Committee
Resumed from 23 September. The Deputy Chair of Committees (Hon Dr Steve Thomas) in the chair; Hon Sue Ellery (Leader of the House) in charge of the bill.
Comments and speeches by various members
Clause 223: Which decisions are reviewable — Hon ALISON XAMON: I move —
Page 146, after line 9, the table after item 5 — To insert —
HON TJORN SIBMA (North Metropolitan) [10.18 am] — without notice: I move —
That this house urges the McGowan government to —
(a) justify why and on what grounds it has abandoned a COVID-19 suppression strategy in favour of an elimination strategy;
(b) regularly publish official information, including public health information, underpinning all of its major COVID-19 decisions;
Committee
Resumed from 22 September. The Deputy Chair of Committees (Hon Martin Aldridge) in the chair; Hon Alannah MacTiernan (Minister for Regional Development) in charge of the bill.
Comments and speeches by various members
Select Committee into Alternate Approaches to Reducing Illicit Drug Use and its Effects on the Community — Final Report —
“Help, Not Handcuffs: Evidence-Based Approaches to Reducing Harm from Illicit Drug Use” — Motion
Resumed from 16 September on the following motion moved by Hon Alison Xamon —
That the report be noted.
HON AARON STONEHOUSE (South Metropolitan) [1.13 pm]: I move — That the house —
(a) expresses its concern over increasingly radical and divisive attacks upon Western Australia’s heritage and culture, in particular —
(i) the City of Perth’s attempted cancellation of the Christmas nativity event;
(ii) recent calls to remove statues and monuments;
(iii) the vandalisation of statues and monuments;
Committee
Resumed from 17 September. The Chair of Committees (Hon Simon O’Brien) in the chair; Hon Alannah MacTiernan (Minister for Regional Development) in charge of the bill.
Comments and speeches by various members
Hon ALANNAH MacTIERNAN: I move —
Page 35, line 12 — To insert after “of” — , or serious harm to,
Comments and speeches by various members
Committee
Resumed from 16 September. The Deputy Chair of Committees (Hon Martin Aldridge) in the Hon Alannah MacTiernan (Minister for Regional Development) in charge of the bill.
Comments and speeches by various members
Select Committee into Alternate Approaches to Reducing Illicit Drug Use and its Effects on the Community — Final Report —
“Help, Not Handcuffs: Evidence-Based Approaches to Reducing Harm from Illicit Drug Use” — Motion
Resumed from 13 May on the following motion moved by Hon Alison Xamon —
That the report be noted.
HON ALISON XAMON (North Metropolitan) [1.09 pm]: I move — That this house —
(a) expresses its grave concern about growing rates of homelessness in Western Australia;
(b) recognises that the WA Labor government’s initiatives and announcements to date are wholly insufficient to address this crisis; and
Second Reading — Cognate Debate
Resumed from an earlier stage of the sitting.
Comments and speeches by various members