28 February – Television in Australia switches to full-time colour marking the last day of Australian television in black and white. Colour transmission will launch will officially launch on 1 March on Saturday at 12:00am with Seven Network, The 0-10 Network and ABC staying on air all night for the occasion.
1 March – "C-Day" in Australia; full-time colour broadcasting takes effect (except in Darwin).
1 March – Australian music program Countdown arrives on to the scene with a bang by becoming the first program on ABC to be broadcast in colour with Johnny Farnham as the host. That episode was the show's real first episode, besides with the previous series lost.
21 March – The ABC broadcasts a collection of four comedy specials derived from The Aunty Jack Show titled Wollongong the Brave starting off with "Norman Gunston – The Golden Weeks".
5 September – The 839th episode (also known as the infamous 'blomb-blast' episode) of the popular Australian soap opera Number 96 which wiped out four regular characters in a bid to reinstate the series' former top rating position is shown on The 0-10 Network.