Lyn Allison (Victoria, Australian Democrats) Share this | Hansard source

I understand and hope that the government would not fill all these positions with one area of expertise only, whether it is nursing or ethics. The reason we are having this debate is that there is a very specific change in the legislation, and it is to take out some areas of expertise specifically and to put in one particular expertise—that is, ethics. As I understand it the chair of AHEC is already on the council as a member at the present time. As that will be the case under this new legislation, why was it necessary to specify ethics, given that that expertise is already there by virtue of the chair of AHEC being on the council?