| Port Stephens Council New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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 The Port Stephens Council chambers in Raymond Terrace, the council's centre of government | |||||||||||||||
 Location in Greater Newcastle | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°45′S 151°55′E / 32.750°S 151.917°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population |
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| • Density | 76.89/km2 (199.1/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 979 km2 (378.0 sq mi)[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | AEDT (UTC+11) | ||||||||||||||
| Mayor | Leah Anderson (Labor) | ||||||||||||||
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| Council seat | Raymond Terrace | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Hunter[4] | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | Port Stephens Council | ||||||||||||||
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Port Stephens Council (also known simply as Port Stephens) is a local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. The area is just north of Newcastle and is adjacent to the Pacific Highway which runs through Raymond Terrace, the largest town and Council seat. The area is named after Port Stephens, which is the major geographical feature of the area. It extends generally from the Hunter River in the south, to near Clarence Town in the north, and from the Tasman Sea in the east, to just south of Paterson in the west. The mayor of Port Stephens Council is Ryan Palmer. Palmer was caught in a major scandal in 2022 following the purchase of an $86,000 Ford Ranger for mayoral and personal use.[9] Port Stephens is about two and a half hours north of Sydney.[10]
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Port Stephens (A)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
- ^ "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2019. Estimated resident population (ERP) at 30 June 2018.
- ^ "About Port Stephens". Port Stephens Council. Archived from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 6 June 2008.
- ^ "Suburb Search – Local Council Boundaries – Hunter (HT) – Port Stephens". New South Wales Division of Local Government. Archived from the original on 21 June 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
- ^ "Port Stephens". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "Newcastle". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "Paterson". Australian Electoral Commission. 26 July 2012. Archived from the original on 29 October 2009. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
- ^ "Newcastle". Australian Electoral Commission. 26 July 2012. Archived from the original on 21 May 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
- ^ "NSW Electoral Commission – Local Government Elections 2017". vtr.elections.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- ^ "Port Stephens Australia". Port Stephens Australia. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
