House debates Northern Territory National Emergency Response Amendment (Alcohol) Bill 2007

Consideration in Detail

Thursday, 13 September 2007 House of Representatives

Mal Brough

Mal Brough Longman, Liberal Party, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Indigenous Affairs

11:25 am

Let me just clarify something. There are two things. Specifically here people have put good points to us for other specific designated areas. When I redid these amendments I was very keen to ensure that we did not do a carte blanche thing—for example, people going across Aboriginal land to put their boat in and suddenly it is a bit of a free-for-all. No, this applies to specific locations. There has to be a real purpose—tourism or whatever—and there has to be a strong case put through the task force and then it can be agreed to. Specifically in this bill is Uluru.

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