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coastal New South Wales with four people killed and over 300 homes lost. Student David Kang fired two blank shots from a starting pistol at the Prince of Wales (now Charles III) in Sydney. Australian businessman Christopher Skase was arrested in Spain. Australia finished the Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada with a record 87 gold medals. New South Wales state MP John Newman was shot outside his home, in Australia's first political assassination since 1977.