had no idea things were so bleak at the start of the 80s... can't rap my head around Melbourne's population once decreasing.. thanks for the upload btw great to watch
The 60s and 70s were very good for growth but we lost our way in the 1979-1980 period. Things got good again in 1983-1986 period. Then Cain and Kurner absolutely levelled the whole state in 89 with Pyramid Building Society..then Kennet got into office in 92, sold everything and got us pumping with casinos, Grand Prixs, Australian Open and this time we got it right and next thing we're the worlds most livable city 7 years in a row!!
I thought the City Loop line was being built around this time? So that's a plus. After December 1983 the dollar was floated and the economy was opened up to international banks in September 1984 so things were starting to be done differently than they were as opposed to during the post-WWII boom from 1947-83. Watch the magic after the Australia Acts in early 1986 until Japan goes into recession. After the anti-Soviet revolutions in 1989-1991, the goalposts will shift again to adjust to the rise of China.
Ah yes. Those were the days. Times have changed. This clip even included a few tv commercials of the time. My favourite one was the very High tech ad for the 1981 Toyota Cressida complete with nerdy new wave type music and visual effects.
Thanks Phil - this is a historical treasure. Interesting to see Derryn Hinch offer strong comments in support of the casino back then. The denialism of then Premier Hamer. The misdirection and gotcha questions of the interviewer.
Yes 120-150K pa in terms of population growth annually and sitting on just over 5 million now. 7.2 million in Victoria. Melbourne is busting at the seams. Hopefully Covid might help it to slow down a bit temporarily. We need a break!
United Nations Lima Declaration 1975. all targets now met. they run tv ads overseas inviting unsuspecting uneducated people to move here on a whim .. if only they knew they are signing a pact with the devil by doing so. only time will tell.
Wow, not a Melbourne deal I’ve ever know I just know the one with the second most expensive in the world that is overcrowded where young people feel like there is no hope for the future in the wake of the entire countries population doubling at a very fast rate.
Imagine back in the day looking forward to an episode of Fantasy Island only to be informed by Pete Smith that instead - you’ve got to watch crusty old blokes talking.
they are telling ypu straight up front what's going on. in plain sight. read between the lines. never lose your sense of humour and take it with a grain of saltiness.. whilst they nail us all to a cross and spit on us.
Oh man I'd rather take 1981 over 2021 without even thinking about here!!! All these problems while I'll admit were a pretty big deal back then seem almost trivial compared to the 21st century here now of the b.s. we have to deal with. I was only 3 via 81 as well now 43... I love how melbourne was back then compared to now and was constantly laughing at all of the issues back then...In 40 years I've seen too much here via this damn city, from the best of 1981 to it's absolute worst via 2021. If could go back in time to back then, I'd be in tears (which is rare for me) and hug every landmark back then (yes even the Yellow Peril later in that decade) of joy I would. Still I love the golden 9 NEWS logo though and atleast Kingston biscuits are still the same....I hate being a melbourian in 2021...Folk back in 1981 don't really know just how good they had it in 1981 and it would get better until the early 90's...That's when it's started to get really bad to the 2021 hell hole we have now....I wish I was in 1981 sigh.....
Of course, the orchestrator of this nonsense is nowhere to be seen but at least he had the good will of a couple of his cronies to do his bidding. And what's Melbourne like today, compared to then? Well you can't get a job unless you can make a coffee but at least you can get a coffee. Manufacturing is something foreigners do, overseas. Speculating on housing has become more important than having somewhere to live and there's no traffic congestion anymore, that's just traffic. Well done, our esteemed forward thinking forefathers. You took one of the best cities on the planet and gave it to the dogs.
@@remm952 Bolte ended up a drunk and Jeff Kennett ordered his blood sample go missing from he hospital. Brachs was caught on phone taps asking Overland if he could do something about his sons drink driving charges, so they are all crooks one way or another.
If the Andrews Government gets re elected in November 2022, Channel 9 may well be making another one of these news specials. The parallels between then and now - bloated bureaucracies, population loss, dysfunctional governments/councils - are uncanny.
OK, well the first 30 seconds of this report exactly describes Melbourne right now but do you think you can find a mainstream news channel making special shows that would interrupt Fantasy Island today?
