……The complaints are not simply about the loudness of debate. They are mainly about rude and sometimes vulgar behaviour; in the words of many, childish behaviour.

(5) In this section:

confidential information, see section 53(5).

(1) Prayers
(2) Petitions
(3) Notices
(4) Government Business – Notices
(5) Government Business - Orders of the Day

(a) In Committee: report of the Estimates Committee consideration of the Appropriation (2010-2011) Bill 2010 (Serial 99) and Government Owned Corporations Scrutiny Committee consideration of the financial and management practices of the Power and Water Corporation as referenced in its Statement of Corporate Intent for 2010/2011.

The Northern Territory Parliament –

(a) recognises that the resources sector makes up 26.5% of the Northern Territory’s Gross State Product and is responsible for many thousands of direct and indirect jobs and that the projects that this sector invests in require significant up-front capital;

(b) recognises that resource companies provide significant community contributions in both financial and infrastructure investment in the Territory for instance, in power generation and other infrastructure on Groote Eylandt;

(c) calls upon the Federal Rudd Labor Government to abandon its current pursuit of a Super Profits tax and recognise that such a tax will see the loss of many current jobs and a reduction in future investments made by this sector in the Territory economy, thus impacting on both the economic prosperity of the Territory andability of the Territory Government to provide necessary services due to the losses in income.

1. Pursuant to clause 4A of the Inquiries Act, the Legislative Assembly establish an independent inquiry to report on breaches of environmental standards within the Northern Territory;

2. The inquiry have specific reference to the Port of Darwin and operations at East Arm, the Port of Gove and operations, and the discharge of sewage from outfalls into Darwin Harbour;
3. The inquiry is also to look at the matter of the appropriateness of the current EIS provisions and make specific recommendations on changes that are needed in the EIS process and other environmental standard, regulations and laws so as to strengthen the protection of our environment;
4. It is recommended that the Administrator appoint the Independent EPA to undertake the inquiry and provide it with the powers inferred by the Inquiries Act;
5. The Northern Territory Government provide the necessary resources to undertake this inquiry; and
6. The inquiry report to this parliament no later than 31 December 2010.

The Territory Parliament –

(a) acknowledges the costs associated with the involvement of children in sport in the Northern Territory;

(b) further recognises that it can cost families hundreds of dollars per child, per sport to register, insure and outfit children to take part in sporting clubs in the Northern Territory and this can be a heavy impost on the family budget; and

(c) calls on the Territory and Federal Governments to take immediate steps to reduce the cost of sports participation for Territory Families and such steps ensure, as far as possible, that any child who wants to play sport can play sport and is not prevented from doing so due to cost.

The failure of the Northern Territory Government to effectively reduce overcrowding in Indigenous Housing identified in the Little Children are Sacred Report.