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people have been charged for undertaking this activity. The Chief Police Officer has spoken about this at our press conferences, which are on Facebook Live. If the police association wants further information about that, I am sure it can be provided. Police have been taking these actions incredibly seriously. People have been charged under existing legislation in relation to this, and this has been publicised.

Question put:

That the amendments be agreed to.

The Assembly voted—

Ayes 6

Noes 8

Miss C Burch

Mr Wall

Mr Barr

Ms Orr

Mr Coe

Ms J Burch

Mr Rattenbury

Mrs Jones

Ms Cheyne

Ms Stephen-Smith

Mr Milligan

Mr Gentleman

Mr Parton

Ms Le Couteur

Question resolved in the negative.

MS STEPHEN-SMITH (Kurrajong—Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, Minister for Children, Youth and Families and Minister for Health) (5.28): I seek leave to move an amendment to this bill which has not been considered by the scrutiny committee and not circulated to members pursuant to standing order 178A.

Leave granted.

MS STEPHEN-SMITH: I move amendment No 1 circulated in my name [see schedule 4 at page 1036]. This amendment removes the amendment that was proposed to the Public Health Act. That amendment had the intention of deferring the biennial report of the Chief Health Officer from 2020, when it is due, to 2021 and then resuming the biennial reporting requirements. The shadow minister, Mrs Dunne, was keen to ensure that some kind of report is delivered in 2020. We were unable to reach agreement about what that might look like. We will discuss that further. I thank the opposition for supporting this path forward.

MR COE (Yerrabi—Leader of the Opposition) (5.29): In this specific instance, and in the generality, we are supportive of the government omitting clauses in their legislation. On behalf of Mrs Dunne, we thank you for the collaborative approach that you have demonstrated with this issue. I know that she is looking forward to resolving it and working out a way forward.

Amendment agreed to.

Bill, as a whole, as amended, agreed to.

Bill, as amended, agreed to.

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