Jan McLucas (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Carers) Share this | Hansard source

by leave—I move government amendments (1), (5), (6), (9), (11), (12), (14) to (17) and (19) to (23) together:

(1) Clause 3, page 2 (line 7), after “people”, insert “, including Aboriginal persons and Torres Strait Islanders,”.

(5) Clause 4, page 3 (lines 23 to 25), omit the clause, substitute:

  4 Object of this Act

     The object of this Act is to enable special measures to be taken to reduce the potential harm to the health of people, including Aboriginal persons and Torres Strait Islanders, living in certain areas from sniffing fuel.

(6) Clause 5, page 4 (before line 1), before the definition of conduct , insert:

Aboriginal person means a person of the Aboriginal race of Australia.

(9) Clause 5, page 4 (after line 23), after the definition of supply , insert:

Torres Strait Islander means a descendant of an Indigenous inhabitant of the Torres Strait Islands.

(11) Clause 11, page 11 (line 15), after “people”, insert “, including Aboriginal persons and Torres Strait Islanders,”.

(12) Clause 13, page 12 (after line 8), after paragraph (1)(a), insert:

  (aa) Aboriginal persons or Torres Strait Islanders (or representatives of Aboriginal persons or Torres Strait Islanders);

(14) Clause 14, page 13 (line 13), after “people”, insert “, including Aboriginal persons and Torres Strait Islanders,”.

(15) Clause 14, page 13 (line 14), after “people”, insert “, including Aboriginal persons and Torres Strait Islanders,”.

(16) Clause 14, page 13 (line 16), after “people”, insert “, including Aboriginal persons and Torres Strait Islanders,”.

(17) Clause 14, page 13 (line 18), after “people”, insert “, including Aboriginal persons and Torres Strait Islanders,”.

(19) Clause 15, page 14 (line 3), after “people”, insert “, including Aboriginal persons and Torres Strait Islanders,”.

(20) Clause 15, page 14 (line 5), after “people”, insert “, including Aboriginal persons and Torres Strait Islanders,”.

(21) Clause 15, page 14 (line 8), after “people”, insert “, including Aboriginal persons and Torres Strait Islanders,”.

(22) Clause 15, page 14 (line 11), after “people”, insert “, including Aboriginal persons and Torres Strait Islanders,”.

(23) Clause 16, page 14 (after line 25), after paragraph (1)(a), insert:

  (aa) Aboriginal persons or Torres Strait Islanders (or representatives of Aboriginal persons or Torres Strait Islanders);

I move these amendments to include specific reference to Aboriginal persons to Torres Strait Islanders. References to Aboriginal persons and Torres Strait Islanders in the bill will help to more explicitly identify them as beneficiaries of the bill and strengthen the claims in the explanatory memorandum that the bill satisfies the criteria of a special measure for the purposes of the Racial Discrimination Act. Most notable is the proposed amendment to the object of the act, which now makes explicit reference to Aboriginal persons and Torres Strait Islanders.