Deane akazarura zviri pamutemo Mitambo yeOlympic yeZhizha ya2000, achitaura mashoko mapfupi pamberi peboka revanhu 110 000 paSydney Olympic Stadium. Mutungamiri wehurumende John Howard pakutanga akanga aronga kuvhura mitambo iye pachake, nechibvumirano chekomiti inoronga uye International Olympic Committee (IOC). Zvisinei, muna November 1999 akachinja pfungwa dzake ndokuudza IOC kuti Deane ndiye aizovhura mitambo yacho. Howard akati izvi zvaikonzerwa "nokufunganya kuti kuvhura kwangu Mitambo yeOlympic kwaizova nyaya yezvematongerwe enyika [...] Ndinofunga kuti pakupedzisira zvichave zviri nani kuti Mitambo yeOlympic ivhurwe naGavhuna-mukuru nokuti tichabvisa nharaunda iyoyo imwe chete yenharo dzezvematongerwe enyika". Nhengo dzebato rinopikisa reLabour Party dzakanga dzatsigira kuti Mambokadzi abvunzwe kuti aite rukudzo, dzichiti zvaive zvinyengeri kuti Howard atsigire kuchengetedzwa kwehumambo pa 1999 republic referendum
asi kwete kudana Mambokadzi kuti amiririre Australia.