Rushed policy making is poor policy making — Abortion Tasmania

Posted on April 5, 2013 
Filed under Australia

TasmaniaBishop of Tasmania John Harrower writes:

“Today we submitted the Anglican Church of Tasmania’s Submission to the Draft Bill and Consultation Paper proposed by the Tasmanian Government’s Health Minister as a private member’s bill. …

With others, we protested the initial 2 weeks response time given by the Tasmanian Health Minister and it was extended to 4 weeks! However, this time frame overlapped with the time we had been given by the Government to lodge our submission on the Euthanasia legislation. Well may we say: rushed policy making is poor policy making! Moreover, rushed policy is not only a dis-service to Tasmanians in governance but dismissive and divisive of our community.

This Tasmanian Government has made it very hard for us to engage effectively because of bringing out proposal after proposal for major social change. This rushed and turbulent process has been unnecessary and it has added distress to our community when life is already very challenging for many Tasmanians.

Some excerpts from  the Anglican Church of Tasmania’s Submission…”

– Read it all here. The Anglican submission (PDF) highlights a range of significant issues of interest to all Australians.