Page 467 - Week 02 - Thursday, 22 February 1990
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As part of the package of legislation reforming the law relating to weapons, this Bill is important in meeting community concerns on safety in the home and on protecting families from the effects of domestic violence. Mr Speaker, I present the explanatory memorandum for the Bill.
Debate (on motion by Ms Follett) adjourned.
SCRUTINY OF BILLS AND SUBORDINATE LEGISLATION - SELECT COMMITTEE
Report
MS MAHER (11.52): I present a report of the Standing Committee on Scrutiny Bills and Subordinate Legislation. I seek leave to make a brief statement.
Leave granted.
MS MAHER: Mr Speaker, the report I have just presented is the first report of the Standing Committee on Scrutiny Bills and Subordinate Legislation. It contains two of the committee's comments on their examination of two Bills currently before the Assembly - namely, the Motor Traffic (Amendment) Bill (No. 2) 1990 and the Clinical Waste Bill 1990. I commend the report to the Assembly.
Sitting suspended from 11.53 am to 2.30 pm
QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
Expenditure Cuts
MS FOLLETT: My question is to Mr Kaine as Treasurer. Mr Kaine, are you proposing to present a mini-budget in June of this year to announce expenditure cuts of 4 per cent of gross ACT expenditure?
MR KAINE: Simply put, Mr Speaker, no.
Hazardous Toys
MR STEFANIAK: My question is to the Attorney-General. Is he aware that children's novelty toys, which are designed to expand when placed in water and are therefore similar in nature to those prohibited in 1984, are back on the market?
MR COLLAERY: I thank the member for the question. My suggested answer is: I am aware that novelty toys called either "Instant Bath-size Sea Life" or "Instant Bath-size Zoo" were recently available for sale through a retail outlet in the Australian Capital Territory. These products represent an inhalation hazard due not only to their small
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