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MR DUBY: It is not a lie, and I would like that comment withdrawn.
MR SPEAKER: Order! I would ask you to withdraw that, Ms Follett.
Ms Follett: Well, Mr Speaker, I think I am speaking the truth.
MR SPEAKER: Order! If you wish to make that claim from the chamber, you must do so with a substantive motion.
Ms Follett: All right, I will withdraw it.
MR DUBY: You have already heard that Mr Connolly is going to weasel out of it. His explanation was that he - - -
Ms Follett: Mr Speaker, I ask that that be withdrawn, too. It is an imputation.
MR DUBY: Not three hours ago Mr Connolly told me that the Labor Party would support this Bill.
Ms Follett: I raise a point of order. Mr Duby said that Mr Connolly was about to weasel out of it, Mr Speaker. It is a clear imputation that he is not about to tell the truth.
MR SPEAKER: I did not read that imputation into it.
MR DUBY: It does not imply anything whatsoever and I implore Mr Connolly to tell the truth.
MR SPEAKER: Order! Mr Duby, that was an imputation that he would not normally tell the truth. Please withdraw it.
MR DUBY: I refute that there was any imputation whatsoever. I withdraw it unconditionally, whatever the phrase may be. I cannot wait for Mr Connolly's personal explanation; that is all I can say.
Mr Speaker, this Bill is actually a landmark in Australian legislation. It is the first time that these X-rated products will be regulated in a fashion which is acceptable to the whole community and is not hypocritical. The legislation will also allow for the first time in the ACT - and, I believe, in Australian jurisdiction - these illegal practices to be stamped out. These approaches have not been adopted anywhere else in the country, to my knowledge. We only have to read, as I am sure we have all done, the various advertisements in national magazines advertising X-rated material, not just available through the post from Canberra but also from places in Sydney, Melbourne, Tasmania, Perth, Adelaide and the Gold Coast - all places where this material is totally banned. There are supposed to be substantial penalties for its distribution.
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