Page 4803 - Week 16 - Thursday, 29 November 1990
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Mrs Grassby: That is typical. That is this Government - the Titanic. It is going to go down fast. His father was a cruise director on the Titanic.
MR DUBY: The scenario that you painted, as I said, leads me to believe that you have a good future as a novelist.
Mrs Grassby: Is that not right, Mr Duby?
MR SPEAKER: Order, Mrs Grassby!
Mrs Grassby: Is that not right, Mr Duby; that your father was a cruise director on the Titanic?
MR SPEAKER: Mrs Grassby, I warn you to stop the interjections, please. Keep going, Mr Duby.
MR DUBY: As I said, I welcome the support from all the members. I think I have laid to rest the questions that were raised, quite rightly, by Mr Moore. I hope he accepts those explanations. It is important to understand that a lot of people who are making these claims are not lawyers. Their expertise as foresters and firefighters is valued. I think the problem has been a lack of understanding and a refusal to listen on the part of some people.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
Bill agreed to in principle.
Detail Stage
Clauses 1 to 14, by leave, taken together, and agreed to.
Clause 15
MRS GRASSBY (11.52), by leave: I move:
Page 7, proposed new section 5P, lines 4 to 10, omit the proposed new section, substitute the following section:
Protection from liability for damage
"5P. Neither the Australian Capital Territory nor any person is liable in any way for damage caused, either directly or indirectly, by the exercise of a power or the performance of a function by a person under this Act.".
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