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

No, you cannot take that as being a signal to the panel. What you can take is that this government is working assiduously, tirelessly, to ensure that we can assist people who are unfortunately addicted to petrol sniffing in the best possible way that we can. I come from Far North Queensland. We do not have the level of petrol sniffing that unfortunately occurs in other parts of Australia, but it does happen from time to time. As Australians and particularly as legislators, we have to do everything we possibly can so that people do not start petrol sniffing. You agree with me on this. This is the way we are doing that. The assertion that you have just made is incorrect. I can advise you that the expert panel still recommends that a power is needed to support legislation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.