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2001 in Australia

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2001 Australian incumbents

1 Incumbents
2 Events
3 Arts and literature
4 Film
5 Television
6 Sport
7 Births
8 Deaths

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[edit] Events

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 - Controversial Governor-General and former Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane Dr Peter Hollingworth is sworn in. He would later resign over child sex allegations while he was 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.

[edit] Arts and literature

ARIA Music Awards of 2001

[edit] Film

[edit] Television

January 1 - Digital Television arrives in the major state capitals of Australia, with the ABC and SBS permitted to operate multi-channel services.
April 24 - The Australian version of Big Brother premieres on Network Ten.
September 11 - Television networks relay coverage from CNN, NBC, ABC America and the BBC for up to 48 hours in the wake of the September 11 attacks.
November - After Prime Television axes Regional television news bulletins in Newcastle, Wollongong and Canberra, and Southern Cross Ten axes regional bulletins in Canberra and North Queensland, the ABA holds an inquiry into the adequacy of regional news services. Bulletins eventually return to those areas in 2004, albeit in the form of two minute updates during weekdays in the ratings season.
December - After 21 years, Sale of the Century is "rested". It later returns to the Nine Network as Temptation in 2005.

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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.
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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[edit] Deaths

February 25 - Donald Bradman (b. 1908), cricketer and businessman
August 5 - Christopher Skase (b. 1948), businessman and fugitive
August 29 - Graham "Shirley" Strachan (b. 1952), singer & television presenter
September 1 - Foster Neil Williams (b. 1922), Australian Rules footballer and coach