Page 1599 - Week 05 - Tuesday, 14 May 2019

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MS LE COUTEUR (Murrumbidgee) (4.30): Amendment No 23 we have already dealt with. We do not support the move from 10 to five. On amendment No 24, for the reasons that Mr Barr has already explained, we do not support that change. It was an important addition, compared to the exposure draft, that we have the possibility for people who are still not stabilised at the end of the 4½ or five years to work out what would happen for these people, and for children in particular. We think the government’s amendment describes how this should work better.

Question put:

That the amendments be agreed to.

The Assembly voted—

Ayes 10		Noes 13
Miss C Burch	Mr Milligan	Mr Barr	Ms Orr
Mr Coe	Mr Parton	Ms Berry	Mr Pettersson
Mrs Dunne	Mr Wall	Ms J Burch	Mr Ramsay
Mr Hanson		Ms Cheyne	Mr Rattenbury
Mrs Jones		Ms Cody	Mr Steel
Mrs Kikkert		Mr Gentleman	Ms Stephen-Smith
Ms Lawder		Ms Le Couteur

Amendments negatived.

Clause 133 agreed to.

Clauses 134 and 135, by leave, taken together and agreed to.

Clause 136.

MR BARR (Kurrajong—Chief Minister, Treasurer, Minister for Social Inclusion and Equality, Minister for Tourism and Special Events and Minister for Trade, Industry and Investment) (4.36): I move amendment No 10 circulated in my name [see schedule 2 at page 1645]. This amendment changes “damages for loss of quality of life” to “quality of life damages”. This is a minor and technical clarification. The term “quality of life damages” is a defined term for the bill, and this amendment brings the clause into line with its use elsewhere. I commend this to the Assembly.

Amendment agreed to.

Clause 136, as amended, agreed to.

Clauses 137 and 138, by leave, taken together and agreed to.

Clause 139.

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