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Monday, 24 June 2002
Page: 2460


Senator FAULKNER (Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) (5:51 PM) —The Criminal Code chapter heading is one issue where we believe it is appropriate for the government to have accepted Senate concerns. Effectively, the government has now proposed an amendment to change the heading of the chapter being inserted into the Criminal Code from `The integrity and security of the Commonwealth' to simply `The security of the Commonwealth'.

The view of the opposition on this particular issue has been consistent—that is, that the word `integrity' has a wide range of meanings and does not describe the content of the new sections that are being inserted into the Criminal Code. It is for that reason that we proposed such a course of action. I am pleased that this has been accepted by the government, and the opposition will be supporting this government amendment.

Question agreed to.