Page 4613 - Week 13 - Wednesday, 27 November 2019
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We can be a collaborative parliament, and we can have the respectful debate here. Mr Coe called for respect in any debate, and that is what we are asking for: to have that respectful debate, that conversation here in our parliament for our people, deciding and determining issues for ourselves like we do on everything else.
The first step is to write to our federal counterparts. I appreciate the Greens’ commitment to doing that and genuinely note Mr Coe’s openness to this. For the record, he is not here but I hope he is listening. If not, he can refer to Hansard. He can be assured that I will be following up with him, and I will work collaboratively with him to get this done. I can be annoying, so I might be spending quite a bit of time on the first floor waiting for that letter in my hand.
I note and respect Mr Coe’s views on voluntary assisted dying and that of several of his party members. But as many of us have said today and as Mr Coe probably came as close as he ever will to acknowledging, this is fundamentally about equality. I genuinely appreciate that recognition right across the chamber today.
I said that this is just the beginning, and it is. Writing to federal leaders is just the first step. We will be mobilising our friends and family in the states whom we need to help us to get this done. I acknowledge all of those outside the territories who have rallied in their support of us over several years but particularly today. I will be relying on and nagging them to help us. I make no apologies for that and I make no apologies for this motion. This is a defining issue for us as a parliament. This is a defining issue for us as a community. We will not let it go.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
Human Rights (Workers Rights) Amendment Bill 2019
Reference
Debate resumed.
MRS JONES (Murrumbidgee) (11.29): Members will see that I have circulated an amendment to Ms Cody’s motion. It puts back the reporting date of the JACS committee on this reference to the Assembly, either in or out of session, to the end of February 2020. I move:
Omit “report by the first sitting day of 2020”, substitute “report back to the Assembly by the end of February 2020”.
Amendment agreed to.
Original question, as amended, resolved in the affirmative.
Crimes (Offences Against Frontline Community Service Providers) Amendment Bill 2019
Debate resumed from 23 October 2019, on motion by Mrs Jones:
That this bill be agreed to in principle.
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