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Incumbents

• Prime Minister - John Howard
• Governor General - Sir William Deane

• 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

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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 - 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.

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Arts and literature

• ARIA Music Awards of 2000

Film

Television

Sport

• 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia
• August 11 - The Melbourne Phoenix defeat the Adelaide Thunderbirds 52-51 in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy netball grand final.

The Games of the XXVII Olympiad or the Millennium Olympics were held in 2000 in Sydney, Australia. ... Sydney is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian state of New South Wales, as well as Australias largest and oldest city (founded in 1788). ... August 11 is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... The Melbourne Phoenix are an Australian netball team. ... The Adelaide Thunderbirds are an Australian netball team, playing in the national Commonwealth Bank Trophy. ... The Commonwealth Bank Trophy is the elite national competitition in Australian netball. ...

Births

Deaths