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PROSTITUTION (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) BILL 1991
MR MOORE (10.39): I present the Prostitution (Consequential Amendments) Bill 1991. I move:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
Mr Speaker, the Prostitution (Consequential Amendments) Bill 1991 is, as I foreshadowed earlier, the Bill that wipes the slate clean. I believe that it is an important part of ensuring that prostitution is handled appropriately in the ACT. I seek leave to present an explanatory memorandum to the Bill.
Leave granted.
Debate (on motion by Mr Connolly) adjourned.
MULTICULTURAL RADIO STATION
Proposed Establishment
Debate resumed from 11 September 1991, on motion by Mrs Grassby:
That this Assembly supports the Ethnic Broadcasters Council of the ACT and surrounding districts in their efforts to establish a community based multi-cultural radio station for the Canberra Region.
MR JENSEN (10.40): Mr Speaker, I was proposing to move an amendment to this motion. As I indicated in the previous debate on 11 September, when this matter was first brought forward, while I acknowledge and accept the need for the ethnic community within the ACT to have access to a licence, I think it is also important to realise that a number of other community groups within the ACT have been seeking, for a number of years, to develop and operate public radio. In fact, one in particular has been operating for over eight years, and it is currently able to operate for only 28 days a year.
It appears that the Federal Government will allow only one extra licence in 1993. In view of the demand for additional public licences, the Federal Minister should consider allowing more than one licence. As a form of compromise on my proposal, might I suggest, if it is acceptable to Mrs Grassby, the mover of the motion, that we add to the motion, "and calls on the Federal Minister for Transport and Communications to allocate more than one public radio licence to the ACT in 1993".
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