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Tuesday, 25 May 1999
Page: 5249


Senator MARGETTS (10:52 AM) —In relation to that but also in relation to the question I asked last night about take-down notices, can the minister tell us how often these take-down notices will be actioned? Will it be daily or weekly? How often does the Classification Board meet? Will it be a permanent thing? Will that mean that people will be left with their notices taken down while waiting for a classification and will there be complaints of some sort registered? Will there be a gap while the Classification Board deals with literally thousands and thousands of potential complaints?

Added to that, I was listening to what you were saying earlier about X and R. What does that mean for chat lines? How do you then work out whether or not the notices put on chat lines are X rated or R rated and how do you then suddenly restrict access to chat lines? Do you in fact restrict access to chat lines? If not, is there something in the bill which counters that kind of issue?