Norfolk Island is an external territory of Australia located in the Pacific Ocean between New Zealand and New Caledonia,1,412 kilometres (877 mi) directly east of Australia's Evans Head and about 900 kilometres (560 mi) from Lord Howe Island. Together with the neighbouring Phillip Island and Nepean Island,the three islands collectively form the Territory of Norfolk Island. At the 2021 census,it had 2,188 inhabitants living on a total area of about 35 km2 (14 sq mi). Its capital is Kingston.
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.
Jonathan Donald Stanhope is a former Australian politician who was Labor Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory from 2001 to 2011. Stanhope represented the Ginninderra electorate in the ACT Legislative Assembly from 1998 until 2011. He is the only ACT Chief Minister to have governed with a majority in the ACT Assembly. From 2012 to 2014 Stanhope was Administrator of the Australian Indian Ocean Territories,which consists of Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands.
The parliaments of the Australian states and territories are legislative bodies within the federal framework of the Commonwealth of Australia.
Geoffrey Robert Gardner is a political figure from the Australian territory of Norfolk Island.
Norfolk Island elects on territorial level a legislature. The Norfolk Legislative Assembly has 9 members,elected for a three-year term. The last assembly was the 14th,elected on 13 March 2013. On 17 June 2015,the Australian government abolished the assembly,ending self-government on the island. Norfolk Island Regional Council,a local government body with significantly-restricted powers,was established in July 2016 to perform local-level governance on the island.
A member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected to sit in a Legislative Assembly. Most often,the term refers the legislature of a federated state or autonomous region,but is also the name of several national legislatures.
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. The last assembly was the 14th,elected on 13 March 2013. On 17 June 2015,the Australian Government abolished the assembly,ending self-government on the island. Norfolk Island Regional Council,a local government body instituted under New South Wales law and with significantly-restricted powers,was established in July 2016 to perform local-level governance on the island.
The states and territories of Australia are the first-level administrative divisions of the country. The states are self-governing polities that are partly sovereign,having ceded some sovereign rights to the federal government. They have their own constitutions,legislatures,executive governments,judiciaries and law enforcement agencies that administer and deliver most public policies and programs. Territories can be autonomous and administer local policies and programs much like the states in practice,but are still legally subordinate to the federal government.
John James "Jack" Snelling is a former Australian politician. He was the Labor member for the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Playford from the 1997 election until his retirement in 2018. Snelling left the Labor Party in 2021 to found the Family First Party.
David Ernest Buffett AM is a political figure from the Australian territory of Norfolk Island. He served as Chief Minister of Norfolk Island from March 2010 to March 2013;he has also held the position three previous occasions. He is the longest-serving member of the Norfolk Legislative Assembly,having served on every Assembly since it was established in 1979.
Andre Neville Nobbs is a political figure from the Australian territory of Norfolk Island. He was elected to the Norfolk Island legislative Assembly in 2007 to become the Chief Minister and re-elected in 2010 as Minister for Tourism,Industry and Development.
Zdenko Matthew "Zed" Seselja is an Australian politician who was a Senator for the Australian Capital Territory from 2013 to 2022,representing the Liberal Party. He was the Minister for International Development and the Pacific in the Morrison government from December 2020 to May 2022,and previously served as an assistant minister in the Morrison and Turnbull governments since 2016.
Neil Albert Pope is a former Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Monbulk in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1982 to 1992. and served as a Minister in the Labor Governments of John Cain II and Joan Kirner.
Cabinet of Norfolk Island was the council of ministers responsible to the Norfolk Legislative Assembly.
The Norfolk Island Regional Council is the local government body of Norfolk Island,an island territory of Australia in the south Pacific Ocean. It is subject to the state-level legislation of New South Wales.
The Family First Party is an Australian political party based in South Australia,founded on 28 July 2021 by former state Labor ministers Jack Snelling and Tom Kenyon. As of March 2022,Lyle Shelton is the party's National Director.
The 2013 Norfolk Island legislative election was held on 13 March 2013 to elect the 14th Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly,the prime legislative body of Norfolk Island.
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