Senate debates
Thursday, 16 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
5:50 pm
Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source
I move:
(1) Clause 4, page 3 (lines 11 to 17), omit subclauses (1) and (2), substitute:
(1) Subject to subsection (3), the provisions of this Act, and any acts done under or for the purposes of those provisions, are, for the purposes of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975, special measures and are consistent with Part 2 of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), the provisions of this Act, and any acts done under or for the purposes of those provisions, are not laws as described by subsection 10(3) of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975.
This is effectively the same measure that we moved in the previous bill, which related to the Racial Discrimination Act and Labor’s attempt to ensure that these bills complied with the terms of the Racial Discrimination Act. It is not my intention to repeat the debate. The debate occurred on the previous bill. Unfortunately the government refused to concede to make some measures to try to ensure that it was seen that these bills were invoking and consistent with the Racial Discrimination Act. As that debate has been had and lost I will not delay the Senate any further other than indicate that we will be supporting it again.
Question negatived.
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