Take a trip down memory lane through the pages of the Wauchope Gazette back in May 1998.
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In Australia, John Howard was Prime Minister.
The value of the Australian dollar slumped to 62 and a quarter US cents, its lowest level in 12 years. Prime Minister John Howard blames the fall in value on "poorly informed people on the other side of the world".
The first National Sorry Day was held, one year after the tabling of the report Bringing them Home which was the result of an inquiry into the removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families (the Stolen Generation).
The Australian Labor Party criticised the Queensland Coalition Government for its decision to put Pauline Hanson's One Nation party ahead of the Labor Party on how to vote papers for the upcoming Queensland State Election.
On TV, we were watching Australia’s Funniest Home Video Show, The Ferals, Teletubbies, The Panel, hospital drama All Saints, the comedy show Father Ted and Aussie drama seeries SeaChange.
In the magic moment of Neighbours’ 13-year history, Karl Kennedy had a massive fight with Susan Kennedy about his feud with serial bombshell Sarah Beaumont, and she slapped him in the face very hard.
