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SUBORDINATE LEGISLATION
Papers
MR BERRY (Deputy Chief Minister): Mr Speaker, pursuant to section 6 of the Subordinate Laws Act 1989, I table the following subordinate legislation in accordance with the schedule of gazettal notice for an exemption and notice:
Building Act - Adoption of Building Code of Australia (S105, dated 1 October 1991).
Tobacco Act - Exemption No. 100 of 1991 (S135 of 1991, dated 22 November 1991).
PREMIERS AND CHIEF MINISTERS MEETING
Ministerial Statement and Paper
MS FOLLETT (Chief Minister and Treasurer) (3.03): Mr Speaker, I seek leave to make a statement on the meeting of Premiers and Chief Ministers in Adelaide.
Leave granted.
MS FOLLETT: I thank the Assembly. Mr Speaker, last week I attended a meeting in Adelaide of Premiers, Chief Ministers and the president of the Australian Local Government Association. I would like to provide a brief description of the various outcomes of the meeting and their implications for the ACT.
Our discussions in Adelaide will lead to significant advances in micro-economic reform and national efficiency. They will also have a number of important beneficial effects on the everyday lives of people in this community. In particular, our agreement on gun control and anti-violence measures is a significant step in containing levels of violence in our society.
I am especially pleased to report the decision taken on a matter which I initiated - that of taking immediate action to ensure the portability of domestic violence restraining orders across borders. The ACT's special relationship with New South Wales makes this reform particularly important for us in containing levels of domestic violence in the community. A further important measure to control domestic violence is the agreement by State and Territory leaders that, where a protection order is made against a violent offender, all firearms and other dangerous weapons in the possession of that person are to be confiscated automatically during the currency of the order. Mr Speaker, this important mechanism is already in place in the ACT.
Agreement was reached on a range of other gun control and anti-violence measures, including a proposal from the Commonwealth for the establishment of an annual award for the most effective and practical contribution to reducing violence in the community.
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