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Contents Motion DEBATES – Wednesday 15 February 2017 CONTENTS MOTION ...................................................................................................................................................... 833 Changes to Committee Membership – Public Accounts Committee and Select Committee on Opening Parliament to the People ......................................................................................................................... 833 TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY LAW REFORM BILL ............................................................................ 833 (Serial 15) ................................................................................................................................................ 833 MOTION ...................................................................................................................................................... 842 Note Statement – Supporting and Growing Jobs .................................................................................... 842 PETITION .................................................................................................................................................... 854 Petition No 7 – Bring Dan Murphy’s to Darwin ........................................................................................ 854 ELECTORAL LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL (NO 2) .......................................................................... 854 (Serial 8) .................................................................................................................................................. 854 PLANNING AMENDMENT BILL ................................................................................................................. 855 (Serial 9) .................................................................................................................................................. 855 MOTION ...................................................................................................................................................... 856 Alice Springs Taxi Industry ...................................................................................................................... 856 MOTION ...................................................................................................................................................... 865 Use of Language in the Legislative Assembly ......................................................................................... 865 DISTINGUISHED VISITOR ......................................................................................................................... 869 Hon Steve Hatton .................................................................................................................................... 869 MOTION ...................................................................................................................................................... 872 Business and Consumer Confidence ...................................................................................................... 872 MOTION ...................................................................................................................................................... 889 PET Scanner and Cyclotron .................................................................................................................... 889 MOTION ...................................................................................................................................................... 893 Note Statement – Supporting and Growing Jobs .................................................................................... 893 ADJOURNMENT ......................................................................................................................................... 894 DEBATES – Wednesday 15 February 2017 Madam Speaker Purick took the Chair at 10 am. MOTION Changes to Committee Membership – Public Accounts Committee and Select Committee on Opening Parliament to the People Ms FYLES (Leader of Government Business): Madam Speaker, I move that, pursuant to Standing Order 179, the Assembly discharges the Member for Stuart from the Public Accounts Committee and the Select Committee on opening Parliament to the People, and that the Assembly appoints the Member for Brennan to the Public Accounts Committee and the Member for Namatjira to the Select Committee on Opening Parliament to the People. Motion agreed to. TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY LAW REFORM BILL (Serial 15) Bill presented and read a first time. Ms FYLES (Health): Madam Speaker, I move that the bill now be read a second time. The Termination of Pregnancy Law Reform Bill 2017 proposes to create a new act to replace section 11 of the Medical Services Act, which will be repealed, and bring Northern Territory termination of pregnancy legislation into the 21st century. Consequential changes proposed to the Criminal Code will decriminalise the termination of pregnancy, but at the same time protect Territory women from harm. It is no surprise to any member of this House that this bill is one that is very important to me and, indeed, many Territorians. It will probably be the most passionate, personal and controversial issue for women in this House to debate—for Territorians in this House to debate. The topic of the bill has previously generated a great deal of passionate debate in this House, when the Member for Goyder introduced an amendment bill to the Medical Services Act in November 2015. Madam Speaker, we know that you are particularly familiar with the complexity of amending section 11 of the Medical Services Act, and I would firstly like to explain why we have chosen a different approach with the bill you have before you today. Contemporary legislation requires robust provisions of all gestational phases of pregnancy. Contemporary legislation requires evidence-based practice by health professionals who make decisions about when, how and where to implement treatment. This is done according to: • an assessment of the health and wellbeing of women within a framework of professional practice guidelines • an approach to consent for termination of pregnancy which is in line with consent for other medical procedures • provisions for conscientious objection • provision for referral to another practitioner who can provide appropriate services • provisions for safe access zones in the vicinity of treatment facilities. Amending the Medical Services Act to achieve these requirements would be problematic for a number of reasons. These include the act’s limited application, regarding terminations, to hospital services only. Private and out-of-hospital facilities, such as day surgeries, are not capable of being authorised as settings where the treatment can occur. Therefore substantial consequential amendments would also be required to enable the Private Hospitals Act to include other private clinical facilities. 833 DEBATES – Wednesday 15 February 2017 Any amendments to either act would require substantial and resource-intensive approval and compliance monitoring and would not fully address the clinical risks. For these reasons the government intends to repeal section 11 of the Medical Services Act and enact separate legislation specifically dealing with termination of pregnancy. This approach is in line with other jurisdictions and contemporary legislative practice. The approach requires minimal amendments to the Criminal Code Act and reduces the necessity for more or numerous complex amendments to other acts. With the repeal of section 11 of the Medical Services Act, this bill also proposes repealing parts of the Criminal Code Act which refer to the offences of procurement of an abortion, or the supply of drugs or instruments for procuring an abortion. Fellow Members of the Legislative Assembly, we have spent significant time in the past debating the amendments proposed by the honourable Member for Goyder. We all know this debate is not about the moral rights or the wrongs of abortion. As I mentioned in my previous speech in response to the bill last year, I acknowledge that this is a difficult debate for some people and can cause discomfort. But I cannot over-emphasise the importance of this issue for Territory women. This bill is broader than the medical abortion drug, RU486, which, as I have spoken about before in parliament, had a delayed and contentious arrival in Australia. The Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial responsibility for approval of RU486) Bill was passed in 2006. It proposed that the decision to allow RU486 to be prescribed in Australia be made by the Therapeutic Goods Administration rather than allowing the then federal Health minister, Tony Abbott, to continue to hold veto rights over introduction of the drug. I would like to remind members here in this House that this legislation was: … a cross party private members’ bill in the federal parliament … moved by Senators Fiona Nash from the National Party, Lyn Allison from the Democrats, Claire Moore from the Labor Party and Judith Troeth from the Liberal Party. This was the first time in the federal parliament that a private members’ bill was moved by representatives from four political parties. It was a huge signal. Their efforts were ultimately successful when the bill passed in February 2006 following a conscience vote. I hope this Assembly can take a similar bipartisan approach and work together cooperatively to support the successful passage
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