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and distribution in the other States, also did not understand what they were talking about. The Attorneys-General now have exactly the same attitude and the same opportunity as Dennis Stevenson has to present that sort of Bill. But they have not done so. They prefer to find a way to optimise the minimum usage. The way they can do that is by leaving things alone and letting the distribution go from Canberra. It so happens that that could well suit us if we are sensible enough to tax such a move.
The denigration of women also comes up in an article by Paul Wilson that I understand was published in the Melbourne Herald. In addition, the likelihood is high that at least some potential sex offenders curtail their plans to engage in sex crimes as a result of watching an X-rated movie. What happens here is that the movie fulfils their need for sexual satisfaction and they therefore refrain from sexual aggression.
Mr Speaker, what I am trying to do with my Bill is to optimise the minimum usage of violence and erotic movies. I seek leave to table the explanatory memorandum.
Leave granted.
Debate (on motion by Mr Collaery) adjourned.
TRANSFER OF POLICING - PROPOSED SELECT COMMITTEE
MR WOOD (10.52), by leave: On behalf of Mr Whalan, I move:
That this Assembly calls on the Government to establish a select committee empowered to negotiate and finalise the arrangements whereby policing in the ACT is handed over to the ACT Government from July 1990.
I am confident of the support of the entire house as I move this motion. Firstly, I am confident because I will accept the claims of the Government and all its members that it is an open government; that it is accessible to the community; that it wants to consult with the community, and of course, with this Opposition.
Secondly, I am confident that this motion will be accepted because in the history of this Assembly, no such proposal has ever been rejected. Therefore, I would not expect that this sensible proposal, equally sensible as any that has so far been presented, would be rejected. I am confident it will proceed. At this stage I am not proposing the terms of reference or the membership of that select committee. That matter will come soon, in the next day or two, after this matter is agreed.
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