Page 1407 - Week 06 - Tuesday, 11 August 1992
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Circus Animals
The petition read as follows:
TO THE SPEAKER AND MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
The following petition, signed by residents of Victoria, supports Labor MLA David Lamont's proposal to ban the use of exotic animals in circuses for the following reasons:
1) Animals are confined in small living areas for long periods of their lives
2) Animals are transported in cages and trailers over considerable distances
3) They are required to perform unnatural and often frightening behaviour for human entertainment
Your petitioners regard the subjection of animals to these conditions as cruel and unnecessary and request the Assembly to ban performances in the ACT of all circuses which include animal acts or animal sideshows.
Petitions received.
PAPERS
MS FOLLETT (Chief Minister and Treasurer): Madam Speaker, I ask for leave to present a petition which does not conform with standing orders as it does not contain a request.
Leave granted.
MS FOLLETT: I present an out-of-order petition from 29 residents opposing the increase in parking costs.
MR HUMPHRIES: Madam Speaker, I seek leave to present a petition from interstate petitioners.
Leave granted.
MR HUMPHRIES: I present a petition from 2,987 interstate petitioners requesting that the Assembly prohibit the availability of all X-rated material and the possession of child pornography.
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