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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 8 Hansard (26 August) . . Page.. 2363 ..
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MR SPEAKER: I inform members of the presence in the chamber today of a member of the El Salvador National Assembly, Maria Ofelia Navarette. On behalf of all members, I bid her a warm welcome.
The Clerk: The following petitions have been lodged for presentation:
By Mr Moore, from 25 residents, requesting that the Assembly pass a Bill allowing for a Territory-wide referendum on the matter of legalising strictly and properly regulated voluntary euthanasia for the terminally ill.
By Mr Stefaniak, from 116 residents, requesting that the Assembly require the Government to either maintain the current policy and procedures for the enrolment of preschool children from New South Wales if their parents work in the ACT or provide an exemption for the Nipperville Kindergarten and Nursery.
By Mrs Littlewood, from 3,650 residents, requesting that the Assembly gazette for the Queen's Birthday weekend one night only on which to celebrate with fireworks and restrict the sale of fireworks and legislate to restrict the noise of fireworks to that required for generating the visual effect and promulgate a code of conduct to ensure that neighbours advise each other of their intentions with respect to fireworks.
The terms of these petitions will be recorded in Hansard and a copy referred to the appropriate Minister.
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