MONITORED TREATMENT PROGRAMS BILL

Second Reading

Adjourned debate on second reading.

(Continued from 20 June 2007. Page 374.)

The Hon. A. BRESSINGTON (21:02): I move:

That this Order of the Day, Private Business No. 34, be discharged.

I will be brief. I am discharging this bill simply because I did take note of the comments of the Hon. Sandra Kanck when she spoke to this bill, and I do agree that it does not reflect what I was trying to achieve. This is my mistake—live and learn. It probably should have been dealt with as an amendment to the Controlled Substances Act, but there is provision in the Controlled Substances Act for monitored treatment but it is just not applied. So, why put it in twice?

The target group of this bill was parents who had been brought to the attention of welfare for abuse and neglect of their children who are drug addicted and also for youth who repeatedly appear before court on drug related matters. I am discharging this. It is not that I do not believe that monitored treatment is not necessary but I want to be very clear as to how it will be applied and the target groups to whom it is applied.

Motion carried.

Bill withdrawn.