Index to Minutes of Proceedings - 2003-10-07
Index to Minutes - 7 October 2003 to 16 October 2003
NINTH ASSEMBLY - FIRST SESSION
From To Pages
7 October 2003 16 October 2003 461 - 489
Bold No. 123=Passed Bill
Italic & Bold No. 123=Discharged Bill
Italic No. 123=Negatived Bill
ABSENCE OF SPEAKER
- Speaker (Mrs L M Braham) absent from 14 October2003 Mr Wood as
Deputy Speaker took the Chair 475
BILLS
- Architects Amendment Bill 2003 (Serial 179) 464, 468
Associations Bill 2003 (Serial 174) 480, 481
AustralAsia Railway (Special Provisions) Amendment Bill 2003 (Serial 184) 476, 480
AustralAsia Railway (Third Party Access) Amendment Bill 2003 (Serial 185) 476, 480
Bushfires Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2003 (Serial 187) 481, 486
Business Tenancies (Fair Dealings) Bill 2003 (Serial 175) 463, 464
Criminal Code Amendment Bill (No. 4) 2003 (Serial 183) 481, 485
Defacto Relationships (Northern Territory Request) Bill 2003 (Serial 182) 476, 480
Fisheries Amendment Bill 2003 (Serial 177) 464, 468
Interpretation Amendment Bill 2003 (Serial 190) 486
Law Reform (Gender, Sexuality and Defacto Relationships) Bill 2003 (Serial 186) 476, 480
Liquor Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2003 (Serial 178) 468, 471
Liquor Amendment Bill (No. 3) 2003 (Serial 189) 486
Local Government Amendment Bill 2001 (Serial 10) 472
Local Government Amendment Bill 2003 (Serial 176) 468, 472
Parks and Reserves (Framework for the Future) Bill 2003 (Serial 180) 464, 467
Sentencing (Crime of Murder) and Parole Reform Bill 2003 (Serial 181) 481, 485
Stock Diseases Amendment Bill 2003 (Serial 188) 481, 486
Water Amendment Bill 2003 (Serial 167) 468
CONDOLENCE
- Braham, Mr Graeme, - Statement by (Ms Martin) (Mr Burke) and (Mr Wood) 475
DEPUTY SPEAKER, POWERS DURING ABSENCE OF SPEAKER
- Mr Wood authorized to exercise the powers and carry out the functions in absence
of Speaker (Mr Henderson) 475
DISCHARGE OF BUSINESS
- Interim Report on Issues associated with the progressive entry of cane toads into
the Northern Territory (Mr Henderson) 487
Local Government Amendment Bill 2001 (Serial 10) (Mr Ah Kit) 472
DISSENT FROM ACTING DEPUTY SPEAKER'S RULING
- Member for Macdonnell (Mr Elferink), motion negatived 473
DISTINGUISHED VISITORS
- Floreani OAM, Mr Enzo, former Member for Flynn and Mrs Bernie Floreani (Madam Speaker) 464
Miller, Mrs Fay, family and friends of, the new Member for Katherine (Madam Speaker) 461
Reed, Mr Mike, former Member for Katherine and the family and friends of Mrs Fay Miller
the new Member for Katherine (Madam Speaker) 461
Tuxworth, Mr Ian, former Chief Minister of the Legislative Assembly and former
Member for Barkly (Madam Speaker) 464
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
- Burke, Mr, 15 October 2003 479
Kiely, Mr, 15 October 2003 479
Lim, Dr, 15 October 2003 479
Martin, Ms, 15 October 2003 479
Mrs L M Braham, Speaker, 14 to 16 October 2003, inclusive (Mr Henderson) 475
MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE
- Defence Technology Park in Darwin (Mr Burke) 477
MEMBER SWORN
- Miller, Mrs Christina Fay 7 October 2003 (Paper 1067) 461
MESSAGES FROM THE ADMINISTRATOR
- No. 17, Assent to proposed laws passed during August 2003 sittings (Paper 1061) 461
MINISTERIAL REPORTS
- Administrator, appointment of Mr Ted Egan AM (Ms Martin) 463
Alcohol Framework Review (Mr Stirling) 479
AustralAsia Railway, track laying update (Ms Martin) 471
Child Protection (Mrs Aagaard) 463
Commercially made slingshots (Mr Henderson) 485
Correctional Services Review (Dr Toyne) 463
Delegation visit to Greece, Cyprus and Turkey (Ms Martin) 467
Hidden Valley Motor Sports Complex (Mr Ah Kit) 479
Information and Communication Technology Expo, Singapore (Dr Toyne) 467
Information Communication Technology and the Bush (Dr Toyne) 475
Katherine Region Harmony Group (Dr Toyne) 471
Lee Point housing project (Mr Vatskalis) 467
Ministerial Delegation to Brunei, Sabah, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore (Mr Henderson) 479
NT WorkSafe (Mr Stirling) 463
