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Year in a Minute: 2017

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Jordan Horowitz, producer of "La La Land," shows the envelope revealing "Moonlight" as the true winner of best picture at the Oscars. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP) Credit: Chris Pizzello/AP

SBS celebrating 50 Years. This is a Year in a Minute 2017.


The hashtag Me Too movement inspires millions to share their stories of sexual harassment.

The first AFL Women's match is held between the Magpies and the Blues in Melbourne.

A bungle at the Oscars, when La La Land is mistakenly announced as winner of Best Picture, before actual winner Moonlight.

This is not a joke Moonlight has won Best Picture, Moonlight Best Picture.

A shooter opens fire at a Las Vegas concert, killing sixty and injuring over 860.

Australian Cardinal George Pell charged with historical sexual offences by Victoria Police.

Following a military coup, after 37 years in office, Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe is arrested and resigns.

Australia supports same-sex marriage in a postal survey, with legislation passing parliament soon after.

And the highest selling single of the year was Ed Sheeran’s Shape of You.


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