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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 2 Hansard (27 February) . . Page.. 620 ..

Question put:

That this Bill be agreed to in principle.

The Assembly voted -

	AYES, 10	 NOES, 7

	Mrs Carnell	Mr Berry
	Mr Cornwell	Mr Corbell
	Mr Hird		Ms McRae
	Ms Horodny	Mr Moore
	Mr Humphries	Ms Reilly
	Mr Kaine	Mr Whitecross
	Mrs Littlewood	Mr Wood
	Mr Osborne
	Mr Stefaniak
	Ms Tucker
Question so resolved in the affirmative.

Bill agreed to in principle.

Detail Stage

Bill, by leave, taken as a whole

MR MOORE (6.38): I move:

Page 2, lines 14 and 15, clause 4, proposed subsection 74(3), omit the words after "Crimes Act 1900;".

The effect of the amendment is exactly the same as the effect of the amendment circulated in Ms Tucker's name, which she has indicated she will not be moving. It accepts what Mr Humphries was saying, and I think he put a quite good argument: We do not allow in Civic X-rated videos that portray particularly explicit sexual acts; that is in Fyshwick and Mitchell. I accept the weight of that argument and think it has some sense. Therefore, I can see that proposed subsection 74(3) would mean that any performance or other entertainment in which a person displays genitalia or that includes sexual intercourse within the meaning of the Crimes Act is removed, like X-rated movies, to Fyshwick, Mitchell and Hume. I do not have a problem with that. I do have a problem, though, with the notion that it includes a performance or entertainment of a prescribed kind. I understand that that first part will actually solve the problem Mr Humphries is dealing with in terms of the style of tabletop dancing that goes on. I must admit that, when I heard about this tabletop dancing, I was under the impression that there were bare breasts and things like that. I am obviously not quite familiar with it, and I did not have enough time to pursue this and chase the exact details of this type of entertainment. If that is restricted to Fyshwick, Mitchell and Hume, I do not have a problem.

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