Asta Hill | |
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10th Mayor of Alice Springs | |
Assumed office 23 August 2025 | |
Preceded by | Matt Paterson |
Personal details | |
Political party | Greens |
Children | 1 |
Alma mater | University of Adelaide |
Profession | Lawyer |
Asta Hill is an Australian politician who has served as the 10th mayor of Alice Springs since 23 August 2025. At the 2025 Alice Springs Town Council election,she won with 50.3% of the 2CP vote,succeeding independent Matt Paterson. She is member of the Northern Territory Greens and she is the first Green endorsed candidate to hold this position. [1]
Hill also unsuccessfully contested the 2024 Northern Territory general election as the party's candidate for Braitling,receiving 46.1% of the 2CP vote.
In the 2024 NT general election,she was announced as the Greens candidate for Braitling,the division encompassing Alice Springs. She was unsuccessful,however her candidacy received a 30% swing towards the Greens compared to the 2020 election. [2]
In 2025,she ran for the position of mayor of Alice Springs,as well as a councillor. In this election,she ran against a Country Liberal Party candidate,Lisa-Marie Burgoyne,and it was predicted that it would be a close race between the two,however Hill defeated an independent candidate,Eli Melky,with 50.3% of the 2CP vote. [3] She ran on a platform of community safety and campaigned on "changing the story" of Alice Springs following many years of media coverage focused on crime;this includes Hill hoping to include supporting residents and providing family activities and entertainment. [4] [1]