Page 686 - Week 02 - Thursday, 23 March 2023
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Mr Hanson: When?
MR PARTON: By 30 June 2014. This is the most-important Getting home safely report, commissioned by the ACT government, and the recommendation 11 years ago was that this was an extremely important change that needed to be made, and it needed to be implemented, by the latest, at the end of June nine years ago. This is a bit like building the tram, isn’t it?
Mr Hanson interjecting—
MADAM ASSISTANT SPEAKER: Mr Hanson, your interjections, while quite humorous, are not actually assisting the debate. Can you please sit quietly and let Mr Parton make his speech without repeating what he is saying. Mr Parton, please continue.
MR PARTON: The recommendation, 11 years ago, was that this extremely important change needed to be done by the end of June nine years ago! The government agreed with the recommendation. Indeed there is an article in the RiotACT. I did not even know that the RiotACT was a thing in 2013, but it was. This is from February 2013:
Simon Corbell has announced today that all of the 28 recommendations made by the Getting Home Safely Report have been accepted by the ACT government. “They have all been accepted”, said Mr Corbell.
His quote was:
Work has already started within government. We will introduce a package of measures to ensure the implementation of the recommendations and will ensure the improvements we make are sustainable.
So work had already commenced within government in February 2013. Again, it is like building the tram to Woden. This bill is about public confidence more than anything else. Greens ministers like Emma Davidson, for argument’s sake, know all about public confidence, how quickly it can evaporate and how difficult it is to win back.
The Canberra Liberals will be supporting this bill; but, like the people of Canberra, like construction workers in the industry, we say: why has it taken so long?
DR PATERSON (Murrumbidgee) (4.42): Madam Acting Speaker, on behalf of Ms Orr, I am pleased to speak in support of the Professional Engineers Bill 2022. I am excited to see this bill introduced, which is in line with what other Australian states and territories have legislated or with their plans to introduce similar engineer registration schemes.
The bill recognises the importance of engineering services to the health, safety, and economic wellbeing of the Canberra community. There can be significant risks to the community when an individual attempts to undertake engineering services without the adequate skills or competencies. Potential risks that impact health include poorly designed buildings, with symptoms such as poor air conditioning, damp, humidity
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