The following lists events that happened during 2000 in Australia. Incumbents Monarch – Elizabeth II Governor-General – Sir William Deane Prime Minister – John Howard Deputy Prime Minister – John Anderson Opposition Leader – Kim Beazley Chief Justice – Murray Gleeson State and Territory Leaders Premier of New South Wales – Bob Carr Opposition Leader – Kerry Chikarovski Premier of Queensland – Peter Beattie Opposition Leader – Rob Borbidge Premier of South Australia – John Olsen Opposition Leader – Mike Rann Premier of Tasmania – Jim Bacon Opposition Leader – Sue Napier Premier of Victoria – Steve Bracks Opposition Leader – Denis Napthine Premier of Western Australia – Richard Court Opposition Leader – Geoff Gallop Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory – Kate Carnell (until 18 October), then Gary Humphries Opposition Leader – Jon Stanhope Chief Minister of the Northern Territory – Denis Burke Opposition Leader – Clare Martin Chief Minister of Norfolk Island – George Smith (until 28 February), then Ronald Nobbs Governors and Administrators Governor of New South Wales – Gordon Samuels Governor of Queensland – Peter Arnison Governor of South Australia – Sir Eric Neal Governor of Tasmania – Sir Guy Green Governor of Victoria – Sir James Gobbo (until 31 December) Governor of Western Australia – Michael Jeffery (until 18 August), then John Sanderson Administrator of the Australian Indian Ocean Territories – Bill Taylor Administrator of Norfolk Island – Tony Messner Administrator of the Northern Territory – Neil Conn (until 28 November), then John Anictomatis 2000 is to date the last time in which no Federal, State or Territory elections were held and the first time that no general election was held for any house of Parliament since 1942. Events January 1 January Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic releases Care Australia worker Branko Jeken from imprisonment in Serbia. The National Archives releases 1969 Cabinet documents. Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Akhtar returns home to Pakistan after the ICC rules that his bowling action during a recent match was illegal. 2 January – A massive oil spill occurs off the coast of Phillip Island, endangering the region's penguin population. 3 January – When Federal Justice Minister, Senator Amanda Vanstone is asked whether alleged Nazi war criminal Konrad Kalejs would be welcome when he arrived in Australia in the coming days, she replies, "Would you expect a situation where any Australian citizen would not be?", an answer which caused much