Department of the Legislative Assembly, Northern Territory Government

Minutes of Proceedings - 1992-08-11

Sixth Assembly First Session 11/08/1992 Parliamentary Record No. 11
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Date : 11/08/1992
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INDEX TO MINUTES
SITTING DAY Nos 46 - 51

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11 August 1992 20 August 1992 395-446

BILLS
D=Discharged
N=Negatived
P=Passed
*=Opposition Bill

Serial 163 Appropriation Bill 1992-93 410,415,433,443,444
168 Business Franchise Amendment 1992 415,433,444P
169 Classification of Publications and Films Amendment 1992 431,442
161 Control of Roads Amendment 1992 395,404
149 Criminal Code Amendment (No.2) 1992 399-400P
156 Criminal Records (Spent Convictions) 1992 403,410,411
164 Energy Resource Consumption Levy Amendment 1992 415,432,444P
166 Financial Institutions Duty Amendment 1992 415,433,444P
152 Firearms 1992 411,416-429P
138 Housing Amendment 1992 406-407P
157 Juvenile Justice Amendment 1992 403,410,411
171 Legal Aid Amendment 1992 431,442
173 Legislative Assembly (Powers and Privileges) 1992 431,441
151 Liquor Amendment (No.2) 1992 400P
158 Local Government Amendment 1992 395,404,433,434P
159 Local Government Amendment (No.2) 1992 395,404
154 Mining Amendment (No.2) 1992 403,411,434P
146 Misuse of Drugs Amendment (No.2) 1992 407P
155 Mutual Recognition (Northern Territory) 1992 403,411
175 Northern Territory Tourist Commission Amendment 1992 431,442
167 Pay-roll Tax Amendment 1992 415,433,444P
160 Planning Amendment 1992 395,404
153 Police Administration Amendment (No.2) 1992 411,416-429P
150 Registration Amendment 1992 400P
165 Stamp Duty Amendment 1992 415,432,433,444P
147 Statute Law Revision 1992 411-412
170 Taxation (Administration) Amendment 1992 415,432,433,444P
176 Territory Insurance Office Amendment 1992 431,442
118 Tobacco 1991 405-406P
174 Work Health Amendment 1992 431,442
172 Yulara Tourist Village Management Amendment (No.2) 1992 431,441

CENSURE
Mr Bailey, Deputy Leader of the Opposition 435-437
Mr Vale, Minister for Tourism 397-399

DISCHARGE OF BUSINESS
Assembly Business -
Regulations 1991, No.63, Registration Regulations -
Notice Withdrawn 403

DISTINGUISHED VISITOR
Sir William Keys, Patron of the War Memorial Year 415

MESSAGES FROM ADMINISTRATOR
No.5, Appropriation Bill 1992-93 (Serial 163) 409
No.6, Taxation (Administration) Amendment Bill 1992 (Serial 170) 409

MOTION NEGATIVED
Proposed Suspension of Standing Orders, (Mr Bailey)
re Public Accounts Committee Meeting Procedures 442-443

MOTIONS (Procedural)
Leave refused to move third reading forthwith 399,407
Sessional Order -
File footage update and broadcast of Budget Speech 409,415
Suspension of Standing Orders -
Cognate Debate - Reports of the Royal Commission on
Aboriginal Deaths in Custody - one motion put to
take note of Papers and Statements 401
Pass Bills through all stages -
Business Franchise Amendment 1992 (Serial 168) 444
Energy Resource Consumption Levy Amendment 1992 (Serial 164) 444
Financial Institutions Duty Amendment 1992 (Serial 166) 444
Local Government Amendment 1992 (Serial 158) 433
Mining Amendment (No.2) 1992 (Serial 154) 433
Pay-roll Tax Amendment 1992 (Serial 167) 444
Stamp Duty Amendment 1992 (Serial 165) 444
Taxation (Administration) Amendment 1992 (Serial 170) 444
Take Six Bills together -
Energy Resource Consumption Levy Amendment 1992
(Serial 164); Stamp Duty Amendment 1992 (Serial 165);
Financial Institutions Duty Amendment 1992 (Serial 166);
Pay-roll Tax Amendment 1992 (Serial 167);
Business Franchise Amendment 1992 (Serial 168); and
Taxation (Administration) Amendment 1992 (Serial 170) 444
Take Three Bills together -
Local Government Amendment 1992 (Serial 159);
Planning Amendment 1992 (Serial 160); and
Control of Roads Amendment 1992 (Serial 161) 404
Take Two Bills together -
Criminal Records (Spent Convictions) 1992 (Serial 156); and
Juvenile Justice Amendment 1992 (Serial 157) 410
Stamp Duty Amendment 1992 (Serial 165); and Taxation
(Administration) Amendment 1992 (Serial 170) 432

