Senate debates

Thursday, 27 November 2008

Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Emergency Response Consolidation) Bill 2008

In Committee

5:13 pm

Photo of Rachel SiewertRachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

If I understand this correctly, we think there are already around 50—we will not quibble about whether it is greater or fewer—locations that are in prescribed communities that are already receiving R18+ programs. The argument is that this extends this material into communities, when the fact is that it is already there. What this amending legislation does is enable a community to say, ‘Uh-uh, we don’t want it.’

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