Information about 2000 In Australia
See also:
1999 in Australia,
other events of 2000,
2001 in Australia
Before the 1890s, there was no developed party system in Queensland. Political affiliation labels before that time indicate a general tendency only.
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- 2000 Australian incumbents
Incumbents
- Queen of Australia - HM Queen Elizabeth II
- Governor General - Sir William Deane
- Prime Minister - John Howard
- Premier of New South Wales - Morris Iemma
- Premier of South Australia - John Olsen
- Premier of Queensland - Peter Beattie
- Premier of Tasmania - Jim Bacon
- Premier of Western Australia - Richard Court
- Premier of Victoria - Steve Bracks
- Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory - Kate Carnell, then Gary Humphries
- Chief Minister of the Northern Territory - Denis Burke
Events
- January 14 - CASA grounds 5000 light aircraft that had used contaminated Mobil fuel.
- February - A 15 year old Aboriginal boy dies in a Northern Territory gaol, sparking controversy about the Territory's mandatory sentencing laws & those of neighboring Western Australia.
- May - 250,000 people walk across the Sydney Harbour Bridge in support of reconciliation with Australia's Aboriginal people.
- June 23 - The Childers backpacker hostel fire kills 15 people.
- July 1 - Goods and Services Tax introduced.
- September 11 - 13 - The World Economic Forum is held in Melbourne. The S11 movement organises protests that overshadow the meeting.
- September 15 to October 1 - Sydney Olympics held & are a massive success. Outgoing International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch regards them as the 'best Olympic Games ever'.
- November - New South Wales suffers its worst floods in 40 years, with 240 cm of rain falling in one week.
Arts and literature
- ARIA Music Awards of 2000
Film
- June 27 - begins principal photography at Fox Studios Australia in Sydney.
- October 2 - Queen of the Damned, based on the novel by Anne Rice, begins principal photography in a converted biscuit factory in St Albans, Melbourne.
Television
- January 1 - The Seven Network introduces a new logo, the first one not to have the 7 inside a circle.
- February - Popstars becomes the first Australian reality talent show, earns massive ratings for the Seven Network & leads to Bardot, the end product of the show, becoming the first Australian act to debut at no.1 on the ARIA charts,
- February - Australia's Funniest Home Video Show returns and starts in 2000 with a new look format, new theme song and a relocation from Sydney to Melbourne.
- September - The Sydney Olympics earn record ratings for Channel 7 with the Olympic Opening & Closing Ceremonies & its continuous coverage.
- December 19 - The Seven Network loses the TV rights to the AFL for the first time since televised football began in 1957. The rights are won by a Nine Network-Network Ten-Foxtel consortium.
Sport
- March 9 - Colonial Stadium (now Telstra Dome) plays host to its first game of Australian rules football. Essendon defeats Port Adelaide (24.12.156) to (8.14.62)
- April 30 - Roderic deHighden wins his second men's national marathon title, clocking 2:16:36 in Sydney, while Susan Hobson claims her second women's title in 2:35:20.
- May 3 - Anthony Mundine, after going AWOL from the St George Illawarra Dragons for 10 days, announces his retirement from rugby league and switches to boxing.
- August 11 - The Melbourne Phoenix defeat the Adelaide Thunderbirds 52-51 in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy netball grand final.
- August 27 - The Brisbane Broncos defeat the Sydney Roosters 14-6 at Stadium Australia (now Telstra Stadium) to win the 93rd NSWRL/ARL/NRL premiership. It is the fifth premiership for the Broncos & the last grand final played during the day.
- September 2 - Essendon (19.21.135) defeats Melbourne (11.9.75) to win the 104th VFL/AFL premiership. It is the most recent grand final win for a Victorian side and the most recent occasion that the grand final has been an all Victorian affair. It was also the culmination of a spectacular season for the Bombers, in which they only lost one game all season to win the premiership.
- November 7 - Brew wins the Melbourne Cup.
- November 19 - Garth Tander and Jason Bargwanna win the FAI Bathurst 1000 for Garry Rogers Motorsport, a first for the team and both drivers.
- 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia result in a record 58 medals for Australia and a host of memorable moments.
Births
Deaths
- March 5 - Roma Mitchell (b. 1913), Governor of South Australia
- April 2 - Bunney Brooke (b. 1921), actor
- June 19 - Ron Casey (b. 1927), Australian rules footballer and television commentator
- July 3 - Vivian Bullwinkel (b. 1915), army nurse
- July 14 - Mark Oliphant (b. 1901), physicist
- September 7 - Bruce Gyngell (b. 1929), television personality
- October 19 - Charles Perkins (b. 1936), Aboriginal activist
- December 1 - Doug Waterhouse (b. 1916), entomologist
See also: 1998 in Australia, other events of 1999, 2000 in Australia
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Incumbents
- Queen of Australia - HM Queen Elizabeth II
- Governor General - Sir William Deane.
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See also: 2000 in Australia, other events of 2001, 2002 in Australia
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Incumbents
- Queen of Australia - HM Queen Elizabeth II
- Governor General - Sir William Deane, then Peter Hollingworth
- Prime Minister - John Howard
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Australia
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- Queen (Queen Elizabeth II)
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Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary;<ref name="sur" /> born 21 April 1926) is the Queen regnant of sixteen independent states and their overseas territories and dependencies.
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Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia is the representative of Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia. He or she exercises the supreme executive power of the Commonwealth.
