Mental Health and Suicide Prevention

CRIMINAL LAW (MENTALLY IMPAIRED ACCUSED) ACT — REFORM

87. Hon ALISON XAMON to the minister representing the Attorney General:

I refer to the heinous Criminal Law (Mentally Impaired Accused) Act 1996, which has now been recognised by the United Nations as being in direct violation of the human rights of people with disabilities.

(1) Is this government committed to addressing this disgraceful situation as a matter of urgency by committing to introducing new legislation?

CLIMATE CHANGE

HON ALISON XAMON (North Metropolitan) [ 6.30 pm ]: I rise because I want to make a few comments that I did not have the opportunity to make in the debate today around climate change. I am quite pleased that I did not get the opportunity to speak during the debate because so many members decided to stand and speak. I think that is very positive. I also want to express my pleasure at the fact that nobody who spoke questioned the very science of climate change, which is refreshing. It augurs quite well for our attempts to deal with this monstrous issue for our times.

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