Page 1227 - Week 05 - Wednesday, 24 June 1992
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We are behind the times on this, Madam Speaker. You would think the Opposition would know this too. After all, it was the Alliance Government which first agreed to this proposal in late 1990. Page 54 - I remind you, Mr De Domenico - of the report that Mr Kaine endorsed, the one that is there in black and white - - -
Mr De Domenico: He is on to you now, mate.
MR LAMONT: I am just trying to let you know, Mr De Domenico, what your predecessors have done. In black and white they said:
... the Working Group reached a consensus that ... the future code of practice for the showing and display of animals ... should recommend the prohibition of circus acts using non-domestic species of animals.
End of story - that is, until the latest ACIL advice to Trevor which told him to sell the line that there is no difference between a tiger and a budgie. That is the reason the Liberals have adopted the view they have. The shooting of that tiger last week should have been the last straw. Let us get on with banning this barbaric business, and let us do it now.
Debate (on motion by Mr Moore) adjourned.
ADJOURNMENT
Motion (by Mr Berry) proposed:
That the Assembly do now adjourn.
Death of Mr Alan Jones
MR CONNOLLY (Attorney-General, Minister for Housing and Community Services and Minister for Urban Services) (5.49): Yesterday Mr Alan Jones, who was the first chairman of the ACT Electricity Authority, passed away. There will be a thanksgiving service tomorrow. Unfortunately, it will be during question time, so members who wanted to attend will not be able to. Therefore, I think it is appropriate that we mark the passing of Mr Jones by some brief remarks in the adjournment debate.
Mr Jones had a remarkable career in that he joined the Federal Capital Commission in 1928, in the very early days of the construction of Canberra. He came up through the ranks to head the power supply area of Canberra before becoming the first chairman of the ACT Electricity Authority when it was created as a separate entity in 1963. Mr Jones was responsible for the fact that Canberra has the attractive features of backyard electricity supply and, in the suburbs that
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