MOTIONS (Substantive)
Adopt -
Publications Committee, Sixth Report 396
Publications Committee, Seventh Report 441
Standing Orders Committee, Sixth Report 437
Alternative Energy - Note statement 403-404
Anti-Discrimination, Draft Bill - Note paper 432
Assembly Committees, witness procedures 438-441
Auditor-General's Office, Annual Report 1991-92 - Print 395
Barkly Region, Economic Development Strategy - Note papers 404
Broadcast of Proceedings - authority for Northern Territory
University Educational Technology Unit to take film to
update file footage 415
Commissioner of Consumer Affairs Report, 1990-91 and
Commissioner of Motor Vehicle Dealers Report 1990 - Print 437
Guidelines for Witnesses attending Assembly Committees 438-441
Northern Territory Public Sector Debt - Note paper 437
Northern Territory Tourism - Note statement 396-399
Note Papers -
Anti-Discrimination, Draft Bill 432
Barkly Region, Economic Development Strategy 404
Northern Territory Public Sector Debt 437
Public Sector Employment and Management Bill 1992, Draft Bill 438
"Recognition of Aboriginal Customary Law" - Sessional
Committee on Constitutional Development - Discussion
Paper No.4 438
Sexual Abuse Discussion Paper 432
Note Statements -
Alternative Energy 403-404
Northern Territory Tourism 396
Prohibition Orders under the Liquor Act 416
South-East Asian Trade and Economic Development Initiatives 432
Print -
Auditor-General's Office, Annual Report 1991-92 395
Commissioner of Consumer Affairs Report, 1990-91 and
Commissioner of Motor Vehicle Dealers Report 1990 437
"Recognition of Aboriginal Customary Law" - Sessional
Committee on Constitutional Development - Discussion
Paper No.4 438
Standing Orders Committee, Sixth Report 438
Transcript of interview, Mr Ian Knight, Ombudsman's
Office/Member for Karama, Mr Mick Palmer, MLA, dated
6 August 1992 436
Prohibition Orders under the Liquor Act - Note statement 416
Public Sector Employment and Management Bill 1992, Draft
Bill - Note paper 437
Publications Committee, Sixth Report - Adopt 396
Publications Committee, Seventh Report - Adopt 441
"Recognition of Aboriginal Customary Law" - Sessional
Committee on Constitutional Development - Discussion
Paper No.4 - Note paper - Print 438
Sexual Abuse, Discussion Paper - Note paper 432
South-East Asian Trade and Economic Development Initiatives
- Note statement 432
Standing Orders Committee, Sixth Report - Print - Adopt 438
Transcript of interview, Mr Ian Knight, Ombudsman's
Office/Member for Karama, Mr Mick Palmer, MLA,
dated 6 August 1992 - Print 436
Witnesses attending Assembly Committees 439

