Cartoons from the year 2000.

January

• 4th, Y2K is behind us, the GST in front.

    Keywords: Y2K Bug, The Goods and Services Tax
• 9th, Concern at road deaths amongst the young.

    Keywords: The Road Toll, Alien Life Form
• 12th, Enquiry demanded into aviation fuel contamination.

 
• 16th, Discarded syringes disrupt Melbourne beaches.

    Keywords: Illegal Immigrants, Syringe Pollution
• 19th, Guidelines for GST widely criticized.

    Keywords: The Goods and Services Tax, John Howard, Joe Hockey
• 23rd, GST confusion, aviation fuel crisis - both continue.

    Keywords: The Goods and Services Tax, Air fuel crisis
• 26th, Australia Day.

    Keywords: Australian Indigenous Peoples, Australia Day, Union Jack
• 30th, Tennis and the GST.

    Keywords: Tennis, The Goods and Services Tax, John Howard

February

• 2nd, Petrol more costly, AVGAS crisis continues.

 
• 6th, Blackouts and a knock back.

    Keywords: Jeff Kennett, Victorian 2000 Power Strike
• 9th, Trust me on GST - Howard.

    Keywords: The Goods and Services Tax, John Howard
• 13th, Howard in the rough!

    Keywords: Golf, John Howard
• 16th, John Howard feels the heat.

    Keywords: John Howard, The Goods and Services Tax
• 20th, More boat people as defence budget hits crisis.

    Keywords: Australian Defence Department, Illegal Immigration
• 23rd, Beazley holds off on detailing tax changes.

    Keywords: Kim Beazley, John Howard, The Goods and Services Tax
• 27th, Return from East Timor, unruly crowds in New Zealand.

    Keywords: Peter Cosgrove, John Howard, East Timor, Cricket

March

• 1st, The Bolte Portrait.

    Keywords: Jeff Kennett, Henry Bolte, Paul Fitzgerald
• 5th, Now it's the car fuel...

 
• 8th, Nursing home crisis.

    Keywords: Australian Elderly Care
• 12th, A rough week for the Howard Government.

    Keywords: John Howard, Formula One Grand Prix
• 19th, Queen visits Australia.

    Keywords: John Howard, Bronwyn Bishop, Queen Elizabeth II
• 26th, Royal Tour continues.

    Keywords: John Howard, Queen Elizabeth II
• 29th, One Nation, big debt.

    Keywords: Pauline Hanson

April

• 2nd, Australian Government criticizes UN.

    Keywords: John Howard, The United Nations
• 3rd, Hi-tech Swimsuit controversy.

    Keywords: Sydney Olympics, Swimming
• 4th, "Parents need education", Howard.

    Keywords: The Stolen Generation, John Howard
• 5th, Controversy dampens Sydney Olympics.

    Keywords: Charles Perkin, Sydney Olympics, The Stolen Generation
• 6th, Deadline for Kosovars expires.

    Keywords: John Howard, Philip Ruddock, Charles Perkin, Kosovar Refugees, Sydney Olympics
• 7th, Interest rates rise again.

    Keywords: Townsville, Cyclones, Reserve Bank of Australia
• 7ath, Education for all!

    Keywords: Education, United Nations
• 9th, Howard apologises over "Stolen Generation" report.

    Keywords: Victorian Railways, John Howard, The Stolen Generation
• 10th, Indian Police release cricket tape.

    Keywords: Cricket, Hansie Cronje, Sanjea Chawla
• 11th, Kosovars refuse to go.

    Keywords: Kosovar Refugees, John Howard, The Stolen Generation
• 11ath, Education, or Sport!?

    Keywords: Cricket, Education
• 12th, Staying afloat!

    Keywords: The Olympic Games, John Howard, Australian Dollar
• 13th, Cronje admits accepting money.

    Keywords: Cricket, Hansie Cronje
• 14th, Cronje denies match fixing allegation.

    Keywords: Cricket, Hansie Cronje
• 15th, Try one of these?

    Keywords: John Howard, Tobacco, Taxation
• 16th, The Kennett Ascendancy.

    Keywords: Jeff Kennett, John Brumby, Dr. Malcolm Kennedy
• 19th, Accepting a smoke?

    Keywords: John Howard, Tobacco Industry
• 23rd, Another toll.

    Keywords: Road Toll, Heroin
• 26th, Problems with Colonial Stadium.

    Keywords: Colonial Stadium, Australian Rules Football
• 30th, Problems with Colonial continue.

    Keywords: Colonial Stadium, Australian Rules Football

May

• 7th, Reviving an extinct species!