October Business Month (Mr Henderson) 475
Power outages (Dr Burns) 467
Public Housing, security screens (Mr Ah Kit) 471
Regional Development Boards (Mr Ah Kit) 485
Retail Travel Agents Familiarisation Program (Dr Burns) 480
Royal Brunei Airlines – Extra flight schedule to Darwin (Dr Burns) 476
Soccer development in the Northern Territory (Mr Ah Kit) 476
Tiwi Island Health Board (Mrs Aagaard) 471
Tourism – Second Submission to Tourism Green Paper (Dr Burns) 485
Visits to Territory schools, training centres and workplaces (Mr Striling) 485
MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS
- Darwin City Waterfront Project (Ms Martin) 473
Heritage legislation review (Dr Burns) 487
Horse racing, Principal Club proposal to administer racing industry (Mr Stirling) 477
Horticulture industry in the Territory (Dr Burns) 465
Mangrove protection in Darwin Harbour (Dr Burns) 469
Mental Health (Mrs Aagaard) 484
Northern Territory Junior Sports Plan for 2003 to 2006 (Mr Ah Kit) 477
- Extension of time
Dr Burns granted extension of time on motion moved by Mrs Aagaard 484
Dr Toyne granted an extension of time on motion moved by Mrs Aagaard 480
Mr Wood granted extension of time on motion of Ms Carter 469
Ms Scrymgour granted extension of time on motion moved by Mrs Aagaard 484
Suspension of Standing Orders
Take two Bills together
- AustralAsia Railway (Special Provisions) Amendment Bill 2003 (Serial 184) and
AustralAsia Railway (Third Party Access) Amendment Bill 2003 (Serial 185) 480
MOTIONS (Substantive)
- Auditor-General’s October 2003 Report to the Legislative Assembly - Note 465
Auditor-General’s October 2003 Report to the Legislative Assembly - Print 465
Darwin City Waterfront Project - Note 473
Dissent from Acting Deputy Speaker’s ruling, Member for Macdonnell (Mr Elferink),
motion negatived 473
Heritage legislation review - Note statement 487
Horticulture industry in the Territory – Note statement 465
Indigenous Education – Note statement 476, 477
Inquiry into the NT Electricity Network Access Code, Final Report, April 2003 - Note 473
Mangrove protection in Darwin Harbour – Note statement 469
Northern Territory Auditor-General’s Office Strategic Review Report 2003 - Note 473
O’Sullivan Report into Police Resources in the Northern Territory - Note statement 468, 469, 472, 473
Procurement Reform – Note statement 486, 487
Sessional Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development
Cane toads report – Note 488
Cane toads report – Print 488
Treasurer’s Annual Financial Report for the year ended 30 June 2002/2003 – Note paper 487
NEXT MEETING
- Tuesday 25 November 2003 at 10.00am 487
OPPOSITION SHADOW PORTFOLIO RESPONSIBILITIES
- Mr Burke advised the allocation of shadow minister responsibilities as published on
5 September 2003 following the resignation of the former Member for Katherine (Mr Reed) 462
PAPERS TABLED
- Annual Reports
Auditor-General’s October 2003 Report to the Legislative Assembly (Paper 1052) (Ms Martin) 465
Commercial Passenger Vehicle Board 2003 (Paper 1054) 466
Community Visitor Program, Northern Territory 2002/2003 (Paper 1085) 478
Department of Business, Industry and Resource Development, Strengthening
Economic Development in the Northern Territory, 2002/2003 (Paper 1099) 488
Department of Employment, Education and Training, 2002/2003 (Paper 1103) 488
Department of Health and Community Services, 2002/2003 (Paper 1119) 488
Department of Justice, 2002/2003 (Paper 1107) 488
Department of the Chief Minister, 2002/2003 (Paper 1113) 488
Director of Public Prosecutions, 2002/2003 (Paper 1109) 488
Heritage Advisory Council, 2001/2002 (Paper 1104) 488
Juvenile Justice Board of Management, Northern Region, 2002/2003 (Paper 1106) 488
Juvenile Justice Board of Management, Southern Region, 2002/2003 (Paper 1105) 488
Northern Territory Anti-Discrimination Commission, 2002/2003 (Paper 1108) 488
Northern Territory Architects Board 2001/2002 (Paper 1049) 466
Northern Territory Architects Board 2002/2003 (Paper 1050) 466
Northern Territory Education Advisory Council 2002 (Paper 1053) 466
