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2000 in Australia,
other events of 2001,
2002 in Australia
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- January 1 - A ceremony at Uluru (Ayers Rock) and a parade in Sydney kick off a year of celebrations to mark the centenary of federation.
- February 10 - In Western Australia, the Liberal Party/National Party coalition government of Richard Court is voted out and replaced by the Australian Labor Party (ALP), led by Geoff Gallop
- February 27 - The Labor government of Peter Beattie is comfortably re-elected for a second term in Queensland, despite a scandal that broke out weeks before the election that involved breaches of the Electoral Act by several MPs, including the Deputy Premier.
- July - Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane Dr Peter Hollingworth is sworn in as Governor-General of Australia. He would later resign amidst controversy over his handling of child sex cases during his time as Archbishop.
- July 20 - Australian citizen Vivian Solon is unlawfully deported to the Philippines by the Department of Immigration.
- August 18 - For the first time since self government was granted to the Northern Territory in 1978, the Country Liberal Party is voted out of office and replaced by the ALP
- August 24 - The Tampa crisis begins when the MV Tampa tries to help a boatload of refugees, mainly from Afghanistan. The crisis is resolved when New Zealand aggress to take some of the refugees and countries such as Nauru and Papua New Guinea agree to take the rest. This was known as the Pacific Solution.
- October - Australia agrees to provide 1550 troops to the US operation in Afghanistan.
- October 19 - SIEV-X, an Indonesian fishing boat en-route to Christmas Island, carrying over 400 asylum seekers, sank in international waters with the loss of 353 people.
- October 20 - The Legislative Assembly election in the Australian Capital Territory results in the Labor Party coming to power for the first time since 1995.
- November 10 - In the wake of the September 11 attacks and the Tampa crisis, the Liberal/National coalition government of John Howard is re-elected for a third term in office. Kim Beazley resigns as opposition leader and is replaced by Simon Crean.
- December 25–January 6 - Bushfires rage across New South Wales. No-one is killed.
- December 26 — the south coast tornado occurs during the 2001 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.
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- March 23 – First day of the Australian Track & Field Championships for the 2000-2001 season, which are held at the ANZ Stadium in Brisbane, Queensland. The 5,000 metres (men and women) were conducted at the Hobart Grand Prix, Tasmania on Sunday March 11, 2001. The 10,000 metres (men and women) were conducted at the Zatopek Classic, Melbourne on Monday December 4, 2000.
- July 1 - Allan Langer makes a spectacular comeback to Australian rugby league to lead the Queensland State of Origin team to a 40-14 victory over their New South Wales counterparts at ANZ Stadium, in what was supposed to be Brad Fittler's last representative game.
- August 31 - The Sydney Swifts defeat the Adelaide Thunderbirds 57-32 in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy netball grand final.
- September 29 - The Brisbane Lions (15.18.108) defeat the Essendon Bombers (12.10.82) to win the 105th VFL/AFL premiership. It is the first of three consecutive premierships for Brisbane & until March 2007, the last ever game of Australian rules football broadcast on the Seven Network.
- September 30 - The Newcastle Knights defeat the Parramatta Eels 30-24 to win the 94th NSWRL/ARL/NRL premiership. It is the second premiership for the Knights & the first grand final played at night.
- October 7 - Mark Skaife and Tony Longhurst survive a late race challenge from Brad Jones and John Bowe to win the V8Supercar Bathurst 1000 for the Holden Racing Team.
- October 28 - Borislav Devic wins the men's national marathon title, clocking 2:29:11 in Sydney, while Krishna Wood claims the women's title in 2:38:11.
- November 6 - Sheila Laxon becomes the first female trainer to win the Melbourne Cup when Ethereal wins.
- November 25 - The Socceroos lose 0-3 to Uruguay in the 2nd leg of the CONMEBOL-OFC playoff & fail to qualify for the 2002 FIFA World Cup on aggregate.
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