Minutes of Proceedings - 1997-04-29
Seventh Assembly First Session 29/04/1997 Parliamentary Record No. 33
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Date : 29/04/1997__________________________________________________________________________________
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22 April 1997 1 May 1997 771 - 812
Bold No. 123=Passed Bill
Italic & Bold No. 123=Discharged Bill
Italic No. 123=Negatived Bill
BILLS
BUSINESS DISCHARGED
CENSURE
DISTINGUISHED VISITORS
MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE
MEMBER SUSPENDED
MESSAGE FROM THE ADMINISTRATOR
MOTIONS (Procedural)
MOTIONS (Substantive)
PAPERS TABLED
PERSONAL EXPLANATIONS
PETITIONS
STATEMENTS
VISITORS
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Date : 29/04/1997
Index to Minutes - 22 April to 1 May 1997
SEVENTH ASSEMBLY - FIRST SESSION
SEVENTH ASSEMBLY - FIRST SESSION
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22 April 1997 1 May 1997 771 - 812
Bold No. 123=Passed Bill
Italic & Bold No. 123=Discharged Bill
Italic No. 123=Negatived Bill
BILLS
- Appropriation Bill 1997-98 (Serial 232) 804, 810, 811
Associations Incorporation Bill 1997 (Serial 229) 771, 786
AustralAsia Railway Corporation Amendment Bill 1997 (Serial 234) 793
Companies (Trustees and Personal Representatives) Amendment Bill 1997 (Serial 213) 773
Criminal Code (Domestic Violence Restraining Orders) Amendment Bill 1996 (Serial 210) 782
Criminal Code (Euthanasia) Amendment Bill 1997 (Serial 230) 772, 785
Financial Institutions (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 1997 (Serial 211) 773
Financial Institutions (Territory Supervisory Authority) Amendment Bill 1997 (Serial 215) 774
Fisheries Amendment Bill 1997 (Serial 224) 795, 801
Freedom of Information Bill 1997 (Serial 222) 783
Friendly Societies (NT) Bill 1997 (Serial 214) 774
Independent Electoral Commission Bill 1996 (Serial 208) 783
Instruments Amendment Bill 1997 (Serial 233) 793
Juvenile Justice Amendment Bill 1997 (Serial 235) 793
Local Court Amendment Bill 1997 (Serial 219) 801
Long Service Leave Amendment Bill 1997 (Serial 226) 790
Motor Vehicles Amendment Bill 1997 (Serial 227) 786, 789
Northern Territory Electoral Amendment Bill 1996 (Serial 209) 783
Parliamentary Committees Bill 1996 (Serial 195) 785
Partnership Bill 1997 (Serial 221) 775
Protection of Confidential Information Bill 1997 (Serial 231) 793
Small Claims Amendment Bill 1997 (Serial 220) 801
Traffic Amendment Bill (Serial 228) 789
Traffic Amendment Bill 1997 (Serial 228) 786
Unit Titles Amendment Bill 1997 (Serial 236) 793
Work Health Amendment Bill 1997 (Serial 225) 775, 776
Yulara Tourist Village Management Amendment Bill 1996 (Serial 200) 786
BUSINESS DISCHARGED
- Associations Incorporation Bill, draft 771
Motion for the Disallowance of Regulations 1996, No. 11 Amendments of the Work
Health Regulations (Mr Setter) 789
CENSURE
- Chief Minister (Mr Stone) re breaching statutory obligations as Minister for Education
and breach of trust (Paper 3170) (Mr Bailey) 780
DISTINGUISHED VISITORS
- Grove, Mr Russell, Clerk of the Legislative Assembly 810
Hartcher, Mr Chris, Shadow Leader of the House, NSW Legislative Assembly 810
Jeffrey, Mr Bruce 810
Kerr, Mr Malcolm, National Party Whip, NSW Legislative Assembly 810
Kilgariff, Mr Bern, AM, former Member of the Legislative Council for the
Northern Territory, former Member and Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the
