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put before this Assembly. That is proof again, Mr Speaker, that the Opposition is more intent on capturing the banner of being the people concerned about human rights in this Territory than actually doing something about it.
Mr Duby: Grandstanding.
MR HUMPHRIES: Grandstanding, indeed.
Mr Speaker, I welcome this document. It will be a major catalyst for debate in this area in the coming months. I look forward to that. It would be nice to think that all the people in this chamber would contribute constructively to that debate in that context, but I have my doubts. I therefore hope that there will be, on the part of the ACT community, a genuinely full debate and response to the document tabled today by the Attorney.
MR BERRY (3.30): I must say that I was somewhat surprised that the Minister for Health agreed to or supported this legislation, because it would seem to me that any legislation of this nature, which was worth anything to the people of Canberra, would prevent the sorts of occurrences which are being reported in relation to his portfolio area. I refer, in particular, to the threats against nurses in the public hospital system.
Mr Humphries: On a point of order, Mr Speaker: the relevance, I think, is obviously lacking.
MR SPEAKER: I must admit that I cannot follow your trend. Please get to the point, Mr Berry.
MR BERRY: We are talking about noting a paper which is before the house, Mr Speaker, and I am speaking in relation to it.
Mr Humphries: No, he is not. It has nothing to do with nurses.
MR SPEAKER: I believe that it is the ACT Discrimination Bill.
MR BERRY: The motion was that the paper that has been tabled be noted. And, of course, it is about human rights. It is about human rights and anti-discrimination, and what I was - - -
MR SPEAKER: I lose your track, but please proceed and make it obvious what you are talking to.
MR BERRY: What I was referring to was the threatened discrimination against nurses in the public hospital system over their opposition - - -
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