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The official title of Lord Mayors while holding office is: The Right Worshipful Lord Mayor of Newcastle. First incorporated on 7 June 1859 as the "Municipality of Newcastle", the council became known as "The Borough of Newcastle" on 23 December 1867 following the enactment of The Municipalities Act of 1867, and on 1 April 1938 the "City of ...
The City of Newcastle incorporates much of the area of the Newcastle metropolitan area. The Lord Mayor of the City of Newcastle Council is Councillor Dr. Ross Kerridge, an Independent Labor politician elected under the team campaign banner 'Our Newcastle' at the 2024 New South Wales mayoral elections. [10]
This region (officially the Newcastle statistical subdivision) comprises the local government areas (LGAs) of City of Newcastle, City of Lake Macquarie, City of Cessnock, City of Maitland and Port Stephens Council. [1] [2] The 2021 Australian Census recorded the Newcastle Greater Metropolitan area as having a population of 682,465. [n 1]
Since 1993, only local government areas in New South Wales can be declared as "cities" by the Government, under the Local Government Act 1993. [1] Although the present version of the Act specifies no criteria for city status, [2] a previous version of the Act specified that to be a city, a Council area must:
The airport, which is a joint venture between Newcastle City Council and Port Stephens Council, has experienced rapid growth since 2000 as a result of an increase in low-cost airline operations. The airport is located at RAAF Base Williamtown , a Royal Australian Air Force base on land leased from the Department of Defence .
Administered by the Government of New South Wales and subject to periodic restructuring involving voluntary and involuntary amalgamation of areas, local government areas are considered a city when an area has received city status by proclamation of the Governor. Some areas retain designations they held under prior legislation, even though these ...
Newcastle Airport (IATA: NTL, ICAO: YWLM), also known as Williamtown Airport, is an international airport in Williamtown, New South Wales. It is located 15 kilometres; 9.2 miles (8 NM) north [ 3 ] [ 4 ] of Newcastle (27 km (17 mi) by road) in Port Stephens .
She is the youngest person to ever serve as Newcastle lord mayor. [3] Prior to this she served as Councilor at City of Newcastle since 2008. Nuatali is credited with the transformation of the city over the last decade. [4] In 2025, Nelmes resigned from her position on the City of Newcastle Council, concluding more than 16 years in office. [5]