Page 3896 - Week 13 - Thursday, 17 October 1991
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The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Bill provides broad-ranging and comprehensive protection for the residents of the ACT from unlawful discrimination and sexual harassment. It establishes a lean and effective Office of Human Rights Commissioner which will be able to deal with complaints swiftly and with the minimum of formality. It represents the best in equal opportunity law in Australia, and I commend it to the Assembly.
I now present the explanatory memorandum for the Bill.
Debate (on motion by Mr Collaery) adjourned.
SUSPENSION OF STANDING AND TEMPORARY ORDERS
MR BERRY (Deputy Chief Minister) (11.12): I move:
That so much of the standing and temporary orders be suspended as would prevent notice No. 6, private members' business, relating to a motion of disallowance of tobacco exemptions, being called on forthwith.
Mr Speaker, by way of explanation, this matter came up for mention yesterday and, because of some disquiet over the matter coming on at short notice, the motion to suspend standing orders was withdrawn. It is now appropriate for it to be brought on and dealt with in order to put it to rest. I know of no objections to the matter being dealt with.
Question resolved in the affirmative, with the concurrence of an absolute majority.
TOBACCO ADVERTISING - EXEMPTIONS NOS 79 AND 80 OF 1991
Motion of Disallowance
MR MOORE (11.13): I move:
That the Exemptions Nos 79 and 80 of 1991, insofar as they relate to the display of perimeter and score-board advertising at Manuka Oval in the ACT during the conduct of cricket games on 17 December 1991 and 11 March 1992, from the operation of subsections 10(1), 12(1) and 12(2) of the Tobacco Act 1927, be disallowed.
At the beginning of this speech I think it is appropriate to thank Mr Connolly and the Labor Party for introducing into this Assembly the mechanism by which disallowance can be moved and the onus to call on such a motion becomes the responsibility of the government. This is the first time that this has been done. I think it is also appropriate to thank members of the Assembly who agreed to that Bill last
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