Page 2278 - Week 09 - Tuesday, 15 September 1992
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MR DE DOMENICO (4.38): Madam Speaker, in the limited time I have available I would like to say yes, we support young people and self-expression. One piece of self-expression I can recall, for example, on a hoarding at the Hawthorn railway station was, "What will you do if God comes to Hawthorn?". Someone wrote on the bottom, "Play Peter Hudson at centre half-forward". Translated into rugby league, that would be, "What would you do if God came to Canberra? Play Mal Meninga in the second row". I can recall signs at Puckapunyal that said, "Gentlemen, please don't throw your cigarette butts into the toilet as they become soggy and hard to light". We can all appreciate that that sort of thing is sometimes funny - and sometimes crude, I know, Ms Ellis.
I take umbrage at what has happened to some of the walkways in Fadden and Gowrie. The students and teachers at the Holy Family Parish School and the Fadden Primary School have got together to deface some of the words they see written under those bridges. That is what we express concern about. It is all well and good for Mr Moore - the sensitive new age guy over there - to talk about middle class, middle class, middle class.
Mrs Grassby: What do you think he is, living in Reid?
MR DE DOMENICO: We would rather call him a SNAG, Mrs Grassby, than a middle-class guy. Let us give support to self-expression, but let us also have a look at the frustration expressed by the parents of those young children who see all these obscenities written on walls. The majority also has rights. We have to instil into our young people the responsibility that comes with the rights we may give them from time to time.
MADAM SPEAKER: The time for the discussion of the matter of public importance has expired.
Ms Szuty: Madam Speaker, I seek leave to move the motion circulated in my name.
Leave not granted.
SCRUTINY OF BILLS AND SUBORDINATE LEGISLATION -
STANDING COMMITTEE
Report and Statement
MRS GRASSBY: I present report No. 13 of 1992 of the Standing Committee on the Scrutiny of Bills and Subordinate Legislation. I seek leave to make a brief statement on the report.
Leave granted.
MRS GRASSBY: Report No. 13 contains the committee's comments on three Bills and three pieces of subordinate legislation. I commend the report to the Assembly.
Sitting suspended from 4.40 to 8.00 pm
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