YEAR BOOK 1972 – WHAT ELSE HAPPENED?

So what did make news in 1972? It was ‘time’ for a change in Federal Govenment as Whitlam brought Labor back from the dead, and in our relations with China, ‘Number 96’ won the TV credits, women got equal pay for equal work, and call-up of Nashos ended. Israelis were killed at the Munich Olympic Games. Plane hijackers were now being shot overseas, and car seat belts were an issue at home.