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: </div><div>&nbsp; (a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the Northern Territory; </div><div>&nbsp; (b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the areas of Queensland and Western Australia that are North of the Tropic of Capricorn </div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;other than the Meekatharra Statistical Area level 2; </div><div>&nbsp; (c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the areas South of the Tropic of Capricorn of each Statistical Area level 2 that has an area </div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;covered by paragraph&nbsp;(b); </div><div>&nbsp; (d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the following Statistical Areas level 2:&nbsp; </div><div>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;Gladstone; </div><div>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (ii)&nbsp;Gladstone Hinterland; </div><div>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;Carnarvon;</div><div>(da)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the Territory of Christmas Island; </div><div>(db)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands; </div><div>&nbsp; (e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the Local Government Areas of Meekatharra and Wiluna (despite paragraph&nbsp;(b)); </div><div>(ea)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the Local Government Area of Ngaanyatjarraku; </div><div>&nbsp; (f)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the territorial sea adjacent to areas covered by paragraphs&nbsp;(a) to (db).</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>

<div>This dataset contains the limit and extent of Northern Australia as defined by the <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2023C00186">Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Act 2016</a> including the <a href="https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd2021a/21bd062">Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Amendment (Extension and Other Measures) Bill 2021</a> and the <a href="https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Rural_and_Regional_Affairs_and_Transport/NAInfrastructure/Report">Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2023</a>.</div>