Government of Norfolk Island
| Country name: | conventional long form: Territory of Norfolk Island conventional short form: Norfolk Island |
| Dependency status: | self governing territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Department of Transport and Regional Services |
| Government type: | NA |
| Capital: | name: Kingston geographic coordinates: 29 03 S, 167 58 E time difference: UTC+11.5 (16.5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) |
| Administrative divisions: | none (territory of Australia) |
| Independence: | none (territory of Australia) |
| National holiday: | Bounty Day (commemorates the arrival of Pitcairn Islanders), 8 June (1856) |
| Constitution: | Norfolk Island Act of 1979, as amended in 2005 |
| Legal system: | based on the laws of Australia, local ordinances and acts; English common law applies in matters not covered by either Australian or Norfolk Island law |
| Suffrage: | 18 years of age; universal |
| Executive branch: | chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by the Australian governor general head of government: Administrator Grant TAMBLING (since 1 November 2003) cabinet: Executive Council is made up of four of the nine members of the Legislative Assembly; the council devises government policy and acts as an advisor to the administrator elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; administrator appointed by the governor general of Australia and represents the monarch and Australia |
| Legislative branch: | unicameral Legislative Assembly (9 seats; members elected by electors who have nine equal votes each but only four votes can be given to any one candidate; to serve three-year terms) elections: last held 20 October 2004 (next to be held by December 2007) election results: seats - independents 9 (note - no political parties) |
| Judicial branch: | Supreme Court; Court of Petty Sessions |
| Political parties and leaders: | none |
| Political pressure groups and leaders: | none |
| International organization participation: | UPU |
| Diplomatic representation in the US: | none (territory of Australia) |
| Diplomatic representation from the US: | none (territory of Australia) |
| Flag description: | three vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and green with a large green Norfolk Island pine tree centered in the slightly wider white band |