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CRIMES (AMENDMENT) BILL (NO. 4) 1991
Detail Stage
Clauses 1 and 2
Consideration resumed from 27 November 1991.
MR CONNOLLY (Attorney-General, Minister for Housing and Community Services and Minister for Urban Services) (12.07): This is apparently what Mr Collaery refers to as his seizing the agenda for law reform. We are in a somewhat confused state here because we have his Bill and we have a series of other amendments to amendments to amendments to amendments, with a further amendment to amendments to amendments to the amendments foreshadowed today by way of a circulated amendment to the amendment to the amendment to the amendment.
So, it would be helpful if Mr Collaery could re-enter the debate at some stage and tell us just what is the current state of the law that we are considering by way of this vast initiative of reforms.
MR TEMPORARY DEPUTY SPEAKER: Just a moment, Mr Connolly. I believe that we are on clauses 1 and 2 of this Bill. I just confirm that for the house.
MR CONNOLLY: Yes, indeed. I think that is where we are. Part of the reason that Mr Collaery's agenda for reform is so complex and complete is that he often reforms himself on several occasions between the introduction of a Bill and the final debate on it.
The Labor Government has no particular difficulty with the issues relating to clauses 1 and 2; but we would like Mr Collaery to take us through to precisely the state of the amendments that he will be presenting before the house, because we really are in an extraordinarily confused position when a Bill is produced and then amended on at least five occasions. It is not conducive to a rational debate on law reform.
MR TEMPORARY DEPUTY SPEAKER: Mr Collaery, just for the record, can we clear up which group of amendments we are referring to?
MR COLLAERY (12.09): Yes. Mr Temporary Deputy Speaker, I move the amendments circulated today in my name. They are the ones - - -
MR TEMPORARY DEPUTY SPEAKER: We are on clauses 1 and 2, Mr Collaery. I just need to have some clarification as to which group of amendments you are referring to.
MR COLLAERY: They are the amendments circulated today in my name. The first one I wish to move is the one that inserts a new clause 2A which defines "X-film".
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