ABC News Thu, 16 Mar 2000 10:37 AEDT Govt gags Beazley's bill to overturn mandatory sentencing The Federal Government has gagged debate on a bill introduced by the Opposition leader Kim Beazley to override mandatory sentencing laws for juveniles. The Government yesterday effectively shelved debate on a similar bill passed by the Senate to overturn the Northern Territory and Western Australian laws. Legislation from Liberal backbencher, Danna Vale, on the Northern Territory laws was scuttled by the Coalition. Mr Beazley has attempted to move his legislation in Parliament this morning. But as Mr Beazley began to speak, Arts Minister Peter McGauran moved a motion for the Opposition leader to "be no longer heard". The Government used its numbers to pass the motion and quash the debate. © 1999 Australian Broadcasting Corporation -- ********************************* Make the Hunger Site your homepage! http://www.thehungersite.com/index.html ********************************* ------------------------------------------------------- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words: unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/recoznet2%40paradigm4.com.au/
