Senate debates
Tuesday, 14 August 2007
SOCIAL SECURITY AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (WELFARE PAYMENT REFORM) BILL 2007; NORTHERN TERRITORY NATIONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE BILL 2007; FAMILIES, COMMUNITY SERVICES AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (NORTHERN TERRITORY NATIONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2007; Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Bill (No. 1) 2007-2008; Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Bill (No. 2) 2007-2008
In Committee
7:31 pm
Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source
Before we proceed with some of the amendments, I am keen to ask the minister to respond to the Scrutiny of Bills Committee report on these bills and to some of the concerns raised by the committee in that report, which was tabled yesterday. I wondered whether the minister wanted to make a general response to it, or I could take him through some of the concerns raised. One of them relates to alcohol and the concern of the committee that the legislation might trespass unduly on personal rights and liberties in relation to the references in clause 12(6) and clause 20 to the volume of ethyl alcohol in liquor. I would be interested in the minister’s response to those concerns raised by the Scrutiny of Bills Committee.
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