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The Government has made no decision yet on how it may implement that; but I did say at the weekend, in response to media inquiries, that, given the obviously sensitive nature of such a proposal - although noting that natural death legislation has been enacted in Victoria and has proved non-controversial and is on the verge of being introduced in South Australia - any moves to progress this matter would be done with the most complete process of consultation. That may involve an Assembly committee, or may involve the Community Law Reform Committee which we had previously, in opposition, commended as an appropriate method of dealing with such matters. So, I can assure Dr Kinloch that there would be no attempt to force such a measure through; there would be full consultation with the community at any stage.
Tuggeranong Swimming Pool
MR DUBY: Mr Speaker, my question is also addressed to Mr Connolly - I think it should go to Mr Connolly, anyway - and it relates to the Tuggeranong swimming pool facilities.
Mr Berry: That is me.
MR DUBY: Mr Berry, is it? In that case, I would like to know whether the Government has continued to convene the community consultative council on swimming facilities in Tuggeranong that I established, or has it now decided to abandon that council, given Mr Berry's announcement that the Tuggeranong pool would not proceed as originally planned?
MR CONNOLLY: I ask Mr Berry - - -
MR SPEAKER: Do you wish to defer to Mr Berry?
MR CONNOLLY: I defer to Mr Berry, under our administrative arrangements.
MR BERRY: I thank the Leader of the Opposition - who has indicated that he will not do his job - for the question. There have been, of course, some media reports about Labor's position on the Tuggeranong pool. Our recent conference endorsed a motion that Labor would support a pool in the Tuggeranong Valley - a municipal-style pool owned by the Government - and that the Government would look at that in terms of its budgetary priorities.
We, of course, have noted the promise that was made by the earlier Government - the Alliance Government. We have, of course, questioned its ability to deliver in the context of a socially just budget.
Mr Duby: We had it all fixed.
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