Page 1065 - Week 03 - Wednesday, 21 March 2012
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something really will happen. I am really pleased that we are putting the issues of animal welfare and factory farming back in front of the Assembly. On the note of factory farming, I was going to make the—
MR ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Mr Hargreaves): Ms Le Couteur, if I may interrupt you for a second, have you formally moved your amendments?
MS LE COUTEUR: If I have not, then please—
MR ASSISTANT SPEAKER: You will need leave to move them because there is more than one; so you would need leave to move all your amendments together.
MS LE COUTEUR: Thank you, Mr Assistant Speaker. I think I had overlooked that. I seek leave to move my amendments as one.
Leave granted.
MS LE COUTEUR: Thank you. I move my amendments:
(1) Omit subparagraph (1)(d), substitute:
“(d) that Pace reported to the National Pollutant Inventory in 2007 that it has 14 employees at its Parkwood facility;”.
(2) In existing subparagraph (2)(a), omit “convert to a barn-laid facility”, substitute “adopt alternative egg production methods”.
(3) Insert new subparagraphs (1)(h) to (m):
“(h) that battery cage egg production is a cruel, inhumane practice;
(i) that legislation has been tabled to ban the production of battery cage eggs in the ACT (in 1997, 2007 and 2009);
(j) that various jurisdictions around the world have now banned battery cage egg production;
(k) that the 1997 Act to prohibit the sale of battery cage eggs in the ACT requires support from all States and Territories to become operational, and that Tasmania, Northern Territory and South Australia have given support;
(l) that the Government committed, as far as practicable, to all of its agencies using non-battery cage eggs by May 2009; and
(m) that Pace currently pays $486 per annum for the lease of its 40ha Parkwood property.”.
(4) Omit subparagraph (2)(b), substitute:
“(b) advocate for Western Australia, Victoria, NSW and Queensland to support the 1997 legislation which prohibits the sale of battery cage eggs in the ACT;
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