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COMPENSATION (FATAL INJURIES) (AMENDMENT) BILL 1991
Consideration resumed from 17 October 1991, on motion by Mr Connolly:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
Bill agreed to in principle.
Leave granted to dispense with the detail stage.
Bill agreed to.
NATIONAL CRIME AUTHORITY (TERRITORY PROVISIONS)
BILL 1991
Detail Stage
Clause 29
Consideration resumed from 24 October 1991.
MR SPEAKER: The question is: That Mr Collaery's amendment be agreed to.
MR STEFANIAK (10.41): The Liberal Party has had the benefit of a three-week adjournment on this matter, which we were happy to give Mr Collaery so that further things could be done in relation to the Bill. We are satisfied, after consultation with the Attorney-General and the government law officers, that Mr Collaery's amendment is not appropriate. Accordingly, we will be voting against it.
MR COLLAERY (10.42): I have not had the benefit of being approached by Mr Stefaniak to discuss this. As we have witnessed tonight, Mr Stefaniak is heavily reliant upon the Government Law Office to determine a course of action. I do not think that is a healthy situation, and I will say no more about it. The fact is that he is supposed to be in opposition and I would have expected him to approach me before he reached an agreement with the Government. I regret that he did not do that and I regret that he has not spoken to his colleagues on the hill, who supported very strongly the notions I raised in this house on 24 October, particularly when I read into the record the concerns expressed by Senator Crichton-Browne.
Senator Crichton-Browne introduced a private member's Bill seeking to amend the parent National Crime Authority Act to ensure that the provision similar to this - section 51 of the parent Act - did not apply to committee hearings. The legislation I am putting forward is to give this Assembly the status it deserves. Clearly, we are entitled to know
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