Page 223 - Week 01 - Wednesday, 26 February 2014

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Question put:

That the amendment be agreed to.

The Assembly voted—

Ayes 9		Noes 8
Mr Barr	Ms Gallagher	Mr Coe	Ms Lawder
Ms Berry	Mr Gentleman	Mr Doszpot	Mr Smyth
Dr Bourke	Ms Porter	Mrs Dunne	Mr Wall
Ms Burch	Mr Rattenbury	Mr Hanson
Mr Corbell		Mrs Jones

Question so resolved in the affirmative.

Motion, as amended, agreed to.

Health—end-of-life issues

MS PORTER (Ginninderra) (5.31): I move:

That this Assembly:

(1) notes:

(a) that the ACT has one of Australia’s fastest growing populations of people aged 60 and over, with numbers expected to increase to almost 20% of the population by 2020;

(b) that with such an ageing population the need to sustain a conversation, in the general community, on palliative care and end-of-life issues is pertinent;

(c) that in September 2013 the Palliative Care Conference that was held in the ACT highlighted the need for such community conversations;

(d) that mid next month I’ll be hosting a roundtable stakeholder forum on End-of-Life issues;

(e) that the Government recently released its comprehensive Palliative Care Services Plan 2013-2017; and

(f) that the plan will provide strategic direction for the continued development of palliative care services in the ACT, now and into the future; and

(2) calls on the Government to:

(a) continue raising end-of-life, palliative care, and advanced care planning as issues within the ACT community;

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