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Thursday, 31 August 2000
Page: 17057


Senator BROWN (11:28 AM) —It is not. The problem here is that the minister is trying to fox us again. This bill does not require a call-out from the state. The bill gets around that. It says that, where Commonwealth interests are involved, the ADF can be sent in because a minister or three ministers believe that there is likely to be violence, which is unspecified. Minister, in that circumstance are the police going to be consulted, and in that circumstance is police permission required before the deployment of the ADF?