18 October 1975: Kamahl
18 October 1980: Robyn Nevin and David Cameron (Water Under The Bridge)
18 October 1986: Belinda Giblin and Rowena Wallace (Sons And Daughters)
18 October 1997: Dannii Minogue
18 October 2003: Bec Cartwright and Danny Raco (Home And Away)
18 October 2008: Todd Lasance and Jessica Tovey (Home And Away)
18 October 1980: Coverage of the 1980 Federal Election is featured on all four networks to varying degrees.
18 October 1994: The Seven Network presents Homicide: 30 Years On, paying tribute to the police drama that ran from 1964 to 1977. Hosted by Blue Heelers stars John Wood and Lisa McCune and featuring guest appearances by Alwyn Kurts, Ian Turpie, Sigrid Thornton, Maurie Fields, Val Jellay, Denise Drysdale and Terry McDermott.
18 October 1995: The Seven Network announces that it has signed Ten News‘ Melbourne newsreader David Johnston to front Seven Nightly News in Melbourne from January 1996.
18 October 1998: Network Ten premieres mini-series The Day Of The Roses, a re-enactment of the Granville train disaster of 1977. Starring Rebecca Gibney, Peter O’Brien, Paul Mercurio, Helen Dallimore, Carol Burns, Stephen Curry, Heather Mitchell, Bill Young, Jeremy Sims, Wayne Pygram, Steven Vidler and Andrew McFarlane. ABC premieres mini-series A Difficult Woman, starring Caroline Goodall, Peter Feeney, Nicholas Eadie, Bill Hunter, Rosey Jones, Julia Blake and Felix Williamson.
18 October 2000: ABC begins daily coverage of the XI Summer Paralympics from Sydney, with the Opening Ceremony broadcast live and highlights packages each night.
18 October 2001: The Nine Network premieres dating show Chains Of Love, hosted by Rozz Switzer.
18 October 2004: Network Ten premieres drama series The Cooks, starring Toby Schmitz, Rhondda Findleton, Emma Lung, Matt Passmore, Robert Mammone, Jeanie Drynan, Gyton Grantley and Rachel Gordon.
18 October 2009: SBS One presents The Deadly Awards, hosted by Luke Carroll from the Sydney Opera House.
18 October 2010: Network Ten premieres observational series Undercover Boss Australia. The first episode features Don Meij, Chief Executive Officer of Domino’s Pizza Australia.
