Department of the Legislative Assembly, Northern Territory Government

Minutes of Proceedings - 1993-02-23

Sixth Assembly First Session 23/02/1993 Parliamentary Record No. 15
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Date : 23/02/1993
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INDEX TO MINUTES

SITTING DAY Nos 62-67


From To Pages
23 February 1993 4 March 1993 525-580

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

Serial 216 Administration and Probate Amendment 1993 544,568-569
212 Aerodromes 1993 545,570
206 Building 1993 537,548
209 Classification of Publications and Films Amendment 1993 534,539,575P
223 Confirmation of Titles to Land (Request) 1993 568
220 Coroners 1993 544,569
201 Darwin Port Authority Amendment 1993 545,570
219 Disability Services 1993 545,570
205 Financial Administration and Audit Amendment 1993 543,568
192 Firearms Act 1992 Amendment 1992 531P
180 Health Practitioners and Allied Professionals Amendment 1992 536P
211 Hospital Management Boards Amendment 1993 545,570
214 Justices Amendment 1993 544,569
221 Kava Control 1993 * 545,567
215 Legal Practitioners Amendment 1993 544,569
222 Legal Practitioners Amendment 1993 * 545,566
204 Medical Practitioners Registration Amendment 1993 526,534,539P
218 Mining Amendment 1993 544,569
199 Mt Todd Project Agreement Ratification 1992 548-551P
210 Pastoral Land Amendment 1993 544,569
195 Public Sector Employment and Management (Consequential
Amendment) 1993 544,569
198 Public Sector Employment and Management (Transition and
Savings) 1992 551-557P
193 Public Sector Employment and Management 1992 551D
193 Public Sector Employment and Management 1993 551-557P
207 Real Property Amendment 1993 534,539
191 Statute Law Revision (No. 2) 1992 535,536P
208 Stock (Control of Hormonal Growth Promotants) 1993 526,534,540P
217 Superannuation Guarantee (Safety Net) 1993 543,568
186 Territory Insurance Office Amendment (No. 2) 1992 570-575P
196 Territory Insurance Office Amendment (No. 3) 1992 535P
213 Tobacco Amendment 1993 545,570
200 Unit Titles Amendment 1992 557P
197 Work Health Amendment (No.2) 1992 530P

CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES
Appointment, Mr McCarthy 525

CONDOLENCE
Sir Paul Hasluck, KG, GCMG, GCVO 525

DEATH
Mr Keith Stacy Edmunds, AM 529

DISCHARGE OF BUSINESS
Alcohol Strategy in the Northern Territory, Ministerial Statement 579
Appointment of a Minister for Aboriginal Development,
Ministerial Statement 579
Criminal Code Amendment Bill (No.3) 1992 (Serial 189) 568
Northern Territory Tourism: A Changing Era, Ministerial Statement 578
Ombudsman Report 1991-92 578
Public Sector Employment and Management Bill 1992 (Serial 193) 551
Sexual Abuse, Discussion Paper 578
Women's Health Policy, Ministerial Statement 578
Women's Strategy, Ministerial Statement 578

DISCHARGE OF WITNESSES
Public Accounts Committee, investigation into the sale of Dalway Pty Ltd 547

DISTINGUISHED VISITORS
Mr B.F. Kilgariff, former Senator for the Northern Territory,
former Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Northern
Territory and Member of the Legislative Council 538
Mrs D. Lawrie, former Member of Legislative Council and
Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory 548
Mr P. Schmeiser, former Member of Legislative Assembly,
Saskatchewan, Canada 548
Mr R. Steele, former Member and Speaker of the Legislative
Assembly of the Northern Territory 545
Mr F.K.M. Thompson, former Clerk of the Legislative
Assembly of the Northern Territory 538
Mr F.H. Walker, former Clerk of the Legislative Council and
Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory 538

GOVERNMENT WHIP
Appointment, Mr Vale 529

LEAVE OF ABSENCE:
Mr Coulter 577
Mr Lanhupuy 531,537

MESSAGE FROM ACTING ADMINISTRATOR
No. 7, Superannuation Guarantee (Safety Net) Bill 1993 (Serial 217) 561

