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Parliamentary Elections (Recall and Primaries): Schedule 7 — Repeals (13 Oct 2009) has video

David Curry: ...with the Bill, which is very bad for democracy. The title of the Bill is a parody of what its impact will be in practice. Perhaps before the Government implement this, they should read Tristram Hunt's book, "Building Jerusalem: The Rise and Fall of the Victorian City" and contemplate how much they and perhaps all of us have at times contributed to its fall. It is about time that we...

Orders of the Day — Fishing (Time at Sea) (11 May 1993)

Mr David Curry: It is, I think, a matter of agreement that there is a crisis in the fish stocks. We know why. It is because fishermen are hunting a common resource, because there is no entry fee to that resource, because they hunt it competitively, and because, all the time, increased killing power is being brought in by new technology. One has only to look at Fishing News to see advertisements such as "Now...

Prayers: Commercial Whaling (2 Apr 1993)

Mr David Curry: ...steps towards that. There is an argument about the state of the stocks and the scientific evidence about them. One's decision about whether they are sustainable is based on whether one wants to hunt them and is a function of that hunting. As to the humaneness of the killing and effective monitoring, we are nowhere near reaching a decision to the effect that we might wish to bring the...

Orders of the Day — Commercial Whaling (30 Apr 1991)

Mr David Curry: ...clear objective. Our objective is to hold it together so that we keep the debate within the practical political forum that has now been established and that has a good track record in reducing the hunting and harvesting of whales. In fact, it has the moratorium to its credit. As there is no other forum, there is no reason to bust that one. I emphasise that there is no question of our...