Page 1568 - Week 06 - Wednesday, 12 August 1992
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of paper, put it on notice and I will make sure that the matter gets due consideration. But another thing that I am not going to be involved in is interpreting the law as read very slowly by Mrs Carnell in this place, because this is an important - - -
Mr Kaine: But we know that you do not understand, so - - -
MR BERRY: No, I very clearly understand.
Mr Kaine: And we can understand that - that you do not understand.
MR BERRY: I very clearly understand the impact of HIV, and I very clearly understand the need to have an appropriate course for people who are suffering with HIV. The approach that is being taken in the ACT is the same as is being taken in other places, for the very same reasons - - -
Mr Cornwell: That does not make it right.
MR BERRY: If you want to drive it underground - - -
Mr Connolly: Everyone else accepts this. The Liberals in New South Wales accept this.
MR BERRY: That is right. The Liberals in New South Wales accept this approach, but not the Liberals here. Are they different?
Mrs Carnell: We have women who are condemned to death.
MR BERRY: This sort of emotionalism does not help the case.
Mrs Carnell: It is true.
MR BERRY: This sort of emotionalism does not help the case. If you want more women and more people condemned to death, go down the course that you seem to be proposing.
MRS CARNELL: I ask a supplementary question. Can the Minister assure the house, then, that he has not directed doctors in the ACT to break the law?
MR BERRY: Of course I have not directed doctors to break the law. Don't be silly.
Education - Regional Support Centres
MS SZUTY: My question without notice is addressed to the Minister for Education. Mr Wood, you have received numerous representations from various groups - including the Canberra Pre-School Society, the ACT branch of the Australian Teachers Union, the ACT Council of Parents and Citizens Associations and the Public Sector Union - regarding your decision to close four regional support centres and abolish four executive officer positions in the preschool sector, a decision you made during the most recent school holidays. While the closure of the four regional support centres has already occurred, will you reconsider your decision to abolish the four executive officer positions, and on what grounds would you reinstate them?
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