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February onwards - The worst drought in 100 years affects most of Australia,
with water restrictions being put in place in Sydney, Melbourne and many other
areas, and farmers being devastated by crop failures.
21 October - Two people are killed & three others are
injured in a shooting at Monash University. It was the first
such mass shooting in Australia since the Port Arthur Massacre
in 1996.
30 November - In Victoria, the
Labor government of Steve Bracks
is re-elected for a second term.
15 February – Steven Bradbury wins Australia's first
Winter
Olympic Games gold medal in the 1.000m men's short track speed
skating. He only qualified for the finals after all the other
competitors in his semifinal crashed, and in the final, he again
saw all the other contenders crash in front of him.
17 February – Alisa Camplin wins gold in the women's
aerial skiing contest. The favourite, Jacqui Cooper, also from Australia, severely
injured herself whilst training & was out of action for some
time.
11 April – First day of the Australian Track & Field
Championships for the 2001-2002 season, which are held at the Queensland Sport and
Athletics Centre in Brisbane, Queensland. The 5,000 metres were
conducted at Melbourne
on Thursday 7 March 2002.
August – The Bulldogs are deducted 37 competition points
after breaking the salary cap scandal, which saw them fined half a
million dollars and relegated from minor premiers to wooden
spooners for 2002.
15 September – Jeremy Horne wins the men's national marathon
title, clocking 2:25:27 in Sydney, while Heather Turland claims the
women's title in 2:51:06.
5 November - Media Puzzle wins the Melbourne Cup. This comes
just days after jockey Damien Oliver's brother is killed after
falling off his horse in a race.
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