Page 4225 - Week 10 - Wednesday, 21 September 2011
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The Chief Minister stated on ABC radio yesterday morning that incidents such as these should not have to wait for motions in the Assembly, that they should be responded to immediately. For once, the Chief Minister and I are in agreement. When tragic but avoidable circumstances like these happen, it should not take the Canberra Liberals requiring action in the Assembly for this review and action to occur. The government should have taken this action of their own volition. It is a sad day for the ACT community when ACT Labor would rather cover up and hide than work to prevent tragic circumstances like this occurring.
I will take this opportunity to highlight that I will be seeking leave to move three amendments circulated in my name. There are two on a green sheet and one on a white sheet. The ones on the green sheet simply change a date from July to August. That was a transcription error, and I apologise for that. The one on the white sheet does not change anything in the substance of the motion but simply calls on the government to actually table the results of the reviews I am calling for in the Assembly by the first day in December. Previously it just asked the government to complete those reviews. They are the three amendments. I now seek leave to move those amendments circulated in my name.
Leave granted.
MR HANSON: I move:
(1) In subparagraph (1)(b), omit “July”, substitute “August”.
(2) In subparagraph (1)(c), omit “July”, substitute “August”.
(3) Omit paragraph (2), substitute:
“(2) calls on the ACT Government to table in the Assembly by the first sitting day in December 2011:
(a) the outcomes of an investigation into the procedures and practice surrounding the administration of medication, including methadone at the AMC;
(b) a review of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, and the application of the recommendations to all correctional facilities in the ACT, ensuring that this application reflects current best practice; and
(c) guidelines on the role of the ILO and ALO, and the communication between Corrective Services and the ILO and ALO when incidences occur involving detainees of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent.”.
MR CORBELL (Molonglo—Attorney-General, Minister for the Environment and Sustainable Development, Minister for Territory and Municipal Services and Minister for Police and Emergency Services) (4.53): Mr Assistant Speaker, the government will not be opposing this motion today. We will not be opposing it because we have
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