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Index to Minutes of Proceedings - 2007-08-21

Index to Minutes – 21 August 2007 to 30 August 2007
TENTH ASSEMBLY - FIRST SESSION

From To Pages
21 August 2007 30 August 2007 421 - 460

Bold No. 123=Passed Bill
Italic & Bold No. 123=Discharged Bill
Italic No. 123=Negatived Bill


ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS
      Ministers and Administrative arrangements, effective 7 August 2007, Gazette S18, dated 7 August 2007 (Ms Martin) 422
      Shadow Ministerial Portfolio Responsibilities, (Paper 1031) (Ms Carney) 423

ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
      Sex offender apprehension and conviction rates of Indigenous and Non-indigenous Territorians (Ms Scrymgour) 440

BILLS
      Bail Amendment Bill 2007 (Serial 107) 432, 443
      Care and Protection of Children Bill 2007 (Serial 112) 426, 432
      Disasters Amendment Bill 2007 (Serial 115) 454, 458
      Electoral Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2007 (Serial 117) 454
      Environment Protection Authority Bill 2007 (Serial 114) 448, 453
      Evidence of Children Amendment Bill 2007 (Serial 91) 425, 427
      Firearms Amendment (Paintball) Bill 2007 (Serial 102) 444, 445
      First Home Owner Grant Amendment Bill 2007 (Serial 109) 432, 443
      Law Reform (Dust Diseases) Amendment Bill 2007 (Serial 116) 454, 458
      Liquor Legislation Amendment Bill 2007 (Serial 113) 426, 432, 459
      Local Government Amendment Bill 2007 (Serial 101) 426, 432, 459
      Mining and Petroleum (Aboriginal Land Rights) Amendment Bill 2007 (Serial 104) 454
      Pay-roll Tax Amendment Bill 2007 (Serial 110) 432, 443
      Revenue Law Reform (Stamp Duty) Bill 2007 (Serial 111) 432, 443
      Surveillance Devices Bill 2007 (Serial 100) 448
      Taxation Administration Bill 2007 (Serial 108) 432, 443
      Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Amendment (Joint Management Parks) Bill 2007 (Serial 103) 448
      Transport Legislation (Demerit Points) Amendment Bill 2007 (Serial 106) 427, 433, 440

BUSINESS DISCHARGED
      Report of the Inquiry into the Protection of Aboriginal Children from Sexual Abuse (Mr Henderson) 455

CONDOLENCES
      Sitzler OAM, Mr Paul (Ms Martin) 431

DISTINGUISHED VISITORS
      Cason, Mr John, Qantas Regional General Manager of the Northern Territory (Mrs Aagaard) 454
      Cox, Mr George former Liberal Member for the Victorian Parliament, MLA from 1976 to 1982 and MLC from 1988 to 1996 (Mrs Aagaard) 448
      Egan AO, His Honour the Administrator Mr Ted and Ms Nerys Evans (Mrs Aagaard) 431
      McCormick, Mrs Jennifer, Ms Elara Bozich and Mr Neil Aitken (Mrs Aagaard) 421

DISTINGUISHED VISITORS (cont)
      Sitzler AM, Mrs Minna and Ms Shelley Forester, Ben and Nick Forester - family of the late Mr Paul Sitzler (Mrs Aagaard) 431
      Stone AC PGDK QC, Hon Shane former Chief Minister of the Northern Territory and Mrs Josephine Stone AM (Mrs Aagaard) 431
      Wilson Phd, Dr Bill, Politics Senior Lecturer at the CDU (Mrs Aagaard) 454

EXPLANATIONS OF SPEECH
      Wood, Mr, made an explanation of his speech delivered during the motion to suspend Standing Orders to pass the Local Government Bill 2007 (Serial 101) through all stages 459

GENERAL BUSINESS DAY
      10 October 2007, Wednesday (Mr Henderson) 455

LEAVE OF ABSENCE
      McCarthy, Ms 21 August to 30 August 2007 424, 460

MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE
      Housing affordability (Mr Wood) 460

