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home / archives / sport / horse racing /  7th November 1989

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And remember!

It was Melbourne Cup Day - the first Tuesday in November. Prime Minister Bob Hawke had famously said that 'no Australian child would be living in poverty by 1990." The economy was impacted by high interest rates, a pilots' strike and rising inflation.