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The 2000's

2000 - Saturday, January 1: The appointment, terms and conditions, payment, independence and tenure of office provisions relating to the Victoria’s Auditor General included and entrenched into Victoria’s constitution
2000 - Monday, February 28: The British electrical power transmission company, National Grid International, was chosen as preferred bidder to construct the Basslink electricity cable from Tasmania to Victoria across Bass Strait.
2000 - Wednesday, May 31: Aboriginal elders from the Wurundjeri and Boonerwrung tribes addressed a special sitting of the Victorian Parliament which was to debate a bi-partisan motion in support of reconciliation.
2000 - Wednesday, July 5: The centenary of the passing of the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act in the British Parliament and receiving the Royal Assent by Queen Victoria was celebrated by the Australian Prime Minister, former Prime Ministers and state Premiers and others in a week long visit to London taking part in a number of relevant Australian-centred commemorative activities as 'Australia Week'.
2000 - Friday, October 6: The Victorian and NSW Governments announced a deal to increase the flow of water in the Snowy River to 21% of the original flow with $300 million devoted to reducing evaporation and irrigation leaks on the Murray and other major rivers.; Christopher Koch won the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Fiction with his novel 'Out of Ireland', with Adrian Caesar winning the non-fiction prize for 'The White'.
2000 - Sunday, December 31: The Honourable Sir James A. Gobbo, A.C., C.V.O. retired as Governor of Victoria.
2001 - Monday, January 1: John Landy, A.C., M.B.E. was sworn in as Governor of Victoria
2001 - Thursday, January 11: William Vasey Houghton, former Victorian state Liberal Member of Parliament and Minister, died at Yarra Glen, aged 80.
2001 - Monday, March 26: The Victorian and New South Wales State Cabinets held a joint meeting in Albury to mark the 150th anniversary of the separation of Victoria from NSW, and announced a merger of the municipal councils of Albury and Wodonga.
2001 - Sunday, May 6: Celebrations for the centenary of Federation opened in Melbourne with a street procession, 'Our Nation on Parade', down Swanston Street.
2001 - Thursday, August 16: The first regional sitting of the Victorian Parliament's Legislative Assembly was held at Bendigo Town Hall.; The first regional sitting of the Victorian Parliament's Legislative Council was held at Ballarat Town Hall.
2001 - Friday, December 21: The Melbourne Herald-Sun printed its last afternoon edition, eleven years after the merger of the Herald with the Sun News Pictorial.
2002 - Wednesday, June 5: His Excellency Constantinos Stephanopoulos, President of Greece visited the Victorian Parliament.
2002 - Friday, July 5: A bluestone wall memorial was unveiled in the King's Domain in Melbourne to commemorate 137 Victorian police killed in the course of their duties.
2002 - Sunday, September 1: The re-enactment with amendments of the law relating to elections operative 1 September 2002
2002 - Tuesday, October 15: Premier Steve Bracks moves a motion of condolence for the families of victims of the Bali bombings of 12 October 2002. The people of Melbourne express communal grief by leaving thousands of flowers on the front steps of Parliament House.
2002 - Saturday, October 26: Federation Square in Melbourne opened by Premier Steve Bracks with some of its features yet to be completed.
2002 - Wednesday, October 30: The second regional sitting of the Victorian Parliament's Legislative Council was held at Benalla Town Hall.
2002 - Tuesday, November 5: Dissolution of 54th Victorian Parliament.
2002 - Saturday, November 30: A general election was held in Victoria.
2003 - Monday, January 13: Official opening of the Bali Memorial Garden in the Parliamentary Gardens in memory of those who lost their lives in the 12 October 2002 Bali bombings.
2003 - Tuesday, February 4: The High Court declared Federal legislation designed to deny illegal refugees and asylum seekers the right of appeal to the Federal and High Courts as invalid.
2003 - Tuesday, February 25: Opening of 55th Victorian Parliament.; The Hon. Judy Maddigan MP became Victoria's 33rd and first female Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.; The Hon. Monica Gould MLC became Victoria's 18th and first female President of the Legislative Council.
2003 - Tuesday, April 8: The independence provisions relating to the Victoria’s Ombudsman included and entrenched into Victoria’s constitution; The independence provisions relating to the Victoria’s Electoral Commissioner and independence and access to information provisions relating to the Electoral Boundaries Commission included and entrenched into Victoria’s constitution; Further entrenchment provisions inserted in the Victorian Constitution making it more difficult to alter and requiring amending Acts to be passed by a special (three-fifths) majority or by referendum operative 8 April 2003; Provisions inserted and entrenched in Victoria’s Constitution relating to a fixed four year terms for the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly operative 8 April 2003; Provisions inserted and entrenched in Victoria’s Constitution removing the Legislative Council’s power to block supply and stating the principle of Government mandate as it relates to the powers of Legislative Council operative 8 April 2003; Provisions inserted in Victoria’s Constitution relating to disputes concerning Bills between the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly operative 8 April 2003
2003 - Thursday, April 10: The first enactment of law relating to the control, management and security of the Victorian Parliamentary precincts operative 10 April 2001
2003 - Wednesday, June 11: Non-privatisation provisions relating to the delivery of water services in Victoria included and entrenched into Victoria’s constitution
2003 - Wednesday, October 29: Lech Walesa, former President of Poland visited the Victorian Parliament.
