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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 7 Hansard (28 June) . . Page.. 2114 ..
MS TUCKER
(continuing):The industry is inadequately regulated and, as a whole, it has had little regard for ecological sustainability or pollution issues. The ACT Greens believe, therefore, that we need a stronger role for government in the regulation of this particular activity. I know that there will be some costs for the ACT government if they take a more proactive role, but I believe it is a fundamental responsibility for them to take on.
There is a serious problem in terms of the supply of wood and its impact on fragile and vulnerable ecosystems and there is a serious problem in terms of local pollution. I commend the bill to the Assembly.
Debate (on motion by Mr Smyth ) adjourned.
Debate resumed from 9 May 2000, on motion by Mr Berry:
That this Assembly authorises the publication of the Standing Committee on Justice and Community Safety's Report No 9, entitled The 2000/01 Draft Budget of the Department of Justice and Community Safety and related Agencies.
MR
HUMPHRIES (Treasurer, Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Community Safety) (11.26): Mr Speaker, members will recall that this motion provides for the publication of the report of the Standing Committee on Justice and Community Safety on the draft budget. Publication has been held up because of comments made in a dissenting report to the committee's report. I think much was said when we last debated this matter about the nature of the comments made in the dissenting report, and obviously the one or two members of the house referred to, directly or indirectly, in the dissenting report have a fairly significant interest in those comments.There is clearly a broader community interest that the bulk of the work of the committee, which I think has been good work that deserves to be on the public record and formally received by the community, needs to be authorised for publication. As such, I support the motion which Mr Berry has moved. However, I have circulated an amendment to the motion, which I now move:
Add the following words:
"with an insertion in the following terms:
'The Assembly notes that certain comments in the dissenting report of Mr Hargreaves, if used in the Assembly would constitute a breach of the Standing Orders of the Assembly and would be required to be withdrawn on the basis that they were offensive or imputed improper motives to Members of the Assembly.'.".
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