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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 9 Hansard (4 September) . . Page.. 3013 ..

MR WHITECROSS (continuing):

Most social problems, and drink-driving is one of them, have to be dealt with in sophisticated ways, not in simplistic ways. The idea of minimum sentences is a simplistic solution. I want to see the people of the ACT and the Government of the ACT adopt a more sophisticated approach. That means getting away from the macho minimum sentences, three strikes and you are out, and this sort of nonsense, and adopting instead an approach where we seek to work with the community and to educate the community into correct ways of behaving, and at the same time have in place an appropriate criminal justice system which allows magistrates to hand out penalties to people who do the wrong thing.

Amendments agreed to.

Bill, as a whole, as amended, agreed to.

Bill, as amended, agreed to.

Debate resumed from 15 May 1997, on motion by Mr Kaine:

That this Bill be agreed to in principle.

Question resolved in the affirmative.

Bill agreed to in principle.

Bill, by leave, taken as a whole

MR MOORE (9.34): Mr Speaker, I seek leave to move together the amendments circulated in my name.

Leave granted.

MR MOORE: I move:

Page 4, line 4 to page 6, line 6, clause 8, proposed new section 11A, omit proposed section 11A and proposed subsections 11B(1) to 11B(4), substitute the following proposed section:

"Special probationary driving licence

`11A. (1) Any person may apply to the court for an order under subsection (4).

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