Extremely agro interview of Premier Hamer, perhaps leading into the evolution of the “fake” news we so despise today. Hamer was brilliant compared to what followed - enter John Cain. His Government at the time was responsible for a popular expression - “Would the last business man leaving Victoria please turn off the lights”, and that’s exactly what l did, at the age of 38, l and my family left Victoria for the Northern Territory and never returned. Victoria at the time was a basket case under successive Cain terms and going nowhere.
@@colliric - Keep all the shops, restaurants and entertainment at Crown but get rid of the gambling. Perhaps the floor with the gambling tables could be turned into a department store.
40 years later we now have a debt bigger than NSW, QLD & TAS combined......a few government big build progects, that will undoubtedly run way over budget, lack of affordable housing, energy costs continually rising........we didn't know how good we had it then🤣
I bet if you have someone a chance to return to them times 99% will jump shows how we have so little advanced and lost all the Aussie spirit we once took for granted 🤣
Little did anyone know what was about to happen 25 years down the track.. Worlds most livable city 7 years in a row, best economy in the country, by far the higgest population growth rate at 150k a year and boasting over 5 million people! I personally think Jeff Kennett and Alan Stockdale's dedicated work in the early to mid and late 90's, despite their critics, built the foundations for all of this and whilst we might be a bit dazed and confused with Covid now in 2021, we're still No 1 City in Australia. Nothing can take that away from us and we're bouncing back out of this 'Covid mode' quite comfortably, even with the current lockdown. Channel 9 should do a story on us bouncing back! Building industry is going nuts! Theres not even enough building materials and that is a very good sign!
The premier Sir Rupert Hamer stood down with his successor being in the job for about a year - that’s what made Labor with John Cain jnr sweep into power the year after this program.
That wasn't the reason at all ! The ALP hadn't won a State election since the early '50s....had to win one sometime (1982). John Cain was a very effective politician and, indeed, a good premier ; I'm, incidentally, a Lib' voter.
Just goes to show, what goes down goes back up! 30 years from now, we'll be watching all the Covid Lockdown protest stories on YT and saying What were they thinking?!!!!!!
Dude. This state was about to go into a massive late-80s to early-90s recession. This program called it correctly. Kennett was combined both the best and worst Premier we've ever had. Dragged us out of the recession..... By selling off absolutely everything "public", and I mean everything.
And now 40 years later, in an overcrowded Melbourne, I WISH people were leaving, ha.
Yes hopefully everyone will leave because of Covid. Problem is, for every person that is leaving, 5 more are coming in. You just can't win.
When Covid is under control, there is going to be an avalanche of immigrants
Well, you got your wish!
In fairness Andrews did everything he could to make that happen.
had no idea things were so bleak at the start of the 80s... can't rap my head around Melbourne's population once decreasing.. thanks for the upload btw great to watch
The 60s and 70s were very good for growth but we lost our way in the 1979-1980 period. Things got good again in 1983-1986 period. Then Cain and Kurner absolutely levelled the whole state in 89 with Pyramid Building Society..then Kennet got into office in 92, sold everything and got us pumping with casinos, Grand Prixs, Australian Open and this time we got it right and next thing we're the worlds most livable city 7 years in a row!!
We used to have recessions every decade. The 1990 recession was worse.
I thought the City Loop line was being built around this time? So that's a plus. After December 1983 the dollar was floated and the economy was opened up to international banks in September 1984 so things were starting to be done differently than they were as opposed to during the post-WWII boom from 1947-83. Watch the magic after the Australia Acts in early 1986 until Japan goes into recession. After the anti-Soviet revolutions in 1989-1991, the goalposts will shift again to adjust to the rise of China.
You know what was really bleak about the early 80s? The news theme music!
I actually remember watching this when it was broadcast. I was 18 and not yet employed. It did nothing for my hopes of finding a job, but I did!
Ah yes. Those were the days. Times have changed. This clip even included a few tv commercials of the time. My favourite one was the very High tech ad for the 1981 Toyota Cressida complete with nerdy new wave type music and visual effects.
