Housing Australia Investment Mandate Direction 2018
4AMeaning of capital city, regional centre and regional area
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4A Meaning of capital city, regional centre and regional area
(1) The capital city of a State or the Northern Territory is the Greater Capital City Statistical Area (within the meaning of the Australian Statistical Geography Standard) in that State or Territory. (2) A regional centre for a State specified in an item in the following table is one of the Statistical Area Level 4 areas specified in that item.
| Item | State | Regional Centre |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | New South Wales | Newcastle and Lake MacquarieIllawarra |
| 2 | Victoria | Geelong |
| 3 | Queensland | Gold CoastSunshine Coast |
(3) A regional area is: (a) a Statistical Area Level 4 area in a State or the Northern Territory that is not the capital city of that State or Territory; or (b) Norfolk Island; or (c) the Jervis Bay Territory; or (d) the Territory of Christmas Island; or (e) the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands.