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INCUMBENTS

Prime Minister - John Howard

Governor General - Sir William Deane , then Peter Hollingworth

Premier Of New South Wales - Bob Carr

Premier Of South Australia - John Olsen , then Rob Kerin

Premier Of Queensland - Peter Beattie

Premier Of Tasmania - Jim Bacon

Premier Of Western Australia - Richard Court , then Geoffrey Gallop

Premier Of Victoria - Steve Bracks

Chief Minister Of The Australian Capital Territory - Gary Humphries , then Jon Stanhope

Chief Minister Of The Northern Territory - Denis Burke , then Clare Martin

EVENTS

January 1 - A ceremony at Uluru ( Ayers Rock) & 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 votel out & replaced by the 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 MP's, including the Deputy Premier .

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

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 & 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 & countries such as Nauru & 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 20 - The Legislative Assembly election in the ACT results in the Labor Party coming to power for the firs time since 1995 .

November 10 - In the wake of the September 11 Attacks & 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 & is replaced by Simon Crean .

December 25 - January 6 - Bushfire s Rage across New South Wales . No-one is killed.

ARTS AND LITERATURE

ARIA Music Awards Of 2001

FILM

TELEVISION

January 1 - Digital Television arrives in the major state capitals of Australia , with the ABC & 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 & 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 & Canberra & Southern Cross Ten axes regional bulletins in Canberra & 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 .

SPORT

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) deeat the Essendon Bombers (12.10.82) to win the 105th VFL / AFL premiership. It is the first of three consecutive premierships for Brisbane & to date, 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.

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