A Look Back At

Born in 2000

What Was Life Like in 2000?

Who Was in Charge?

Prime Minister

John Howard

Monarch

Queen Elizabeth II

What Things Cost

Petrol (per litre)

$0.85

Loaf of Bread

$2.00

Average House

$165,000

Weekly Wage

$820.00

Events of 2000 in Australia

A selection from Wikipedia's '2000 in Australia'. Not a complete list.

  • 1 January – Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic releases Care Australia worker Branko Jeken from imprisonment in Serbia.
  • 5 February – The Woodridge state by-election and Bundamba state by-election are held in Queensland. Labor MP Mike Kaiser wins the seat of Woodridge.
  • 20 March – Queensland Premier Peter Beattie announces that State Cabinet has approved a $30 million deal to exclude trawling from 35 percent of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and reduce the fish catch from the reef by 15 percent.
  • 10 April – Prime Minister John Howard reaches agreement with the Northern Territory Chief Minister Denis Burke on mandatory sentencing.
  • 21 May – The Airport Rail Link opens in Sydney.
  • 1 July – Goods and Services Tax introduced.
  • 15 August – Queensland Attorney–General Matt Foley announces that the Government has ordered an independent investigation into allegations of widespread electoral rorting within the Queensland Labor Party.
  • 11–13 September – The World Economic Forum is held in Melbourne. The S11 movement organises protests that overshadow the meeting.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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