Northern Territory and former Senator for the Northern Territory 804
Murray, Hon John , Speaker of the NSW Legislative Assembly 810
Thompson, Mr George, Opposition Whip, NSW Legislative Assembly 810
MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE
- Sexual abuse of school children (Mr Toyne) 789
MEMBER SUSPENDED
- Mr Bailey, Deputy Leader of the Opposition at 12
24h, 23 April 1997 781
MESSAGE FROM THE ADMINISTRATOR
- Appropriation Bill 1997-98 (Serial 232), Message No. 25 803
MOTIONS (Procedural)
- Suspend Standing Orders
Take two Bills together
- Independent Electoral Commission Bill 1996 (Serial 208) and Northern Territory
Electoral Amendment Bill 1996 (Serial 209) 782
Motor Vehicles Amendment Bill 1997 (Serial 227) and the Traffic Amendment Bill (Serial 228) 789
MOTIONS (Substantive)
- Antisocial behaviour affecting our community (Mrs Hickey) 772, 784
Auditor-General’s Mid-Year Report, February 1997 - Note Report (Mr Stone) 802
Distribution Committee Report 1997 - Approve (Paper 3166) (Mr Stone) 773
Health Service Delivery in the Northern Territory - Note statement (Mr Burke) 787
Infrastructure Bonds in the Federal Budget (Mrs Hickey) 771, 783
Native title claims over the public areas (Mr Reed) 790
Ombudsman of the Northern Territory for 1995-96 - Note Report (Mr Stone) 794
Ombudsman of the Northern Territory for 1995-96 - Print (Mr Stone) 794
Premiers’ Conference 1997, Canberra, Friday 21 March 1997 - Note statement (Mr Stone) 773
Public Accounts Committee Minority Report on the Auditor-General’s Annual and
Mid-year Reports 1993 94 and 1994 95 - Note report (Mr Bailey) 772
Sale of Government interests in the Ayers Rock Resort and unsold land and buildings at the Trade Development Zone - Note statement (Mr Reed) 782
Sessional Committee on the Environment
Report into the Occurrence, Spread, Future Management and Impact of Mimosa Pigra
in the Northern Territory - Note Report (Dr Lim) 794
Report into the Occurrence, Spread, Future Management and Impact of Mimosa Pigra
in the Northern Territory - Print (Dr Lim) 794
Sessional Committee on the Use and Abuse of Alcohol by the Community
extension of time to Report into the issue of Kava Regulation in the Northern Territory -
by August 1997 sittings of the Legislative Assembly (Paper 3204) (Mr Burke) 793
Vocational Education and Training in the Northern Territory - Note Statement (Mr Finch) 794
Wik Premiers’ Conference held on 28 April 1997 - Note Statement (Mr Stone) 795
PAPERS TABLED
- Aboriginals Must take Greater Responsibility for Their Own Health, dated 26 February 1997
(Paper 3192) (Mr Burke) 788
Annual Reports
Batchelor College, 1995 (Paper 3199) 802
Northern Territory Grain Marketing Board, Report on Operations and Audited Financial
Statements 1995-96 (Paper 3236) 812
Ombudsman of the Northern Territory for 1995-96 (Paper 3201) (Mr Stone) 794
Surveyors Board of the Northern Territory, 1995-96 (Paper 3146) 777
Article, Budget comes as NT election looms, NT News, dated 29 April 1997 (Paper 3244) (Mr Reed) 811
Article, New Railway, Bourke to Northern Territory - Syndicate’s Scheme, Sydney Morning
Herald, dated December 1932 (Paper 3239) (Mr Coulter) 810
Article, Painless Territory Budget targets debt, The Australian, dated 1 May 1997
(Paper 3245) (Mr Reed) 811
Book, Fit for the Gentler Sex, Helen Wilson and Barbara James, NT Women’s Advisory
Council, in association with Dr Mickey Dewar, Curator of History, Museum and Art Gallery
of the Northern Territory, 1997 (Paper 3248) (Mr Stone) 812
