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Legislative Assembly 21st October 2010
Mr PETER DEBNAM (Vaucluse) [5.45 p.m.]: I am pleased to
follow the honourable doctor because again I believe he summed up the
case in his final few sentences, to which I shall return shortly.
However, I presume he was mistaken in one of his comments when he said
there will be only one medically supervised injecting centre in the
metropolitan area. I assume he means there will be only one in New South
Wales, which is what was said by the previous Labor speaker, the member
for Toongabbie. If anyone wants to understand the origin of this issue,
they should read the speech of the member for Toongabbie. This morning
Nathan Rees set out his involvement in setting up this policy for the
Labor Party.
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Legislative Assembly 2nd September 2010
Mr PETER DEBNAM (Vaucluse) [6.47 p.m.]: I am pleased to
support the Adoption Amendment (Same-sex Couples) Bill (No. 2). I admit
that when the member for Sydney introduced the bill I was a little
uncomfortable with where the debate was heading until I researched the
topic, examined the bill and considered the reality of what is
happening. I now believe that the bill is very sensible and I
congratulate the member for introducing it. There has been much
discussion in this debate about role models. The member for Sydney is a
wonderful role model for all members. She is one of the hardest working
members in this place. She has also demonstrated that one can influence
policy and make a difference from outside the Government as long as one
is persistent and undertakes thorough research over a number of years.
She has certainly done that. The objects of the bill state:
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Legislative Assembly 23rd April 2010 Mr PETER DEBNAM (Vaucluse) [10.46 p.m.]: I am pleased
to support the Relationships Register Bill 2010. The objects of the bill
are to
provide for the legal recognition of relationships of couples,
regardless of
sex, by registration of the relationships; and to recognise registered
relationships, and interstate registered relationships, as de facto
partnerships for the purposes of State legislation. Part 2 of the bill
relates
to the registration of relationships and clause 5 entitles two adults
who are
in a relationship as a couple to apply to the Registrar of Births,
Deaths and
Marriages for registration of their relationship. Schedule 2.2, section
21C (3)
sets out the determination of "relationship as a couple" and states:
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Legislative Assembly 25th February 2010
Mr PETER DEBNAM (Vaucluse) [6.02 p.m.]: The member
for East Hills said that a bill like this has been coming for some time.
The
fact is that a bill like this has been coming since cars went on the
road and
police chased them. Indeed, this Parliament has talked about this bill
for 16
years. There are members in this House—I am not sure about the Labor
members,
but certainly Coalition members—who were on the Staysafe committee in
1994.
When I came to this Parliament 16 years ago, the Staysafe committee
report was
one of the first reports I took notice of. Subsequently, in April 1995,
the
Government changed. For 15 years we have been pleading with the Labor
Party to
put in place the recommendations of that Staysafe committee from 1994.
So, when
the member for East Hills says a bill like this has been coming for some
time,
yes, it has—since cars were invented. But specifically, this offence has
been
coming since that Staysafe committee report of 1994 and we have been
calling on
this Government to act since April 1995.
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Legislative Assembly 25th November 2009
Mr PETER DEBNAM (Vaucluse) [4.26 p.m.]: I also am pleased to
say a few
words on the Industrial Relations (Commonwealth Powers) Bill 2009. I
will be
very brief, not only because I have been laid low with the flu for a
week but
because I simply want to make a couple of points.
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