Full description
Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) is a development financier to infrastructure projects in the Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia and the Australian Indian Ocean Territories. NAIF’s mission is to be an innovative financing partner in the growth of northern Australia. A key focus of any financing is to drive public benefit, economic, population growth, and Indigenous involvement in northern Australia.This NAIF dataset contains the limit and extent of Northern Australia as defined in the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Act 2016 including the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Amendment (Extension and Other Measures) Bill 2021 and the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2023. This is a maintained dataset and is kept updated to reflect any amendments to the legislation.
The definition in the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Act 2016 states that Northern Australia means the area that includes the following:
(a) the Northern Territory;
(b) the areas of Queensland and Western Australia that are North of the Tropic of Capricorn
other than the Meekatharra Statistical Area level 2;
(c) the areas South of the Tropic of Capricorn of each Statistical Area level 2 that has an area
covered by paragraph (b);
(d) the following Statistical Areas level 2:
(i) Gladstone;
(ii) Gladstone Hinterland;
(iii) Carnarvon;
(da) the Territory of Christmas Island;
(db) the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands;
(e) the Local Government Areas of Meekatharra and Wiluna (despite paragraph (b));
(ea) the Local Government Area of Ngaanyatjarraku;
(f) the territorial sea adjacent to areas covered by paragraphs (a) to (db).
Lineage
Statement: This dataset is a latest update of the limit and extent of Northern Australia to support the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Act 2016.text: westlimit=95.00; southlimit=-28.00; eastlimit=154.00; northlimit=-8.00
Subjects
Administrative Boundaries |
Local Government Area |
NAIF |
Northern Australia |
Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Act 2016 |
Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Amendment (Extension and Other Measures) Bill 2021 |
Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2023 |
Published_External |
Statistical Area Level 2 |
boundaries |
economy |
location |
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Link to ArcGIS Online
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Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Act 2016 - Northern Australia Definition with Amendment Bill 2021 and Bill 2023
local : 148670
Identifiers
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