Department of the Legislative Assembly, Northern Territory Government

Minutes of Proceedings - 1996-09-17

Seventh Assembly First Session 17/09/1996 Parliamentary Record No. 25
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Date : 17/09/1996
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Index to Minutes - 17 September 1996 - 19 September 1996
SEVENTH ASSEMBLY - FIRST SESSION

From To Pages
17 September 1996 19 September 1996 619 - 636

Bold No. 123=Passed Bill
Italic & Bold No. 123=Discharged Bill
Italic No. 123=Negatived Bill
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BILLS
    Appropriation Bill 1996-97 (Serial 166) 620, 625, 631, 634
    Legislative Assembly Members' Superannuation Amendment Bill 1996 (Serial 179) 635

DISTINGUISHED VISITORS
    Bumburing, Hon Datuk Wilfred, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports in Sabah and his
    accompanying delegation 625
    Trotter, Mr Neville, JP, MP, Member for Tynemouth in the House of Commons
    in the United Kingdom 633

MOTIONS (Procedural)
    Suspend Standing Orders
    Pass Bill through all stages
      Legislative Assembly Members’ Superannuation Amendment Bill 1996 (Serial 179) 635

MOTIONS (Substantive)
    Appropriation Bill 1996-97 (Serial 166) - suspend sitting for further consideration in
    Committee of the Whole (Mr Coulter) 623, 628

