1.
Happy Feet won an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
2.
Natalie Gauci won Australian Idol, with Matt Corby the runner-up.
3.
Summer Heights High made its debut.
4.
The Bra Boys documentary was released.
5.
And the Playstation 3 hit Aussie stores.
6.
John Howard started the year as prime minister, before Kevin Rudd took over in December.
7.
Andrew Johns announced his retirement from the NRL.
8.
Melbourne Storm defeated the Manly Sea Eagles in the NRL grand final.
9.
While Geelong beat Port Adelaide in the AFL grand final.
10.
Ben Cousins was banned from playing AFL for 12 months after being charged with bringing the game into disrepute.
11.
Cadel Evans came second in the Tour De France.
13.
Silverchair made a comeback with "Straight Lines", and were the only Aussie artists to enter the Aria charts top 10 singles of the year.
14.
They also won album of the year for Young Modern at the Aria awards.
17.
Tool, Muse, The Killers, and Jet headlined Big Day Out.
18.
The Triple J Hottest 100 saw three Aussie artists make the top 5.
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