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would have consulted widely before determining which traffic spots needed the most urgent attention. This is where the process fell down, and this is why the responsibility for the wasteful use of Commonwealth funds lies firmly with the Minister. I cannot begin to understand how he could have arrived at this decision without consulting the Australian Federal Police, but he has done exactly this.
Mr Speaker, the police are the people who attend all the accidents in Canberra. Therefore, they obviously are the people who would know what was the most dangerous area. I am sure Mr Duby's department, which is a very good department - I know it well - has done an excellent job in finding these spots; but I suggest that the Minister, next time, spend a little bit of time talking to the Federal Police before the decision is made for this amount of money to be spent on the black spots.
HIV, ILLEGAL DRUGS AND PROSTITUTION - SELECT COMMITTEE
Interim Report - Illegal Drugs
MR MOORE, by leave: Mr Speaker, I move:
That the Assembly authorises the Select Committee on HIV, Illegal Drugs and Prostitution to present an interim report on illegal drugs in the ACT.
The committee feels that it would be appropriate to take the second two parts of our task - illegal drugs and HIV - in two parts, reporting first on the illegal drugs, which we would hope to do before the winter break.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
HIV, ILLEGAL DRUGS AND PROSTITUTION - SELECT COMMITTEE
Interim Report - Prostitution
MR MOORE: Mr Speaker, I present the interim report on prostitution in the ACT of the Select Committee on HIV, Illegal Drugs and Prostitution, together with copies of the relevant minutes of proceedings, and I move:
That the report be noted.
The first thing that people will note when they look at the report on prostitution is the title, "Prostitution in the ACT". Some might well read it as "Prostitution in the Act". If you decide that you wish to read it as "Prostitution in the Act", then I suggest that you distinguish between the legal Act and the physical act. If you are in that boat, then I suggest that it has no relationship at all to the second chapter, which is called "The Current Position", and that you be very careful about
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