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Australia, Ms Follett, so there is no way it can be supported or otherwise at this stage. Let us get that quite clear.
Secondly, Mr Connolly was saying how the members on this side, including me, were hot on rhetoric and that the Labor Party was supporting a declaration of victims' rights and had done so for six months. The Liberal Party has been supporting that position for some two years. Mr Collaery's Law Office is looking at that and the question of victim impact statements at present, as it is looking at a number of other laws. I have been pushing for victims' rights and victim impact statements for a number of years. I hope to see the necessary legislation in relation to that brought in by this Government soon. It is something that the Government is looking at, along with a number of other measures.
Finally, I think Mr Connolly not only misrepresented me but also misrepresented the legal position when he stated that the police do not need move-on powers, that they have sufficient powers. I think that is clearly false. I would merely suggest to Mr Connolly that he might like to watch how the courts operate in Canberra to see that they do not have those powers.
Mr Connolly: On a point of order: that is a debating point, Mr Speaker. He is introducing new material as a debating point after the debate. Can you advise the house on this?
MR SPEAKER: Thank you, Mr Connolly. I let that one slip past.
Sitting suspended from 12.28 to 2.30 pm
QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
Transitional Funding Trust Account
MS FOLLETT: My question is to Mr Kaine, the Chief Minister. I would ask Mr Kaine whether he personally met with the Prime Minister to put his case for the release of funds from the transitional funding trust account, and would he detail the extent of his own negotiations with the Commonwealth Government on this issue?
MR KAINE: The answer is no, I have not met with the Prime Minister. In the normal course of events, and the normal way of doing business, I wrote to the Prime Minister putting the case, and I have had a flat denial.
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