MEMBERS SWORN
      Conlan, Matthew Escott, 21 August 2007 (Paper 1029) 421

MESSAGES FROM ADMINISTRATOR
      No. 22, Assent to proposed laws, 30 June 2007 (Paper 1033) (Mrs Aagaard) 424

MINISTERIAL REPORTS
      Access to Learning Award - Northern Territory Library (Mr McAdam) 425
      BassintheDust 2007 (Ms Martin) 457
      Child Protection Week, National (Ms Scrymgour) 457
      Darwin Festival, August 2007 (Ms Scrymgour) 453
      Environment Grants Program (Ms Lawrie) 447
      Equine Flu Outbreak (Mr Natt) 447
      Film Industry (Ms Scrymgour) 431
      Garma Festival 2007 (Mr Stirling) 453
      Grape Vine Leaf Rust in Darwin and rural areas 453
      Increased Airline Passenger Services (Mr Henderson) 443
      Indigenous Art Buyers (Ms Martin) 447
      Indigenous Music Awards 2007 (Ms Scrymgour) 457
      Interstate Seniors Trip (Ms Martin) 431
      Media Delegation From China (Ms Martin) 443
      Mt Todd Rehabilitation (Mr Natt) 425
      New Birth Centre at the Royal Darwin Hospital (Dr Burns) 453
      Seniors Month, August 2007 (Ms Scrymgour) 425
      Skilled Migration Recruitment (Ms Martin) 424
      Telstra ICT Business Award 2007 (Mr McAdam) 443
      Territory Hospitals Performance Health (Dr Burns) 431

MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS
      Creating Darwin's Future (Ms Martin) 455
      Desert Knowledge Australia (Mr Vatskalis) 440
      Northern Territory Indigenous Plan of Action, Closing the Gap (Ms Martin) 428
      Securing Territory Minerals Growth (Mr Natt) 451
      Sport and Recreation Facilities (Mr Vatskalis) 446
      Tourism Business Sector, Growing of (Mr Henderson) 460


MOTIONS (Procedural)
      Extension of Time
      Bonson on motion of Mr Warren 440
      Burns on motion of Mr Henderson 428
      Hampton on motion of Mr Warren 445
      Knight on motion of Mr Bonson 440
      McAdam on motion of Mr Henderson 459
      Miller on motion of Mr Mills 454
      Leave denied
      Ms Lawrie to move motion relating to a nuclear waste dump facility in the Northern Territory 449
      Suspension of Standing Orders
      Ms Lawrie to move motion re Nuclear waste dump in the Northern Territory (Paper 1070) 449
      Nuclear waste dump in the Northern Territory - (Ms Lawrie) (Paper 1070) 447
      Pass Bill through all stages
        Liquor Legislation Amendment Bill 2007 (Serial 113) 426, 458
        Local Government Amendment Bill 2007 (Serial 101) 426, 458
      Take four Bills together
        Taxation Administration Bill 2007 (Serial 108), First Home Owner Grant Amendment Bill 2007 (Serial 109), Pay-roll Tax Amendment Bill 2007 (Serial 110) and Revenue Law Reform (Stamp Duty) Bill 2007 (Serial 111) 432, 443

MOTIONS (Substantive)
      Auditor-General's August 2007 Report - Note 451
      Auditor-General's August 2007 Report - Print 451
      Creating Darwin's Future - Note (Ms Martin) 455
      Desert Knowledge Australia - Note (Mr Vatskalis) 440, 450
      Environment and Sustainable Development Committee, appointing Mr Matthew Conlan (Paper 1032) (Ms Carney) 424
      Northern Territory Indigenous Plan of Action, Closing the Gap - Note (Ms Martin) 428, 440, 445, 455
      Northern Territory Indigenous Plan of Action, Closing the Gap - Note (Ms Martin) 454
      Nuclear waste dump in the Northern Territory - (Ms Lawrie) (Paper 1070) 447, 449
      Public Accounts Committee, appointing Mr Matthew Conlan (Paper 1032) (Ms Carney) 424
      Securing Territory Minerals Growth - Note (Mr Natt) 451
      Sport and Recreation Facilities - Note (Mr Vatskalis) 446
      Standing Orders Committee, appointing Mr Matthew Conlan (Paper 1032) (Ms Carney) 424
      Tourism Business Sector, Growing of - Note (Mr Henderson) 460

