Warren Snowdon (Lingiari, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Northern Australia and Indigenous Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

I regard the opportunity to speak in this debate as a privilege and a unique opportunity to demonstrate to the Australian community that we are able to deliberate over and debate important national issues without the shackles of party discipline or political self-interest. In that context, it is important to recall why we are debating the Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial responsibility for approval of RU486) Bill 2005. I am not going to canvass the scientific debate surrounding—

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