Thanks for posting Phil 😊
Dan Andrews watched this at the start of the pandemic and said “hold my beer”
hahaha 100%
Thanks Phil - this is a historical treasure. Interesting to see Derryn Hinch offer strong comments in support of the casino back then. The denialism of then Premier Hamer. The misdirection and gotcha questions of the interviewer.
Good to see all the memories
39 years later we are developing far too fast.
😂
Yes 120-150K pa in terms of population growth annually and sitting on just over 5 million now. 7.2 million in Victoria. Melbourne is busting at the seams. Hopefully Covid might help it to slow down a bit temporarily. We need a break!
That is a good thing overall.
United Nations Lima Declaration 1975. all targets now met. they run tv ads overseas inviting unsuspecting uneducated people to move here on a whim .. if only they knew they are signing a pact with the devil by doing so. only time will tell.
2021 and I’m still upset they bumped Fantasy Island.
Melbourne 2021, chips are down again....
Wow, not a Melbourne deal I’ve ever know I just know the one with the second most expensive in the world that is overcrowded where young people feel like there is no hope for the future in the wake of the entire countries population doubling at a very fast rate.
Imagine back in the day looking forward to an episode of Fantasy Island only to be informed by Pete Smith that instead - you’ve got to watch crusty old blokes talking.
But ... that VOICE (smith I mean)
they are telling ypu straight up front what's going on. in plain sight. read between the lines. never lose your sense of humour and take it with a grain of saltiness.. whilst they nail us all to a cross and spit on us.
@@jesusislukeskywalker4294 Bad childhood hey? Pete Smith will do that to you
absolutely so relevant today. i mean just look at it . oh my goodness.
any chance of uploading part two?
People of 1981 I am talking to you from the future 2021,do yourself a favour and get out of Victoria while you still can.
Other parts please 😀
Oh man I'd rather take 1981 over 2021 without even thinking about here!!! All these problems while I'll admit were a pretty big deal back then seem almost trivial compared to the 21st century here now of the b.s. we have to deal with. I was only 3 via 81 as well now 43... I love how melbourne was back then compared to now and was constantly laughing at all of the issues back then...In 40 years I've seen too much here via this damn city, from the best of 1981 to it's absolute worst via 2021. If could go back in time to back then, I'd be in tears (which is rare for me) and hug every landmark back then (yes even the Yellow Peril later in that decade) of joy I would. Still I love the golden 9 NEWS logo though and atleast Kingston biscuits are still the same....I hate being a melbourian in 2021...Folk back in 1981 don't really know just how good they had it in 1981 and it would get better until the early 90's...That's when it's started to get really bad to the 2021 hell hole we have now....I wish I was in 1981 sigh.....
Of course, the orchestrator of this nonsense is nowhere to be seen but at least he had the good will of a couple of his cronies to do his bidding.
And what's Melbourne like today, compared to then? Well you can't get a job unless you can make a coffee but at least you can get a coffee. Manufacturing is something foreigners do, overseas. Speculating on housing has become more important than having somewhere to live and there's no traffic congestion anymore, that's just traffic.
Well done, our esteemed forward thinking forefathers. You took one of the best cities on the planet and gave it to the dogs.
That's better , I didn't think I was that old .
The last great Victorian Premier. 2nd/43rd Battalion AIF, Rat of Tobruk, even made it to Normandy. RIP Sir Rupert Hamer.
Henry Bolte for me. Got to admire a man who will hang criminals!
@@remm952 Bolte ended up a drunk and Jeff Kennett ordered his blood sample go missing from he hospital. Brachs was caught on phone taps asking Overland if he could do something about his sons drink driving charges, so they are all crooks one way or another.
@@1mmickk Yes Kennett did. I still like a polly who hangs people though.
@@remm952 I have no problem with the Noose. Some people deserve it, but Ryan wasnt guilty, Bolte hung him to make a point.
Why does fighting for the English make someone great?
If the Andrews Government gets re elected in November 2022, Channel 9 may well be making another one of these news specials. The parallels between then and now - bloated bureaucracies, population loss, dysfunctional governments/councils - are uncanny.
John Gatfield,now working at the ‘retirement home’ that is SKY Racing.
