Page 2801 - Week 10 - Wednesday, 14 August 1991
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I understand that it is proving rather more difficult to reach that agreement, so at the moment it is being trialled in light trucks only. Until we really get over this hurdle of the manufacturers saying that they will not allow warranty claims on engines that are using recycled oil, we do have a problem with extending it - - -
Mr Jensen: What about the requirement for international accreditation? Does it mention that?
MR CONNOLLY: I am not aware of the details of that. This, I am told, is the major sticking point. It would seem odd that manufacturers are unwilling to countenance the use of recycled oil. I would have thought that, as long as the recycled oil meets a certain technical standard, it ought be able to be used. I will pursue the matter more fully. I apologise, to the extent that Mr Jensen has not received the answer. I will table the answer now for him or pass it to him.
Mr Jensen: If I have, I will apologise as well.
PAPERS
MR BERRY (Deputy Chief Minister): For the information of members I present the following papers:
Audit Act - Audit report on financial statements for the period 11 May 1989 to 30 June 1990 -
Education - Department.
Government Law Office.
DEFAMATION LAW REFORM
Ministerial Statement and Paper
MR CONNOLLY (Attorney-General, Minister for Housing and Community Services and Minister for Urban Services) (3.24): I seek leave to make a statement on defamation law reform.
Leave granted.
MR CONNOLLY: I would like to take this opportunity to advise members of recent advances in the effort to bring about uniform defamation law in Australia and to table revised terms of reference to the Community Law Reform Committee concerning defamation law reform.
It has been long accepted that defamation does not stop at State or Territory borders; that what happens in one State or Territory has an inevitable impact in other jurisdictions. We can all see some of the undesirable interstate ramifications of defamation in the overburdened lists of our courts here in the ACT. Many litigants commence actions in the ACT simply because of the
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