WHITE RIBBON DAY

The Hon. R.D. LAWSON (15:04): I have a further supplementary question. Minister, what possible justification do you have for alleging in your answer that I support violence against women, and will you forthwith withdraw this unjustified slur?

The Hon. G.E. GAGO (Minister for State/Local Government Relations, Minister for the Status of Women, Minister for Consumer Affairs, Minister for Government Enterprises, Minister Assisting the Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Energy) (15:04): I thought I heard an interjection from the Hon. Mr Lawson on violence occurring at the Colac. My comment was in relation to that. That is what I put on the record and, if the honourable member believed there was a breach and that assaults or some acts of violence were occurring there, or any other place, they should be reported.