Page 1884 - Week 07 - Wednesday, 16 June 1993
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MR MOORE (10.55), in reply: I would like to reply to one thing Mr Berry commented on, and that is the fact that I will be away over the next five or six weeks. That is true.
Mr Stevenson: Five, six or seven.
MR MOORE: There is an interjection about seven, which is not correct. Whilst I sought leave for that time, in case there is some delay, that does not necessarily mean that I will be away for that whole time. I think the important thing, though, is for the committee to get under way with the subject. The first step is to carry out the literature review, and that will be the first task of the secretary of the committee, as far as I am concerned.
I thank members for their contributions. Could I say just one final thing. Because I had not circulated the motion, the last two-and-a-half lines following the full stop - the words "the motion previously circulated in my name relating to the establishment of a select committee on Euthanasia" - are inappropriate and have been deleted. I also indicate to members that, should this motion pass, it would then be necessary for me to seek leave to refer the Bill to the committee, as a matter of course. That has not been done, so I would need to do that as well.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
Reference - Voluntary and Natural Death Bill 1993
Motion (by Mr Moore), by leave, agreed to:
That the Voluntary and Natural Death Bill 1993 be now referred to the Select Committee on Euthanasia.
DISCRIMINATION (AMENDMENT) BILL (NO. 2) 1993
MR CORNWELL (10.57): Madam Speaker, I present the Discrimination (Amendment) Bill (No. 2) 1993.
Title read by Clerk.
MR CORNWELL: I move:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
This legislation to amend the Discrimination Act will make membership of student unions in the ACT non-compulsory. This has been a matter of contention for some years, particularly among part-time and mature age students - - -
Mr Berry: But not when the Liberal Party has control of the student union.
MR CORNWELL: - - - who have neither the time nor the interest, Mr Berry, because of their circumstances, to use the facilities provided to students through the fees. Many of these part-time and mature age students are married with families, and the facilities that would be welcomed by, say, full-time single
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