NEXT MEETING
      Tuesday 9 October 2007 (Mr Henderson) 460

PAPERS TABLED
      Administrative Arrangements of Government, Ministries effective 7 August 2007, Gazette S18, dated 7 August 2007 (Paper 1030) (Ms Martin) 422
      Alice Desert Festival, 14 to 23 September 2007 (Paper 1077) (Mrs Braham) 451
      Annual Reports
      Auditor-General's August 2007 Report. (Paper 1075) (Mr Knight) 451
      Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education, 2006 (Paper 1036) 428
      Charles Darwin University, 2006 (Paper 1035) 428
      Child Protection (Reporting and Registration) Act 2004
        Sexual offences and certain other serious crimes against children, Report, I July 2006 to 30 June 2007 (Paper 1069) 446
      Lands, Planning and Mining Tribunal, 2006/2007 (Paper 1074) 451
      Northern Territory Architects Board, 2006/2007 (Paper 1037) 428

PAPERS TABLED (cont)
      Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League U18 National Championships Townsville - July 7th to 14th 2007 - Team members and officials (Paper 1080) (Mr Mills) 455
      Closing the Gap of Indigenous Disadvantage - A Plan of Action (Paper 1056) (Ms Martin) 428
      Coroners Act
      In the matter of Coroner’s Findings and Recommendation into the Death of Jason Donald, pursuant to Section 46B, dated 16 March 2007 (Paper 1041) 428
      Deed of Variation, Mail Order Lottery, Between Christopher Bruce Burns and The Australian Lottery Company Pty Ltd and Michael John Hannon and Gregory John Bitomsky, dated 6 June 2007 (Paper 1073) 451
      Estimates Committee and Government Owned Corporations Scrutiny Committee 2007, Questions on Notice and Answers, dated 28 August 2007 (Paper 1072) 451
      Explanatory Statements
      Bail Amendment Bill 2007 (Paper 1062) (Mr Stirling) 443
      Care and Protection of Children (Paper 1058) 432
      Disasters Amendment Bill 2007 (Paper 1084) 458
      Environment Protection Authority 2007 (Paper 1079) (Ms Lawrie) 453
      Law Reform (Dust Diseases) Amendment Bill 2007 (Paper 1085) 458
      Liquor Legislation Amendment Bill 2007 (Paper 1057) 432
      Local Government Amendment Bill 2007 (Paper 1059) 432
      Taxation Administration Bill 2007 (Paper 1063), First Home Owner Grant Amendment Bill 2007 (Serial 109) (Paper 1064), Pay-roll Tax Amendment Bill 2007 (Serial 110) (Paper 1065) and Revenue Law Reform (Stamp Duty) Bill 2007 (Serial 111) (Paper 1066) 444
      Financial Management Act
      Transfer of Excess Allocations, pursuant to section 20, dated 29 June 2007 (Paper 1042) 428
      Financial Statements
      Auditor-General’s Report on the Financial Statements of the Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education - year ended 31 December 2006 (Paper 1039) 428
      Auditor-General’s Report to the Minister for Employment, Education and Training on the Financial Statements of the Charles Darwin University – year ended 31 December 2006 (Paper 1040) 428
      Auditor-General’s Report to the Minister for Health on the Financial Statements of Menzies School of Health Research – year ended 31 December 2006 (Paper 1038) 428
      Fogg Dam Monsoon Forest Boardwalk, Photographs (Paper 1082) (Mr Warren) 457
      Graph, Staffing Trends by Classification, Health Practitioners 1996/97 to 1998/99 (Paper 1068) (Dr Burns) 444
      Leanyer Primary School Attendance Stars (Paper 1061) (Mr Henderson) 441
      Minmet website of active mining companies in the Territory, Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries and Mines (Paper 1076) (Mr Warren) 451
      Photograph, paint ball exponent, Dr Burns (Paper 1067) (Dr Burns) 444
      Plans of Management
      Cobourg Marine Park, Department of Natural Resources, Environment and the Arts (Paper 1087) 460
      Tnorala Conservation Reserve (Gosse Bluff) March 1997, Draft Amendment May 2007, Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory (Paper 1086) 460
      Regulations 2007
      No. 16, Supreme Court Amendment (Proceedings Relating to Lawyers) Rules (Paper 1043) 428
      No. 17, Supreme Court Amendment (Admission Fees) Regulations (Paper 1044) 428
      No. 18, Fines and Penalties (Recovery) Amendment (Radiation Protection) Regulations (Paper 1045) 428
      No. 19, Work Health Amendment Regulations (Paper 1046) 428
      No. 20, Radiation Protection Regulations (Paper 1047) 429

