Page 5570 - Week 15 - Wednesday, 9 December 2009

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MR STANHOPE (Ginninderra—Chief Minister, Minister for Transport, Minister for Territory and Municipal Services, Minister for Business and Economic Development, Minister for Land and Property Services, Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs and Minister for the Arts and Heritage) (3:57): The government supports this amendment.

MR RATTENBURY (Molonglo) (3:57): The Greens also support the amendment. We believe it offers the clarity that was sought in the earlier debate when we first came across this in April. We will be supporting the amendment.

Amendment agreed to.

This amendment is very similar in intent to those just discussed by Mr Seselja. The government proposes that in clause 8, definition of “government campaign”, page 4, line 13, paragraph (c)(iii) be omitted and substituted by “other routine advertising campaigns carried out by an agency in relation to its operational activities”. We believe that this is an enhancement of this particular provision and that other routine advertising carried out by agencies in relation to operations should be omitted from the provisions of the bill—not just what is specified, but that all routine advertising should be exempt.

MR SESELJA (Molonglo—Leader of the Opposition) (3.59): I am looking at the two side by side and I think they are identical. I am not a hundred per cent sure, but I do not think there is a stray word. I believe that the one we had circulated is identical.

Mr Stanhope: Okay. I was not aware of that.

MR SESELJA: That is okay. We would be very pleased to support the amendment.

Amendment agreed to.

MR SESELJA (Molonglo—Leader of the Opposition) (4:00): I move amendment No 5 circulated in my name [see schedule 3 at page 5626].

I have already spoken to this; I will not labour the point. Amendments 3, 4 and 5 just clarify a number of issues.

Amendment agreed to.

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