2003 - Tuesday, November 25: The 12000th Act of the Victorian Parliament, the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2003 assented to 25 November 2003
2003 - Tuesday, December 9: The second re-enactment with amendments of the law relating to Parliamentary Committees operative 9 December 2003
2003 - Tuesday, December 16: One of the largest Acts passed by the Parliament of Victoria, the Gambling Regulation Act 2003 (632 pages) was assented to on 16 December 2003
2004 - Saturday, February 28: The Central City Film Studios in the Docklands in Melbourne were opened.
2004 - Tuesday, March 23: Former Victorian Premier Sir Rupert James Hamer died.
2004 - Tuesday, May 25: Jetstar began operation as a budget airline within Australia with an inaugural flight from Newcastle to Melbourne continuing on to Launceston.
2004 - Thursday, August 26: Premier Steve Bracks introduced the Constitution (Recognition of Aboriginal People) Bill to amend the Constitution Act and grant formal recognition to Victoria's Aboriginal people and their contribution to the state of Victoria.
2004 - Tuesday, November 30: Speaker Judy Maddigan launches the Victorian Parliamentary Amnesty International Group on the steps of Parliament House. Labor MP, Don Nardella chairs the group with Liberal MP, Murray Thompson, being co-convenor. This bipartisan group consists of MP's and parliamentary staff.
2004 - Friday, December 3: 150 year commemoration of the Eureka Stockade uprising.
2005 - Friday, July 1: Parliament Administration Act 2005 comes into force, restructuring the 150 year old Parliamentary departments of five into three (Assembly, Council and the newly created Department of Parliamentary Services). Hansard and Library ceased to exist as separate departments.
2005 - Thursday, November 17: The second regional sitting of the Victorian Parliament's Legislative Assembly was held at the Costa Hall, Deakin University in Geelong.; The third regional sitting of the Victorian Parliament's Legislative Council was held at the Colac Otway Performing Arts & Cultural Centre.
2005 - Sunday, December 25: Melbourne records its coldest Christmas day on record, with a peak of just 14.5 degrees celsius.
2006 - Sunday, March 12: Aborigines from around Australia light a Sacred Flame at 11am and establish Camp Sovereignty at the Kings Domain Gardens in Melbourne, three days before the Commonwealth Games. The group known as Black GST (Genocide to end; Sovereignty acknowledged; Treaty to be made) attempt to highlight the 'Stolenwealth games'.
2006 - Wednesday, March 15: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II officially opened the 18th Commonwealth Games at the MCG in Melbourne.
2006 - Friday, April 7: Professor David de Kretser, A.O. was sworn in as Victoria's 28th Governor.; John Landy, A.C., M.B.E. retired as Governor of Victoria
2006 - Saturday, November 25: A general election was held in Victoria.
2006 - Tuesday, December 19: The Hon. Jenny Lindell became Victoria's 34th and second female Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.; The Hon. Bob Smith became Victoria's 19th President of the Legislative Council.
2007 - Monday, July 30: Premier of Victoria Steve Bracks retired from office having served 2841 days.; John Mansfield Brumby assumed office as Premier of Victoria.
2008 - Monday, February 11: The Liberal Party and The Nationals form a coalition in Victoria, led by Liberal Leader Ted Baillieu and Nationals Leader Peter Ryan.
2008 - Wednesday, February 13: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd moves a motion in the House of Representatives to say sorry to Australia's Aborigines. In his historic speech, he says "... For the pain, suffering and hurt of these Stolen Generations, their descendants and for their families left behind, we say sorry. To the mothers and the fathers, the brothers and the sisters, for the breaking up of families and communities, we say sorry. And for the indignity and degradation thus inflicted on a proud people and a proud culture, we say sorry...."
2009 - Saturday, February 7: Bushfires rage across parts of Victoria as a result of searing winds and the highest temperature ever recorded in our nation's history (46.4 degrees). The official death toll stands at 173, making this the worst natural disaster in Australia.
2009 - Tuesday, February 10: Premier John Brumby and Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announce the establishment of the Victorian Bushfire Reconstruction and Recovery Authority (VBRRA) to be headed by Victoria Police Chief Commissioner, Christine Nixon. The VBRRA will examine the fatal bushfires which raged throughout Victoria on 7 February and days after.