PAPERS TABLED
    Advertisement \’Firearms - What’s Happening\’ - signed by Brian C. Bates, Commissioner
    of Police, Tennant and District Times, dated 13 September 1996 (Paper 2651) (Mrs Hickey) 620
    An Appraisal of AEP Initiative #16, Trial Delivery of Junior Secondary Education to
    Remote Communities using Communication Technology, Conducted by the Aboriginal
    Education Policy Support Unit (Paper 2676) (Mr Finch) 627
    An Appraisal of AEP Initiative #17, Coordination of Educational Programs for
    Secondary Age Aboriginal Students in Remote Communities, Conducted by the
    Aboriginal Education Policy Support Unit, 1995 (Paper 2677) (Mr Finch) 628
    An Appraisal of AEP Initiative #2, Support for Aboriginal Languages in Schools,
    Conducted by Aboriginal Education Policy Support Unit, 1995 (Paper 2675) (Mr Finch) 627
    An Appraisal of AEP Initiative #8, Delivery of Primary Education to Remote Aboriginal
    Students, Conducted by Aboriginal Education Policy Support Unit, 1995 (Paper 2674) (Mr Finch) 627
    Annual Reports
    Corporate Directions, 1996-99, Department of Lands, Planning and Environment (Paper 2683) 636
    Department of Lands, Planning and Environment, 1995-96 (Paper 2682) 635
    Heritage Advisory Council, Fifth Annual Report, 1995-96 (Paper 2667) 629
    Juvenile Justice Board of Management, Northern Region,
    1995-96 (Paper 2680) 635
    Juvenile Justice Board of Management, Southern Region,
    1995-96 (Paper 2681) 635
    Background Paper on services available for students, teachers and parents (Paper 2679) (Mr Finch) 628
    Community Government Schemes
    Yulara Community Government Scheme, Amendments (Paper 2666) 629
    Details of the Conduct of Formal Program Evaluation by the Department (Paper 673) (Mr Finch) 627
    Documentation of financial risk management policies, page 7, Auditor-General’s Mid
    Year Report 1995 (Paper 2661) (Mr Bailey) 621
    Graph, 10 Year Total Capital Outlays 1987 - 88 to 1996-97 (Paper 2658) (Mr Reed) 620
    Graph, Health Expenditure per capita, 1995-96, comparison with other States (Paper 2657) (Mr Reed) 620
    Graph, Selected Household Taxes and Charges Average Home, Comparison with the
    other States, (Paper 2659) (Mr Reed) 620
    Graph, Water Charges for Average Home based on Annual Consumption of 550kl,
    comparison with other States, undated (Paper 2656) (Mr Reed) 620
    Independent Audit Report of the Financial Report of the Office of the
    Auditor-General for the year ended 30 June 1996, by Pannell Kerr Forster, Chartered
    Accountants (Paper 2668) 629
    Interim report on English as a Second Language Teacher Development Project, October 1995,
    compiled by Robert Laird, Appraisals Officer, Commonwealth Programs (Paper 2678) (Mr Finch) 628
    Letter
    Brandon, Mr Ross, Regional Director, Central Australia to Mr Peter Toyne, Tanami Network
    Pty Ltd, dated 30 May 1996 (Paper 2650) (Mr Burke) 620
    Coulter, Hon Barry, MLA, Minister for Transport and Works to Mr Jim Forscutt, President,
    Local Government Association of the Northern Territory, dated 6 September 1996
    (Paper 2663) (Mr Coulter) 622
    Coulter, Hon Barry, MLA, Minister for Transport and Works to the Hon John Sharp, MP,
    Minister for Transport and Regional Development, dated 13 September 1996
    (Paper 2664) (Mr Coulter) 622
    Forscutt, Mayor Jim, President, Local Government Association of the Northern Territory
    to the Hon John Sharp, MP, Minister for Transport and Regional Development,
    dated 22 August 1996 (Paper 2662) (Mr Coulter) 622
    Media Release, ‘First Report of the Council on the Cost of Government’, Professor Bob Walker,
    Council on the Cost of Government, dated 20 June 1996 (Paper 2660) (Mr Stone) 621
    Media Release, ATSIC Budget 1996-97, ATSIC, dated 16 August 1996 (Paper 2686) (Mr Ah Kit) 633
    Media Release, Community Housing and Infrastructure Funding to be guaranteed in the
    Budget, ATSIC, dated 16 August 1996 (Paper 2684) (Mr Ah Kit) 633
    Order pursuant to the Trespass Act 1987 to Phillip Mitchell, dated December 1993
    (Paper 2649) (Mr Stirling) 619
    Regulations 1996
    No. 42, Amendments of Associations Incorporation (Accountability) Regulations (Paper 2669) 629
    Speech, Mr Nugent, Member for Aston, Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 1996-97, Australian House of Representatives Hansard, draft, dated 12 September 1996 (Paper 2685) (Mr Ah Kit) 633
    Speech, Ms Hanson, Member for Oxley, Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 1996-97, Second Reading,
    Current House Hansard , dated 10 September 1996 (Paper 2687) (Mr Ah Kit) 633
    Statement regarding North Australian Film Corporation - Partnership by Michael Low of Adam,
    Low, Winslade, Certified Practising Accountants, dated 22 August 1996 (Paper 2670) (Mr Poole) 626
    Statement regarding North Australian Film Corporation - Partnership by Michael Low, Adam,
    Low, Winslade, Certified Practising Accountants, dated 5 September 1996 (Paper 2671) (Mr Poole) 626
    Table, 1995/96 Consultancies, Summary by Discipline, Department of Transport and Works
    (Paper 2665) (Mr Coulter) 622
    Territory’s action budget aims to boost investment, The Australian, dated 14 August 1996
    (Paper 2653) (Mr Reed) 620
    Territory economy is fastest growing, The Northern Territory News, dated 19 August 1996
    (Paper 2654) (Mr Reed) 620
    Territory Health Services Corporate Plan, 1996/99 (Paper 2672) (Mr Burke) 626
    Territory leads decade of growth, The Australian Financial Review, dated 14 August 1996
    (Paper 2652) (Mr Reed) 620
    The Weekend Australian, Liftout ‘Property’, ‘Travelling North, Tourism is driving the
    Territory’s biggest building boom in 20 years’, dated 10 - 11 August 1996 (Paper 2655) (Mr Reed) 620

PETITIONS
    Rights of the Terminally Ill Act, repeal, in light of the widespread fear that the legislation
    has generated in Aboriginal communities (29 petitioners) (Mr Adamson) (Paper 2648) 619

STATEMENTS
    8TOP FM taping of Question Time for rebroadcast after 11.00 a.m. on 17 September 1996
    (Mr McCarthy) 619
    Regulations 1996, No. 34, Rights of the Terminally Ill Regulations - Note statement (Mr Setter) 635

VISITORS
    Casuarina Secondary College, English as a Second Language students and their teacher,
    Ms Karin Severin 619
    Lake Nash School students and their teacher, Mr Phillip Carol 625
    Taminmin High School, Year 9 Social Education students and their teacher, Mr Tim Whiteside 619
    Urapunga School students and their teacher Ms Indu Parmar 631
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