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Minutes of Proceedings - 1999-08-11

Eighth Assembly First Session 10/08/1999 Parliamentary Record No. 18
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Date : 11/08/1999
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1. MEETING:
      The Assembly met at 10.00 h. The Speaker, the Honourable T R McCarthy, took the Chair.

2. PRAYERS.

3. MESSAGE FROM THE ADMINISTRATOR:
      The Speaker (Mr McCarthy) advised Honourable Members that he had received the following Message from His Honour the Administrator:
Message No. 16

      Assent to Proposed Laws

      I, NEIL RAYMOND CONN, the Administrator of the Northern Territory of Australia, advise the Legislative Assembly of my assent, pursuant to section 7 of the Northern Territory (Self-Government Act) 1978 of the Commonwealth, to the following proposed laws:

      17 June 1999:
          Lands and Mining (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act (No. 2) 1999 (No. 26 of 1999)
      18 June 1999:
          Anti-Discrimination Amendment Act 1999 (No. 31 of 1999)
          Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education Act 1999 (No. 28 of 1999)
          Financial Sector Reform (Northern Territory ) Act 1999 (No. 35 of 1999)
          Juvenile Justice Amendment Act (No. 2) 1999 (No. 34 of 1999)
          Legal Practitioners Amendment Act 1999 (No. 30 of 1999)
          Pay-roll Tax Amendment Act 1999 (No. 29 of 1999)
          Sentencing Amendment Act (No. 2) 1999 (No. 33 of 1999)
          Statute Law Revision Act 1999 (No. 27 of 1999)
          Stock diseases Amendment Act 1999 (No. 32 of 1999)
      22 June 1999:
          Appropriation Act 1999-2000 (No. 36 of 1999)
      Dated 4th day of August 1999.
      Administrator
      (Paper 1423)
4. DISTINGUISHED VISITORS:
      The Speaker (Mr McCarthy) drew honourable Members attention to the presence in the Speaker’s Gallery of the Honourable John Oswald MP, Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly and Mrs Carol Oswald.

      On behalf of honourable Members, the Speaker extended a warm welcome to the distinguished visitors.
5. VISITORS:
      The Speaker (Mr McCarthy) advised honourable Members of the presence in the public gallery of students from Sumiyoshi Senior High School, Osaka, Japan accompanied by their teachers Ms Wendy Green and Ms Yoshiko Ennyu.
      On behalf of honourable Members the Speaker extended a warm welcome to the visitors.
6. PETITIONS:
      The Member for Brennan (Mr Burke), by leave, presented a petition from 85 petitioners, not conforming with Standing Orders, seeking a sentence review of the sentence imposed for the assault on D Wauchope (Paper 1424).
      Petition read.

      The Member for Arnhem (Mr Ah Kit) presented a petition from 393 petitioners relating to the loss of the regular direct air service from Groote Eylandt to the east coast via Cairns (Paper 1425).
      Petition read.
7. NOTICE:
      The following notice was given:
      Mr Palmer: To present the Marine Pollution Bill 1999 (Serial 167).
    8. QUESTIONS:
        10:05 Ms Martin to Mr Burke.
        10:10 Mr Balch to Mr Burke.
        10:16 Ms Martin to Mr Burke.
        10:22 Mr Poole to Mr Reed.
        Papers tabled: The Treasurer (Mr Reed) laid on the Table the following Paper –
    Graph, Consumer Price Index, June Quarter 1999 annual %Change (Paper 1420); and
    Graph, Average Weekly Earnings of Full-time Adults February 1999 (Paper 1421).

