Minutes of Proceedings - 2000-02-22
Eighth Assembly First Session 22/02/2000 Parliamentary Record No. 21
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Date : 22/02/2000__________________________________________________________________________________
From To Pages
22 February 20002 March 2000 605- 644
Bold No. 123=Passed Bill
Italic & Bold No. 123=Discharged Bill
Italic No. 123=Negatived Bill
ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS
BILLS
CENSURE
CONDOLENCES
DISTINGUISHED VISITORS
GENERAL BUSINESS DAY
MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE
MEMBER SUSPENDED
MESSAGES FROM ADMINISTRATOR
MOTIONS (Procedural)
MOTIONS (Substantive)
PAPERS TABLED
PERSONAL EXPLANATIONS
PETITIONS
RESIGNATIONS OF MEMBERS
STATEMENTS
VISITORS
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Date : 22/02/2000
Index to Minutes – 22 February 2000 to 2 March 2000
EIGHTH ASSEMBLY - FIRST SESSION
From To Pages
22 February 20002 March 2000 605- 644
Bold No. 123=Passed Bill
Italic & Bold No. 123=Discharged Bill
Italic No. 123=Negatived Bill
ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS
- Ministerial changes to the appointment of Minister of the Northern Territory
with effect from 31 January 2000 (Mr Burke) 607
BILLS
- Commercial Passenger (Road) Transport Amendment Bill 1999 (Serial 208) 621
Criminal Code Amendment Bill 1999 (Serial 202) 611
Director of Public Prosecutions Amendment Bill 1999 (Serial 179) 629
Domestic Violence Amendment Bill 1999 (Serial 178) 629
Education Amendment Bill 2000 (Serial 224) 623, 628
Electricity Networks (Third Party Access) Bill 1999 (Serial 212) 633
Electricity Reform Bill 1999 (Serial 210) 633
Fisheries Amendment Bill 2000 (Serial 226) 623, 632
Justices Amendment Bill 2000 (Serial 219) 623, 624, 633
Juvenile Justice Amendment Bill 2000 (Serial 220) 623, 624, 633
Land Title Bill 1999 (Serial 201) 615
Law of Property Bill 1999 (Serial 200) 615
Local Government Amendment Bill 1999 (Serial 207) 621
Mandatory Sentencing Repeal Bill 2000 (Serial 216) 608, 628
Mine Management Amendment Bill 2000 (Serial 225) 623, 628
Power and Water Authority Amendment Bill 1999 (No. 2) 1999 (Serial 213) 633
Prisons (Correctional Services) Amendment Bill 2000 (Serial 215) 608, 614
Registration of Teachers Bill 2000 (Serial 223) 623, 628
Retail Tenancies Bill 2000 (Serial 218) 623, 628
Revenue Units Bill 2000 (Serial 214) 623, 632
Statute Law Revision Bill 2000 (Serial 217) 619, 624
Utilities Commission Bill 1999 (Serial 211) 633
Water Amendment Bill 2000 (Serial 222) 623, 632
CENSURE
- Chief Minister (Mr Burke) Re Corrupt Judicial System (Ms Martin) 613
Chief Minister re mandatory sentencing (Ms Martin) 608
CONDOLENCES
- Giese, Mr Harry, AM MBE, Official Member of the Legislative Council
from October 1954 until April 1973 (Mr Burke) 607
McHenry, Mr Raymond William, an Official Member of the Legislative
Council from 1973 until 1974 and who served the Territory with distinction
as a senior administrator in many roles from 1972 to 1990 (Mr Burke) 619
DISTINGUISHED VISITORS
- Dondas, Honourable N M, a former Member of the House of Representatives
for the Northern Territory and former Speaker of this Assembly 606
Giese, Mrs Nan, OBE (MBE) Chancellor of the Northern Territory University 606
Takahashi, Mr Masaji, Japanese Ambassador to Australia (Mr McCarthy) 632
GENERAL BUSINESS DAY
- 01 March 2000 628
MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE
- Estuarine salt flats at Shoal Bay (Mr Toyne) 621
Northern Territory Labour Market, structural problems (Mr Stirling) 628
Renal failure in the Territory and the inadequacy of Government strategies
to address this issue (Mr Henderson) 624
MEMBER SUSPENDED
- Mr Stirling ,22 February 2000, 1 hour pursuant to Standing Order 240A 608
MESSAGES FROM ADMINISTRATOR
- No. 18 Assent to proposed laws November 1999 (Paper 1661) 605
No. 19 Assent to proposed laws Nov-December 1999 (Paper 1662) 606
MOTIONS (Procedural)
- Suspension of Standing Orders
Pass two Bills through all stages
- Justices Amendment Bill 2000 (Serial 219) and Juvenile Justice
