{"id":12714,"date":"2018-01-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/the-top-10-moments-that-shaped-modern-australia\/"},"modified":"2018-01-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-01-25T00:00:00","slug":"the-top-10-moments-that-shaped-modern-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/the-top-10-moments-that-shaped-modern-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"The Top 10 Moments That Shaped Modern Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>A team from the Social Research Centre asked 2,000 Aussies which world events had the greatest impact on Australia during their lifetime\u2026<\/h3>\n<p>Here are the results.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#1. The legalisation of same-sex marriage (mentioned by 30 per cent of participants)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>#2. September 11 (27 per cent)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"365\" width=\"650\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" data-delta=\"3\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/9-11.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>#3. Kevin Rudd\u2019s apology to indigenous Australians (13 per cent)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>#4. Port Arthur massacre (13 per cent)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"RELEAED: disturbing video of Martin Bryant goading police in wake of Port Arthur | FIVEAA\" title=\"RELEAED: disturbing video of Martin Bryant goading police in wake of Port Arthur | FIVEAA\" height=\"400\" width=\"634\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" data-delta=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/martin-bryant.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>#5. Sydney Olympics (12 per cent)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>#6. Whitlam\u2019s dismissal (12 per cent)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Gough Whitlam outside Parliament in Canberra\" title=\"Gough Whitlam outside Parliament in Canberra\" height=\"622\" width=\"923\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" data-delta=\"2\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/gough-whitlam-steps-of-parliament.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>#7. Vietnam War (11 per cent)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>#8. Apollo 11 moon landing (9 per cent)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>#9. Arrival of the internet (9 per cent)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>#10. (Three-way tie with 8 per cent) Australia II\u2019s America\u2019s Cup victory, the GFC and Julia Gillard\u2019s election as our first female prime minister.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Surprises in our defining events <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/L7UYuKQWhL\">https:\/\/t.co\/L7UYuKQWhL<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Australian (@australian) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/australian\/status\/955974029436895233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 24, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote>&#13;\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A team from the Social Research Centre asked 2,000 Aussies which world events had the greatest impact on Australia during their lifetime\u2026 Here are the results. #1. The legalisation of same-sex marriage (mentioned by 30 per cent of participants) #2. September 11 (27 per cent) #3. 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