ABC replaces its separate news and current affairs programs with ABC National, a one-hour program combining both news and current affairs analysis.

See also: Monday 4 March 1985 — MELBOURNE, Monday 4 March 1985 — SOUTH AUSTRALIA, Monday 4 March 1985 — WESTERN AUSTRALIA, Monday 4 March 1985 — DARWIN

The National, ABC’s $25m news gamble [2015]

Source: TV Star, 1 March 1985

	ABT2 Hobart ABKT11 King Island ABNT3 Launceston	TVT6 Hobart	TNT9 Launceston
6AM
7AM		7am Today	7am Today
8AM	8am Sesame Street
9AM	9am Arthur And The Square Knights Of The Round Table 9.25 Dr Snuggles 9.30 Play School	9am Fat Cat And Friends 9.30 The Waltons	9am Fat Cat And Friends 9.30 Here’s Lucy
10AM	10am Close	10.30 F Troop (B&W)	10am F Troop (B&W) 10.30 Harriet’s Back In Town
11AM		11am The Young Doctors 11.30 National Nine Morning News	11am The Young Doctors 11.30 National Nine Morning News
12PM		12pm Midday With Ray Martin	12pm Midday With Ray Martin
1PM		1.30 The Sullivans	1.30 The Sullivans
2PM		2.30 Alice	2.25 Mama Malone 2.50 Grandpa Goes To Washington
3PM	3pm Sesame Street 3.55 AEIOU	3pm Bonanza	3.45 Cartoons
4PM	4pm Play School 4.30 Mr Squiggle	4pm The Ossie Ostrich Video Show 4.30 A Whole World Of Children	4pm The Ossie Ostrich Video Show 4.30 Lassie
5PM	5pm Into The Labyrinth 5.25 Danger Mouse 5.30 Astroboy 5.55 Come And Get It	5pm The Muppet Show 5.30 Silver Spoons	5pm The Muppet Show 5.30 Square Pegs
6PM	6pm Heroes 6.30 ABC National PREMIERE	6pm Perfect Match 6.30 News	6pm Perfect Match 6.30 News
7PM	7.30 Mother And Son	7pm Sale Of The Century 7.30 A Country Practice	7pm Sale Of The Century 7.30 A Country Practice
8PM	8pm Fawlty Towers 8.30 Minder	8.30 Hardcastle And McCormick	8.30 Hardcastle And McCormick
9PM	9.30 Police	9.30 The Mike Walsh Show	9.30 The Mike Walsh Show
10PM	10.15 A New World (For Sure) 10.45 All-Star Soccer
11PM	11.45 Close	11pm Cagney And Lacey	11pm Point Of View 11.10 Cagney And Lacey
12AM		12am Close	12.10am Close
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