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    "content": "Clause 8 states that the committee shall meet at least two times each year so that they do not spend too much public resources. Clause 10 states that the committee shall be served by a secretary from the department for culture. I hope that they will not be earning sitting allowances when they sit. Looking at this Bill, when you establish a hall of fame, you are recognising people who have distinguished themselves by services, achievement in academia, athletics, football, farming and whatever field that they can be recognized so that they can be put in a hall of fame which may be in a museum, a county hall or whatever place that is designated in the county. The criteria for identifying such people is set out by this Bill but I do not agree that the governors of counties should be given such immense powers as outlined in the Bill including revoking somebody’s conferment in the hall of fame. Mr. Deputy Speaker, when a governor has that much power, he or she may wake up one day and instigate to remove your name from the hall of fame. In my opinion, once your name has been put in the hall of fame, it should remain there permanently. It should never be removed. There should be no reason for removal. Like Nelson Mandel said, ‘There are no bad people because even bad people can be used as bad examples to make society better.’ The governors should not be given authority to revoke the nomination and conferment of anybody in the hall of fame. What is it that we are trying to achieve through this Bill? We have been crying that our heroes and heroines in this country are living in squalor. If it was not for the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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