Page 3447 - Week 12 - Wednesday, 18 September 1991
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MR STEVENSON: Mr Speaker, I have always been extremely careful in what I say. The investigation will particularly cover the list of 41 liquidated Gold companies that I tabled in this Assembly and the fate of the assets of those companies.
Mr Connolly: I take a point of order, Mr Speaker. I am a little disquieted that Mr Stevenson has been reading from what purports to be a record of interview or an interview between a Victorian police officer and Mr Gold, and now he seems to be describing a police operation conducted by the Victorian police. It would certainly be out of order for a member to be carrying on that way about our police. I wonder what relevance it has to the activities of this house. What is the propriety of Mr Stevenson apparently advising us of what he claims to be operational activities of an interstate police force, and what possible relevance has it to this debate?
MR SPEAKER: Again, I uphold the objection. Mr Stevenson, I believe that your statements with regard to a member outside the ACT community are hardly relevant. You have made your statement as to his connections, and I really think that is all that needs to be said in this matter. I ask you to return to the debate before us, on the Publications Control (Amendment) Bill.
MR STEVENSON: In a substantial proportion of the ACT media my statements on organised crime have been either played down or not reported at all. This is particularly true of the Canberra Times and the taxpayer-funded ABC radio. These are the two major media outlets where issues can be examined in detail. Neither the Canberra Times nor ABC radio has done a single feature story on this criminal activity. Alexander Gajic was - - -
Mr Moore: On a point of order, Mr Speaker: Can this man be named? You have given Mr Stevenson quite clear instructions and he is flagrantly - - -
MR SPEAKER: I uphold Mr Moore's objection. Mr Stevenson, I ask you to refrain from bringing further contentious material before the Assembly with regard to these people from outside the ACT.
MR STEVENSON: They have connections within the ACT, and this is the relevance of the matter. A 1989 investigation into donations made by companies associated with the porn video industry discovered that it was common practice for them to make donations to political parties, in addition to employing lobbyists who would go to any lengths to foster the belief that the porn video industry was wholly and solely administered by cleanskins. The 1989 investigation is being incorporated in any inquiries now under way.
Arthur Gibson, Deputy Senior Proctor of Cambridge University in the UK, discovered that the organised crime control of the porn network in Australia paralleled a similar network in the United Kingdom. He detected links
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