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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2001 Week 10 Hansard (28 August) . . Page.. 3469 ..

MR MOORE (continuing):

to be an appropriate way of dealing with this, but we also have to protect the community and be sure that she is not out doing further burglaries.

This is the sort of circumstance where a magistrate might say, "Look, in the end it's better for her. She is not a threat to society in terms of violence." But we do want to know that she is where she says she is at any given time, and to allow her to try to put her family together. We want to see whether we can help her. That is the sort of circumstance where somebody, even though they are on remand, is able to be better handled. Hopefully it would lead to a magistrate then sentencing her to a home detention period.

That sort of circumstance is probably unusual, but an extra two or three beds at the Belconnen Remand Centre would be an appropriate way for us to assist in dealing with people who are incarcerated in unacceptable conditions, with pressure on them and pressure on staff and so on. So once again I urge members. In fact I will ask Mr Osborne to change his mind.

Mr Hargreaves: Why not go the whole hog?

MR MOORE: Why not go the whole hog? Normally I would not push quite so hard, but I feel very strongly that this is a situation where we ought not cut off our options. I am asking members to give us the opportunity not to cut off our options.

Question put:

The Assembly voted-

 	Ayes, 8  				Noes, 7

 Mr Berry  	Mr Quinlan  		Mrs Burke  	Mr Moore
 Mr Corbell  	Mr Rugendyke  		Mr Cornwell  	Mr Smyth
 Mr Hargreaves  Mr Stanhope  		Mr Hird  	Mr Stefaniak
 Mr Osborne  	Ms Tucker  		Mr Kaine             

Amendment agreed to.

Clause 7, as amended, agreed to.

Remainder of bill, by leave, taken as a whole.

MR MOORE (Minister for Health, Housing and Community Services) (11.55): Mr Temporary Deputy Speaker, my understanding is that all of my amendments and all of Mr Osborne's amendments are acceptable to the Assembly.

Mr Osborne: I have a couple of extra amendments.

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