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few lessons from the Canberra Raiders and communicate with each other so that - - -
Ms Follett: Play the ball, not the man.
MR WHALAN: Yes, and to play the ball, not the man or woman, so that there can be an orderly and competent flow of business through this chamber.
MR COLLAERY (Attorney-General) (4.34): I rise simply to make a very fatal observation of what the member opposite just said. The fact is that the Labor Party has not put a member on the Standing Committee on the Scrutiny of Bills and Subordinate Legislation. If it had participated, as was indicated earlier in the chamber, it would know the situation. It would have been in a position to assist that all-party, non-political committee. It would be regrettable were we to politicise the Bills committee.
There is set schedule for matters to go to a Bills committee, and members should be aware of it. These Bills usually excite very little interest, except for the penalty and proof provisions. There is a procedure that, as my colleague Ms Maher indicated, was in progress. In the other house across the lake, when members have a concern that should be taken up by the Bills committee, one reason for the in-principle debate is that members can draw attention to issues that should be referred to the Bills committee. Did any members opposite draw attention to any matters? Perhaps we are all in the same boat on this one, Mr Whalan.
MS MAHER (4.35): The Standing Committee on the Scrutiny of Bills and Subordinate Legislation met yesterday morning and referred the matters to Professor Whalan then. He has not had time to get back to us on these particular pieces of legislation.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
ADJOURNMENT
Motion (by Mr Collaery) proposed:
That the Assembly do now adjourn.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
Assembly adjourned at 4.41 pm
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