Adams was elected to the Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly in 2010, becoming the body's first female speaker.
Robin Eleanor Adams was born and raised in Sydney, Australia, to a Norfolk Islander family of Pitcairn descent.
Beginning in 1981, she worked as deputy clerk of the Legislative Assembly of Norfolk Island.
[5][6][7] After the change in governing structure, Adams joined the Norfolk Island Regional Council and was subsequently elected mayor on 6 July 2016.
[8] She served as mayor until 2021, when Adams and the rest of the Norfolk Island Regional Council were dismissed by the Australian government and replaced with an administrator, Michael Colreavy, for a three-year term in anticipation of elections in 2024.