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(e) that the extension is dependent on the conclusion of an agreement between the Commonwealth and the Australian Capital Territory under which the former, with the consent of the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory, will seek to amend the National Road Transport Commission Act 1991 of the Commonwealth to provide for the extension of the role of the Commission and make Commonwealth Light Vehicle Transport Legislation for the Australian Capital Territory which law will be a model on which the pertinent law of the States will be based.
(2) Consents to the making, by the Commonwealth, of:
(a) amendments to the National Road Transport Commission Act 1991 of the Commonwealth to extend the role of the Commission; and
(b) the Commonwealth Light Vehicle Transport Legislation.
Debate (on motion by Mr Westende) adjourned.
TOBACCO COMPANY SPONSORSHIP - CANBERRA RAIDERS
Ministerial Statement
MR BERRY (Minister for Health, Minister for Industrial Relations and Minister for Sport) (4.35): I seek leave to make a statement in relation to the replacement of tobacco company sponsorship of the Canberra Raiders.
Leave granted.
MR BERRY: Last Friday I announced that the Government had reached an agreement with the Canberra Raiders rugby league team to replace their tobacco company sponsorship with sponsorship through the Health Promotion Fund. This agreement, Madam Speaker, is significant in that it places further restrictions on one of the few remaining avenues through which tobacco products can be advertised in the ACT and further toughens the ACT's stance against tobacco advertising, promotion and sales. I should add, Madam Speaker, that it is the first rugby league first grade venue in the New South Wales based competition that has anti-tobacco sponsorship advertising.
Mr Humphries: What about North Sydney?
MR BERRY: They have none. It is the first one where there has been anti-smoking signage placed on the paddock or adjacent to the paddock. I would like to take this opportunity to provide the Assembly with further details concerning the sponsorship arrangement and some other tobacco related issues. The dreadful impact that tobacco use has on the health of members of our community is an issue that I feel strongly about, and I know that many members of this Assembly share my concerns. Since self-government the ACT has led Australia in action to reduce the toll caused by tobacco use, including the introduction of measures to restrict the advertising and promotion of tobacco products.
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