As part of the introduction of mobile phone competition in Australia, the Australian government mandated GSM as the new standard for mobile networks, and required that Telstra close the AMPS network by 2000.

Jasmuheen was awarded the Bent Spoon Award by Australian Skeptics in 2000 (" presented to the perpetrator of the most preposterous piece of paranormal or pseudoscientific piffle ").

During this period it was the title sponsor for the Australian GP ( 1986 – 1993 and 2002 – 2006 ), the British GP ( 1990 – 1993 and 2000 – 2006 ) and the San Marino GP ( 2003 – 2006 ).

Oxford University Press's art history text Australian Painting 1788 – 2000 concludes with a long discussion of graffiti's key place within contemporary visual culture, including the work of several Australian practitioners.

Various Governors-General had previously served as governors of an Australian state or colony: Lord Hopetoun ( Victoria 1889 – 95 ); Lord Tennyson ( South Australia 1899 – 1902 ); Lord Gowrie ( South Australia 1928 – 34 ; and New South Wales 1935 – 36 ); Major General Michael Jeffery ( Western Australia 1993 – 2000 ); Quentin Bryce ( Queensland 2003 – 08 ).

* Dennis Miller ( Australian actor ), actor best known for his recurring role on Blue Heelers as Ex-Sergeant Pat Doyle ( 1994 – 2000 ).

Chinese families therefore sent their children to universities in Singapore, Australia, Britain or the United States – by 2000, for example, 60, 000 Malaysians held degrees from Australian universities.

Few personal computers used the 80186, with some notable exceptions: the Australian Dulmont Magnum laptop, one of the first laptops ; the Wang Office Assistant, marketed as a PC-like stand-alone word processor ; the Mindset ; the Siemens PC-D ( not 100 % IBM PC-compatible but using MS-DOS 2. 11: de: Siemens PC-D ); the Compis ( a Swedish school computer ); the RM Nimbus ( a British school computer ); the Unisys ICON ( a Canadian school computer ); ORB Computer by ABS ; the HP 100LX, HP 200LX, HP 1000CX and HP OmniGo 700LX ; the Tandy 2000 desktop ( a somewhat PC-compatible workstation with sharp graphics for its day ); the Philips: YES ; the Nokia MikroMikko 2.

* Australian Sports Medal ( 2000 )

She was awarded the Bent Spoon Award by Australian Skeptics in 2000 (" presented to the perpetrator of the most preposterous piece of paranormal or pseudoscientific piffle ").

* Lopez, Mark ( 2000 ), The Origins of Multiculturalism in Australian Politics 1945 – 1975, Melbourne University Press, Carlton South, Victoria.

In 2000, the July edition of Australian Personal Computer magazine bundled software CD-ROMs, included a full version of Warp 4 that required no activation and was essentially a free release.

Research and professional organizations include the Parapsychological Association ; the Society for Psychical Research, publisher of the Journal of Society for Psychical Research ; the American Society for Psychical Research, publisher of the Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research ( last published in 2004 ); the Rhine Research Center and Institute for Parapsychology, publisher of the Journal of Parapsychology ; the Parapsychology Foundation, which published the International Journal of Parapsychology ( between 1959 to 1968 and 2000 – 2001 ) and the Australian Institute of Parapsychological Research, publisher of the Australian Journal of Parapsychology.

* Martin, Allan ( 2000 ), ' Sir Robert Gordon Menzies ,' in Grattan, Michelle, " Australian Prime Ministers ", New Holland Publishers, pages 174 – 205.

( 2000 ), " Menzies, Sir Robert Gordon ( Bob ) ( 18941978 )", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 15, Melbourne University Press, ( Melbourne ), pp 354 – 361.

The rivalry was further extended in 2000 when North Melbourne attempted to play " home " games in Sydney to further promote the game of Australian rules football, which was deemed that the Kangaroos were trying to invade Sydney's " territory ".

* Roma Mitchell ( 1913 – 2000 ), Australian lawyer, judge and state governor

Backyard Blitz was an Logie Award winning Australian lifestyle and DIY television program that aired on the Nine Network between 2000 through to 2007 before its cancellation.

Category: 2000 Australian television series debuts

In 2000 Bailey, Dunne and Martin found similar results from a larger sample of 4, 901 Australian twins.

* Australian Nations Cup Championship A series for GT type cars which ran from 2000 to 2004.

Her next event was the 2000 Australian Open, which she won in singles without the loss of a set.

Davenport's success continued into 2005, when she reached her first Grand Slam final, at the Australian Open, since the 2000 US Open ; she fell to Serena Williams in three sets.

* 1938 – Paul Bartel, American actor ( d. 2000 )

* Picking Up the Pieces ( 2000 ) director, actor

* 1914 – Alec Guinness, English actor ( d. 2000 )

* 1916 – George Montgomery, American actor ( d. 2000 )

* 1928 – Charles Gray, English actor ( d. 2000 )

* 1904 – Sir John Gielgud, English actor ( d. 2000 )

* 1908 – Marceline Day, American actor ( d. 2000 )

* 2000 – William Moore, English actor ( b. 1916 )

British actor Ian McNeice's interpretation of the Baron in the 2000 Sci-Fi Channel miniseries Frank Herbert's Dune ( and its sequel, 2003's Children of Dune ) is, though dramatic, somewhat lighter and more eloquent in comparison to Lynch's version, and therefore more consistent with the novel.

* 1909 – Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., American actor ( d. 2000 )

* 1938 – René Muñoz, Cuban-born Mexican actor and screenwriter ( d. 2000 )

* 1934 – Bernard Erhard, American voice actor ( d. 2000 )

* 1928 – Roger Vadim, French film director and actor ( d. 2000 )

* 1920 – Peter Jones, English actor ( d. 2000 )

After Matthau's death in 2000, Lemmon appeared with friends and relatives of the actor on a Larry King Live show in tribute.

* 2000 – Kemal Sunal, Turkish actor ( b. 1944 )

* 1918 – Craig Stevens, American actor ( d. 2000 )

* 1922 – Jason Robards, American actor ( d. 2000 )

* 1938 – Jaishankar, Indian actor ( d. 2000 )

* 1929 – Screamin ' Jay Hawkins, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor ( d. 2000 )

* 1942 – Ian Dury, English singer-songwriter, bandleader, and actor ( The Blockheads ) ( d. 2000 )

* 1917 – David Tomlinson, English actor ( d. 2000 )

* 2000 – Maxwell Perry Cotton, American actor