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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2004 Week 10 Hansard (Wednesday, 25 August 2004) . . Page.. 4235 ..

picture in dealing with asbestos and that we support work that ensures that inspections are done on houses at point of sale.

Question put:

That Clause 7 of Ms Gallagher’s amendment No 3 be agreed to.

Question so resolved in the affirmative.

Clause 7 of Ms Gallagher’s amendment No 3 agreed to.

Ms Gallagher’s amendment No 3, as amended, agreed to.

Mr Stefaniak: And that includes the schedule?

MR SPEAKER: Yes.

MR STEFANIAK (10.28): Speaking to that, Mr Speaker, the opposition supports a schedule being in there. It brings forward a number of things that were going to happen in two or three months as a result of this bill, and we think that is very sensible. Given that I will not speak again on this bill, I thank all members for the amount of work that everyone has done in relation to it and look forward to the results of a very thorough task force in this most important activity.

Clauses 1 to 7, as amended, agreed to.

Preamble.

MS GALLAGHER (Minister for Education and Training, Minister for Children, Youth and Family Support, Minister for Women and Minister for Industrial Relations) (10.29): I will be very brief. I move amendment No 2, which inserts a new preamble, circulated in my name [see schedule 1 at page 4273].

The amendment inserts a preamble into the bill which sets out a series of principles that reflect the underlying philosophy of the bill. The first principle is that the legislature recognises that medical and scientific evidence indicates that exposure to asbestos fibres significantly increases the risk of contracting cancer and other debilitating or fatal diseases, including asbestosis.

Other principles contained in the preamble include a statement that previous measures to reduce the risk of asbestos exposure in the ACT were based purely on the removal of loose asbestos and that the Legislative Assembly declares that it is the public policy of

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