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here such as have happened in other States, where certain unscrupulous people have kept frail aged in basic institutions, charged them and their relatives exorbitant rates for keeping them there and provided very little in the way of facilities. I do not think we have that situation in Canberra. It certainly behoves this Assembly to make sure that that never occurs and that our frail and elderly and infirm aged are kept in comfort and in dignity so that they can live out the remainder of their years at a proper standard.
It is a timely report, Mr Speaker. I congratulate the members of the committee on bringing it down. I congratulate the Chief Minister on initiating it last year. I look forward to its implementation and the provision of relevant services for our elderly citizens.
MRS NOLAN (11.46): Mr Speaker, I seek leave to make a few brief comments in relation to this report because I have already spoken as a member of the committee.
Leave granted.
Mr Berry: They are pushed for time if they have all got to speak twice. We are pushed for business.
Mr Kaine: Your lot are not even here to speak, so what are you worried about?
MR SPEAKER: Order!
Mr Berry: Oh well, if leave is granted.
MR SPEAKER: Please proceed, Mrs Nolan.
Mr Berry: It is long and boring. Everybody is speaking twice.
MR SPEAKER: Order!
Mr Berry: Everybody speaks twice. Cannot you say it once?
MR SPEAKER: Order, Mr Berry!
MRS NOLAN: Mr Speaker, I would like to preface my remarks by saying that as a member of the committee I just wanted to say how pleased I was to see so many of the committee recommendations being taken on board by our Government and accepting them.. I was pleased to see that the blueprint for the ageing was actually brought out. I think it is a very timely document. I am happy to see that that has happened and that it has been brought forward as quickly as it has. I was also pleased to see that the Council on the Ageing has recognised how good that particular document is and that it supports the blueprint.
There are a couple of points that I want to talk about, one of which relates to the hospice facility. Only a little
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