    see also: 2000 in australia, other events of 2001, 2002 in australia  ==incumbents== *monarch â elizabeth ii *governor general â sir william deane, then peter hollingworth *prime minister â john howard *premier of new south wales â bob carr *premier of south australia â john olsen, then rob kerin *premier of queensland â peter beattie *premier of tasmania â jim bacon *premier of western australia â richard court, then geoffrey gallop *premier of victoria â steve bracks *chief minister of the australian capital territory â gary humphries, then jon stanhope *chief minister of the northern territory â denis burke, then clare martin *chief minister of norfolk island â ronald coane nobbs (until 5 december), geoffrey robert gardner ==events== *1 january â a ceremony at uluru (ayers rock) and a parade in sydney kick off a year of celebrations to mark the centenary of federation. *10 february â 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 *27 february â 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. *29 june â anglican archbishop of brisbane dr peter hollingworth is sworn in as governor-general of australia. he would later resign amidst controversy over his handling of child sex cases during his time as archbishop. *20 july â austral
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