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MR DEPUTY SPEAKER: The next question is: That the resumption of the debate be made an order of the day for the next sitting.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
ADJOURNMENT
MR DEPUTY SPEAKER: Order! It being close to 4.30 pm, I propose the question: That the Assembly do now adjourn.
Mr Collaery: I require the question to be put forthwith without debate.
Question resolved in the negative.
HEALTH SERVICES BILL 1990
[COGNATE BILL:
HEALTH SERVICES (CONSEQUENTIAL PROVISIONS) BILL 1990]
Debate resumed from 29 November 1990, on motion by Mr Humphries:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
MR SPEAKER: Is it the wish of the Assembly to debate this order of the day concurrently with order of the day No. 2, the Health Services (Consequential Provisions) Bill 1990? There being no objection, that course will be followed. I remind members that in debating order of the day No. 1 they may also address their remarks to order of the day No. 2.
MR BERRY (4.28): This legislation follows on from a litany of Government and, in particular, health Minister distortion about the future of hospital services in the Australian Capital Territory. It is the culmination of the Government mumblings about where the management of our public hospitals should end up, but it falls well short of the mark when it comes to delivering quality hospital services in the Australian Capital Territory.
A little while ago we heard the Government members talking about their qualities on consultation measures. In this Health Services Bill I dare you to discover any provision for consultation with the community about the development of policy for hospital services in the Australian Capital Territory. There is nothing. There is nothing in this Bill which will allow the people of the ACT to influence the policies of this Government in a formal way as it directs its energies to the - dare I say it - destruction and vandalism of our hospital system.
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