MOTIONS NEGATIVED
Australia Television International Service 565
Crime Strategy for the Northern Territory 566
Juvenile Justice Act and Juvenile Offenders turning 18 years
of age in detention 567-568
Legislation to Maintain Checks and Balances 562-563
Mine Safety 564-565
Selective Industry Assistance 562

MOTIONS (Procedural) -
Suspension of Standing Orders -
Cognate Debate - Dalway Report by Public Accounts Committee;
and Ombudsman re: Complaint by Mr J. Blake - Note reports 546-547
Pass Bills through all Stages -
Medical Practitioners Registration Amendment Bill 1993 (Serial 204) 534
Stock (Control of Hormonal Growth Promotants) Bill 1993 (Serial 208) 534
Public Sector Employment and Management Bill 1993 (Serial 193) 551
Classification of Publications and Films Amendment Bill 1993 (Serial 209) 575
Take two Bills together -
Public Sector Employment Management Bill 1993 (Serial 193);
and Public Sector Employment and Management (Transition and
Savings) Bill 1992 (Serial 198) 551

MOTIONS (Substantive)
Address to the Nation by the Prime Minister 537
Adopt, Publications Committee, Ninth and Tenth Reports 557
Alcohol Use in the Northern Territory, Report by Alcohol
Policy Unit of Dept. of Chief Minister - Note paper 548
Auditor-General, Report upon Public Sector Corporations,
1991-92 - Print 530
Australia Television International Service 565
Chairman of Committees, appointment 525
Constitutional Development Committee -
Discussion Paper No.5, The Merits or Otherwise of Bringing
an N.T. Constitution into Force before Statehood
- Note paper 578
- Print 578
Continuity and Change, an Education Advisory Council Review of
Secondary Education - Note paper 578
Crime Strategy for the N.T. 566
Dalway Report - "Report on the Purchase, Operation and
Sale of Dalway Pty Ltd" by the Public Accounts Committee
- Note report 546-548
- Print 546
Environment Committee -
Committee Membership
Appoint Mr Vale, Discharge Mr Poole 528
Appoint Mr Rioli, Discharge Mr Lanhupuy 528
Fightback! in the Northern Territory - Note statement 529-530
Fishing Industry, Developments in the Territory - Note statement 578
House Committee -
Committee Membership
Appoint Mrs Hickey, Discharge Mr Lanhupuy 529
Juvenile Offenders turning 18 years of age in detention 567
Legislation to Maintain Checks and Balances 562
Mabo Court decision - Note statement 539
Mine Safety 564
National Trust of Australia (Northern Territory), Annual
Report, 1991-92 - Note paper 533
New Parliament House Committee -
Committee Membership
Appoint Mr Ortmann, Discharge Mr Finch 528
Appoint Mr Cartwright, Discharge Mrs Hickey 528
Appoint Mr Rioli, Discharge Mr Stirling 528
Nitmiluk (Katherine Gorge) National Park, Plan of Management
- Note paper 578
Northern Territory Tourism - Note statement 539
Note Paper -
Alcohol Use in the Northern Territory, Report by Alcohol
Policy Unit of Dept. of Chief Minister 548
Constitutional Development Committee - Discussion
