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committee or board, that members of the Assembly have appreciated Mr Humphries' approach to consultation. Mr Collaery would do well to follow the example set by Mr Humphries in his willingness to consult and his willingness to try to get a fairly bipartisan approach on at least some issues. This is an issue that would do far better with a bipartisan approach and - - -
MR SPEAKER: Order! Mr Collaery and Mr Connolly, I do not believe that it is appropriate to confer in the middle of the chamber.
MR MOORE: Thank you, Mr Speaker. It was a horrible view that I had there for a while. At least, Mr Speaker, they were not stomping up and down and throwing their arms about while they were there. I must say that I do not think any of us felt threatened.
Mr Collaery, I would urge you to follow the good example set by your colleague Mr Humphries in consulting members of the Assembly when putting together ministerial advisory committees, boards and the like. It is something which we have appreciated and which we feel will give a far better and more bipartisan approach to such things.
The only other point I wish to make, Mr Speaker, is that work still needs to be done on crime prevention. I recognise that one of the terms of reference that Mr Collaery mentioned relates to strategies to prevent crime and offending, particularly for young people; but I think that crime prevention itself, as a broad concept, needs to have quite a bit of work done on it. I think that it is an appropriate matter to be dealt with by either a standing or select committee of this Assembly. I suggest that Mr Collaery approach me when he is ready and I shall again bring on my motion for a select committee on that matter. I would be happy to have the opportunity to discuss that with the Government, and with Labor and with Mr Stevenson, to try to get a broad approach on it.
Debate (on motion by Mrs Nolan) adjourned.
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY (SELF-GOVERNMENT) ACT 1988 - OPERATION OF SECTION 65
Ministerial Statement and Paper
MR COLLAERY (Attorney-General), by leave: Mr Speaker, today, at around midday, our Government received a faxed copy of the opinion of Mr Jackson, QC. I believe that it should be made available immediately to the Assembly and I propose to table it at the conclusion of my remarks. To save time, and with the leave of members, I will simply refer to numbered paragraphs although I was going to read them into the record.
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