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House of Assembly - Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2)
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SERIOUS AND ORGANISED CRIME (CONTROL) (MISCELLANEOUS) AMENDMENT BILL

Final Stages

Consideration in committee of the Legislative Council's amendments.

(Continued from 3 April 2012.)

The Hon. J.R. RAU: I move:

That the Legislative Council's amendments be agreed to.

Just to demonstrate that we are keen to work in a harmonious fashion with the Legislative Council and go to those sunlit uplands, we accept the amendments. We think that the schedule of amendments made by the council in this particular instance to the Serious and Organised Crime (Control) (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill are an improvement to the bill.

The ACTING SPEAKER (Hon. M.J. Wright): Very generous.

The Hon. J.R. RAU: We say, in this instance, quite separate to the last one, terrific.

Ms CHAPMAN: I indicate that the opposition also supports the amendments. I point out that they are amendments almost exclusively, except for one amendment, introduced by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries on behalf of the government, so I would be very surprised if the Attorney-General did reject them. It illustrates that, firstly, government bills are not perfect. Sometimes, when they get further advice on things, in this case the helpful advice from the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, soon to be retired and who has given splendid service to this state, has drawn to the attention of the Attorney, notwithstanding his breadth of advice and how perfect he normally is in presenting these things, that things can be wrong and that they can be improved, and we certainly need to do that as best we can before making mistakes that may affect the usefulness or even effectiveness of legislation. So, that is the position of the opposition.

Motion carried.

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