The 16 national fundraising principles are obviously supportable and bringing Tasmania into line to implement those is very welcome.
This motion lays bare the agenda of this Liberal Government, because it is wholly motivated by privatisation of public land for a tourism operator to develop.
It is an antiquated offence that has no place in a contemporary, informed and just society.
The bill itself, being a consequential amendment bill, does not set out the role of the new office in any detail.
I will also start by acknowledging that this House is built on stolen Aboriginal land, the land of the muwinina people. It was never ceded.
Tasmanian Aboriginal people fought a war of resistance and most people died cruel deaths and many others were enslaved or died of grief.
What a rock bottom. What a terrible low. What a terrible disgrace the Labor and Liberal parties are today.
That is the history of the National Fire Arms Agreement. It is the basis upon which we in Tasmania have an extraordinary responsibility in the world.
Like the minister and the member for Lyons, I recognise the work and advocacy of Ian Green and the Tasmanian Association for Residents of Retirement Villages.
I start by thanking officials for the briefing yesterday. I note this bill was tabled in the House on 18 October 2023.
