Page 2783 - Week 10 - Wednesday, 14 August 1991

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I thought Mr Moore's speech was excellent. I believe that the Social Policy Committee put its finger on the pulse to an extent when it said or implied that alcohol is really the root cause of much of the public disturbance in the community. If Mr Connolly wants to be courageous and reformist, let us see what his view will be on prohibiting alcohol advertising, doing a few things about youth access to alcohol and the constant and never ending under-age drinking problem, and the extraordinary laxity with which we issue liquor licences in this Territory. He will find some unfinished work of mine there.

I believe that we just cannot allow six or seven discos to bob up in Manuka overnight, and a whole new disco to be licensed and allowed to be built within metres of a residential district in Kingston. Well run though they may be, the fact is that there are lateral initiatives to be taken on the root causes, as Mr Moore so properly submitted.

I want to stress again that those of the Rally taking this decision are doing it after careful, searching inquiry, on balance, having regard to all of the considerations that Mr Connolly has put forward, and not from any ideological or stuck-in-the-mud attitude.

Amendment agreed to.

Question put:

That the Bill, as a whole, as amended, be agreed to.

The Assembly voted -

AYES, 11  NOES, 6 

Mr Collaery Mr Berry
Mr Humphries Mr Connolly
Mr Jensen Mr Duby
Mr Kaine Ms Follett
Dr Kinloch Mrs Grassby
Ms Maher Mr Wood
Mr Moore
Mrs Nolan
Mr Prowse
Mr Stefaniak
Mr Stevenson

Question so resolved in the affirmative.

Bill, as amended, agreed to.

Sitting suspended from 12.29 to 2.30 pm

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