The following lists events that happened during 1990 in Australia. Incumbents Monarch – Elizabeth II Governor-General – Bill Hayden Prime Minister – Bob Hawke Deputy Prime Minister – Lionel Bowen (until 4 April), then Paul Keating Opposition Leader – Andrew Peacock (until 3 April), then John Hewson Chief Justice – Sir Anthony Mason State and Territory Leaders Premier of New South Wales – Nick Greiner Opposition Leader – Bob Carr Premier of Queensland – Wayne Goss Opposition Leader – Russell Cooper Premier of South Australia – John Bannon Opposition Leader – John Olsen (until 12 January), then Dale Baker Premier of Tasmania – Michael Field Opposition Leader – Robin Gray Premier of Victoria – John Cain Jr. (until 10 August), then Joan Kirner Opposition Leader – Alan Brown Premier of Western Australia – Peter Dowding (until 12 February), then Carmen Lawrence Opposition Leader – Barry MacKinnon Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory – Trevor Kaine Opposition Leader – Rosemary Follett Chief Minister of the Northern Territory – Marshall Perron Opposition Leader – Terry Smith (until 1 November), then Brian Ede President of the Legislative Assembly of Norfolk Island – David Buffett Governors and Administrators Governor of New South Wales – Sir David Martin (until 7 August), then Peter Sinclair Governor of Queensland – Sir Walter Campbell Governor of South Australia – Sir Donald Dunstan Governor of Tasmania – Sir Phillip Bennett Governor of Victoria – Davis McCaughey Governor of Western Australia – Sir Francis Burt (from 29 March) Administrator of Norfolk Island – Herbert MacDonald Administrator of the Northern Territory – James Muirhead Events January 2 January – A battle by the major creditors to the Bond Group of companies to gain control of the best assets begins in the Supreme Court of Victoria. 3 January – Prime Minister Bob Hawke and New South Wales Premier Nick Greiner meet to discuss the reconstruction of Newcastle. 16 January – Andrew Peacock launches the Federal Opposition's Family Action Plan. 17 January – Prime Minister Bob Hawke is heckled by pilots while on the campaign trail. The National Australia Bank buys out Britain's Yorkshire Bank. 18 January – Supreme Court of Victoria grants Alan Bond permission to sell an oilfield to raise cash. A fateful outback trip in scorching conditions claims the lives of seven Aboriginal people from the Punmu community in the Great Sandy Desert. 19 January – A fire breaks