Department of the Legislative Assembly, Northern Territory Government

Index to Minutes of Proceedings - 2006-03-28

Index to Minutes – 28 March 2006 to 30 March 2006
TENTH ASSEMBLY - FIRST SESSION

From To Pages
28 March 2006 30 March 2006 161 - 180

Bold No. 123=Passed Bill
Italic & Bold No. 123=Discharged Bill
Italic No. 123=Negatived Bill




ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS
    Acting Whip, Member for Daly (Mr Knight) for period 28 to 30 March 2006 inclusive (Mr Henderson) 162
    Opposition Office Holders, and additional Shadow Portfolio responsibilities effective from 15 March 2006 (Ms Carney) 162

BILLS
    Administrators Pensions Amendment Bill 2006 (Serial 37) 171
    Adoption of Children Amendment Bill 2006 (Serial 38) 172
    Assembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other Entitlements) Bill 2006 (Serial 35) 163
    Defamation Bill 2006 (Serial 41) 172
    Justice Legislation Amendment Bill 2006 (Serial 49) 164, 170
    Law of Property Amendment (Sales of Residential Property) Bill 2005 (Serial 13) 179
    Motor Vehicles Amendment Bill 2006 (Serial 43) 164, 170
    No New Taxes Bill 2006 (Serial 48) 165, 177
    Partnership Amendment (Venture Capital Funds) Bill 2006 (Serial 42) 164
    Racing and Betting Amendment Bill 2006 (Serial 39) 172
    Sentencing Amendment (Aboriginal Customary Law) Bill 2005 (Serial 19) 179
    Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Amendment Bill 2006 (Serial 40) 164, 166
    Terrorism (Emergency Powers) Amendment Bill 2006 (Serial 46) 165, 171
    Unit Titles Amendment Bill 2005 (Serial 31) 179
    Victims of Crime Assistance Bill 2006 (Serial 45) 164, 170
    Victims of Crime Rights and Services Bill 2006 (Serial 44) 164, 170
    Whistleblowers Bill 2006 (Serial 47) 165, 177
    Work Health Amendment (Advisory Council) Bill 2006 (Serial 36) 163

CENSURE
    Chief Minister and Government re Health Services (Ms Carney) - motion negatived 172

COMMONWEALTH DAY MESSAGE 2006
    Message from HRH, dated 13 March 2006 (Paper 399) (Speaker) incorporated into Hansard 161

CONDOLENCES
    Mr Reg Harris AM, prominent member of the Alice Springs community, death of, 28 February 2006 (Mrs Aagaard) 162

DISTINGUISHED VISITORS
    Freier, Right Reverend Dr Philip, the Anglican Bishop of Darwin (Mrs Aagaard) 171
    Penhall, Mr Les and Mrs Helen Lines attending condolence motion of Mr Reg Harris AM (Speaker) 162
    Rev Steve Orme, Moderator of the Northern Synod of the Uniting Church in Australia and Mrs Judith Orme (Mrs Aagaard) 164



GENERAL BUSINESS DAY
    Thursday 30 March 2006, nominated by Mr Henderson 161

LEAVE OF ABSENCE
    Bonson, Mr, for 28 to 30 March 2006 inclusive (Mr Henderson) 161
    Miller, Mrs, period 28 to 30 March 2006 inclusive (Ms Carney) 162
    Stirling, Mr, 30 March 2006 (Mr Henderson) 175

MESSAGES FROM ADMINISTRATOR
    No. 8, Assent to proposed laws passed by the Assembly during the February 2006 sittings (Paper 394) 161

MINISTERIAL REPORTS
    APEC Meeting 2007 (Ms Martin) 163
    Domestic and Family Violence Advisory Council (Ms Scrymgour) 175
    East Timor Governance Training (Dr Burns) 163
    Grass Roots Development Grant Program - sporting organisations (Ms Lawrie) 175
    JAWOYN Plants and Animals (Ms Scrymgour) 169
    Multicultural Policy - First Annual Report (Mr Vatskalis) 169
    Opal Fuel (Ms Lawrie) 169
    Regional Economic Committees (Mr Henderson) 169
    Royal Darwin Hospital, Health Care Status (Dr Toyne) 163
    Town Camps Task Force, Alice Springs (Mr McAdam) 163
    Up-skills Workshops (Mr Henderson) 175
    Vista Gold Australia, Mt Todd Mineral Leases (Mr Vatskalis) 175

MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS
    Middle Years Education in the Northern Territory (Mr Stirling) 166

MOTIONS (Procedural)
    Extension of Time
    Mr Mills on motion of Ms Carney 167
    Mr Stirling on motion of Mr Henderson 167
    Suspension of Standing Orders
    Pass Bill through all stages
      No New Taxes Bill 2006 (Serial 48) 165
      No New Taxes Bill 2006 (Serial 48) - Negatived 177
      No New Taxes Bill 2006 (Serial 48) - Withdrawn by leave (Mr Mills) 177
    Take two Bills together
      Victims of Crime Rights and Services Bill 2006 (Serial 44) and Victims of Crime Assistance Bill 2006 (Serial 45) 164

