Suspension of Standing Orders – Pass Bills through All Stages
Let us be really clear here - this is loose legislation in the first place.
Let us be really clear here - this is loose legislation in the first place.
Honourable Speaker, I speak to the suspension of Standing Orders and why the Greens are adamant this should not be required. Why the urgency?
There have been significant delays on implementing the results of reviews of the act in previous years under your government.
The reference to the legislation reform being tabled at the end of this year, 2024, has been removed from your website.
In beginning, I acknowledge the lived experience of Tasmanians with disability and those who love and support them.
I rise today to speak about an area of evolving legal development, which is the rights of nature.
It is the right of everyone and we discussed this yesterday to go to work and to be safe. We have evolved.
However, we are here today talking about the exploitation of animals for profit and a utilitarian approach in law to these animals.
Despite the desperate need in our community, the government is demanding efficiencies across government departments.
We cannot make legislation that will have a disproportionate impact, potentially, on people who are experiencing acute psychological distress.