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Tuesday, 25 May 1999
Page: 5331


Senator MARK BISHOP (5:27 PM) —I will not take a great deal of the time of the chamber. I just want to reiterate for the record that the opposition did consider both the issue of a review and the issue of a sunset clause. We came to the view that they were significantly different issues and that there should be a review, essentially to work out the effectiveness of the act. Our argument that we maintain the need for a sunset clause to be inserted now is simply that there has, in our view, been inadequate time for community consultation, public discussion, on the key matters con sidered by this bill. We do not know what our position will be within three years, but we do want to have the review. We want to bring, if you like, a fresh mind to consideration of the extension or otherwise of the bill as we come to that three-year period.