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Norfolk Islander Rick Kleiner has posted a thoughtful submission on population control and budgeting. Public intellectual Dr Chris Nobbs, a direct descendant of Rev George Hunn Nobbs – who joined the Bounty mutineers on Pitcairn Island before they decamped to Norfolk Island in 1856 – has written several books and numerous newspaper columns on …
Population and budgeting
Norfolk Island’s history, governance and politics: Reflections by Dr Chris Nobbs