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LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM
Ministerial Statement and Paper
MR COLLAERY (Deputy Chief Minister), by leave: Mr Speaker, I thank members. I table the Alliance Government's legislative program for the 1991 autumn sittings. This follows the practice introduced by the Follett Government and refined in subsequent sessions of the Assembly by the Alliance Government and the practice followed in other jurisdictions, particularly Victoria and Western Australia. The legislation program provides the titles of legislation proposals and identifies the responsible Minister and the priority that has been given to each proposal.
Members should be aware that this program is dynamic in character. Further proposals may be added or proposals removed at any time. This is a reflection of the necessity for the Government to be responsive to moves and shifts in the requirements for legislation. Similarly, the priority given proposals may be altered as circumstances demand. The legislation program has been grouped under three categories of priority. The first priority category describes those legislation proposals which have been accorded the highest priority for drafting by the Government. The Government intends to introduce as many Bills classified as first priority as possible before the conclusion of the autumn sittings.
In relation to legislation falling into the second and third categories of priority, some will be introduced into the Assembly during the current sittings because of ease of drafting or because, for various reasons, substantial progress has already been made. The Government is providing its legislation program with the objective of providing a meaningful indication of its present legislative agenda. I trust that members and the public will find the document to be informative and helpful. I move:
That the Assembly takes note of the paper.
MR CONNOLLY (3.45): It is intriguing to have this released. It is particularly intriguing because this Alliance Government refused our food Bill yesterday because, it said, it had something coming soon. On page 7 of this document, in the second priority section the third item is the Food Bill. That shows what priorities you people put on things. It is an interesting document, as we say, of pious hopes; but we will see that they are not fulfilled.
MR HUMPHRIES (Minister for Health, Education and the Arts) (3.45): First of all, Mr Connolly is being quite misleading in saying that the word "soon" was ever used in respect of the Food Bill. I said that I expected it this year. This indicates quite clearly that it will be coming this year. Mr Connolly ought to be very careful before he paraphrases inaccurately. The Government's Food Bill will
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