Page 4166 - Week 12 - Tuesday, 22 October 2019

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strong message right now, as the fire season begins, that this is not appropriate. That is why we will not be supporting this specific amendment and any other amendment that would seek to water down our aggravated littering offences that are provided for in this bill.

MS LAWDER (Brindabella) (4.57): We do not support removing this provision for the aggravated littering offence. I think regular littering is bad enough, but some littering can cause catastrophic injuries to a person—for example, a needlestick injury from a discarded syringe—or a bushfire from a lighted cigarette butt dropped from a car, which in our bush capital could also have a catastrophic impact on our community. We do not support removing this provision based on an argument about equity and fairness. I think everyone has a responsibility and we should not allow that some people have a lesser responsibility than others.

Question put:

That the amendment be agreed to.

The Assembly voted—

Amendment negatived.

Clause 18 agreed to.

Clauses 19 to 23, by leave, taken together and agreed to.

Clause 24.

MS LE COUTEUR (Murrumbidgee) (5.02): I am not planning to move any more amendments, because I know what is going to happen to them. I am not going to waste the Assembly’s time.

Clauses 24 and 25 agreed to.

Clause 26.

MR STEEL (Murrumbidgee—Minister for City Services, Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Minister for Recycling and Waste Reduction, Minister for Roads and Active Travel and Minister for Transport) (5.03): I move amendment No 5 on the white paper circulated in my name [see schedule 5 at page 4175].

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