Nigel Scullion (NT, Country Liberal Party, Deputy Leader of the Nationals) Share this | Hansard source

As I said, sadly I do not have time to pursue that issue to the degree I would like to. There are a couple of areas in this legislation. One is the relationship to the state and territory laws. This is really important. We now have three states and a territory that are fundamentally affected by this. The minister has written to them. I have spoken to the office of one state and ministers in three states about their adoption of the framework of the current Northern Territory Volatile Substance Abuse Prevention Act. It was recommendation 5 of the Senate committee recommendations. Both the minister and I have pursued this assiduously. Have you considered this: when the law comes in, is it capable of acting concurrently with the Volatile Substance Abuse Prevention Act of the Northern Territory?