2 June 1984: Anne Fulwood (Seven National News, Adelaide)

2 June 1990: Sharyn Hodgson and Julian McMahon (Home And Away)

2 June 2001: Ada Nicodemou and Ryan Kwanten (Home And Away)

2 June 2007: Chris Hemsworth and Amy Mizzi (Home And Away)


2 June 1962: New TV Station — CTC7, Canberra — 50 years of TV in Canberra [2012]

2 June 1965: The documentary Birth traces the process in a real-life birth of the daughter of an ABC producer — ABC documentary Birth [2019]

2 June 1978: ABC crosses to Argentina for live coverage of the FIFA World Cup – the opening ceremony and the first match between West Germany and Poland.

2 June 1979: The premiere of ABC series TV Follies revives the Hollywood era of musicals and dance sequences. The four-part series features mini-musicals inspired by the classic era. The opening episode, Chicago, features Max Cullen, Gus Mercurio, Noni Hazlehurst, Robyn Moase, David Atkins and Ron Blanchard.

The Girl From Moonooloo: David Atkins, Jacki Weaver

2 June 1984: Jacki Weaver stars in the ABC musical The Girl From Moonooloo. Set in the 1940s, it tells the story of a post office clerk and part-time pianist (Weaver) who inadvertently becomes the star of a national radio serial. The special co-stars David Atkins, Henri Szeps, Noeline Brown, Margo Lee and Ivan Waters and features 12 Australian songs from that period.

2 June 1990: Kerry Packer regains control of the Nine Network in a $200 million deal with Bond Media — reported to be a quarter of what Bond paid to buy the network from Packer three years earlier.

2 June 1994: Comedy-drama series The Damnation Of Harvey McHugh (ABC) debuts, starring Aaron Blabey, Philip Quast and Monica Maughan.

2 June 1999: ABC premieres A Gondola On The Murray, the six-part series featuring Mildura restaurateur Stefano de Pieri.

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