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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 14 Hansard (12 December) . . Page.. 4877 ..

MS HORODNY (continuing):

It is about setting goals and has the concept of social justice within it, which again Ms McRae obviously does not understand. It is about intergenerational equity; it is about intragenerational equity. Ms McRae asked how you prove ESD and how you prove health. How do you prove attractiveness, Ms McRae? That is obviously a very subjective thing. It is a real shame that the Labor Party, and Ms McRae in particular, do not familiarise themselves more adequately with the ESD principles.

MR BERRY (8.54): If you are going to put "health" in, I should say something as the Labor Party spokesperson on health. It is all right to make patronising remarks about health, but if you are really serious about including "health" in a piece of legislation you should go to the Health and Community Care Services Act. Do what I call homework and read through the legislation. The functions of the health service go from (a) to (k). I will not bore the Assembly - - -

Mr Moore: That is all right. Take your time.

MR BERRY: Okay. They are:

to promote, protect and maintain the health of the residents of the Territory;

If you are going to talk about health, it would be incomplete unless you made those sorts of references. They continue:

to manage facilities under its control;

That could be mentioned in the planning Act too, I suppose. For what purpose I do not know. They go on:

to consult and cooperate with individuals and organisations concerned with the promotion, protection and maintenance of health;

You just cannot leave all of those important principles out of a discussion about health. This goes from the sublime to the ridiculous, does it not? If you are going to talk about health, you should tell the complete story. If you are going to talk about the environment, you should tell the complete story. If you are talking about a planning Act, let us stick to planning, for heaven's sake.

Amendment agreed to.

MS HORODNY (8.55): I ask for leave to move amendments Nos 2 and 3, circulated in my name, together.

Leave granted.

MS HORODNY: I move:

Page 2, line 31, paragraph (b), omit "and".

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