Paper No.5, The Merits or Otherwise of Bringing an N.T.
Constitution into Force before Statehood 578
Dalway Report - "Report on the Purchase, Operation and
Sale of Dalway Pty Ltd" by the Public Accounts Committee 546
National Trust of Australia (Northern Territory), Annual
Report, 1991-92 533
Nitmiluk (Katherine Gorge) National Park, Plan of Manegement 578
Ombudsman's Report, Complaint by Mr J. Blake re: Sale of Dalway 546-548
Public Accounts Committee, Annual Report 1991-92 568
Road Safety Strategy to Year 2001 577
Treasurer's Annual Financial Statements, 1991-92 568
Use and Abuse of Alcohol by the Community, Sessional Committee
- East Arnhem Region Consultations 568
Note Statement -
Fightback! in the Northern Territory 529-530
Fishing Industry, Developments in the Territory 578
Mabo Court decision 539
Northern Territory Tourism 538
Police investigation into Allegations of Corruption in the Prison System 533
Road Safety Strategy to Year 2001 577
Use and Abuse of Alcohol by the Community, Sessional
Committee - Reference: Liquor Act, restricted areas
legislation Progress Report 557
Office of the Auditor-General, Report upon Public Sector
Corporations, 1991-92 - Print 530
Ombudsman's Report, Complaint by Mr J. Blake re: Sale of Dalway
- Note 546-548
- Print 546-548
Police investigation into Allegations of Corruption in the
Prison System - Note statement 533
Print -
Constitutional Development Committee - Discussion
Paper No.5, The Merits or Otherwise of Bringing an N.T.
Constitution into Force before Statehood 578
Dalway Report - "Report on the Purchase, Operation and Sale
of Dalway Pty Ltd" by the Public Accounts Committee 546
Office of the Auditor-General, Report upon Public Sector
Corporations, 1991-92 530
Ombudsman's Report, Complaint by Mr J. Blake re: Sale of Dalway 546
Privileges Committee -
Committee Membership
Appoint Mr Stone, Discharge Mr Manzie 528
Public Accounts Committee -
Annual Report 1991-92 -
Note report 568
Committee Membership
Appoint Mr Vale, Discharge Mr Poole 577
Independence of Committee 563-564
Sub-Committee empowered to meet during sittings of Assembly 533
Publications Committee -
Committee Membership
Appoint Mr Vale, Discharge Mr Poole 528
Appoint Mr Stirling, Discharge Mr Bailey 528
Ninth and Tenth Reports - Adopt 557
Road Safety Strategy to Year 2001 - Note paper and statement 577
Selective Industry Assistance 562
Standing Orders Committee -
Committee Membership
Appoint Mr McCarthy, Discharge Mr Poole 528
Subordinate Legislation and Tabled Papers Committee -
Committee Membership
Appoint Mr McCarthy, Discharge Mr Poole 528
Treasurer's Annual Financial Statements, 1991-92 -
Note paper 568
Use and Abuse of Alcohol by the Community, Sessional Committee
East Arnhem Region Consultations - Note paper 567
Reference, Restricted Areas legislation -
Extension of Time to Report 538
Progress Report - Note statement 557

