Editing 2000 in Australia (section)

==Incumbents==
[[File:William Deane official portrait.jpg|thumb|upright|140px|[[William Deane|Sir William Deane]]]]
[[File:Howard John BANNER.jpg|thumb|upright|140px|[[John Howard]]]]
*[[Monarchy of Australia|Monarch]] – [[Elizabeth II]]
*[[Governor-General of Australia|Governor-General]] – [[William Deane|Sir William Deane]]
*[[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]] – [[John Howard]]
**[[Deputy Prime Minister of Australia|Deputy Prime Minister]] – [[John Anderson (Australian politician)|John Anderson]]
**[[List of Australian Leaders of the Opposition|Opposition Leader]] – [[Kim Beazley]]
*[[Chief Justice of Australia|Chief Justice]] – [[Murray Gleeson]]

===State and territory leaders===
*[[Premier of New South Wales]] – [[Bob Carr]]
**[[Leader of the Opposition (New South Wales)|Opposition Leader]] – [[Kerry Chikarovski]]
*[[Premier of Queensland]] – [[Peter Beattie]]
**[[Leader of the Opposition (Queensland)|Opposition Leader]] – [[Rob Borbidge]]
*[[Premier of South Australia]] – [[John Olsen]]
**[[Leader of the Opposition (South Australia)|Opposition Leader]] – [[Mike Rann]]
*[[Premier of Tasmania]] – [[Jim Bacon (politician)|Jim Bacon]]
**[[Leader of the Opposition (Tasmania)|Opposition Leader]] – [[Sue Napier]]
*[[Premier of Victoria]] – [[Steve Bracks]]
**[[Leader of the Opposition (Victoria)|Opposition Leader]] – [[Denis Napthine]]
*[[Premier of Western Australia]] – [[Richard Court]]
**[[Leader of the Opposition (Western Australia)|Opposition Leader]] – [[Geoff Gallop]]
*[[Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory]] – [[Kate Carnell]] (until 18 October), then [[Gary Humphries]]
**[[Leader of the Opposition (Australian Capital Territory)|Opposition Leader]] – [[Jon Stanhope]]
*[[Chief Minister of the Northern Territory]] – [[Denis Burke (Australian politician)|Denis Burke]]
**[[Leader of the Opposition (Northern Territory)|Opposition Leader]] – [[Clare Martin]]
*[[List of heads of government of Norfolk Island|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]] – [[Eric Neal|Sir Eric Neal]]
*[[Governor of Tasmania]] – [[Guy Green (judge)|Sir Guy Green]]
*[[Governor of Victoria]] – [[James Gobbo|Sir James Gobbo]] (until 31 December)
*[[Governor of Western Australia]] – [[Michael Jeffery (Australian Army officer)|Michael Jeffery]] (until 18 August), then [[John Sanderson]]
*[[Australian Indian Ocean Territories|Administrator of the Australian Indian Ocean Territories]] – [[Bill Taylor (naval officer)|Bill Taylor]]
*[[List of administrative heads of Norfolk Island|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://australianpolitics.com/elections/dates/federal-state-election-dates-since-1901 |title=Federal and State Election Dates Since 1901 |publisher=AustralianPolitics.com |date=2022-03-19 |accessdate=2022-08-21}}</ref>