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Berry. I heard that view. I considered the view. In the end I rejected it. Mr Berry cannot now claim, when he comes to the Assembly, that I have not taken consideration of his views. I have not accepted his views, but that is quite a different thing. I think his understanding of consultation is clearly different from mine.
I want to put on the record very firmly that there has been considerable consultation on this Bill. It has been through six months of very considered and deliberate consultation - sometimes very heated consultation. I have had repeated meetings with organisations, including the Tobacco Institute, particular tobacco companies, the Restaurant and Caterers Association, and a whole range of people in that category. I think that Mr Berry's claim that he would have had his Bill up some time ago is very much like his claim that he would have had an ambulance levy in place by 1 January this year. We all know that there was no time for that. It is a pipedream to claim that he could have had that Bill up in time. We all know that he could not.
Mr Speaker, I think that the ALP is embarrassed. They are clearly embarrassed. They know that they have missed the chance to touch down and it will be the Alliance Government that touches down with this particular goal. I think he should be more gracious about the fact that the ACT is now getting legislation of the kind that it needs. He should accept that the legislation is the right legislation and be gracious enough to admit it publicly.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
POSTPONEMENT OF BUSINESS
Motion (by Mr Collaery) agreed to:
That orders of the day Nos. 4 and 5, Executive business, and order of the day No. 1, Assembly business, be postponed until a later hour this day.
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS BILL 1990
MR COLLAERY (Attorney-General) (4.09): Mr Speaker, I present the Director of Public Prosecutions Bill 1990. I move:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
On 1 July this year the ACT Government will acquire responsibility for the criminal law and the criminal justice system, apart from the administration of the Supreme Court. On the same day modifications already made
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