Gary Humphries (ACT, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Materiel) Share this | Hansard source

In view of the lateness of the hour, I rise in continuance simply to place on the record that the opposition supports the thrust of the Territories Law Reform Bill 2010 and notes that it represents a major change in the governance arrangements for Norfolk Island. The opposition wishes that it had an opportunity to consider some variation on the approach being adopted in this legislation but accepts that essentially the legislation does carry the territory forward into a more robust and accountable regime than previously applied. The opposition will closely monitor the implementation of these reforms to ensure that the administrative burden being placed on the government of Norfolk Island does not unnecessarily encumber the process of delivering good government to the people of Norfolk Island.