Second of the Australian midnight celebrations for the Australian Central Daylight Time Zone (ACDT, UTC + 10:30) by ABC Australia as part of the international broadcast of '2000 Today' which involved segments from over 60 countries worldwide. The ABC was the Australian broadcaster, which provided several segments for the international broadcast. The program was an international consortium led by the BBC in the United Kingdom and WGBH in the United States.
This section crosses to the main midnight celebration in Adelaide which was the highlight of the South Australian 'Click! the Millennium Festival' -- a series of 16 locations around regional SA with their own festivities linked by internet video to Adelaide. New Years Eve festivities in Adelaide are traditionally held in the suburb Glenelg, but this was held in Victoria Square in the heart of the Adelaide CBD. It is worth noting that Queensland despite being further east does not observe daylight saving and remains on Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) and its midnight was half an hour behind Adelaide. Following the Adelaide midnight was a commentary piece from singer, writer and stage director Robyn Archer, then director of the Adelaide Festival, one of the many 'Speaking Personally' segments throughout the broadcast.
Afterwards there is a cross to Emergency Management Authority in Canberra with Senator Ian Campbell discussing the impacts -- or lack thereof -- of the Y2K Millennium Bug. Finally a replay of conclusion of the Sydney Midnight fireworks from around 20 minutes before. The word 'Eternity' on the Harbour Bridge was a tribute to Arthur Stace (1884 -- 1967) a reformed alcoholic and Christian convert who wrote the word in chalk around Sydney for many years.
This segment crosses to the Adelaide midnight celebration which was part of the international broadcast. Host for this part was then-ABC journalist Maxine McKew. McKew would later contest the 2007 Federal Election for the ALP in the Division of Bennelong in Sydney for the ALP against long-incumbent Liberal Prime Minister John Howard. Labor won the seat and the election making John Howard the second Prime Minister in Australia's history to lose his seat at an election. McKew's time in office as the Member for Bennelong would be short lived as it was regained by the Liberal Party at the 2010 Election by candidate and former tennis player John Alexander.
Hosts of the ABC broadcast of 2000 Today were as follows with approximate times in AEDT (UTC + 11:00) which commenced at 8:30PM on December 31
20:30 -- 00:30 George Negus
23:00 -- 02:00 Maxine McKew
01:30 -- 05:15 Deborah Kennedy
03:00 -- 04:30 Mike Bailey
05:00 -- 07:30 George Negus
05:20 -- 07:30 Andrea Stretton
07:30 -- 10:30 Caroline Baum
07:30 -- 10:30 John Lombard
10:30 -- 12:30 Jennifer Byrne
11:45 -- 13:50 James O'Loghlin
12:30 -- 14:00 Peter Thompson
13:50 -- 16:15 George Negus
14:40 -- 15:40 Daniel Marsden
16:15 -- 18:20 Peter Thompson
16:15 -- 19:05 Kathy Bowlen
(ABC NEWS BULLETIN TO 19:30)
19:30 -- 22:00 George Negus
20:30 -- 21:15 Kathy Bowlen
Short appearances were also made by film director Bruce Beresford, veteran ABC newsreader James Dibble and future Media Watch host Paul Barry.
This segment was recorded on VHS tape from an over-the-air broadcast from ABV-2 Melbourne on Saturday January 1, 2000.
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