Andrew Murray (WA, Australian Democrats) Share this | Hansard source

I move Democrat amendment (1) on sheet 5015 revised:

(1)   Schedule 2, item 4, page 6 (line 18), after “notice”, insert “stating reasons”.

I have addressed already the substance of this amendment in my remarks in the second reading debate. Simply put, the amendment asks that the notice that must be supplied to a person who is excluded from a prescribed place must now state the reasons for their exclusion from the area. This amendment is requested because it sets up a system of natural justice—that is, the person would have the reasons and could therefore object to them. It is quite usual for such notices to have reasons. I think, as do many others, that their omission in this particular instance is not justified.