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by susceptible minds in the community, and results in considerable personal pressures. It is a disgraceful media release. This man, who purports to come to this Assembly and talk about crimes of violence, has no idea of the violent language and violent threats that his campaign has engendered to me personally, my family, and other members of this Assembly. His behaviour is outrageous.
Mr Speaker, to answer the rest of his question, we put detailed proposals to the State Attorneys-General in June last, proposing that there be a further X category. I will not detain the house; Mr Stevenson knows the arguments. We also proposed a further R category; and that, of course, is in a motion put to this Assembly by the Leader of the Opposition as well.
Those are definite steps taken. I am not at liberty to talk about the internal workings of the meetings of State and Territory Attorneys-General, other than to say that I have found Mr Dowd, whom I have known for many years in the legal and civil liberties areas, to be very receptive to the unjust treatment of our Government by campaigners of the ilk of Mr Stevenson.
Mr Dowd is doing effectively what I have asked him to do. I have pointed out production activities in Burra and at the coast and other places, and I have indicated both to him and to the police Minister, Mr Pickering, that we do not agree with what is going on, nor do we agree with the public profile of some of the other State governments. I believe that Mr Stevenson should take his campaign off to the hill and desist here and let us get on with governing the Territory.
MR KAINE: I request that any further questions be placed on the notice paper, Mr Speaker.
Mr Connolly: On a point of order, Mr Speaker: I claim to have been misrepresented during question time, and I would like to make a short statement.
MR SPEAKER: Please proceed.
Mr Connolly: During Mr Duby's answer to the question in relation to the intolerant letter abusing parking inspectors, he made the following comments, "Mr Connolly agrees with those remarks", or "Mr Connolly shares the views of the rather foolish letter writer". I just want to put it on record that I clearly do not, and, indeed, I agree with Mr Duby's views on that issue.
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