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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 11 Hansard (28 November) . . Page.. 3248 ..
Leave granted.
MR OSBORNE: Scrutiny Report No 13 of 2000 contains the committee's comments on eight bills and 12 subordinate laws. I commend the report to the Assembly.
MR OSBORNE: Mr Speaker. I present the following report:
Justice and Community Safety-Standing Committee (incorporating the duties of a Scrutiny of Bills and Subordinate Legislation Committee)-Scrutiny Report No 14 of 2000, dated 27 November 2000.
The report was circulated on 27 November 2000, when the Assembly was not sitting, pursuant to the resolution of appointment of 28 April 1998. I ask for leave to make a statement.
Leave granted.
MR OSBORNE: Scrutiny Report No 14 of 2000 contains the committee's comments on 10 bills and two government responses. The committee indicated that they would like me to thank the Minister for Urban Services-I see the look of shock on the face of Mr Smyth-for his response to some issues that were raised by the committee. I know other members have said it, but the quality of Mr Smyth's response was very pleasing to the committee. I commend the report to the Assembly.
Debate resumed from 18 October 2000, on motion by Mr Humphries:
That this bill be agreed to in principle.
MR STANHOPE (Leader of the Opposition) (10.37): Mr Speaker, the Labor Party has followed with some interest this particular issue and the Attorney's statements and intentions in relation to the banning of the sale of beer on New Year's Eve. It is an issue that we have considered closely and deeply. We have come to the conclusion that the Attorney's proposal should not be supported. We will not be supporting the ban on the sale of beer in glass containers after midday as we understand the proposed regulations will.
It is a very inconsistent approach to a significant problem. The Attorney really has been all over the place in relation to this, and it is not clear to us, and has never been clear to us, exactly what it is that he is banning or what it is that he is proposing.
In his initial utterances, the Attorney suggested that he proposed to ban the sale of all alcohol in glass containers for three days prior to New Year's Eve. I think he fairly quickly realised the absurdity of a blanket prohibition across Canberra on the sale, off premise, of all alcohol in bottles.
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