30 August 1969: Elspeth Ballantyne (Bellbird)
30 August 1969: Rosemary Margan (GTV9, Melbourne)
30 August 1975: Steven Zammit, Johnny Young, Karen Knowles (Young Talent Time)
30 August 1975: Mike Willesee (This Is Your Life)
30 August 1980: Michael Caton (The Sullivans)
30 August 2003: Caroline Craig (Blue Heelers)
30 August 2008: Tessa James and Lincoln Lewis (Home And Away)
30 August 1980: ATN7’s telethon for the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children in Sydney features guest appearances by personalities from all three commercial networks — including stars from Skyways, Cop Shop, Kingswood Country, Shirl’s Neighbourhood, The Sullivans, The Young Doctors, The Restless Years, Sale Of The Century, Eyewitness News and Simon Townsend’s Wonder World.
30 August 1993: Network Ten premieres late night sports round-up Sports Tonight.
30 August 1997: Network Ten premieres lifestyle shows What On Earth, a series about shopping and bargain hunting, hosted by Gaynor Wheatley, Simon Fenner and Steve Williams; and Australian Good Taste, featuring Lenore Smith with Craig Bennett, Darryl Anderson, Lyndey Milan and Tania Lacy.
30 August 2004: SBS premieres eight-part documentary series John Safran Versus God.
30 August 2005: ABC premieres four-part documentary series Real Life Water Rats,
30 August 2010: The Seven Network revives reality music franchise The X Factor, following a single season on Ten in 2005. The new series was hosted by Luke Jacobz with judge/mentors Kyle Sandilands, Guy Sebastian, Natalie Imbruglia and Ronan Keating.