PAPERS AND REPORTS TABLED
"5 Year Plan", Department of Correctional Services 566
ABS Statistics - Net Commonwealth Payments 561
Adelaide-Darwin Railway, Australian National Report
January 1993, dated 2 March 1993 545
Administrative Arrangements Order, dated 30 November 1992 526
Affidavit, between Kieran Mary Finnane and Maxwell Henry
Ortmann and Northern Territory Planning Authority, Sworn
23 October 1992 579
Alcohol Use in the Northern Territory, Report by Alcohol
Policy Unit of Dept. of Chief Minister 548
Annual Reports
Department of Law, Report on the Operations of the Office of
Business Affairs incorporating the Annual Reports of -
Commissioner of Consumer Affairs;
Registrar of Co-operatives;
Registrar of Credit Unions; and
Registrar of Building Societies; for the years ending
1990-91 and 1991-92 580
Electrical Workers and Contractors Licensing Board, 1991-92 (Ninth) 532
Juvenile Justice Act, 1992 (pursuant to section 5) 541
National Crime Authority, 1991-92 541
Northern Territory Grain Marketing Board, 1991-92 580
Northern Territory Law Reform Committee, 1991-92 580
Office of the Auditor-General, Report upon Public Sector
Corporations, 1991-92 530
Office of the Valuer-General, 1991-92 580
Appendix B, Notes on the meeting of 26th October of Central Council, CLP 566
By-law
Borroloola Community Government Council (Litter and
Flammable and Noxious Weeds, &c.) By-laws 532
Cartoon, "And now ... our crew is back with the latest-!" 565
"Compliance Costs of Business Taxes in New Zealand, The"
by Cedric Sandford and John Hasseldine, Institute of Policy Studies 530
Community Government Scheme
Borroloola, Amendment 532
Constitutional Development Committee
Discussion Paper No.5, The Merits or Otherwise of Bringing
an N.T. Constitution into Force before Statehood 578
Continuity and Change, an Education Advisory Council Review of
Secondary Education 578
Crown Lands Act
Revocation of Reserve No.1372, Town of Katherine 532
Dalway Report - "Report on the Purchase, Operation and
Sale of Dalway Pty Ltd", by Public Accounts Committee 546
Extract from N.T.G.A. Newsletter, dated June 1992 530
Facsimile letter, Mr Brett Midena, Principal Legal Advisor,
Northern Land Council to The Mining Registrar, Department
of Mines and Energy, dated 4 February 1993 537
"Fightback! Fairness and Jobs" 529
Financial Administration and Audit Act
Direction of the Acting Administrator, pursuant to
section 12(2), dated 14 January 1993 532
Direction of the Treasurer, pursuant to section 13(1)(b),
dated 18 December 1992 532
Notice by the Treasurer, pursuant to section 12(2), dated
14 January 1993 532
Financial Statements:
IOOF Australia Trustees Limited, A.C.N. 007870644, Year
ended 30 June 1992 Special Purpose Financial Report 580
National Australia Trustees Limited, A.C.N. 007350405,
Year ended 30 September 1992 580
Northern Territory Tourist Commission, 1991-92 541
Form, "Goods and Services Tax Return", Inland Revenue,
New Zealand 530
"GST, The: A National Tax Tragedy", Canadian Federation of
Independent Business, Toronto, dated November 1991 530
Letters -
Alice Springs Backpacker Organisations to Mr Alan McGill,
Town Clerk, Alice Springs Town Council, undated 539
Mr John Britton, Chairperson, Henbury Avenue School
Council to Mr Harry Krebs, PEO Student Services,
dated 18 September 1991 531
Mr John Britton, Chairman, Henbury Avenue School Council
to Hon. S.L. Stone, MLA, dated 16 March 1992 531
Mr John Britton, Chairman, Henbury Avenue School Council
to Hon. S.L. Stone, MLA, dated 17 June 1992 531
Hon B.F. Coulter, MLA, Treasurer to Mr Warren Snowdon,
MP, dated 1 March 1993 561
Hon B.F. Coulter, MLA, Treasurer to Mr B. Ede, MLA,
Leader of the Opposition, dated 1 March 1993 561
Mr B.R. Ede, MLA to Hon. P.J. Keating, Prime Minister,
dated 16 October 1992 533
Mr B.R. Ede, MLA to Hon. M.B. Perron, MLA, Chief Minister,
dated 22 February 1993 533
Fix 'N' Paint Letterhead, To whom it may concern,
dated 22 February 1993 579
Hon S.P. Hatton, MLA, Minister for Aboriginal Development
to Mr N.R. Bell, MLA, dated 23 February 1993 548
Hon Hon. S.P. Hatton, MLA, Minister for Aboriginal
Development to Mr N.R. Bell, MLA, dated 24 February 1993 548
Mr John Hewson, MP to Hon M.B. Perron, MLA, Chief Minister,
dated 3 March 1993 561
Hon. P.J. Keating, MP, Prime Minister to Hon. M.B. Perron,
MLA, Chief Minister, dated 28 August 1992 545
Mr Harry Krebs, PEO Student Services to Mr John Britton,
Chairperson, Henbury Avenue School Council, dated
1 October 1991 531
Milikapiti Community Government Council to
Hon. Robert Tickner, MP, dated 15 February 1993 537
