Page 1654 - Week 06 - Thursday, 13 August 1992
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MR WOOD (Minister for Education and Training, Minister for the Arts and Minister for the Environment, Land and Planning) (12.28): Madam Speaker, I draw the attention of members opposite to a page of this legislation. Would you open up your books to the first page - - -
Mr Kaine: We are not in the classroom, Minister.
MR WOOD: I think you need to be. It is as clear as that.
Mrs Grassby: That is the way to talk to them. Maybe they will understand then.
MR WOOD: It certainly is. Have a look at the cover.
Mr Cornwell: I want to move to another school.
MR WOOD: I wish you would. That front cover says: "The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory". Do you think this Bill and that pile of legislation on the table cover anything else but the Australian Capital Territory? We cannot make legislation covering New South Wales.
Mr Cornwell: That is right. We are not arguing that.
MR WOOD: You do not seem to accept that. The clear case is that every clause here, every statement, refers to the Australian Capital Territory. It is clear, it is implicit, it is explicit, right through the Bill.
Mr Humphries: You can promote in the ACT? You can put a sign up in the ACT?
Mr Cornwell: You can put a sign up in the ACT for the Bungendore rodeo?
MR WOOD: You cannot in the ACT run a rodeo. You cannot promote a rodeo.
Mr Lamont: Or promote such a rodeo.
MR WOOD: Exactly. If a rodeo is legal in New South Wales, it may be advertised anywhere in Australia, and overseas if you like.
Mr Kaine: Not according to this.
MR WOOD: No, not at all. We make no claims at all for what might happen - - -
Mr Kaine: Then correct your Bill to say what you mean.
MR WOOD: It does not need correction. We make no claims for what might happen outside our boundaries. We are endeavouring here, and we are succeeding, to control what will happen within our boundaries. It is as simple as that.
MR KAINE (Leader of the Opposition) (12.31): Madam Speaker, I think the Minister just defeated himself. He said that he is legislating only for what happens in the ACT, and so he is. His legislation says that a person shall not promote a rodeo: Penalty, $10,000. Promoting a rodeo is an activity that takes place in the ACT, and you are making it illegal.
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