PAPERS TABLED (cont)
      Regulations 2007 (cont)
      No. 21, Heritage Conservation Amendment (Minor Work) Regulations (Paper 1048) 429
      No. 22, Fisheries Amendment (Prescribed Fish) Regulations (Paper 1049) 429
      No. 23 Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Amendment By-laws (Paper 1050) 429
      No. 24 Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Amendment By-laws (No. 2) (Paper 1051) 429
      No. 25, Business Names Regulations (Paper 1052) 429
      No. 26, Fines and Penalties (Recovery) Amendment (Business Names) Regulations (Paper 1053) 429
      No. 27, Juries Amendment Regulations (Paper 1054) 429
      No. 28, Public Health (Cervical Cytology Register) Amendment Regulations (Paper 1055) 429
      No. 29, Corporations Law Amendment Rules 2007 (Paper 1088) 460
      No. 30, Legal Profession Admission Rules 2007 (Paper 1089) 460
      Subdivisions 2001/2007 (excluding Alice Springs Region) (Paper 1060) (Ms Lawrie) 433

PETITIONS
      Darwin City Promotion, desperate need to encourage people into the city, No. 64, not conforming with Standing Orders (Paper 1083) (Ms Sacilotto) (772 petitioners) 457
      Fogg Dam Monsoon Forest Boardwalk, funding to facilitate its reopening in 2007, No. 63 (Paper 1081) (Mr Warren) (1445 petitioners) 457
      Responses to petitions
      No. 55, 61 and 62, relating to the proposed Litchfield Shire Council amalgamation (Paper 1078) 453
      No. 56 relating to closure of Farrar Medical Centre (Paper 1034) 424

RESIGNATION OF MEMBER
      Lim, Richard, resigned as at 9th July 2007, Speaker tabled letter received notifying his resignation as the Member for Greatorex, Dr Richard Lim, submitted to her by the Administrator in accordance with section 18 of the Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978 421

RETURN TO WRIT
      Division of Greatorex, certifying that Mr Matthew Escott Conlan had been duly elected on 28th July 2007, poll declared 2nd August 2007 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Dr Richard Lim (Paper 1028) 421

STATEMENTS BY SPEAKER
      ABC-TV, Channel 9 to film, with sound, and NT News to take photographs during the swearing-in of the new Member for Greatorex (Mrs Aagaard) 421

VISITORS
      Bakewell Primary School, Year 6/7 students accompanied by Ms Tracy Roberts (Mrs Aagaard) 453
      Filipino Senior Citizens Association (Mrs Aagaard) 458
      Gray Primary School, Year 6/7, students accompanied by Kate Phillips (Mrs Aagaard) 431
      Holy Family Primary School, Grade 6/7 students, accompanied by Michelle Morris and Moulden Park Primary School, Grade 5/6 students, accompanied by Trudy Boland (Mrs Aagaard) 421
      Sacred Heart Primary School, Year 5 students accompanied by Mr Bill Bemelmans (Mrs Aagaard) 447
      St Andrew Lutheran School, Year 6/7 students accompanied by Ms Carly Monro (Mrs Aagaard) 431
      Taminmin High School, Year 9 students accompanied by Mr Jean-Marc Balette (Mrs Aagaard) 453
      Tennant Creek High School students, Year 11 (Mrs Aagaard) 443
      UNESCO visitors to parliament house (Mrs Aagaard) 457
      Wagaman Primary School students, Year 6/7 accompanied by Ms Margaret McPherson (Mrs Aagaard) 457
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