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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 13 Hansard (3 December) . . Page.. 4289 ..

MR MOORE (continuing):

and it is a great shame that people like Mr Kaine do not use the opportunity to draw attention to the failure of the Federal Liberal Government to keep their election promise of including everybody in what they are doing. This is a clear-cut example of how they are failing to live up to it.

Amendments agreed to.

Bill, as a whole, as amended, agreed to.

Bill, as amended, agreed to.

Debate resumed from 29 August 1996, on motion by Mr Humphries:

That this Bill be agreed to in principle.

Debate (on motion by Mr Whitecross) adjourned.

Debate resumed from 29 August 1996, on motion by Mr Humphries:

That this Bill be agreed to in principle.

Debate (on motion by Mr Whitecross) adjourned.

Debate resumed from 21 November 1996, on motion by Mr Humphries:

That this Bill be agreed to in principle.

MR WHITECROSS (Leader of the Opposition) (11.07): Mr Speaker, the Opposition will be supporting this legislation. The Bill implements a budget proposal to impose a $30 levy on convicted offenders, to be put towards the costs of the criminal injuries compensation scheme, via Consolidated Revenue, I think. It is essentially a revenue measure, and I think it is justified by the fact that the criminal injuries compensation scheme is an increasing drain on the finances of the Territory, costing about $4.5m in 1995-96, which is an increase of $1m over the previous year. It is clearly a scheme with expanding costs, and it seems reasonable to expect that offenders would make some contribution towards compensating the victims of crime. This model the Government has proposed is the model that is operating in other States, including New South Wales, which is immediately adjacent to us.

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