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NSW walks away from Norfolk Island services, Queensland poised to take control
NSW’s association with Norfolk Island appears likely to end, after Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk confirmed her Government was in talks about taking over a service contract on the tiny external territory.
Key points:
- The island is about 1,400km off the coast of NSW
- It had previously been a self-governing tax haven, but that changed in 2015
- People on the island vote in the ACT electorate of Bean
Ms Palaszczuk confirmed Queensland was having preliminarily discussions with the Federal Government.
“We’ve heard that New South Wales wants to abandon their responsibilities there so we are very keen to have those further discussions with the Federal Government,” she said.
The NSW Government has been running Norfolk Island’s school and health…
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