    Keywords: Peter Costello, John Howard, The Australian Budget, The Goods and Services Tax
• 14th, Mothers' Day, the Budget, mobile phones!

    Keywords: Mobile Phones, The Australian Federal Budget, John Howard, Peter Costello, Mothers' Day
• 21st, Susie O'Neill's world record.

    Keywords: Susie O'Niell, SOCOG
• 28th, Corroboree 2000

    Keywords: Australian Indigenous Peoples, John Howard, Walk for Reconciliation

June

• 4th, Project cost blow-out.

    Keywords: Victorian Auditor-General
• 11th, Olympic Flame arrives.

    Keywords: Fiji, Sydney Olympics, Solomon Islands
• 18th, Melbourne's Colonial Stadium

    Keywords: Colonial Stadium
• 25th, Fuel excise and the GST.

    Keywords: John Howard, The Goods and Services Tax, Petrol Prices
• 28th, Australian Defence Strategy Green Paper.

    Keywords: Collins-class Submarine, Australian Defence Department
• 30th, T'is the season...

    Keywords: Goods and Services Tax, John Howard, Peter Costello

July

• 2nd, The G.S.T. arrives.

    Keywords: The Goods and Services Tax, Religion
• 9th, Tony Blair's gaffe.

    Keywords: Gough Whitlam, Malcolm Fraser, John Howard, Bob Hawke, Tony Blair, John Gorton
• 16th, GST controversy for Labor Party.

    Keywords: The Goods and Services Tax, Kim Beazley, John Della Bosca
• 23rd, Olympic Flame in Victoria

    Keywords: Kim Beazley, Steve Bracks, The Olympic Games
• 30th, Olympic athletes allowed to bet

    Keywords: The Olympic Games, Gambling

August

• 6th, Troubles at the top.

    Keywords: John Howard, Kim Beazley
• 13th, A sudden change in the weather...

    Keywords: Steve Bracks, Sir James Gobbo, John Landy
• 20th, Petrol going up, milk going down.

    Keywords: Peter Beattie, Petrol Prices
• 27th, The Olympics fade your curtains!

    Keywords: The Olympic Games, SOCOG, Daylight Savings

September

• 3rd, AFL Grand Final and Fathers' Day...

    Keywords: Australian Rules Football
• 10th, The City of Melbourne hosts WEF.

    Keywords: The World Economic Forum
• 17th, The WEF is over, the Olympics begin.

    Keywords: The World Economic Forum, The Olympic Games, Police, Protesters
• 24th, The sequel to the WEF.

    Keywords: Steve Bracks, The World Economic Forum

October

• 1st, The close of the Sydney Olympics.

    Keywords: John Howard, The Olympic Games, Fuel Excise
• 8th, The benefits of the wheel...

    Keywords: Philip Ruddock, Australian Indigenous Peoples
• 15th, Trouble in the Middle East.

    Keywords: Paralympic Games, The Middle East Crisis
• 22nd, The dollar, the races, the telecard!

    Keywords: John Howard, Peter Reith, The Caulfield Cup
• 29th, The sinking dollar.

    Keywords: John Howard, Peter Costello

November

• 5th, The Cup and the fuel excise.

    Keywords: John Howard, Peter Costello, The Melbourne Cup
• 12th, An election and an anniversary.

    Keywords: Gough Whitlam, Australian Republican Movement
• 19th, Miss Liberty in a quandary.

    Keywords: Gough Whitlam, Sir John Kerr, US Presidential Election, The Statue of Liberty, The United Nations
• 26th, Flooded.

    Keywords: John Howard, Peter Costello, Flooding, Fuel Excise
• 29th, Still no result.

    Keywords: US Presidential Election, Al Gore, George W. Bush, The Statue of Liberty

December

• 3rd, Walk for Reconciliation.

    Keywords: Australian Indigenous Peoples, Petrol Prices
• 10th, Parliament closes for Summer.

    Keywords: John Howard, ABC Television
• 17th, Burnley Tunnel open for inspection.

    Keywords: Father Christmas, Transurban
• 24th, It's Christmas and the Budget's in surplus.

    Keywords: Father Christmas, John Howard, Australian Federal Budget
• 27th, Sydney to Hobart underway.

    Keywords: Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, Road Toll
• 28th, On the beach.

    Keywords: Boat People
• 31st, New Year and a Centenary of Federation.

    Keywords: Australian Indigenous Peoples, John Howard, Australian Federation

December

• 12th, There's always something worse...

    Keywords: Australian Indigenous Peoples, The Gurindji, Gough Whitlam, Land Rights

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