[1][2] Presenters, including Democrats deputy leader Natasha Stott Despoja and former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, distributed 29 awards with the big winner Natalie Imbruglia receiving six trophies.
An Outstanding Achievement Award was presented to Savage Garden for "world sales of 8 million and counting.
[1] The ceremony was hosted by comedian and TV presenter Paul McDermott with a capacity crowd of 1900 attending.
[4] Upon accepting Savage Garden's award for Outstanding Achievement – selling more than eight million copies world-wide – band member Darren Hayes reflected, "My nephew told me not to come home without the Wiggles' autographs.
"[3] The ARIA Awards ceremony was hosted by Australian comedian and TV presenter Paul McDermott.