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Prior to July 2015, Norfolk Island was self-governed by the Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly.The Norfolk Island Regional Council was formally established on 1 July 2016 and, unlike most local government bodies in Australia, delivers many Commonwealth services to residents in addition to local-level services such as land planning and emergency management.
President of the Council of Elders: 1899 to 1900: John Buffett: 1900 to 1903: John Forrester Young: 1903 to 1909: Francis Mason Nobbs: President of the Executive Council: 1909 to 1915: Joseph Allen McCleave Buffett: 1915 to 1 July 1916: Charles Chase Ray Nobbs: 1st term Norfolk Island Territory of The Commonwealth of Australia: 1916: Charles ...
The Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly was the prime legislative body of Norfolk Island from 1979 to 2015. Formed after the Norfolk Island Act 1979 was passed in the Australian Parliament, its first members were elected on 10 August 1979. [1] The last assembly was the 14th, elected on 13 March 2013.
The council is subject to the state-level legislation of New South Wales, and as such, the election would have been part of the 2024 New South Wales local elections. [ 3 ] On 4 February 2021, then-Assistant Minister for Regional Development and Territories Nola Marino suspended the council and appointed Mike Colreavy as an Interim Administrator ...
David Raymond Porter (born 2 October 1954) is a Norfolk Islander former politician. He was a member of the Norfolk Island Regional Council before it was dismissed in 2021, and prior to that, a member of the Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly before it was disbanded. He is a senior member of the Norfolk Liberals. [1] [2]
The 2016 Norfolk Island local election was held on 28 May 2016 to elect the Norfolk Island Regional Council, the local government body of Norfolk Island. This was the first election for the council since the Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly was abolished in 2015 as part of the removal of Norfolk Island's semi-self-governing status.
Kingston (Norf'k: Daun a'Taun [2]) is the capital and main administrative centre of the Australian external territory of Norfolk Island. The Norfolk Island Regional Council is based in Kingston. [3] The settlement is the second-oldest in Australia, having been founded a little over a month after Sydney.
Politics of Norfolk Island takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic entity. Norfolk Island is the only non-mainland Australian territory to have achieved self-governance. The Norfolk Island Act 1979, passed by the Parliament of Australia in 1979, is the Act under which the island is governed.