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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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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