Page 3066 - Week 12 - Tuesday, 17 November 1992
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Mr Kaine: Standing committees.
MR MOORE: Now we are clarifying. Now we want to strengthen the role of standing committees but not other committees. That is his point now. Mr Kaine seems to misunderstand the standing orders - I think that is the case - and certainly he misunderstands what has happened with this committee. In the First Assembly, there was a Select Committee on HIV, Illegal Drugs and Prostitution, and the current committee is called the Select Committee on Drugs. They are two different committees. The Select Committee on HIV, Illegal Drugs and Prostitution brought down three separate reports, and this committee is also planning to bring down three reports on different topics within that broad area - and an important and expensive area it is for the community.
The committee has suggested that we would be able to bring down a better report with a short extension of time until June of next year. I am delighted that the Labor Party has seen the strength of the arguments presented this afternoon and is not going to be persuaded by the Liberal Party to make the extension only a brief one. It is interesting that, while Mr Kaine argued that we have finished the job, the amendment was actually to extend the time. The only difference of opinion is on whether it should be extended to March or June. That amendment has been lost, and I do not wish to reflect on a vote of the Assembly. It is now important for us to get on with the rest of the business of the house.
Question put:
That the motion (Mr Moore's) be agreed to.
The Assembly voted -
AYES, 11 NOES, 6
Mr Berry Mrs Carnell
Mr Connolly Mr Cornwell
Ms Ellis Mr De Domenico
Ms Follett Mr Humphries
Mrs Grassby Mr Kaine
Mr Lamont Mr Westende
Ms McRae
Mr Moore
Mr Stevenson
Ms Szuty
Mr Wood
Question so resolved in the affirmative.
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