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This story is dedicated to the People of Norfolk Island in their struggle of Self Determination against outside forces. On 1 January 2026, the people of Norfolk Island exercised what they assert is their inherent right to responsible government, marking a significant moment in a long and contested political struggle. For many islanders, this election Read More …
On 8 May 2015, the Norfolk Island People voted overwhelmingly in support of their “right to freely determine their political status, their economic, social and cultural development”. Australia chose to ignore the outcome of the legally constituted referendum and to disregard the rights of the Norfolk Island People. Consequently in June 2015, the Legislative Assembly Read More …
Robert Garren, one of the framers of the Constitution provided the following legal advice to the Prime Minister in 1905 in respect of the annexation of Norfolk Island. The Island could apparently be made a territory under the control of the Commonwealth by the joint operation of an Imperial Order in Council and a Commonwealth Read More …
Breaking News this week from the shores of Norfolk Island. Constitution Watch has spoken to the newly formed Norf’k Ailen Government, a reformation of the original government structure of 1856 where upon the original people of Pitcairn Island came to the shores of Norfolk by invitation of the then Monarch Queen Victoria. In recent years Read More …
When museum staff opened a supposedly secured container holding one of their most treasured items last Friday afternoon, they discovered the Great Seal of Norfolk Island had been stolen. The brazen theft of an artefact symbolising Norfolk Island’s identity may have sparked a locked-room mystery in the South Pacific, but it has also exposed the Read More …
Norfolk Island was a self-governing territory for 36 years until May 2015, when the Federal government abolished its nine-member parliament and replaced it with a local government administration. Queensland assumed control of the provision of state services to Norfolk Island after signing a deal with the Commonwealth. On 3 February 2021, Assistant Minister for Regional Read More …
