Page 5728 - Week 13 - Thursday, 18 November 2010
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Amendment agreed to.
MR HANSON (Molonglo) (5.02): I move amendment No 5 circulated in my name [see schedule 2 at page 5754].
This is an amendment that allows the Road Transport Authority to cancel or suspend a person’s licence where the person fails to complete a drug awareness course.
MS BRESNAN (Brindabella) (5.02): The Greens will be supporting this amendment from Mr Hanson. Awareness courses, be they for drugs or alcohol, are crucial in changing unsafe driving behaviours and generating a cultural change to minimise the incidence of drug driving on our roads. We support this amendment, for the reasons outlined early in the debate, with an amendment to provide the same provisions regarding individuals who miss out on a course for a genuine reason as applied to the alcohol awareness provisions.
MR ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Mr Hargreaves): Ms Bresnan, do you have an amendment to Mr Hanson’s proposed amendment?
MS BRESNAN: I believe I have to move it after this.
MR ASSISTANT SPEAKER: You have to formally move it if you have one.
MS BRESNAN: I thought we were voting on this one before moving on.
MR ASSISTANT SPEAKER: No, we need to vote on yours first.
MS BRESNAN: It was not in the script. I move an amendment to Mr Hanson’s proposed amendment [see schedule 4 at page 5760]
The ACT Greens are presenting this amendment to allow for the same provisions to ensure that people excluded from drug awareness programs due to capacity issues or other circumstances are still compelled to attend a course in a timely fashion. The amendment operates in the same way as an amendment made to the alcohol awareness section and is included for the same reason.
Ms Bresnan’s amendment to Mr Hanson’s proposed amendment agreed to.
Mr Hanson’s amendment, as amended, agreed to.
Clause 126, as amended, agreed to.
Clause 127.
MR HANSON (Molonglo) (5.04): I move amendment No 6 circulated in my name [see schedule 2 at page 5758].
This is a further consequential amendment relating to the drug awareness course.
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