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would have had, so far as I am aware, would be to sue the bicycle rider. Bikes on footpaths are a real problem.
That demonstrates the two sides of this judge - this man who discharged the complexity and the
sensitivity of a court which has gone through great turmoil and, sadly, violence in terms of colleagues of Gordon Yuill.
I replied to the judge. My last conversation with him was at a church service only a fortnight ago, when he acknowledged the correspondence and said that perhaps he could have faith now in self-government. I wrote to the judge that, contrary to the premises of his letter of 10 January, I often walked to the Family Court, when appearing before him on a hastily reorganised brief, via the narrow strip of concrete on the Workers Club side.
I said to His Honour that I must say that I chose the Workers Club side not for any political leaning. I went on to indicate to His Honour that it was, of course, inappropriate for persons of a legal persuasion to be jostled off any footpaths and that I had referred the matter to my colleague Duby to address the issue because, if the speed with which he had banned parking in our inner reaches was of any encouragement to him, I imagined he would set a turnstile up quickly on that side of the road.
That is the passing note on a good judge, a good man, and I commend the motion of condolence to the Assembly. I might add at this stage that, due to some passing problems of consultation, I was unable to give correct consultative advice to the Opposition early enough for it to know that we were moving this motion of condolence this morning. In that respect, I apologise to the Leader of the Opposition, and note that she probably had inadequate time to prepare a response to this matter.
MS FOLLETT (Leader of the Opposition) (10.39): Mr Speaker, I will respond very briefly by saying that we in the Opposition join with the Government to regret the passing of Mr Justice Yuill, particularly as it appears to have been a sudden death. We all know that a sudden death like that can be very hard for a family and relatives to bear, much more so than when a person's death is long expected. We also note the significant work done by Mr Justice Yuill, particularly in the family law area, and acknowledge that that action was taken with the best interests of the Australian community at heart, that he was distinguished in his profession, and indeed that he graced it. We are happy to join with the Government in this condolence motion.
Question resolved in the affirmative, members standing in their places.
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