Council Meetings

At the December 2022 Ordinary Meeting of Council (Resolution 2022/144) the following schedule of dates were approved for the Ordinary Meetings of Council to be held in 2023.

The Norfolk Island Regional Council generally holds its Ordinary Meeting on the first Wednesday of each calendar month, with a few exceptions; please refer to the table below for the approved dates for Council Meetings for 2023.

These Council meetings are scheduled to be held at 2:00pm on the nominated date at the Council Chambers located inside the Bicentennial Complex 39 Taylors Road, Burnt Pine, Norfolk Island.

Council meetings are open to the public except in the situation where the Council decides to close a meeting to discuss restricted and/or confidential matters.

On occasion, the General Manager may call an Extraordinary meeting of Council to discuss a specific matter and or urgent matter.

Council meetings are governed by the Code of Meeting Practice.

Meeting times, agendas and minutes

Prior to each Council meeting, an agenda detailing items to be discussed will be published to Council's website. These documents are available by accessing the links in the table below. A hard copy of these documents can be made available upon request at the Customer Care office.

Full and accurate minutes of each Council meeting are recorded and published to Council’s website and can be viewed through the links below. These can be viewed upon request at Customer Care.

The table below shows upcoming meetings, including links to view agendas (Business Papers) and related attachments (called the ‘’agenda packet’’).

Agendas are generally available from 4pm on the Friday the week before the meeting.

Minutes and the webcast recording are published as soon as practical after the meeting. Minutes are unconfirmed until they are formally adopted at the next meeting of Council.

Access Current Meeting Agenda and Minutes (2023) in the table below

To download the agenda (formally called the Business Paper) for the Council meeting date you wish to view, please use the drop-down box on the right side of the table under ‘Files’ to access the agenda (Packet). The minutes once published can also be downloaded using this process.

To view meetings from 2022 and earlier, please scroll down to the bottom of this page.