Northern Territory Government and Public Authorities Superannuation Scheme,
2002/2003 (Paper 1111) 488
Northern Territory Treasury Corporation, 2002/2003 (Paper 1110) 488
Northern Territory Treasury, 2002/2003 (Paper 1112) 488
Northern Territory Treasury, Annual Report 2002/2003 - replacement for Figure 3
- Treasury Staff by Gender as at 30 June, page 95 (Paper 1120) 488
Police, Fire and Emergency Services, 2003 (Paper 1098) 488
Treasurer’s Annual Financial Report for the year ended 30 June 2002/2003
(Paper 1102) (Mr Stirling) 487
Utilities Commission 2002/2003 (Paper 1086) 478
Article, Alice Counts Cost of Land Shortage, Centralian Advocate (Paper 1082) (Mr Vatskalis) 472
Consent to Harmful Assaults Under the Queensland Criminal Code
Time for a Reappraisal? by David Kell, Solicitor, Supreme Court of New South Wales,
Graduate student, Magdalen College, Oxford, dated May 1994 (Paper 1084) (Mr Henderson) 473
Coroners Act
In the matter of Coronial Findings and Recommendations into the Death of Ms Cecelia
Rose Tipungwuti, pursuant to Section 46B, dated 8 October 2003 (Paper 1087) 478
In the matter of Coronial Findings and Recommendations into the Death of Ms Rita
Dandy, pursuant to Section 46B, dated 8 October 2003 (Paper 1088) 478
Discussion Paper – The Future Control of Northern Territory Racing, dated September 2003
(Paper 1090) (Mr Stirling) 477
Estimates Committee Briefings, extract form Department of Justice - Office of the Director
of Public Prosecutions (Paper 1097) (Ms Carney) 484
Extract from the Parliamentary Record, page 709, dated Thursday 19 February 1998
(Paper 1121) (Mr Kiely) 487
Extracts, Legal Practitioners Amendment (Incorporated Legal Practices and Multi-disciplinary
Partnerships) Bill debates of the Parliamentary Record and associated papers of Mr Kiely MLA,
7 March 2002, pages 1106 to 1109, 20 August 2003, pages 13 to 14, 12 August 2003
(Paper 1076) (Mr Elferink) 469
Government Owned Corporations Act
Amendment to the Constitution of the Power and Water Corporation made pursuant
to section 11 of Government Owned Corporations Act approved by the Shareholding
Minister on 2 October 2003 (Paper 1055) 466
Grants Program, Summary of Grant Approvals by Region, Grass Roots Development
Program Round 1, August 2003/2004 (Paper 1083) (Mr Ah Kit) 472
Graph Employment (trend), Northern Territory, ABS statistics, January 2000 to
September 2003 (Paper 1081) (Mr Burke) 472
Graph, Capital Works Funding, 1992/1993 to 2003/2004 by Department of Infrastructure,
Planning and Environment (Paper 1116) (Dr Lim) 486
Graph, CLP Road Funding 1998/2001 Capital Works and R&M (Paper 1117) 486
Graph, Number of Housing Finance Commitments, Trend Monthly through the Year –
State Comparison, Source, NT Treasury ABS Data, August 2003 (Paper 1094) (Mr Stirling) 481
Horticultural Production in the Northern Territory, Statement by Dr Burns,
dated 7 October 2003 (Paper 1069) (Mr Baldwin) 465
Horticulture Production, extract of Debates, Ministerial Statement by Hon M J Palmer,
dated 30 November 2000, Parliamentary Record No. 26 (Paper 1068) (Mr Baldwin) 465
Issues associated with the progressive entry into the Northern Territory of cane toads,
Volume 1 – Report No.1, dated October 2003 (Paper 1122) (Ms Lawrie) 488
Issues associated with the progressive entry into the Northern Territory of cane toads,
Volume 2 – Written Submissions Received, dated October 2003 (Paper 1123) (Ms Lawrie) 488
Issues associated with the progressive entry into the Northern Territory of cane toads,
Volume 3 – Hansard Transcripts – Public Hearings, dated October 2003 (Paper 1124) (Ms Lawrie) 488
Issues associated with the progressive entry into the Northern Territory of cane toads,
Volume 4 – Hansard Transcripts - Briefings, dated October 2003 (Paper 1125) (Ms Lawrie) 488
Lands and Mining Tribunal 2002/2003 (Paper 1078) 474
Legislative Assembly Members’ Superannuation Trust 2002/2003 (Paper 1070) 470
Map, Proposed Zoning Map of a conservation zone for mangroves, NT Planning Scheme,
amendment 03/0002 (Paper 1075) (Mr Vatskalis) 469
