Office of Northern Australia

The Office of Northern Australia (ONA) leads northern Australia agenda initiatives and policy.

The office is a branch in our department’s Northern Australia and Major Projects Division, reporting to the Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia.

Our role and responsibilities

Our work includes:

• coordinating implementation of the Our North Our Future: White Paper on Developing Northern Australia
• coordinating operational support for the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility
• providing policy advice and engaging stakeholders across the north

Advisory group

The Northern Australia Indigenous Reference Group advises the government on priorities for northern Australia development. The group brings together representatives from across the north.

Our partners

Our office works closely with our department, other governments and agencies.

Federal government

• Attorney-General’s Department
• Australian Trade and Investment Commission
• Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia
• Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
• Department of Defence
• Department of Education, Skills and Employment
• Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
• Department of Home Affairs
• Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications
• Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
• Department of the Treasury
• Interdepartmental Committee on Northern Australia
• Joint Standing Committee on Northern Australia
• Major Projects Facilitation Agency
• Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility
• National Health and Medical Research Council
• National Indigenous Australians Agency

State government

• Government of Western Australia
• Northern Territory Government
• Queensland Government

Our offices

• Head office Level 1, Development House, 76 The Esplanade, Darwin NT 0800
• Townsville office: 155 Hugh Street, Currajong QLD 4812
• Cairns office: Level 7, Citi Central, 46-48 Sheridan Street, Cairns QLD 4870
• Broome office: 4/20 Hammersley St, Broome WA 6725
• Canberra office: Industry House, 10 Binara Street, Canberra ACT 2600
• Brisbane office: 100 Creek Street, Brisbane 4000

Meeting communiqués

• Communiqué December 2019: Ministerial Forum on Northern Development
• Communiqué November 2018: Ministerial Forum on Northern Development
• Communiqué April 2018: Ministerial Forum on Northern Development
• Communiqué September 2017: Ministerial Forum on Northern Development

Read more

• View our detailed map of Northern Australia
• Read Office of Northern Australian news
• Read the Northern Australia Indigenous Development Accord
• Read the Development Statement for Northern Australia
• Read the Defence Statement for Northern Australia

Connect with us

• Subscribe to the Our North Our Future newsletter
• Follow #developingnorthernaustralia on Twitter and LinkedIn

Contact us

• Email northernaustralia@industry.gov.au
• Phone 08 8923 4410
• Mail GPO Box 2013, Canberra, ACT, 2601