two mines in the Alligator River region – Jabiluka and Koongarra – would not be approved for a considerable time.[41] Cabinet also agreed on the staged establishment of Kakadu National Park, although the Ranger, Jabiluka and Koongarra uranium leases were to be excluded from it.[41]
  • 24 August – Australia's first 7-Eleven convenience store opens in the Melbourne suburb of Oakleigh.[42][43]

September

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October

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  • 8 October – The Tasman Bridge in Hobart re-opens after repair to the damage sustained in the Tasman Bridge disaster when the bridge was struck by the bulk ore carrier MV Lake Illawarra on 5 January 1975.[50]
  • 19 October -
    • An employee of Air India’s Melbourne office is stabbed by a man who left a threatening letter, allegedly from the Ananda Marga-affiliated Universal Proutist Revolutionary Federation.[51]
    • Cabinet decides to review the management of explosives by Commonwealth agencies and to provide 203 more Commonwealth police for diplomatic security work, while foreign missions in Australia are urged to upgrade their security.
  • 27 October - Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser announces that the 1977 Australian federal election will be held on 10 December.[52][53]

November

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December

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Science and technology

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Arts and literature

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Main article: 1977 in Australian literature

Film

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Television

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Sport

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Births

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Deaths

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See also

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References

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  2. ^ "Eels, crayfish kept lost hikers going". The Sydney Morning Herald. 3 January 1977. p. 1. Archived from the original on 28 December 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
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  4. ^ Carman, Gerry; Gordon, Michael (14 January 1977). "Bodies two days in death home". The Age. p. 1. Archived from the original on 25 December 2023. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
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