Page 3191 - Week 12 - Wednesday, 18 November 1992
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MR STEVENSON (12.17): First of all, the answer from the Attorney-General to the question was fairly clear. He said that there would be certain advantages in having that section within the legislation. However, I think that what he really says in answer to the question, "How will it be enforced?" is that it will not be enforced.
Mr Connolly: No, that is not what I said at all. I said that whenever a sex worker complains the police can take action.
MR STEVENSON: You are talking about complaints. As for how it will be enforced on the job, as it were, the answer clearly is that it will not be. Also, when we look at intent, any suggestion that condoms do not break is nonsense.
Mr Moore: Here we go.
Mr Connolly: Here we go.
Mr Moore: Give us a better technique, Dennis.
MR STEVENSON: Mr Moore and Mr Connolly say, "Here we go". I think that the statement could well be made by someone who has just had one break. It certainly gets noisy around here. I tend to be quiet and to listen to what other members say, no matter that I might disagree with it, that I might think it is absolute nonsense, that I might think it is a misrepresentation of a fact. I tend to allow other members to have a say; but, when I get up and say something that is disagreed to by the machine and by Mr Moore, we have a different situation.
Mr Lamont: But you have said it so often before.
MR STEVENSON: The proof goes on and on. I know that I have said it so often before, and I will continue to say it. I think it is reasonable to allow members to have a say; that is all. It is called freedom of speech. I will continue to say it, make no mistake whatsoever. It would be an interesting situation if someone aware of the breakage percentages of condoms then went ahead and had commercial sex, as you term it, knowing that the statistics show that there will be a percentage of breakage. Knowing that, would there not also be a liability?
Amendments agreed to.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Proposed new clauses 14A, 14B and 14C
MR CONNOLLY (Attorney-General, Minister for Housing and Community Services and Minister for Urban Services) (12.20): I move:
Page 5, line 24, before clause 15, insert the following clauses in Part III:
Evidentiary certificate
"14A. (1) In proceedings for an offence against this Act, a certificate signed by the Registrar stating that on a specified date a specified brothel or escort agency was or was not registered under Part IA is evidence of the matters so stated.
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