PAPERS AND REPORTS TABLED
Access Economics, May 1992, pages 33 to 37 437
Annual Reports -
ANZ Executors and Trustee Company Limited and Subsidiaries,
Directors' Report, 30 September 1990 434
ANZ Executors and Trustee Company Limited and Subsidiaries,
Directors' Report, 30 September 1991 434
Auditor-General's Office, 1991-92 395
Austrust Limited, Statutory Accounts Package, 30 June 1991 434
Elders Trustee and Executor Company Limited, Statutory
Accounts Package, 30 June 1990 434
Heritage Advisory Council, First 1991-92 434
Juvenile Justice Board of Management, Northern Region, 1991-92 413
Juvenile Justice Board of Management, Southern Region, 1991-92 413
National Road Trauma Advisory Council, 1991 430
Northern Territory Open College of TAFE, 1991 445
Northern Territory Rural College, 1991 445
Northern Territory University, 1991 445
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Northern
Territory, 1991-92 445
Anti-Discrimination Bill, Draft Bill 432
"Australia's Black Hole", Business Magazine, August 1992 437
Ayers Rock Resort Corporation Act:
Direction by Minister, pursuant to sections 17(1) and 26,
dated 18 June 1992 401
Barkly Region, Economic Development Strategy, May 1992 404
Barkly Region, Economic Development Strategy, Maps, April 1992 404
Booklet, "How Serial Killers and Mass Murderers are Created" 411
Budget Papers
Budget Speech, 1992-93 410
Programs and Appropriation Bill, 1992-93 410
Overview, 1992-93 410
Detailed Estimates, 1992-93 410
Capital Works, 1992-93 410
The Northern Territory Economy, 1992-93 410
Regional Highlights, Alice Springs, 1992-93 410
Regional Highlights, Darwin, 1992-93 410
Regional Highlights, East Arnhem 1992-93 410
Regional Highlights, Katherine, 1992-93 410
Regional Highlights, Palmerston and Rural, 1992-93 410
Regional Highlights, Tennant Creek, 1992-93 410
Corrigendum - Page 2 of Budget Paper No.2 1992-93 410
Comparison of Selected Taxes and Charges, August 1992 410
Commissioner of Consumer Affairs Report, 1990-91 and
Commissioner of Motor Vehicle Dealers Report 1990 437
Commonwealth Budget Paper No.4, pages 28 and 29 437
Commonwealth Budget Paper No.4, Table 19, "'Global' New
Money Borrowings by Commonwealth, State and Territory
Semi-Government and Local Authorities", page 65 437
Darwin Region Tourism Association - Kennedy Report - "N.T.
Tourism - The Way Ahead", Review of Report and
Recommendations 430
Decision on Section 434 400
Facsimile transmissions -
Mr Dennis Edwards, General Manager, DJFM to Mr Tony Watson,
Business Analyst, dated 7 February 1990 410
Mr Frank Hahn, Schiller Institute Hannover, Germany to
Mr Denis Collins, MLA, dated 7 August 1992 430
Mr Lawrence F. Hoins, National Director, The Financial
Victims' Association Incorporated to Mr Gerard Henderson,
Executive Director, The Sydney Institute, dated 15 August 1992 430
Federal Road Funding to the Northern Territory 1991-92 and
1992-93, Table, Comparison of 431
Financial Administration and Audit Act:
Direction by the Administrator, Increase in Treasurer's
Advance, pursuant to section 15(1), dated 26 June 1992 401
Direction by the Treasurer, Transfer of Funds Saved,
pursuant to section 13(1)(b) -
Department of Transport and Works, dated 23 June 1992 401
Department of Industries and Development, dated
23 June 1992 401
Northern Territory Police, Fire and Emergency Services,
dated 23 June 1992 401
Department of the Legislative Assembly, dated 29 June 1992 401
Department of the Chief Minister, dated 29 June 1992 401
Department of Lands and Housing, dated 29 June 1992 401
Department of Health and Community Services, dated
29 June 1992 401
Northern Territory Treasury, dated 29 June 1992 401
Department of Mines and Energy, dated 29 June 1992 401
