HUMAN REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND SURROGACYLEGISLATION
AMENDMENT BILL 2018
202. Hon TJORN SIBMA to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Health:
I refer to the minister's
second reading speech on the Human Reproductive Technology and Surrogacy
Legislation Amendment Bill 2018.
(1) Has the State
Solicitor's Office or the Solicitor-General briefed the state
government in a manner consistent with the minister's claims that the
status quo poses an ''unacceptable risk of litigation and the prospect
of provisions of the relevant state legislation—the HRT act—being
held by a court to be invalid''?
(2) If such
advice has been provided, will the minister table it; and, if not, why not?
Hon ALANNA
CLOHESY replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. I am advised of the following.
(1)–(2) The
state government has taken advice from both the State Solicitor's
Office and the Solicitor-General. That advice is subject to legal professional
privilege and will therefore not be tabled.