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Sir William Patrick Deane, AC, KBE (born 4 January 1931), Australian judge and 22nd Governor-General of Australia, was born in Melbourne, Victoria. He was educated at Catholic schools including St.
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- Prime Minister (John Howard)
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John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939) is an Australian politician and the 25th Prime Minister of Australia. He is the second-longest serving Australian Prime Minister after Sir Robert Menzies, and is the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia.
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No. Name Party Assumed office Left office
1 Stuart Donaldson 6 June 1856 25 August 1856
2 Charles Cowper Liberal 26 August 1856 2 October 1856
3 Henry Parker 3 October 1856 7 September 1857
- Charles Cowper (2nd time)
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1 Stuart Donaldson 6 June 1856 25 August 1856
2 Charles Cowper Liberal 26 August 1856 2 October 1856
3 Henry Parker 3 October 1856 7 September 1857
- Charles Cowper (2nd time)
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No. Name Party Assumed office Left office
1 Boyle Finniss 24 October 1856 21 August 1857
2 John Baker 21 August 1857 1 September 1857
3 Robert Torrens 1 September 1857 30 September 1857
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1 Boyle Finniss 24 October 1856 21 August 1857
2 John Baker 21 August 1857 1 September 1857
3 Robert Torrens 1 September 1857 30 September 1857
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John Wayne Olsen, AO was Premier of South Australia between November 28, 1996 and October 22, 2001.
John Olsen was a member of the Liberal Party and Member of Parliament for more than 20 years.
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John Olsen was a member of the Liberal Party and Member of Parliament for more than 20 years.
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Before the 1890s, there was no developed party system in Queensland. Political affiliation labels before that time indicate a general tendency only.
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Peter Douglas Beattie (born 18 November 1952), Australian politician, was the 36th Premier of the Australian state of Queensland for nine years and leader of the Australian Labor Party in that state for eleven and a half.
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No. Name Party Date elected
1 William Champ 1 November 1856
2 Thomas Gregson 26 February 1857
3 William Weston 25 April 1857
4 Francis Smith 12 May 1857
5 William Weston 1 November 1860
6 Thomas Chapman 2 August 1861
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1 William Champ 1 November 1856
2 Thomas Gregson 26 February 1857
3 William Weston 25 April 1857
4 Francis Smith 12 May 1857
5 William Weston 1 November 1860
6 Thomas Chapman 2 August 1861
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James Alexander Bacon AC (May 15, 1950 - June 20, 2004) was Premier of Tasmania from 1998 to 2004. Bacon was born in Melbourne; his father Frank, a doctor, died when his son was twelve, leaving him to be raised by his mother Joan.
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Premier of Western Australia is the head of the executive government in the Australian State of Western Australia. He or she performs the same functions in Western Australia as the Prime Minister of Australia does at the national level.
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Richard Fairfax Court AC (born Nedlands, 27 September 1947), was a Western Australian politician, representing the seat of Nedlands in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for the Liberal Party of Australia from 1982 to 2001.
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Premier Party Took office
Dr William Haines - 30 November 1855
John O'Shanassy - 11 March 1857
William Haines - 29 April 1857
John O'Shanassy - 10 March 1858
William Nicholson - 27 October 1859
Richard Heales - 26 November 1860
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Dr William Haines - 30 November 1855
John O'Shanassy - 11 March 1857
William Haines - 29 April 1857
John O'Shanassy - 10 March 1858
William Nicholson - 27 October 1859
Richard Heales - 26 November 1860
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Stephen Philip Bracks (better known as Steve Bracks) (born 15 October, 1954), Australian politician, was the 44th Premier of Victoria, holding the position for eight years, from 1999 to 2007. He was born in Ballarat, where his family owns a fashion business.
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The Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory is the head of government of the Australian Capital Territory. The leader of the largest party in the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly usually takes on the role.
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Anne Katherine (Kate) Carnell AO (born 30 May 1955) was the Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) from 1995 to 2000.
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Gary John Joseph Humphries (b. July 6 1958) is a member of the Australian Senate from the Australian Capital Territory. He represents the Liberal Party of Australia.
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In Australia, a Chief Minister is the head of government of a self-governing territory, while the head of government of a state is a Premier.
The Chief Minister is appointed by the Administrator of the Northern Territory, who in normal circumstances will appoint the head of
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The Chief Minister is appointed by the Administrator of the Northern Territory, who in normal circumstances will appoint the head of
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Denis Gabriel Burke (born September 22, 1948) is an Australian politician. A former soldier, he served as a Country Liberal Party member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1994 to 2005.
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January 14 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.
It is celebrated as New Year's Day by those still following the Julian calendar.
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The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) is the Australian federal agency responsible for the regulation of private and commercial flight. It was established on July 6 1995 when the air safety functions of the former Civil Aviation Authority of Australia were separated
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Mobil was a major American oil company which merged with Exxon in 1999 to form ExxonMobil. Today Mobil continues as a major brand name within the combined company.
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Indigenous Australians are descendants of the first known human inhabitants of the Australian continent and its nearby islands. The term includes both the Torres Strait Islanders and the Aboriginal People, who together make up about 2.5% of Australia's population.
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Northern Territory
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Slogan or Nickname: The Territory, The NT, The Top End
Motto(s): none
Other Australian states and territories
Capital Darwin
Government Constitutional monarchy
Administrator Ted Egan
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Flag Coat of Arms
Slogan or Nickname: The Territory, The NT, The Top End
Motto(s): none
Other Australian states and territories
Capital Darwin
Government Constitutional monarchy
Administrator Ted Egan
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