Norfolk Island

(asked on 10th February 2020) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Norfolk Island (1) was within the geographical boundaries of the Commonwealth of Australia or any State thereof when the power to make laws for Norfolk Island was given to the Commonwealth of Australia in 1914, or (2) has since become within those boundaries.


Answered by
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Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 18th February 2020

Norfolk Island has been a Territory of the Commonwealth of Australia since 1914 and its governance is a matter for that country.

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