See also: 1999 in Australia, other events of 2000, 2001 in Australia
Incumbents
Events
Arts and literature
Film
Television
- 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,
- February - Australia's Funniest Home Video Show returns and starts in 2000 with a new look format, new theme song and a relocation from Sydney to Melbourne.
- 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.
Sport
- February 24 – First day of the Australian Track & Field Championships for the 1999-2000 season, which are held at the Stadium Australia in Sydney. The 10,000 metres was conducted at the Melbourne Grand Prix on March 2, 2000.
- 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)
- April 30 – Roderic deHighden wins his second men's national marathon title, clocking 2:16:36 in Sydney, while Susan Hobson claims her second women's title in 2:35:20.
- 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.
- June 11 – Wollongong Wolves come from 3-0 behind at half-time to defeat Perth Glory and win the NSL Grand Final on penalties after the game finished 3-3. The attendance at Subiaco Oval was 43,242, the record attendance in Australian domestic football history until broken in 2006.
- 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 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.
- November 19 – Garth Tander and Jason Bargwanna win the FAI Bathurst 1000 for Garry Rogers Motorsport, a first for the team and both drivers.
- 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia result in a record 58 medals for Australia and a host of memorable moments.
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