Page 3874 - Week 11 - Wednesday, 25 September 2019

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good stead to consider any technical amendments that may be required in the implementation phase of the new scheme. I urge members to support this amendment.

MR BARR (Kurrajong—Chief Minister, Treasurer, Minister for Social Inclusion and Equality, Minister for Tertiary Education, Minister for Tourism and Special Events and Minister for Trade, Industry and Investment) (3.47): The government will not be supporting this amendment. We do not consider the creation of a new council to be warranted at this time given the scale of these reforms. Obviously establishing and maintaining such a body would involve resources. Particularly given the various other mechanisms for related advice to be provided to the minister or the government we think this goes beyond what is necessary at this time.

We believe some of the elements of the intent for establishing a lay advisory body or council can be incorporated into the review of the amendments and to ensure the review takes into consideration the views and experiences of different stakeholders. This is not necessary at this time but some of the ideas that led to this being proposed have merit and can be part of the review that will come in three years.

MR HANSON (Murrumbidgee) (3.48): We will not be supporting the amendment; we do not see the requirement for an advisory council. The fact that the Greens think that there is a need for it goes again to the confusion and disruption we are creating today. I agree with the government that if advice needs to be put to government it does not need to be done by a discrete advisory council.

Question put:

That the amendment be agreed to.

Ayes 2

Noes 15

Ms Le Couteur

Mr Barr

Ms Lawder

Mr Rattenbury

Ms J Burch

Mr Milligan

Ms Cheyne

Ms Orr

Mr Coe

Mr Pettersson

Mr Gupta

Mr Steel

Mr Hanson

Ms Stephen-Smith

Mrs Jones

Mr Wall

Mrs Kikkert

Proposed new clause 8B negatived.

Proposed new clause 8C.

MR RATTENBURY (Kurrajong) (3.54): I move amendment No 7 circulated in my name, which inserts a new clause 8C [see schedule 2 at page 3925]. This amendment requires the minister to review the operation of the amendments made by the Drugs of Dependence (Personal Cannabis Use) Amendment Act 2019 as soon as practicable after the end of the third year of operation. This is a commonsense and practical amendment that simply affords to all concerned—government, law enforcement agencies, the community sector and those residents of the ACT who may

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