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

It is clear I will not have support for this amendment, but I do point out that the amendment says:

(b)      the person making the informed, voluntary request is capable of understanding the nature and consequences of that request

So someone who was sexually assaulting a person who felt it was not necessary to report would not fit into that category. I accept that we are probably talking here, firstly, about a tiny proportion of people and, secondly, about an unlikely event. However, it seems to me to be a right that a competent person is a competent person, so it ought to be the same in nursing homes as it is anywhere else. But I accept that there is no support for the amendment.