Thirty years ago today,the election campaign of John Hewson hit a snag when Senator Bronwyn Bishop rejected a portfolio ranked third in the outer ministry.
The Herald’s Tony Stephens was there when the Constitutional Convention voted in favour of the nation becoming a republic,paving the way for a referendum.
A book written by “Dr” John Clarke offered proof that Australian writers had been plagiarised and discredited over centuries by British and US writers.
When a carefree Bob Hawke was snapped travelling by Navy barge to the 1987 election campaign launch,it was a “victory for Labor in managing the news.”
30 years ago,Opposition Leader Dr John Hewson hit the campaign trail,on a mission to sell his proposed GST. “This is a revolution,” he told the Herald.
The new Australian edition of the Collins English Dictionary contained an entry for bogan,as"language is dynamic and should reflect changes".
The 1991 Rugby League grand final showed,through an ordinary looking bloke called Royce Simmons,how there is nothing quite as cut and dried as sport.
In the final days of its publication,we looked back on a newspaper notorious for Page 3 girls,house giveaways and tyre-slashing photographers.
As a little girl,Cathy Freeman had dreamed of winning Olympic gold and with her victory she not only made this a reality but expanded the national consciousness.