1Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke has led the Australian Labor Party back into office for an historic third term, with an increased majority. The Liberal-National Party Opposition is bitterly blaming Queensland Premier Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen for its defeat. Is the Australian Labor Party's victory a good omen for the New Zealand Labour Party's chances of reelection in five weeks?

2Much of the North Island suffered a power cut for a short time this afternoon after three generators at the Huntly Power Station shut down unexpectedly.

3Krishna Datt, the Foreign Minister of the deposed Fijian Bavadra Government, has been arrested in Suva.

4Leaders of the banned African National Congress (ANC), who are holding talks with White South African liberal politicians in Senegal, have assured Afrikaners that their language and culture wold be secure if Blacks ever came to power in South Africa. However, there have been strong differences between the two groups over the ANC's use of force on innocent targets.

5Some of the few remaining British survivors of the World War One battle of Passchendaele have traveled to Belgium to honour their fallen comrades.