Amendment Bill 2000 (Serial 220) 632
- Justices Amendment Bill 2000 (Serial 219) and Juvenile Justice
Amendment Bill 2000 (Serial 220) 624
MOTIONS (Substantive)
- Achievements in education throughout the Territory school system –
Note statement (Mr Lugg) 614
Achievements of Housing 2003 policies introduced in April 1998 –
Note statement (Mrs Braham) 632
Auditor-General’s Report to the Legislative Assembly on the 1998/99
Treasurer’s Annual Financial Statement - Note report (Mr Reed) 643
Auditor-General's Report, February 2000 Report – Note report (Mr Burke) 620
Auditor-General's Report, February 2000 Report - Print (Mr Burke) 620
Censure Chief Minister (Mr Burke) Re Corrupt Judicial System –
negatived (Ms Martin) 613
Censure of Chief Minister re mandatory sentencing (Ms Martin) 608
Chief Minister’s misleading answers to questions on 25th February
and 29th February 2000 be referred to the Committee of Privileges –
Negatived (Mr Stirling) 628
Chief Minister’s misleading answers to questions on 25th February
and 29th February 2000 be referred to the Committee of Privileges (Mr Stirling) 624
Darwin Harbour, processes put in place to protect natural values –
Note statement (Mr Baldwin) 611
East Timor and its effects on the Territory - Note statement (Mr Burke) 627
Economic activity within the business community of the Territory –
Note statement (Mr Baldwin) 620
Foundations for Our Future - Note statement (Mr Burke) 624
Health and Community Services Complaints Commissioner for the
Northern Territory, re-appoint Peter Allen Lyle Boyce to the Office for a
period of five years, with effect on and from 27 March 2000
(Paper 1703) (Mr Burke) 619
Mandatory sentencing provisions of the Territory (Mr Burke) 610
Mimosa Pigra (Paper 1698) (Mr Palmer) 613
Northern Territory Government Supplier Strategy for GST –
Note statement (Mr Reed) 623
Ombudsman Annual Report, 1998/99 (Mr Burke) 643
Ombudsman, Recommending re-appointment of Peter Allen Lyle Boyce
to hold the Office of Ombudsman for the Northern Territory for a period
of five years, with effect on and from 27 March 2000 (Paper 1679) 607
Prospects for regional growth and implications for the Territory
(Paper 1743) (Mr Manzie) 631
Public Accounts Committee
Annual Report 1998/99 – Note report (Mr Poole) 618
Resource development as a building block to expansion of the economic
base in the Territory (Paper 1728) (Mr Manzie) 627
Sessional Committee on the Environment, November 1999 Report -
Note report (Dr Lim) 625
PAPERS TABLED
- Adventure Tourism – an experience in Southern Africa, Report by
Honourable Mike Reed MLA (Paper 1764) (Mr Reed) 643
Annual Reports
Auditor-General's Report, February 2000 Report (Paper 1712) (Mr McCarthy) 620
Batchelor College, 1998 (Paper 1686) 611
Department of Asian Relations and Trade, 1999 (Paper 1745) 643
Legislative Assembly Members Superannuation Trust, 1998/99 (Paper 1705) 622
National Crime Authority, 1998/99 (Paper 1759) 643
Northern Territory Education Advisory Council, 1998 (Paper 1719) 622
Northern Territory Electrical Workers and Contractors Licensing Board,
1996/97 (Paper 1746) 643
Northern Territory Electrical Workers and Contractors Licensing Board,
1997/98 (Paper 1747) 643
Northern Territory Electrical Workers and Contractors Licensing Board,
1998/99 (Paper 1748) 643
Northern Territory Government and Public Authorities Superannuation
Scheme, 1998/99 (Paper 1758) 643
Northern Territory Plumbers and Drainers Licensing Board, 1996/97
(Paper 1749) 643
Northern Territory Plumbers and Drainers Licensing Board, 1997/98
(Paper 1750) 643
Northern Territory Plumbers and Drainers Licensing Board, 1998/99
(Paper 1751) 643
Strehlow Centre Board, 1998/99 (Paper 1704) 621
Territory Insurance Office, 1999 (Paper 1744) 644
The Surveyors Board of the Northern Territory, 1998/99 (Paper 1691) 611
Article, 30 New Jobs when store opens in July, Northern Territory News,
Thursday 24 February 2000 (Paper 1729) (Mr Reed) 628
Article, 6000 New Jobs, Northern Territory News, 25 October 1999
(Paper 1730) (Mr Reed) 628
Article, N T Jobless remains Aussie lowest, Northern Territory News,