MOTIONS (Substantive)
    Development Consent Authorities for Outer Darwin Community Government Councils (Mr Wood) - negatived 177
    Disease Control in the NT - Note (Dr Toyne) 173
    Humpty Doo landfill site (Mr Wood) - Negatived 176
    Indigenous Housing (IHANT) - Note (Mr McAdam) 173
    Kava, Illicit Trafficking (Dr Lim) 165
    Kava, Illicit Trafficking (Dr Lim) - Negatived 178
    McArthur River Mine Expansion (Ms Carney) 165
    McArthur River Mine Expansion (Ms Carney) - negatived 177
    Middle Years Education in the Northern Territory - Note (Mr Stirling) 167
    Oncology Unit (Dr Lim) 165

MOTIONS (Substantive) (cont)
    Oncology Unit (Dr Lim) - negatived 178
    Remuneration Tribunal Report on the Salary, Allowances and Other Benefits to Magistrates and Determination No. 1 of 2006 - Note (Ms Martin) 173
    Remuneration Tribunal Report on the Salary, Allowances and Other Benefits to Magistrates and Determination No. 1 of 2006 - Print (Ms Martin) 173

NEXT MEETING
    Tuesday 2 May 2006 (Mr Henderson) 179

PAPERS TABLED
    Annual Reports
    Parole Board of the Northern Territory 2005 (Paper 396) 167
    Environmental Protection Authority, administrative relationship hierarchy chart (Paper 418) (Ms Scrymgour) 178
    Explanatory Statements
    Justice Legislation Amendment Bill 2006 (Serial 49) (Paper 410) 171
    Motor Vehicles Amendment Bill 2006 (Paper 407) (Mr Stirling) 170
    Terrorism (Emergency Powers) Amendment Bill 2006 (Serial 46) (Paper 411) 171
    Victims of Crime Assistance Bill 2006 (Serial 45) (Paper 409) 170
    Victims of Crime Rights and Services Bill 2006 (Serial 44) (Paper 408) (Dr Toyne) 170
    Health, Key Achievements (Paper 412) (Dr Toyne) 171
    Information Paper on Legislative Assembly Sessional Committee on Sport and Youth (Paper 420) (Mr Natt) 179
    JAWOYN Plants and Animals, Aboriginal flora and fauna knowledge from Nitmiluk National Park and the Katherine area (Paper 405) (Ms Scrymgour) 169
    Media release, NT Government takes next step towards Environment Protection Agency, dated 19 October 2005 (Paper 416) (Ms Martin) 176
    Multicultural Policy - Building on the Territory's Diversity, February 2005 to February 2006 (Paper 404) (Mr Vatskalis) 170
    Opal Cost Benefit Analysis Report by Access Economics Pty Limited for The Opal Alliance, dated 23 February 2006 (Paper 406) (Ms Lawrie) 169
    Photographic volume 1, survey of assets Alice Springs and Barkly Areas for the Department of Health and Community Services circa 1991 (Paper 417) (Dr Toyne) 176
    Regulations 2006
    No. 8, Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Amendment (Fees) By-Laws (Paper 397) 167
    No. 9, Procurement Amendment (Paper 398) 167
    Remuneration Tribunal Report on the Salary, Allowances and Other Benefits to Magistrates and Determination No. 1 of 2006 (Paper 414) (Ms Martin) 173
    Smith, Clarry, curator of Olive Pink Botanic Gardens from 1990 until 2005 - generous man with big heart, article in Centralian Advocate, dated 14 March 2006 and eulogy (Paper 400) (Dr Lim) 167
    Triage Attendances Graph, treatment by Emergency Department, Royal Darwin Hospital, December 2000 to December 2005 (Paper 413) (Dr Toyne) 172
    Vendor Disclosure Legislation Discussion Paper, March 2006 (Paper 419) (Dr Toyne) 179
    Vista Gold Australia Pty Ltd, Vista Gold Corp, Agreement with the Northern Territory Government, dated 1 March 2006 (Paper 415) 175

PETITIONS
    Responses
    No. 7 relating to provision of a Palmerston 24 hour emergency medical service (Paper 403) 169
    Nos. 6, 8, 10, 13 and 14 relating to respectively Noise and Air Pollution from the Ron Goodin Power Station, Irrkerlantye Learning Centre, New Primary School for Palmerston, Sale of Territory Insurance Office - Mr Mills, and Sale of Territory Insurance Office - Mr Wood (Paper 395) 163

PETITIONS (CONT)
    Year 10 students into Senior Secondary Colleges, petition No. 15 (Paper 401) (Dr Lim) (194 petitioners) 169
    Year 10 students into Senior Secondary Colleges, petition No. 16 (Paper 402) (Mr Mills) (2307 petitioners) 169

STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS
    Health of Member for Katherine, Mrs Miller (Ms Carney) 162

STATEMENTS BY SPEAKER
    Harris AM, Mr REG, death of , 28 February 2006 (Mrs Aagaard) 162

VISITORS
    Alzheimer's Association members in the Speaker's Gallery (Mrs Aagaard) 176
    Palmerston Christian School Year 7 and 8 students accompanied by Ms Hamilton (Mrs Aagaard) 176
    St John College Year 10 students from accompanied by Ms Phillipa Hamilton-Smith (Mrs Aagaard) 170
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