Page 4056 - Week 14 - Wednesday, 24 October 1990
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Mr Berry: I take a point of order. I think he should just direct his attention to the question that was asked of him by Dr Kinloch.
MR SPEAKER: Thank you, Mr Berry. Please proceed, Mr Collaery.
MR COLLAERY: Thank you. Mr Speaker, I have been corresponding - - -
Mr Berry: I think the response has to remain relevant.
MR SPEAKER: Mr Berry, thank you!
Mr Berry: The issue was relevance, and I did not hear your ruling, sir.
MR SPEAKER: If I ask him to proceed, that means that you have been overruled; otherwise I ask him to get to the point or remain relevant. I will interpret for you on each occasion.
Mr Berry: I draw your attention to the standing orders which require the answer to be relevant to the question.
MR SPEAKER: Thank you, Mr Berry. I understand that. Please speak to the point, Mr Collaery.
MR COLLAERY: Mr Speaker, the Government very quickly set about the preparation of a draft anti-discrimination Bill. Members will recall that, in the days after we moved the no-confidence motion and the inevitable day when we moved this group out of power, a discussion paper was issued on the subject of anti-discrimination. That is as far as that Chief Minister got on the subject in seven months in power. Very quickly, our Cabinet processed some complex recommendations. We looked very quickly at some up-to-date legislation on age discrimination, which was not part of the package, and we looked quickly at the HIV AIDS discrimination issue. There are complex legal problems associated with those - with the former, superannuation problems; with the latter, the whole ambit of infectious disease and other legislation.
There has been a Cabinet decision and a draft discrimination Bill is in an advanced stage of preparation. Legislation on the AIDS issue is sought of us by ACT UP and other people, and properly sought of us, although one could question their tactics, particularly in respect of the other issue that Dr Kinloch referred to. There is hope that by Christmas we will have a draft Bill before this house.
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