12 November 1999 (Paper 1731) (Mr Reed) 628
Article, Work Starts on $18m Block, Northern Territory News, 26 February 2000
(Paper 1732) (Mr Reed) 628
Australia’s Northern Territory Foundations for Our Future – Working
Together (Paper 1724) (Mr Burke) 624
Coburg Peninsula - Areas potentially suitable for Prawn Farms ref SD 53 – 13
(Paper 1717) (Mr Toyne) 621
Coroners Report, Inquest into the death of Waniyun Marika (Paper 1752) 644
Darwin plan – Areas potentially suitable for Prawn Farms ref SD 52 – 04
(Paper 1716) (Mr Toyne) 621
Discussion Paper and Invitation for Comment – Proposal for A New Mine
Management Act, dated February 2000 by Northern Territory Government
(Paper 1714) (Mr Manzie) 620
Domestic Violence It’s a Crime, The Territory Breaks the Silence
(Paper 1736) (Mr Stirling) 629
E-Mail from Bradd Linsley, dated 29 February 2000 re mandatory sentencing
(Paper 1725) (Mr Burke) 627
Enforceable Undertaking – Australian Securities and Investments
Commission, Section 93AA Australian Securities and Investments
Commission Act re Mr Deo, dated 21 December 1999
(Paper 1718) (Mr Stirling) 621
Excerpt of statement by Chief Justice Brian Martin, dated 23 February 2000
made in Supreme Court (Paper 1701) (Ms Martin) 614
Extract of Speech by Mr Stirling of 25 November 1997 in response to
motion nominating a Speaker for the Assembly (Paper 1715) (Mr Stirling) 621
Extract, House of Representative Hansard, pages 13703,13675 and 13676
re General Purpose Payments to States, dated 17 February 2000
(Paper 1708) (Mr Reed) 620
Financial Management Act
Direction - Transfer of excess Allocations between Activities,
in pursuance of section 20(1)(a), dated 31 January 2000 (Paper 1760) 644
Increase of Treasurer's Advance, in pursuance of section 19(1),
dated 31 January 2000 (Paper 1763) 644
Variation of Allocation to Activity, in pursuance of section 23(1),
dated 24 December 1999 (Paper 1761) 644
Variation of Allocation to Activity, in pursuance of sections 23(1),
dated 6 January 2000 (Paper 1762) 644
GST the New Zealand Message (Paper 1723) (Mr Reed) 623
Jingili action groups banner re Rapid Creek Development
(Paper 1709) (Mr Baldwin) 620
Joint Statement by State and Territory Liberal Leaders (Paper 1710) (Ms Martin) 620
Letters
Darwin Rugby League Inc to Honourable Peter Adamson re Chico Motlop
(Paper 1737) (Mr Adamson) 630
Welch, Dr David Stuart Park Surgery and Darwin After Hours Medical
Service to Ms Clare Martin , Leader of the Opposition (Paper 1721) (Ms Martin) 623
Map, Ord River Stage 2 Area (Paper 1742) (Mr Reed) 631
Media Release, Ludmilla Primary School and NT Waterwatch web page
(Paper 1697) (Mr Mitchell) 611
National Tax Reform – Impacts of the Northern Territory – Grocery Prices
(Paper 1741) (Mr Reed) 631
Ombudsman’s Report into Tender Procedures by the Department of Transport
and Works in Alice Springs (Paper 1711) (Mr Palmer) 620
Payslip, dated 14 January 2000 (Paper 1726) (Mr Henderson) 627
Police Administration Act
Consent Agreement, dated 9 December 1999 (Paper 1689) 612
Determination No. 1 of 2000, Police Determination 1 of 2000,
dated 7 February 2000 (Paper 1690) 612
Press release, Annan says mandatory sentencing is a domestic issue,
dated 22 February 2000, AAP Newscast (Paper 1694). (Mr Reed) 610
Prisons (Arbitral Tribunal) Act
Consent Agreement, Alice Springs Correctional Centre 12 Hour Shift
Agreement 1999, dated 3 January 2000 (Paper 1687) 612
Determination T1 of 1999, Senior Prison Officers Arbitral Determination
No. 4, dated 10 December 1999 (Paper 1688) 612
Regulations 1999
No. 37, Traffic Regulations (Paper 1664) 612
No. 38, Amendment of Police Administration (Fees) Regulations (Paper 1665) 612
No. 39, Amendments of Mining Regulations (Paper 1666) 612
No. 40, Amendments of Community Welfare Regulations (Paper 1667) 612
No. 41, Juvenile Justice (Juveniles' Infringement Notice Enforcement
Scheme) Regulations (Paper 1668) 612
Regulations 2000
No. 1, Amendments of Darwin City Council By-Laws (Paper 1669) 612
No. 10, Amendments of Local Court Regulations (Paper 1753) 644
No. 11, Amendment of Sheriff Regulations (Paper 1754) 644