Northern Territory Auditor-General’s Office 2002/2003 (Paper 1071) 470
Northern Territory Licensing Commission 2002/2003 (Paper 1077) 474
Northern Territory Strategic Framework for Suicide Prevention (Paper 1096) (Mrs Aagaard) 484
Police Arbitral Tribunal Determination No. 1 of 2000 – Consent Agreement
dated 29August 2003 re Aboriginal Community Police Officers (Paper 1091) 478
Press release ‘Police spend twice as much time on speed cameras than criminal investigations’,
John Elferink, Member for Macdonnell, dated 14 October 2003 (Paper 1095) (Mr Henderson) 481
Regulations 2003
No. 45, Criminal Property Forfeiture Regulations (Paper 1064) 466
No. 46, Amendments of Fisheries Regulations (Paper 1056) 466
No. 47, Amendments of Supreme Court Rules (Paper 1065) 466
No. 48, Special Function Vehicle Regulations (Paper 1057) 466
No. 49, Courtesy Vehicle Regulations (Paper 1058) 466
No. 50, Amendments of Commercial Passenger (Miscellaneous) Regulations (Paper 1059) 466
No. 51, Passenger Bus Amendment Regulations (Paper 1060) 466
Remuneration Tribunal Determinations
Magistrates of the Northern Territory, Report and Recommendation No. 2 of 2003 (Paper 1051) 466
Sessional Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development
Cane Toads Report No.1, dated October 2003 (Paper 1122) 488
Tenders Online Awarded by Department (Paper 1118) (Dr Lim) 487
PERSONAL EXPLANATIONS
- Kiely, Mr, relating to the Member for Macdonnell’s adjournment debate on 8 October 2003
which Mr Elferink asserted misuse of reference materials for speeches made by him 471
PETITIONS
- Animals controls existing in published 1992 Litchfield Area Plan, petition No. 39
(Paper 1072) (Mr Wood) (998 petitioners) 467
Bathurst Island Housing Association, by leave, presented petition No. 43, not
conforming with Standing Orders (Paper 1080) (Mr Wood) (86 petitioners) 471
Family Law Pathways services to separating parents in the Northern Territory
(Paper 1100) (Mr Mills) (286 petitioners) 485
Milikapiti residents requesting the Tiwi Island Local Government organisation to
refrain from involving itself in the Tiwi Island Housing Association, by leave, presented
petition No. 42, not conforming with Standing Orders (Paper 1079) (Mr Wood) (93 petitioners) 471
Police officers allocated to the Casuarina Police District be increased, petition No 44
(Paper 1093) (Mr Elferink) (1108 petitioners) 479
Responses
No. 36, relating to a development proposal for 24 units on Trower Road, Tiwi,
Block 9665 (Paper 1089) 475
Zoning for 1 hectare and under 1 hectare rural residential blocks, petition No. 40
(Paper 1073) (Mr Wood) (792 petitioners) 467
RESIGNATION OF MEMBER
- Reed, Mike, resigned as at 12 September 2003, Speaker tabled letter received notifying his
resignation as the Member for Katherine, Mr Michael Anthony Reed, submitted to her by
letter in accordance with section 18 of the Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978 461
RETURN TO WRIT
- Division of Katherine, Mrs Christina Fay Miller had been duly elected on 4 October 2003,
poll declared 7 October 2003 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of
Mr Michael Anthony Reed (Paper 1062) 461
STATEMENTS
- ABC-TV, Channel 9 to film, with sound, and NT News to take photographs during the
swearing-in of the new Member for Katherine (Madam Speaker) 461
VISITORS
- Adult Literacy Education students from Batchelor Institute, accompanied by
Mr Tony Thorpe (Acting Speaker) 479
Bakewell Primary School Year 6 and 7 students accompanied by their teachers,
Rebecca Gunner, Carolyn Silva, Bernie Waters, and Kerri O’Shaughnessy (Acting Speaker) 485
Casuarina Street Primary School, Year 6 and 7 students from Katherine accompanied by
their teacher, Ms Cheryl-Anne Courtney (Acting Speaker) 479
Nakara Primary School Year 6 and Year 7 students, accompanied by their teacher,
Mr Gaetano Gugliotta (Mr Wood) 475
St John’s College Year 10 and Year 11 students accompanied by their teacher,
Mr Stephen Meara (Acting Speaker) 476, 481
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