2000 in Australia

Infobox Australian year
monarch = Elizabeth II
governor-general = William Deane
pm =John Howard
population = 19,153,380
australian =
elections ="See also:"
1999 in Australia,
other events of 2000,
2001 in Australia----

See also:
* 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 - Bob Carr
*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
*Chief Minister of Norfolk Island - George Charles Smith (until 28 February), then Ronald Coane Nobbs

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
* Thea Astley's novel "Drylands" and Kim Scott's novel "Benang" are co-winners of the Miles Franklin Award

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.

port

*February 24 – First day of the Australian Track & Field Championships for the 1999-2000 season, which are held at the Stadium Australia in Sydney. The 10,000 metres was conducted at the Melbourne Grand Prix on March 2, 2000.
*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.
*June 11 – Wollongong Wolves come from 3-0 behind at half-time to defeat Perth Glory and win the NSL Grand Final on penalties after the game finished 3-3. The attendance at Subiaco Oval was 43,242, the record attendance in Australian domestic football history until broken in 2006.
*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 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.

Deaths

* March 5 – Dame Roma Mitchell (b. 1913), Governor of South Australia (1991–1996)
* March 30 – Michael Pitman (b. 1933), biologist
* 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
* June 14 – Greg Wilton (b. 1955), Labor politician
* September 7 – Bruce Gyngell (b. 1929), television personality
* October 19 – Charles Perkins (b. 1936), Aboriginal activist
* December 1 – Doug Waterhouse (b. 1916), entomologist