Page 448 - Week 02 - Wednesday, 2 March 1994
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the old Catholic law. She went to a Catholic home, had the child, and the child was adopted out. She said that she did not know how to take her. She did not know how she would handle this child. It became the greatest thing out. There is not a child in the world or an adult in the world who does not want to know about their mother.
There was enough publicity about the legislation, Mr Humphries. There were public hearings. They should not blame a Minister; they should not blame a Legislative Assembly.
Mr Humphries: You cannot criticise these people, Ellnor. They acted as they thought best.
MRS GRASSBY: I think that the blame has to be laid at the door of the parents who did not take the responsibility and say, "We think you should know some other things. You know that you are adopted. These are the things you should know". Mr Humphries, I do not think you can blame a Minister for the Bill, and I do not think you can blame the committee - - -
Mr Humphries: You are blaming the parents.
MRS GRASSBY: They should not be writing a letter blaming the Minister. They should have thought about it when the publicity went out. They knew that that Bill was going through. They should have said to the son, "We need to tell you things that we did not tell you before. We did not think it was important because we thought it would never come out. Now we think you should know". To write a letter and blame a Minister is wrong. I would take it very hard as a Minister if somebody wrote me a letter blaming me for something that was not my fault.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
Assembly adjourned at 5.45 pm
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