No. 12, Residential Tenancies Regulations (Paper 1755) 644
No. 13, Amendment of Justices (Territory Infringement Notices
Enforcement Scheme) Regulations (Paper 1756) 644
No. 2, Amendments of Darwin City Council By-Laws (Paper 1670) 612
No. 3, Amendment of Fisheries Regulations (Paper 1671) 612
No. 4, Amendment of Fuel Subsidies Regulations (Paper 1672) 612
No. 5, Juvenile Justice (Detention Centres) Regulations (Paper 1673) 612
No. 6, Amendment of Kava Management Regulations (Paper 1674) 612
No. 7, Amendments of Local Government (Electoral) Regulations (Paper 1675) 612
No. 8, Amendment of Katherine Town Council By-Laws (Paper 1676) 612
No. 9, Amendment of Nhulunbuy (Animal Control) By-Laws (Paper 1677) 612
Regulations 999
No. 36, Amendment of Fisheries Regulations (Paper 1663) 612
Remuneration Tribunal Report
Report to the Legislative Assembly pursuant to section 9.1(e) of the
Remuneration Tribunal by Honourable M Reed (Paper 1734) 630
Schools The New Tax System Make it your business (Paper 1740) (Mr Toyne) 631
Sign entitled, Having a Party need a Clown Hire Labor’s Syd Stirling
(Paper 1707) (Mr Reed) 620
Transcript – Interview Denis Burke a Current Affair Recorded
18 February 2000 (Paper 1739) (Ms Martin) 631
Wet Season Communication Program by Power and Water Authority –
Overflow Relief Gullies (Paper 1696) (Mr Mitchell) 611
Womens Fellowship 1995 – Office of Womens’ Affairs assessment report
and evaluation of programs in the United States re programs towards
Domestic/Family Violence (Paper 1735) (Mr Stirling) 629
PERSONAL EXPLANATIONS
- Stirling, Mr, remarks attributed to him by the Chief Minister earlier this
day during question time by chief Minister (Mr Burke) 620
PETITIONS
- Aboriginal and Islander Medical Support Services Employees grievances
against the AMISS Manager (Paper 1681) (155 petitioners) (Ms Martin) 607
Bilingual programs in Northern Territory schools (Paper 1680)
(125 petitioners) (Mr Burke) 607
Genetically engineered organisms proposed 5 year minimum prohibition
be implemented on the release, import of and patents on
(Paper 1682) (256 petitioners) (Mr Dunham) 608
Jingaloo community living area and subsequent transfer of title to the
traditional owners (Paper 1683) (91 petitioners) (Mrs Hickey) 608
Morphine usage in the Northern Territory (Paper 1738)
(Mr Henderson) (291 petitioners) 631
Opposing rezoning of Lots 1974 and 1975, Town of Darwin from R3
residential to B3 Commercial, petition No. 35 (Paper 1720)
(278 petitioners) (Ms Martin) 623
Responses
No. 29 re permanent Aboriginal Interpreter Service in Darwin (Paper 1706) 619
RESIGNATIONS OF MEMBERS
- Stone, Honourable Shane, QC, resigned 21 February 2000, Member for
Port Darwin (Paper 1684) 607
STATEMENTS
- Achievements in education throughout the Territory school system
(Paper 1699) (Mr Lugg) 614
Achievements of Housing 2003 policies introduced in April 1998
(Paper 1757) (Mrs Braham) 632
Darwin Harbour, processes put in place to protect natural values
(Paper 1695) (Mr Baldwin) 611
East Timor and its effects on the Territory (Paper 1727) (Mr Burke) 627
Economic activity within the business community of the Territory
(Paper 1713) (Mr Baldwin) 620
Mimosa Pigra (Paper 1698) (Mr Palmer) 613
Northern Territory Government Supplier Strategy for GST (Paper 1722) (Mr Reed) 623
Prospects for regional growth and implications for the Territory
(Paper 1743) (Mr Manzie) 631
Resource development as a building block to expansion of the economic
base in the Territory (Paper 1728) (Mr Manzie) 627
VISITORS
- Driver Primary School Year 6 students and their teacher
Mr Michael Kerrisk (Mr McCarthy) 619
Gray Primary School, Year 7 students accompanied by their teachers
Ms Sue Trimble and Ms Sylvia Steen (Mr Speaker) 613
Marrara Christian School Year 7 students and their teacher
Mr Wilf Lahring (Mr McCarthy) 631
Moil Primary School, Year 7 students accompanied by their teacher
Ms Tracy Carrados (Mr Speaker) 613
Wulagi Primary School Year 6/7 students accompanied by their teacher
Ms Margaret McPherson (Mr McCarthy) 627
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