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Question resolved in the affirmative.
Bill agreed to in principle.
Leave granted to dispense with the detail stage.
Bill agreed to.
VENEREAL DISEASES (AMENDMENT) BILL 1990
Debate resumed from 20 September 1990, on motion by Mr Humphries:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
Debate (on motion by Mr Berry) adjourned.
NATURE CONSERVATION (AMENDMENT) BILL 1990
Debate resumed from 20 September 1990, on motion by Mr Duby:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
MS FOLLETT (Leader of the Opposition) (4.10): Mr Temporary Deputy Speaker, I advise that we on this side of the house will not be opposing this Bill. It is an amendment to provide for archaeological excavations to be undertaken in wilderness areas. As I am sure the Assembly will recall, it was my Government which declared the Bimberi wilderness area in the ACT. I would hope that the archaeological excavations that may be required to be undertaken would always be carried out with extreme care, because I think that it has been the case in other wilderness areas and in other national parks - not only in Australia, but throughout the world - that occasionally very significant archaeological material has actually been removed from its site in a quite inappropriate way.
From the information we have on the Bill at the moment, I take it that there will be some controls exerted over that kind of activity, and that there will, in fact, be a requirement for a permit to be issued before archaeological excavations can be undertaken. I regard this as a necessary piece of legislation, and for that reason, as I say, we will not be opposing it.
MR JENSEN (4.11): Mr Temporary Deputy Speaker, on behalf of the Government I would like to thank Ms Follett as the Leader of the Opposition for her support for this Bill. She has indicated some concerns in relation to the requirement to ensure that any work done under such circumstances is properly done. That is provided for in
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