Page 5214 - Week 17 - Thursday, 13 December 1990
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MR BERRY: I heard Mr Collaery say, "Oh, come on, Wayne", as if to say, "Leave me alone; I am trying the hardest I can".
Mr Collaery: No; I just told you to hurry up.
MR BERRY: While ever there are human rights abuses, even if there is only one human rights abuse, it is the obligation of all of us to ensure that that does not continue. I am not the last speaker on this, Mr Collaery; so I hope you say "Come on" to the next one as well.
Mr Collaery: No; I have deep faith in the next speaker.
MR BERRY: Deep faith in the next speaker? I repeat, Mr Speaker, that this is a sign of some positive moves for the provision of corrective services in the ACT. I hope that we are able to get to a position where conditions improve for prisoners. I hope that we are able to improve our very good record on imprisonment of offenders. But I hope, too, that the Minister responsible for this portfolio - I should not say "continues" because I think the pressure on the New South Wales Government has been pretty light on - improves and strengthens the pressure on the New South Wales Government to change their disastrous policies on corrective services.
MR MOORE (3.43): Mr Speaker, I want to take this opportunity to congratulate Mr Collaery on this initiative and on establishing a committee with these terms of reference. There is a major problem for the ACT. Mr Collaery has often addressed it and Mr Berry has mentioned it. Things seem not to be improving, particularly in New South Wales prisons. In fact they seem to be going backwards. People's human rights seem not to be recognised as a Liberal Government there takes a more and more right wing approach - - -
Mr Kaine: Doctrinaire.
MR MOORE: Thank you. It is taking that approach instead of concentrating on rehabilitation and what it ought to achieve. One of the great disappointments about this paper that I would like to mention is to do with the ministerial advisory committee. Contrast the approach of Mr Humphries on the health board, on the theatre trust in the area of the arts and on several other boards over recent times, with that of Mr Collaery. Mr Humphries has consulted and spent quite a bit of time explaining why he selected different people and what he intends. He has taken seriously suggestions that I have made about membership of those boards.
Mr Collaery, on the other hand, announces a board without any reference to members of the Assembly. I would urge Mr Collaery to take note, when he is putting together a ministerial advisory committee or any other form of
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