The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (16:59): I rise on behalf of the Greens to wholeheartedly support the minister's amendments and acceptance of the motion from the other place. We know full well in this council that we have passed motions to effect such an inquiry by the Equal Opportunity Commission, that we do have a problem in this workplace, that it is an archaic system that has led to not only individual incidents but systemic structural problems, which unless we start to review and acknowledge we will never address. With that, we look forward to the passage and acceptance of this message.
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