Open letter to Fishermen from Hon. M.A. Reed, MLA,
Minister for Primary Industry and Fisheries 578
Hon. S.L. Stone, MLA to Mr John Britton, Chairman,
Henbury Avenue School Council, dated 10 July 1992 532
E.W.J. Tyler, A.M., Chairman, Australian Diamond
Exploration N.L. to Hon. P.J. Keating, A.C., M.P.,
Prime Minister, dated 1 March 1993 579
Yirrkala Dhanbul Community Association Incorporated,
signed by Bakamumu Marika, Chairman, Y.D.C.A.I., and
Djuwalpi Marika, Town Clerk, Yirrkala Community to Whom
It May Concern, dated 1 February 1993 567
Liberal and National Parties - Position Paper - "Our
Northern Potential - A Statement of Our Initiatives for
Northern Australia", prepared by Senator Grant Tambling,
dated 22 February 1993 545
Memorandum, Mr Harry Krebs, PEO Student Services to
Principals, Henbury Avenue and Ludmilla Special, dated
28 January 1993 532
Memorandum, To Minister from Secretary, Subject: Draft
Planning Instrument AS252 - Proposed Rezoning of Land,
Petrick Road, Alice Springs, dated 30 September 1991 579
National Trust of Australia (Northern Territory), Annual Report, 1991-92 533
Newspaper clippings regarding Indonesia purchasing F-111 Aircraft 536
Nitmiluk (Katherine Gorge) National Park, Plan of Management 578
Ombudsman Report, Complaint by Mr J. Blake re: Sale of
Dalway Pty Ltd 546
Poles Apart on the Northern Territory 529
"Public Hospital Beds Would Close", Poles Apart on Health Care 529
Publications Committee -
Ninth Report 557-559
Tenth Report 557-559
Regulations 1992 -
No.68, Motor Vehicle Dealers Regulations 532
No.69, Amendments of Agents Licensing Regulations 532
No.70, Amendment of Police Administration (Fees) Regulations 532
No.71, Work Health (Occupational Health and Safety) Regulations 532
No.72, Fisheries Regulations 532
No.73, Mine Management Regulations 532
No.74, Amendments of the Supreme Court Rules 532
Regulations 1993 -
No. 1, Amendment of Alice Springs (Council Meetings and
Procedures) By-laws 532
No. 2, Firearms Regulations 532
No. 3, Amendments of Treasu ry Regulations 580
Tnorala Local Management Committee Regulations 580
Report to the Minister for Mines and Energy from the Mining
Board of the Northern Territory on the Safety Record of
Woodcutters Mine compared to similar operations both within
and outside the Northern Territory with particular reference
to recent accidents 564
Report on the Official Visit to Indonesia by the Northern
Territory Minister for Industries and Development and
Asian Relations and Trade, Hon. S.L. Stone, MLA,
6-13 December 1992 580
Report on the Outcome of Police Investigations into
Allegations of Corruption in the Prison System and Related Matters 533
Report under Section 59 of the Planning Act, Draft Planning
Instrument AS252 by J.M. Robertson, Chairman, Northern
Territory Planning Authority, dated 30 July 1991 579
Road Safety Strategy to Year 2001 577
Sheet 1, Net Commonwealth Payments in 1992/93 Prices, N.T.
Treasury, EPA Division, dated 25 February 1993 561
Subordinate Legislation and Tabled Papers Committee, Eleventh Report 578
Survey of Air Package Travellers to Darwin, October-December
1992, by the Australian Bureau of Statistics 539
"Ten Years of Hard Labor - The Facts in Black and White",
An account - Labor's Economic Mismanagement, A Publication
of the National Party of Australia 530
Universal Construction Services Pty Limited (in liquidation),
Report to Creditors Meeting on 26 February 1992 579
Universal Construction Services Pty Limited (in liquidation),
Minutes of a Meeting of Creditors held on 26 February 1992
at 9.30 a.m. at 75 Hindmarsh Square, Adelaide 579
Works and Planning - Farm Area, Draft Policy by Neil Bell,
MLA, Member for Macdonnell, dated 25 January 1993 560

PERSONAL EXPLANATIONS
Mr Ede 533
Mr Parish 529,561
Mr Perron 561
Mr Stone 562

PETITION
Anti-Discrimination legislation, amend to preclude sexuality
(28 signatures) 525

STATEMENTS
Fightback! in the Northern Territory 529-530
Filming in Chamber by ABC 545
Filming in Chamber by NTD8 and for Assembly publications 526
Fishing Industry, developments in the N.T. 578
Government Whip, appointment 23 February 1993
Mabo High Court Case, Mabo Court Decision 539
Ministry and Administrative arrangements 526
Northern Territory Tourism, Consolidation and consultation 539
Police Investigation into Allegations of Corruption in the Prison System 533
Sessional Committee on the Use and Abuse of Alcohol by the
Community -
Reference, Restricted Areas Legislation
- Note statement 557
Shadow Ministry and Opposition Office Holders 527
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