Department of Industries and Development, dated 29 June 1992 401
School Education and the Arts, Post School Education
and Training, dated 29 June 1992 401
Department of Law, dated 30 June 1992 401
Department of Correctional Services, dated 30 June 1992 401
Department of the Legislative Assembly, dated 30 June 1992 401
"Gun Control and the Plot for a Fascist Police State
in America" by David Hammer, American Almanac, dated
24 November 1989 411
How the Government has Performed, (Summary Volume)
November 1991, page 11 437
Letters -
Mr O. Alder, Department of Industries and Development to
Mr Ian Neill, Managing Director, Bella Furniture, dated
9 March 1990 413
Mr John Bailey, MLA, Member for Wanguri to Mr D Wormald,
Town Clerk, Darwin City Council, dated 14 April 1992 445
Mr John Bailey, MLA, Member for Wanguri to Mr B. Pascoe,
Chairman, Wanguri School Council, dated 7 August 1992 445
Mr John Bailey, MLA, Member for Wanguri, letter to
Residents, dated 13 August 1992 445
Mr James H.B. Bell, MBE, Chairman Dalway Pty Ltd to
Mr Ian Kneale, dated 2 May 1990 and attachments 413
Mr N.R. Bell, MLA, Member for Macdonnell to Hon
D.W. Manzie, MLA, Attorney-General, dated 26 June 1992 399
Mr N.R. Bell, MLA, Member for Macdonnell to Hon S.L. Stone,
MLA, Minister for Education, dated 12 June 1992 430
Mr John Britton, Chairman, Henbury Avenue School to
Mr D. Wormald, Town Clerk, Darwin City Council, dated 18 May 1992 445
Mr John Britton, Chairperson, Henbury Avenue School
Council to Mr John Bailey, MLA, dated 18 May 1992 445
Hon. Bob Brown, MP, Minister for Land Transport to Hon.
F.A. Finch, MLA, Minister for Transport and Works,
dated 11 March 1992 431
Mr B.R. Ede, MLA, Leader of the Opposition to
Mr D.L. Heiss, dated 10 July 1992 403
Mr B.R. Ede, MLA, Leader of the Opposition to Hon
M.B. Perron, MLA, Chief Minister, dated 8 July 1992 399
Hon. F.A. Finch, MLA, Minister for Transport and Works to
Hon. Bob Brown, MP, Minister for Land Transport, dated 21 April 1992 431
Mr Ian Kneale to Mr James Bell, C/- Dalway Pty Ltd and
attachment, dated 8 May 1990 413
Hon D.W. Manzie, MLA, Attorney-General to Mr N.R. Bell,
Member for Macdonnell, dated 30 June 1992 399
Hon D.W. Manzie, MLA, Attorney-General to Mr N.R. Bell,
MLA, Member for Macdonnell, dated 27 July 1992 399
Mr H.A.S. McClelland, Secretary, Holy Spirit Interim School
Board to Mr D. Wormald, Town Clerk, Darwin City Council,
dated 12 June 1992 445
Ms Narlie Nakamarra, dated 9 December 1991 431
Ms Narlie Nakamarra, dated 9 December 1991 431
Ms Narlie Nakamarra, dated 26 March 1992 431
Mr R.S.V. (Bob) Pascoe, Chairperson, Wanguri Primary
School, School Council to Mr David Young, Urban Planning
Manager, Land Transport Branch, Department of Transport
and Works, dated 17 August 1992 445
Hon M.B. Perron, MLA, Chief Minister to Mr B.R. Ede,
MLA, Leader of the Opposition, undated 399
Senator the Hon. Robert Ray, Minister for Defence to Hon.
Warren Snowdon, MP, dated 23 March 1992 435
Mr Ken Roddenby, Senior Solicitor, Katherine Regional
Aboriginal Legal Aid Service Inc. to the Secretary,
Sessional Committee on Use and Abuse of Alcohol by the
Community, dated 7 July 1992 416
Hon S.L. Stone, MLA, Minister for Education and Training
to Mr N.R. Bell, MLA, Member for Macdonnell, dated 7 July 1992 430
Mr Dave Wormald, Town Clerk, Darwin City Council to
Mr John Bailey, MLA, Member for Wanguri, dated 18 May 1992 445
Managing State Finance, page 128 437
Media Release, Minister for Education and Training, regarding
Papunya School, dated 4 June 1992 430
Minutes of Directors Meeting Dalloway Pty Ltd, dated 15 May 1990 410
Ngaliwurri Nungali Land Claim, No.137, Map, Victoria River
(Bed and Banks) Lands and Housing 429
Northern Territory Public Sector Debt, Report, dated August 1992 437