        10:28 Martin to Mr Stone. (question disallowed)
        10:29 Dr Lim to Mr Dunham.
        10:34 Mr Stirling to Mr Burke.
        10:35 Mr Hatton to Mrs Braham.
        10:41 Mr Stirling to Mr Burke.
        10:42 Mr Mills to Mr Adamson.
        10:47 Ms Martin to Mr Baldwin.
        10:49 Mr Mitchell to Mr Baldwin.
        10:57 Mr Henderson to Mr Burke.
        The Leader of Government Business (Mr Palmer) asked that further questions be placed on the Question Paper.
    9. WARRANT FOR DEPUTY CHAIRMEN – PAPER TABLED:
        The Speaker laid on the Table his Warrant nominating those Members to act as Deputy Chairmen of Committees as follows:
        W A R R A N T

                Pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 12, I hereby revoke all previous warrants nominating Members to act as Deputy Chairmen of Committees and nominate the following Members to act as Deputy Chairmen of Committees, Mr Elferink, Mr Balch, Mr Mills and Mr Poole when requested so to do by the Chairman of Committees.

                Given under my hand this 11th day of August nineteen hundred and ninety nine.

        TERRY McCARTHY
        Speaker
          (Paper 1422)
      10. RACING, GAMING AND LICENSING INDUSTRIES DEVELOPMENT – MINISTERIAL STATEMENT – STATEMENT NOTED:
          The Minister for Racing, Gaming and Licensing (Mr Baldwin) made a statement relating to developments in the Territory’s racing, gaming and licensing industries (Paper 1426).
          Mr Baldwin moved – That the Assembly take note of the Statement.
          Debate ensued.
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          Suspension of sitting: The sitting was suspended between 11:57 h and 14:00 h.
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          Debate resumed.
          Question – put and passed.
      11. NORTHERN TERRITORY INSTITUTE OF SPORT – MINISTERIAL STATEMENT – STATEMENT NOTED:
          The Minister for Sport and Recreation (Mr Lugg) made a statement relating to development of the Northern Territory Institute of Sport (Paper 1428).
          Paper Tabled: Mr Lugg laid on the Table the following Paper –
      Competition in a Hot Environment – A practical guide to heat acclimatization in the Northern Territory by the Northern Territory Institute of Sport (Paper 1429).

          Mr Lugg moved – That the Assembly take note of the Statement.
          Debate ensued.
          Question – put and passed.
      12. STAMP DUTY AMENDMENT BILL 1999 (Serial 166):
          The Treasurer (Mr Reed), pursuant to notice, presented a Bill for an Act to amend the Stamp Duty Act.
          Bill read a first time.
          Mr Reed moved – That the Bill be now read a second time.
          On the motion of the Member for Nhulunbuy (Mr Stirling) debate was adjourned.
      13. ELECTRICITY AMENDMENT BILL 1999 (Serial 159):
          The Order of the Day having been read for the resumption of the debate on the question – That the Bill be now read a second time –
          Debate ensued.
          Question – put and passed.
          Bill read a second time.
          Leave granted for a motion for the third reading of the Bill to be moved forthwith.
          On the motion of the Minister for Essential Services (Mr Dunham) the Bill was read a third time and passed to be a proposed law.

      14. ADJOURNMENT:
          The Leader of Government Business (Mr Palmer) moved – That the Assembly do now adjourn.
          Debate ensued.
          Paper tabled: The Member for Drysdale (Mr Dunham) laid on the Table the following Paper –
      Extract, ADCA – Drugs, Money and Governments 1997/98, Northern Territory Performance Survey Results (Paper 1430).

          Debate continued.
          Paper tabled: The Member for Macdonnell (Mr Elferink), by leave, laid on the Table the following Paper -
      Camel Cup, 1999 – Race Sheet (Paper 1431).

          Debate continued.
          Question – put and passed.
          And the Assembly adjourned at 18:36 h until 10:00 h on Thursday 12 August 1999.
          PAPERS:
          The following Papers were deemed to have been presented on Wednesday, 11 August 1999 -

          Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995:
            Printed Matter Classification Guidelines (Amendment No. 1), Guidelines for the classification of Films and Videotapes (Amendment No. 2), and Guidelines for the Classifications on Computer Games (Amendment No. 1), dated 17 May 1999 (Paper 1427)
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          ATTENDANCE:
          All members attended the sitting.
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