Page 2121 - Week 10 - Thursday, 26 October 1989
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subject to the scrutiny of the Assembly, and the opportunity would be there for that to be raised in that context.
I will give an example of the class of person that we might find falling into this category. It could be decided by the Government to declare volunteer firefighters who are working with the Bush Fire Council to be so declared for the purposes of this legislation. That is one category of person who could be picked up there.
In relation to work experience students, if they were ever to be declared under this particular section of the legislation I would submit that that might be totally appropriate. There is no employer who would, I think, acknowledge that he does not have a duty of care for work experience students.
MR MOORE (11.47): I have a more generalised point to make, Mr Speaker, about the series of amendments by Mr Stefaniak. It seems to me that we have had a committee and the committee has come to certain compromises and certain conclusions. What Mr Stefaniak is doing here is wasting the time of the Assembly and wasting taxpayers' money by bringing up all of these amendments that have already been through a scrutiny process. If, in fact, something new has come up and some of these definitions and some of these amendments are new things, then I find that perfectly acceptable. But the discussion has gone on, and he has put in his minority report in any case. Then he takes his own minority report and writes all the amendments from that.
Mr Kaine: On a point of order, Mr Speaker; are we debating this Bill in detail or are we arguing about the propriety of the actions of the members of this Assembly? I am not quite clear what this debate is about.
MR MOORE: It seems to me, Mr Speaker, that there is a relevance. The reason I am speaking about all these at once is so that I do not have to come back to each one and waste further time of the Assembly.
I will just take into account the full range of these things. We ought not, as a matter of practice, having come to our compromises in the committee, then come back to the Assembly with all those compromises, unless there is a particular reason, or something new has come up, or there has been a change. Then there is a perfectly good reason to do it.
I hope that Mr Stefaniak will recognise the point that I am making. Obviously, because they are now tabled he will speak to each of these amendments. I hope that he will keep it brief, and the rest of us will keep it brief, and we will let the numbers rule.
Mr Kaine: On a point of order, Mr Speaker; I presume that since Mr Moore has taken this high moral stand on Mr
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