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Mr Humphries and other members on this side of the house give credit when credit is due. We acknowledge when things are done well. Mr Connolly has a good record of doing a lot of the things very well, and we will always give him credit for that. As I said, if that helps you, Mr Connolly, in your future preselection, so be it. But let us give credit where credit is due. There is a problem. Crime is a problem. Let us acknowledge that it is a problem and let us try to work together to make sure that we fix it.
MADAM SPEAKER: There being no further speakers, the discussion is concluded.
MILK AUTHORITY (AMENDMENT) BILL (NO. 2) 1992
Debate resumed from 13 August 1992, on motion by Mr Connolly:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
MR WESTENDE (4.19): The Liberal Party supports the Bill. The Bill clears up ambiguities in the definition of milk in the current Milk Authority Act. It is important to do this because of the implications for the pricing of milk and milk products, also the sale and distribution of milk, the granting of vendor permits, licensing and so on. It is rather a pity that the Government does not apply the same degree of clarity and precision to the quality. That is about all I have to say, Madam Speaker. As I said, the Opposition supports the Bill.
MR CONNOLLY (Attorney-General, Minister for Housing and Community Services and Minister for Urban Services) (4.20), in reply: I am pleased that the Opposition is supportive of this Bill. It further clarifies the regulatory powers of the Milk Authority.
Mr Berry: They did not sing your praises for long, though, did they?
MR CONNOLLY: No; it was a short singing of the praises of the Government. Nonetheless, we are happy to receive all praise, whether it be long or short. This bipartisan support for the concept of the ability of the authority to regulate the milk market in Canberra is important. Australian Co-operative Foods has recently commenced work at Kingston on a new $5.5m processing plant for the Canberra milk market. Obviously, that investment is premised on a market in Canberra that will continue to be regulated and controlled, as opposed to the totally unregulated market that existed here some decade or so ago.
I am pleased that the Opposition is supporting this minor change but, most importantly, that it is supporting the concept that the Milk Authority continue to have a role in regulating milk; or, more to the point, that the Assembly and, through the Assembly, the authority, have a role in continuing to regulate this market in the interests of Canberra consumers.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
Bill agreed to in principle.
Leave granted to dispense with the detail stage.
Bill agreed to.
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