Page 2612 - Week 09 - Thursday, 8 August 1991
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ORGANISED CRIME AND X-RATED VIDEO INDUSTRY ALLEGATIONS
Statement by Member
MR STEVENSON: Mr Speaker, I seek leave to make a short statement concerning the matter I raised yesterday. I believe that I will gain acceptance of that.
MR SPEAKER: Do you claim to have been misrepresented or is it a personal explanation?
MR STEVENSON: It is part of both, Mr Speaker. You can call it a personal explanation if you wish.
MR SPEAKER: I will put it to the house.
Leave granted.
MR STEVENSON: As members are fully aware, I have made a number of statements in this house concerning organised crime involvement in the X-rated video industry. I sought to have agreement to have the X-rated video Bill brought on yesterday specifically for this reason. I was not able to gain that agreement, basically from the Liberal Party. They effectively have control of the Administration and Procedures Committee. There was a story put out that - - -
Mr Connolly: Are you going to apologise to the police or are you going to cop a censure motion? I thought you were going to apologise to the police.
MR STEVENSON: I am going to make a statement on it and I will certainly indicate that my intention was - - -
MR SPEAKER: Again, Mr Stevenson, I seek withdrawal of your imputation that the Administration and Procedures Committee is controlled by the Liberal Party. I, as the Speaker, represent you to the best of my ability on that committee. I represent the minor parties, not the Liberal Party, on that committee. I would ask you to withdraw that imputation.
MR STEVENSON: Mr Speaker, there are two members of the Liberal Party on the committee. As the Labor member on it - and there are only four members - does not vote on private members' business, is that not effective control?
MR SPEAKER: That is not true. Mr Stevenson, I ask you to withdraw, unless we are going to push this beyond the limits. I represent you.
MR STEVENSON: Indeed, if that is not the case, I withdraw. I did not know that.
Mr Moore: Come on, Dennis! He has been doing that for the last two years. He might not have done well in other areas, but he has done that very well.
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