Ka cika wannan magana: Deane ya buɗe wasannin Olympic na shekara ta 2000, ta wajen yin gajeren jawabi a gaban mutane 110,000 a filin wasa na Olympic da ke Sydney. Firayim Minista John Howard ya fara shirin bude wasannin da kansa, tare da yarjejeniyar kwamitin shirya da kwamitin Olympic na kasa da kasa (IOC). Koyaya, a watan Nuwamba 1999 ya canza tunaninsa kuma ya shawarci IOC cewa Deane zai buɗe wasannin. Howard ya ce wannan ya faru ne saboda "damuwa cewa bude wasannin Olympics na zai zama batun siyasa na jam'iyya [...] Ina tsammanin a cikin dogon lokaci zai fi kyau ga wasannin Olympics don Gwamna Janar ya buɗe su saboda za mu cire wannan yanki na siyasa mai rikitarwa. " Mambobin jam'iyyar adawa ta Labour sun yi kira da a nemi Sarauniya ta yi wannan girmamawa, suna mai cewa munafunci ne ga Howard ya goyi bayan ci gaba da mulkin mallaka a majalisar.
1999 zaben raba gardama amma ba kira ga Sarauniya ta wakilci Ostiraliya.