Page 5186 - Week 17 - Thursday, 13 December 1990
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Moving to Mr Collaery, whilst I did discuss the health board on a number of occasions with Mr Humphries, last night I went across the chamber and I showed Mr Collaery the Residents Rally policy - which he was unaware of. So, he is another one sitting there and, of course - - -
Mr Jensen: So were you initially.
MR MOORE: Mr Jensen interjects, "So were you unaware of it". Of course I was not unaware of it, Mr Jensen; I wrote it, for heaven's sake.
Mr Collaery: You told me that you had forgotten it, Michael.
MR MOORE: Certainly not. I will clarify for Mr Jensen what came out of the discussion. Whenever a matter arises I go back and check the policy, and I did not recall off the top of my head, before I went back to check it because we are dealing with that situation, that that was the policy. But at an appropriate time I did go back and check the policy, and you would do well to do the same. It is probably irrelevant to you. There is no point in suggesting it anyway, because it is difficult for many here to know what he is on about.
I think that it is most appropriate that the Alliance Government has adopted this. I hope that they will adopt it as a general philosophy on boards but will, at the same time, take account of the important part of what Mr Berry was really dealing with, and that is that we need to ensure that boards have adequate representation from across the broad spectrum of our community. I think that that is the philosophical position that ought to be taken, and the people appointed to boards - I do not refer here to the hospital board in particular - ought not to be political party hacks, something which we have seen happen over the last few years. I think that is something to be avoided.
There are many people in the community without strong political affiliations to parties and without political agendas who could well be appointed to boards. There are plenty of these people with genuine motivation who are prepared to contribute to our community to make it a better place in which to live.
Clause negatived.
Clause 18
Amendment (by Mr Moore) agreed to:
Page 8, line 38 and page 9, line 2, subclause 18(2), omit the subclause.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clauses 19 and 20, by leave, taken together, and agreed to.
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