OK, well the first 30 seconds of this report exactly describes Melbourne right now but do you think you can find a mainstream news channel making special shows that would interrupt Fantasy Island today?
Extremely agro interview of Premier Hamer, perhaps leading into the evolution of the “fake” news we so despise today. Hamer was brilliant compared to what followed - enter John Cain. His Government at the time was responsible for a popular expression - “Would the last business man leaving Victoria please turn off the lights”, and that’s exactly what l did, at the age of 38, l and my family left Victoria for the Northern Territory and never returned. Victoria at the time was a basket case under successive Cain terms and going nowhere.
Crown Casino has turned out to be a criminals disaster as some thought back then. Where there is gambling there is crime.
You need a Casino, but that one's been a disaster.
@@colliric We don't need any gambling.
@@adrianjackson2696 Melbourne needs an entertainment & casino centre mate. Probably could have done with a better one though.
@@colliric - Keep all the shops, restaurants and entertainment at Crown but get rid of the gambling. Perhaps the floor with the gambling tables could be turned into a department store.
reminds me of the documentary 'Utopia'
looking at them 80's cars being made in the factory and feeling like they're being restored instead because its the 2020's now..
Where is part 2 I cant find it??
40 years later we now have a debt bigger than NSW, QLD & TAS combined......a few government big build progects, that will undoubtedly run way over budget, lack of affordable housing, energy costs continually rising........we didn't know how good we had it then🤣
I bet if you have someone a chance to return to them times 99% will jump shows how we have so little advanced and lost all the Aussie spirit we once took for granted 🤣
Where’s part 2
Textiles, footware, automotive industry..........gone gone & gone😣
Wheres part 2?
Ah shit! I just searched up Fantasy Island and got this:(
Little did anyone know what was about to happen 25 years down the track.. Worlds most livable city 7 years in a row, best economy in the country, by far the higgest population growth rate at 150k a year and boasting over 5 million people! I personally think Jeff Kennett and Alan Stockdale's dedicated work in the early to mid and late 90's, despite their critics, built the foundations for all of this and whilst we might be a bit dazed and confused with Covid now in 2021, we're still No 1 City in Australia. Nothing can take that away from us and we're bouncing back out of this 'Covid mode' quite comfortably, even with the current lockdown. Channel 9 should do a story on us bouncing back! Building industry is going nuts! Theres not even enough building materials and that is a very good sign!
Corruption in Melbourne at that time was ramped
yes ...and your average worker could easily afford a house in those days ..and rental properties were very reasonable.and adequate supply.
Is thr a part 2 of this? 🤷♀️
Yes id like to see that too.
@@craigmartin5939
Yes 🙂👍
Me too
2021 is probably the part 2 here and Urgh!!!
The premier Sir Rupert Hamer stood down with his successor being in the job for about a year - that’s what made Labor with John Cain jnr sweep into power the year after this program.
That wasn't the reason at all ! The ALP hadn't won a State election since the early '50s....had to win one sometime (1982). John Cain was a very effective politician and, indeed, a good premier ; I'm, incidentally, a Lib' voter.
Yup you got it 99.
It’s may 2023 and looks like the chips are down again.. Victoria is $100 billion in debt
Looks like a young K Rudd
Now 2023 Melbourne is akin to rats in a barrel.
Simon Creamed his pants!!!!!
I was 18 in 1981 , I don’t remember it to be this bleak
Sounds like if you bought a new house in Melbourne in 1981 you got yourself a bargain?! How much would they be worth now?
They all have same hairstyles 😀
thats nothing compared to what dan andrews did to the poor helpless victorians
I loved Dick Hamer a fine small l liberal.
What a negative piece. Shocking.
Just goes to show, what goes down goes back up! 30 years from now, we'll be watching all the Covid Lockdown protest stories on YT and saying What were they thinking?!!!!!!
Dude. This state was about to go into a massive late-80s to early-90s recession. This program called it correctly.
Kennett was combined both the best and worst Premier we've ever had. Dragged us out of the recession..... By selling off absolutely everything "public", and I mean everything.
But I wanted ro watch Fantasy Island
how wrong they were lol
12:15 funny how when taxpayer money gets used to fight market forces, market forces end up winning.