Page 5188 - Week 17 - Thursday, 13 December 1990
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MR COLLAERY: What was the question again? The answer is yes.
Mr Stevenson: Are you aware of it?
MR COLLAERY: No, the answer is no.
MR STEVENSON: I ask a supplementary question. Would the Attorney-General be encouraged by such a public-spirited action to reconsider his view that X-rated videos should not be banned in the ACT? If the Attorney-General would like a short answer, "yes" would be more than acceptable to the people of Canberra.
MR COLLAERY: Thank you, Mr Stevenson. I do not read the Australasian Post magazine; so I cannot comment on the accuracy or otherwise of what Mr Stevenson said. The issue of X-rated videos is one that the Government is constantly reminded of, thanks to concerted action by at least one member of this chamber. It is never far from my mind, Mr Speaker. So, clearly, that issue is one that the Government, at least in the guise of its Attorney, is aware of.
As to whether I am going to move to ban them, the short answer is no. My view - and this is a personal view on this side of the house - is that the Commonwealth Government, through its Chief Censor, whom we beat the other day in Sydney on a censorship issue, over the T-shirted article, is failing to provide us with a separate category in the X classification. If we could have another X category to get rid of some of the really disgusting porn that many of us, particularly feminists, object to very strongly, I would agree, personally, and if we could get a second category in the R category - an issue on which I believe there is bipartisan support in this chamber - I would agree to that too. I suggest to Mr Stevenson that he take his caravan up the hill; that he go up there with Mr Fred Nile and the rest, and convince the Federal Government that it should give us the new classifications. Then this Government may well act.
Athllon Drive
MR JENSEN: My question is directed to the Minister for Finance and Urban Services. I draw the Minister's attention to an article in the Tuggeranong Valley View of 4 December about proposed improvements to Athllon Drive. Would the Minister care to comment on suggestions in the article that the needs of Tuggeranong commuters are not being taken into consideration in plans to upgrade Athllon Drive?
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