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Bill agreed to in principle.
Leave granted to dispense with the detail stage.
Bill agreed to.
PORNOGRAPHY INDUSTRY AND ORGANISED CRIME
Publication of Paper
MR COLLAERY (Deputy Chief Minister), by leave: Mr Speaker, I move:
That the speech tabled earlier by Mr Stevenson be authorised for publication.
I move this motion now because I have a time requirement in making this available to the police. My advice is that I cannot make it available outside this chamber at this stage.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
INEBRIATES (AMENDMENT) BILL 1991
Debate resumed from 21 March 1991, on motion by Mr Humphries:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
MS FOLLETT (Leader of the Opposition) (8.55): The Opposition will be supporting the Inebriates (Amendment) Bill 1991. The purpose of the Bill that is before us is to do a tidying-up exercise. It is to convert all references in the piece of legislation to gender neutral terms. We believe, of course, that it is appropriate for the law, both in its written form and in its implementation, not to discriminate. We also note and support the comment made by the Government in the presentation speech that they have an aim of eliminating all discriminatory provisions from ACT law. That is an aim that has the support of this side of the house. Indeed, it cannot happen soon enough for my purposes.
We note as well that the action embodied in this Bill is a requirement of the Commonwealth Sex Discrimination Act which does have application in the ACT. It is a matter that does need to be done. It is appropriate that the Government do it, and we support it.
In concluding my remarks, I would just like to draw attention to what I see as a rather wistful little remark by Mr Humphries in his presentation speech on this matter, where he has referred to this action - - -
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