Pedzisa mashoko anotevera: Deane akavhura zviri pamutemo Mitambo yeOlympic yeZhizha ya2000, achitaura mashoko mashoma pamberi pevanhu 110 000 vaiva muSydney 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 reLabor Party dzakanga dzatsigira kuti Mambokadzi akumbirwe kuita kukudzwa, vachitaura kuti kwaive kunyengera kuti Howard atsigire kuchengetedzwa kwehumambo pa
Referendum yeRepublic ya1999 asi kwete kudana Mambokadzi kuti amiririre Australia.