Page 4055 - Week 14 - Wednesday, 24 October 1990
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Mr Berry: But you are not supplying ambulances. You have mismanaged it. There are no ambulances.
MR HUMPHRIES: Mr Berry interjects about ambulances, as if to say that the shortage of ambulance stations open at any one time relates to ambulances. That is not true. There is no shortage of ambulances in the ACT. The only reason why ambulance stations might not be open is that there are not sufficient ambulance staff to man those ambulances. Therefore the fact that there are more ambulance officers available under this Minister means that there should, on average, be more availability of ambulances, as a rule, than there were under Mr Berry. I am confident that the situation as from the beginning of next month, when those new ambulance officers become fully operational, will improve quite dramatically and it already, in my view, is better than it was under Mr Berry's tutelage.
Anti-discrimination Legislation
DR KINLOCH: My question is to Mr Collaery in several of his roles. I am not really sure which of them is appropriate; it could be several of them. We are well aware of the group called ACT UP. I am not implying criticism of that group for their - - -
Mr Humphries: Acting up.
DR KINLOCH: They probably did not realise that they should not act up in this chamber. There are some issues before us. I think one issue is one of a threat to the Attorney-General, and that is a worry. I would like him to tell us about that and respond to that. Is it the case that we are delaying legislation and therefore discriminating against people who are HIV positive?
Ms Follett: Hear, hear!
MR COLLAERY: I thank Dr Kinloch for the question. We heard that person across here, whom we are all losing respect for, quickly say, "Hear, hear!". Nothing was on my desk when I became Attorney-General that had been prepared by this woman, this former Chief Minister.
Mr Connolly: This woman? A woman in parliament! That is appalling.
MR COLLAERY: This woman. I will make it relevant. I will make this very relevant. Nothing had been prepared in the important areas of discrimination, particularly those affecting equal opportunity and the rest, and she purports to say, "Hear, hear!" when that question is asked. It is typical of what we are getting to. No law reform process at all was started under that Chief Minister.
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