Page 2455 - Week 06 - Thursday, 10 May 2012
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intended that this fund could be used for election campaigning purposes at an ACT level or indeed at any other level.
MRS DUNNE (Ginninderra) (10.45): The Canberra Liberals will be opposing this amendment. There are competing amendments from Ms Hunter and me that are in the same space but that deal with the penalties in a different way. The approach that the Canberra Liberals have taken is to remove the criminal offences and to have civil penalties, which have established a pattern in this legislation. So we will not be opposing this. Ms Hunter and I both have amendments which are almost identical, but mine delete some words which I am now having some concerns about. I will defer to Ms Hunter’s amendment; I think it may be safer than mine.
MS HUNTER (Ginninderra—Parliamentary Leader, ACT Greens) (10.45): We will not be supporting the government’s amendment, as I have my own amendment coming up. I will speak to that when I move it.
Amendment negatived.
MS HUNTER (Ginninderra—Parliamentary Leader, ACT Greens) (10.46): I move amendment No 11 circulated in my name [see schedule 9 at page 2481].
This, as I said, is an alternative to the government’s amendment. It is the same in substance to the government amendment but changes it from criminal to civil offences so that the penalty is always proportionate to the offence.
Amendment agreed to.
Clause 21, as amended, agreed to.
Clauses 22 to 24, by leave, taken together and agreed to.
Clause 25.
MS HUNTER (Ginninderra—Parliamentary Leader, ACT Greens) (10.47): I move amendment No 12 circulated in my name [see schedule 9 at page 2481].
This amendment is about reducing the level of anonymous donations to $250. This makes sure that we have a consistent cap. That is why we have put this amendment forward.
Amendment agreed to.
Clause 25, as amended, agreed to.
Clause 26.
MR CORBELL (Molonglo—Attorney-General, Minister for Police and Emergency Services and Minister for the Environment and Sustainable Development) (10.49), by
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