Northern Territory Tourism - The Way Ahead, Review of the
Northern Territory Tourist Commission, Report prepared for
the Hon. Marshall Perron, Chief Minister, Northern Territory
by Mr J.J. Kennedy, CBE, Review Chairman, dated June 1992 397
Petition not conforming with Standing Orders regarding the
partial closure of the Victoria River to commercial fishermen 429
Plans of Management:
Howard Springs Nature Reserve and Hunting Reserve 401
Howard Springs Nature Reserve and Hunting Reserve, Public
Representations 401
Howard Springs Nature Reserve and Hunting Reserve,
Consideration of Public Representations 401
Police Administration Act:
Police Arbitral Tribunal Determination -
No. T11 of 1991, dated 19 November 1991 402
No. T12 of 1991, dated 19 December 1991 402
Prisons (Arbitral Tribunal) Act:
Prison Officers Arbitral Tribunal Determination 10 -
Determination T9 of 1991, dated 8 January 1992 402
Profile: Tennant Creek - Australia's Northern Territory 404
Public Sector Employment and Management Bill 1992, Draft Bill 437
Publications Committee, Sixth Report 395
Publications Committee, Seventh Report 441
"Recognition of Aboriginal Customary Law" Sessional Committee
on Constitutional Development - Discussion Paper
No.4, dated August 1992 438
Regulations 1992:
No.23, Pastoral Land Regulations 402
No.24, Crown Lands Regulations 402
No.25, Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading (Door-to-Door
Trading) Regulations 402
No.26, Amendments of Alice Springs (Council Meetings and
Procedures) By-laws 402
No.27, Jabiru Town Development (Control of Dogs) By-laws 402
No.28, Water Regulations 402
No.29, Financial Institutions (Territory Supervisory
Authority) Regulations 402
No.30, Amendments of the Prostitution Regulations 402
No.31, Amendment of Supreme Court Regulations 402
No.32, Amendments of Work Health Regulations 402
No.33, Barranyi (North Island) Local Management Committee
Repeal Regulations 402
No.34, Tennant Creek (Control of Dogs) By-laws 402
No.35, Amendment of Territory Parks and Wildlife
Conservation By-laws 402
No.36, Amendment of Superannuation Scheme Rules 402
No.37, Amendment of Treasury Regulations 402
No.38, Amendments of the Brands Regulations 402
No.39, Amendments of the Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading
(Door-to-Door Trading) Regulations 402
No.40, Amendments of Classification of Publications
Regulations 402
No.41, Amendments of Land and Business Agents Regulations 402
No.42, Keep River National Park Local Management Committee
Regulations 402
No.44, Amendment of Greyhound Racing Rules 402
Barranyi (North Island) Local Management Committee
Regulations 402
Report to the Legislative Assembly of the Northern
Territory by Mr Neil Bell, MLA, dated August 1992 445
Sexual Abuse Discussion Paper, July 1992 432
Standing Orders Committee, Sixth Report 437
Subordinate Legislation and Tabled Papers Committee, Eighth
Report 432
Tragedy and Hope, pages 50 to 69 444
Transcript, Federal Court of Australia, South Australia
District Registry, General Division, SG2 of 1992,
Evangelos Robert Pavlomanolakos and National Australia
Bank Limited, Tuesday 12 May 1992 430
Transcript of interview, Mr Knight/Mr Palmer Re: Dalway,
dated 6 August 1992 430

PERSONAL EXPLANATION
Mr Bell 399

PETITION
Respite Care Facilities in Alice Springs (123 citizens) 409

STATEMENTS
Alternative Energy Sources in the Northern Territory 403,404
Broadcast of Budget Speech and Reply 409,415
File footage update and broadcast of Budget Speech 409,415
Northern Territory Tourism 396-399
Prohibition Orders under the Liquor Act 416
South-East Asian Trade and Economic Development Initiatives 432
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