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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 11 Hansard (5 November) . . Page.. 3624 ..

MR SPEAKER: The question is: That Ms Reilly's amendment to Mr Humphries's proposed amendment to add paragraph (6) be agreed to.

The Assembly voted -

	AYES, 8	 	NOES, 9

	Mr Berry	Mrs Carnell
	Mr Corbell	Mr Cornwell
	Ms Horodny	Mr Hird
	Ms McRae	Mr Humphries
	Ms Reilly	Mr Kaine
	Ms Tucker	Mrs Littlewood
	Mr Whitecross	Mr Moore
	Mr Wood		Mr Osborne
			Mr Stefaniak

MR SPEAKER: The question now is: That Mr Humphries's proposed amendment to add paragraph (6) be agreed to.

Question resolved in the affirmative.

MR SPEAKER: The question now is: That the motion, as amended, be agreed to.

MR BERRY (Leader of the Opposition) (12.40): Mr Speaker, I am pleased that members have supported the general principle of the motion I put forward this morning. It was put forward for good reason. It was timely to put it forward in the context of the moves by John Howard and the inadequate performance of the Liberal Government in the Australian Capital Territory in relation to the provision of services for people who are having difficulties with drugs. In the first paragraph, the motion notes with concern the new drug policy initiatives outlined by the Prime Minister and me. May I report to the Assembly that I have no new drug policies - - -

Mrs Carnell: That is why they are incomplete. You have no policies, so it is all right.

MR BERRY: I have no new drug policies. I have the same ones, that is, I would have supported a heroin trial and will still support one when the time comes, if it ever comes. I am still very concerned about the way that the matter of a heroin trial in the ACT has been handled by the Liberal Government opposite. I think they have set back the debate by many years. My only policies in relation to these matters are reflected in the motion, in my public utterances of the past, and in my actions when I have been in a position to have my hands on the levers. In those cases I have performed as - - -

Mrs Carnell: Doubled the waiting lists; blown out the health budget every year.

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