The Northern Australia Ministerial Forum is working collaboratively to realise an inclusive and contemporary vision for Northern Australia—to benefit Australians now and into the future.

The forum is made up of Australian Government ministers with responsibility for the development of Northern Australia, and their counterparts from the Queensland, Western Australian and Northern Territory governments.

In July 2021, a gazette was issued, advising observance of the Hari Raya Puasa public holiday on Monday, 2 May 2022 (refer Gazette 02/2021).

The Indian Ocean Territories Administration received a formal request from the senior Imam on Cocos (Keeling) Islands (CKI) for the observance of Hari Raya Puasa on CKI to be changed to Tuesday, 3 May 2022.