Page 4829 - Week 16 - Thursday, 29 November 1990
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PAPERS
MR STEFANIAK: Mr Speaker, I seek leave to present an out-of-order petition.
MR SPEAKER: In what manner is it out of order, Mr Stefaniak?
MR STEFANIAK: I understand that it does not comply with the standing orders, Mr Speaker.
MR SPEAKER: All right; thank you for that enlightenment.
Leave granted.
MR STEFANIAK: Mr Speaker, I present an out-of-order petition from 2,413 regular tavern patrons, asking that gaming machines be allowed in taverns. I will hand up some of those; the rest are in a pile about three feet high. I present the following papers:
Petitioning letters (2,413), dated October 1990, requesting that gaming machines be permitted in taverns.
DISCRIMINATION - DRAFT LEGISLATION
Paper and Ministerial Statement
MR COLLAERY (Attorney-General), by leave: Mr Speaker, I wish to table the ACT Discrimination Bill 1990. Members may think - - -
Mr Connolly: Only a couple of months after ours.
MR COLLAERY: You will get your response to that - through you, Mr Speaker.
Members may think it an unusual step to table rather than introduce legislation; however, the nature of this legislation is somewhat different from what we usually consider in this chamber. This Bill is designed to make certain kinds of discrimination unlawful, and to give people who believe they have suffered discrimination the opportunity to seek redress through the lodgment of a complaint with the ACT Human Rights Commissioner.
The Bill is an important initiative, and one in which I believe there will be strong community interest. It is this interest which has prompted me to table the Bill and invite comments on it from the people whom it will affect, rather than simply push it through the Assembly without first ascertaining public reaction. The Bill deals with sexual harassment, and will make discrimination unlawful on the basis of sex; sexuality; marital status; status as a provider; pregnancy; race; religious and political
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