Norfolk Island Governance Committee – Agreement Log – Workshop 12­–13 June 2024.

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This document records agreement outcomes from the Norfolk Island Governance Committee workshop of 12-13 June 2024 regarding the proposed legislative framework for Norfolk Island. All six committee members unanimously endorsed a model establishing three categories of law: Commonwealth legislation (including the Norfolk Island Act), applied laws from other states/territories since 2015, and Norfolk Island laws made by ordinance. The framework specifies that Commonwealth law prevails in cases of inconsistency, grants the Norfolk Island Assembly broad powers to legislate for peace, order and good government subject to specified prohibitions, and establishes procedural requirements including Parliamentary Counsel compliance, mandatory public consultation, publication in the gazette within one month, and public inspection access. The agreement log demonstrates full consensus on this governance structure among committee members George, Chris, Alma, Chelsea, Sarah, and Rachel.