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Leave granted.
MR STEFANIAK: Scrutiny report 28 contains the committee’s comments on four bills, 20 pieces of subordinate legislation and 10 government responses. The report was circulated to members when the Assembly was not sitting. I commend the report to the Assembly.
Scrutiny report 29
MR STEFANIAK (Ginninderra—Leader of the Opposition) (11.00): I present the following report:
Legal Affairs—Standing Committee (performing the duties of a Scrutiny of Bills and Subordinate Legislation Committee)—Scrutiny Report 29—Legislatures and the Protection of Human Rights Conference—University of Melbourne—20-22 July 2006, dated 7 August 2006.
I seek leave to move a motion authorising the report for publication.
Leave granted.
MR STEFANIAK: I move:
That the report be authorised for publication.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
MR STEFANIAK: I move:
That the report be noted.
MR STANHOPE (Ginninderra—Chief Minister, Treasurer, Minister for Business and Economic Development, Minister for Indigenous Affairs and Minister for the Arts) (11.02): Mr Speaker, I am very pleased to see the scrutiny of bills committee reporting on a very significant conference, a conference in relation to legislatures and the protection of human rights. I point to the irony of Mr Stefaniak, a noted opponent of bills of rights and of, essentially, the role of legislatures in the protection of human rights, tabling this report and actually chairing a committee meeting or inquiry into the issue of legislative protection of human rights.
Whilst I think it is ironic that Mr Stefaniak, who has so consistently, vigorously and rigorously opposed the move by the ACT legislature to adopt the Human Rights Act, a bill of rights for the ACT, to the extent that Mr Stefaniak has now, through his chairmanship of the scrutiny committee, provided this report, which I look forward to reading with some interest, I think that is an indication of the importance of the debate that we have been through within the ACT, through this legislature, in relation to how best to incorporate an understanding and acceptance of human rights and the role of that recognition and respect for human rights in the overall health of our institutions and our community.
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