2000 in Australia

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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.

June 27 - Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones 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.

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.
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.

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)
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.
2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia result in a record 58 medals for Australia and a host of memorable moments.

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