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Gladstone Power Station

1980 – The Liberal/National coalition government of Sir Charles Court is re-elected in Western Australia.
1987 – First mobile phone call made in Australia.
1998 – After generator breakdowns at four major coal-fired power stations, rolling blackouts hit the city of Brisbane and much of south-east Queensland.
2004 – Tasmanian Premier Jim Bacon resigns after being diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer, handing power to his deputy, Paul Lennon.

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