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February 2 - Nurse Anita Cobby is abducted, robbed, raped and
murdered by John Travers, Michael Murdoch, and Lesile, Gary and
Micheal Murphy at Prospect in Sydney (all 5 men are sentenced to life
imprisonment without parole, June 1987).
July 16 - An explosion at Moura No. 4 mine in Moura,
Queensland kills 12 people.
August 6 - A low pressure system moving from South Australia
and redeveloping off the New South Wales coast dumps a record 328
millimetres of rain in a day on
Sydney. Resulting floods kill 6 people.
August 9 - Sydney schoolgirl Samantha Knight disappears in
Bondi, Sydney.
November 1 - Joh Bjelke-Petersen wins his final election as
Premier of Queensland
with his party, the National Party gaining
38.6% of the vote.
April 30 - Crocodile
Dundee is released in Australia. The film will go on to
become a worldwide smash hit, becoming the highest grossing
Australian film ever.
Television
January 5 - SBS ceases VHF transmissions on Channel 0
in Sydney & Melbourne.
January 20 - Neighbours makes its debut on Network Ten & comes
to dominate the 7pm weeknight timeslot
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