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MRS GRASSBY (3.50): Mr Deputy Speaker, I would also like to commend the Minister on this paper. It proves that our Government is very much a green government and our Minister is very much a green Minister and somebody who is doing quite a bit of work in the area that I, along with Mr Stefaniak and Mr Berry, represent - Ginninderra. It is very nice to see that the Government is very much on line to making sure that we keep very green not only the environment of the whole of Australia or the world but also the environment where we live.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
PUBLIC HEALTH LEGISLATION - REFORM
Discussion Paper
MR CONNOLLY (Attorney-General and Minister for Health) (3.51): Mr Deputy Speaker, for the information of members, I present a public discussion paper for the reform of public health legislation in the ACT, and I move:
That the Assembly takes note of the paper.
Given the hour, I would seek leave to have my speech incorporated in Hansard.
Leave granted.
Document incorporated at Appendix 1.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
COMMUNITY LAW REFORM COMMITTEE
Report on Private Residential Tenancy Law
MR CONNOLLY (Attorney-General and Minister for Health) (3.52): Mr Deputy Speaker, for the information of members, I present the Community Law Reform Committee of the Australian Capital Territory report No. 8 titled "Private Residential Tenancy Law", and I move:
That the Assembly takes note of the paper.
I will speak to this report because it is a very significant one. This report, like its predecessor, the report on victims of crime, is comprehensive and detailed. The committee has taken care and time to consider every significant issue touching residential tenancies. Wide consultation, through publication of an issues paper, then a comprehensive discussion paper, and a series of public hearings have resulted in hundreds of written and oral submissions. This consultation has allowed the committee to prepare a report with considerable understanding of the many human problems which face
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