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logical thing to do would be to advise in the first place. Alternatively, as is always the case when she wants information, my door is always open to her. She should have no difficulty whatsoever in contacting my office. Clearly I do not know that information and it is not even something that the most gifted bureaucrat or politician could possibly anticipate as a question without notice. Accordingly, I shall undertake to get that information to Mrs Grassby when available.
MRS GRASSBY: Mr Speaker, I have a supplementary question; so, if the Minister is going to get back to me, I would like him to get back to me with the rest of it. How often do these tests get checked by an independent laboratory to test the Asbestos Branch results and thereby guarantee proper standards? If he could also get back on that, I would appreciate it.
MR DUBY: I repeat: it would be a lot easier, I am sure, if Mrs Grassby simply sent me a letter; but I shall endeavour to obtain that information at the same time.
Censorship Classifications
MR STEFANIAK: My question is directed to the Attorney-General. What action has he or his department taken in relation to complaints about the advertising material associated with the Guns 'n Roses record album Appetite for Destruction?
MR COLLAERY: I thank Mr Stefaniak for the question. This matter was specifically brought to the attention of the Assembly by Ms Maher following a formal complaint by the Canberra Rape Crisis Centre to the Commonwealth Chief Censor. The complaint was also drawn to my attention and I asked my officers to examine the matter. The Commonwealth Chief Censor has indicated to the Canberra Rape Crisis Centre that "the issue should be handled by local authorities". I expressed my concerns about the T-shirt and the record cover insert to the national meeting of Ministers concerned with censorship matters in late June. The other Ministers were not of a mind to act on the matter.
At the same time, my officers formally sought classification of both the T-shirt and the record cover insert under the Classification of Publications Ordinance 1983, a Commonwealth law. The Commonwealth Chief Censor declined to classify the T-shirt because it was said not to be a publication within the meaning of the ordinance. The printed insert was a publication and the Commonwealth Censor said that it was unrestricted. My officers appealed to the Commonwealth Film and Literature Board of Review against that classification and that board found in November in favour of the ACT. The board overruled the Chief Censor's classification of the record cover insert
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