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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 10 Hansard (24 September) . . Page.. 3182 ..

The petition read as follows:

To the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory:

The petition of certain residents of the Australian Capital Territory draws to the attention of the Assembly that the Queen's Birthday fireworks night runs over several days and is noisy and dangerous.

Your petitioners therefore request the Assembly to:

Gazette one night only on which to celebrate with fireworks the Queen's Birthday.

Limit the sale of fireworks for the period commencing from the Friday of the weekend previous to the long weekend and cease with close of business on the evening of the day allocated for their use.

Legislate that firework design be such that the noise that accompanies the exploding fireworks be limited to that necessary to generate the visual effect.

Promulgate a `code of conduct' to ensure that neighbours advise each other of their intentions with respect to fireworks.

Petition received.

MR MOORE (10.34): Mr Speaker, I present the Crimes (Assisted Suicide) Bill 1997, together with its explanatory memorandum.

Title read by Clerk.

MR MOORE: Mr Speaker, I move:

That this Bill be agreed to in principle.

At the time the Federal Parliament passed the Euthanasia Laws Act 1997, this Assembly was in the process of debating a Bill to amend the Medical Treatment Act 1994. That Bill, had it been enacted, would have provided for a legal regime where a medical practitioner would be able to assist somebody to die where the person was in great pain, was of sound mind and over the age of 18 years, was in a terminal phase of a terminal illness and was suffering severe pain or distress caused by illness which he or she regarded as intolerable. That amendment to the Medical Treatment Act was withdrawn after the Federal Parliament withdrew the power of this Assembly to pass such legislation.

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