Child Abuse Policy - Responsibility to Report (Paper 3195) (Mrs Braham) 789
Community Government Schemes
Timber Creek Community Government Scheme (Paper 3198) 802
Company Announcement, Compass Resources NL, Browns Project - Feasibility Study
Receives Go Ahead, dated 17 April 1997 (Paper 3188) (Mr Manzie) 787
Crown Lands Act
Revocation of Reserve No. 1722 over Lot 124 Town of Adelaide River,
dated 25 March 1997 (Paper 3147) 777
Distribution Committee 1997
Volume 1 Report on Details and Maps of Proposed Divisions (Section 17),
Suggestions and Objections lodged with the Committee to Proposals placed on
public display (Section 16) (Paper 3164) (Mr Stone) 772
Volume 2 Suggestions for Distribution of Divisions and Comments on those
suggestions lodged with the Committee in reply to the Committee’s call for public input
(Section 13) (Paper 3165) (Mr Stone) 772
Financial Management Act
Determination of Amounts of Allocation Transferred on Redistribution of Public
Business Amongst Agencies, dated 15 March 1997 (Paper 3190) 791
Direction to Transfer Excess Allocation, dated 28 February 1997 (Paper 3189) 791
Graph, Commonwealth Grants 1980-81 to 1996-97, Source- Government Financial Estimates,
ABS Cat. No. 5501.0 and NT Treasury (Paper 3185) (Mr Reed) 787
Graph, Commonwealth Grants Per Capita in Real Terms, 1980-81 to 1996-97, Source
Government Financial Estimates, ABS Cat. No. 5501.0 and NT Treasury (Paper 3186) (Mr Reed) 787
Graph, Northern Territory Government and Private Sector Major Capital Works Expenditure
Trends for Years 1990-91 to 2000 (Paper 3241) (Mr Coulter) 811
Graph, Population Growth 1987-1996, Australian Bureau of Statistics.(Paper 3242) (Mr Reed) 811
Graph, Unemployment Rates, Annual Average between Australia and the Northern Territory,
1990-91 to 1996-97, Australian Bureau of Statistics.(Paper 3243) (Mr Reed) 811
Invitation to submit a Proposal for the Establishment and Operation of the Darwin Offshore
Supply Base (Paper 3169) (Mr Manzie) 779
Jabiluka mine brought only problems, says owner, article, Verona Burgess, Canberra Times,
dated 27 April 1997 (Paper 3215) (Mr Manzie) 804
Joint Media release, The Lord Mayor of Darwin, Alan Markham and Member for Port Darwin,
Shane Stone, 14 December 1990 (Paper 3178) (Mrs Hickey) 784
Letter
A long, long way from native title, Bill Hayden, The Australian, dated 24 April 1997
(Paper 3247) (Mr Stone) 812
Bailey, Mr J, MLA, to the Hon M Reed, Deputy Chief Minister, and map,
dated 18 April 1997 (Paper 3196) (Mr Reed) 790
Bailey, Mr John, MLA, Deputy Leader of the Opposition to Commissioner Brian Bates,
Northern Territory Police, dated 13 March 1997 (Paper 3171) (Mr Bailey) 779
Bates, Mr Brian, Commissioner of Police to Mr John Bailey, MLA, Deputy Opposition
Leader, dated 3 April 1997 (Paper 3159) (Mr Bailey) 772
Bates, Mr Brian, Commissioner of Police to Mr John Bailey, MLA, Deputy Leader of the
Opposition, dated 3 April 1997 (Paper 3173) (Mr Bailey) 779
Cameron, Mr Lesley ,Manager, Development Assessment Services, Northern Territory
Planning Authority to Mr John Bailey, MLA, dated 10 April 1997 (Paper 3216) (Mr Bailey) 804
Collins, Senator Bob, Senator for the Northern Territory, to Territorians, dated 8 April 1997
(Paper 3184) (Mr Reed) 787
Coulter, Hon Barry, Minister for the Railway to Mr Everald Compton Pty Ltd,
dated 26 February 1997 (Paper 3177) (Mr Coulter) 783
Hatton, Hon Steve, Minister for Correctional Services, to Ms Clare Martin, MLA,
dated 21 April 1997 (Paper 3211) (Ms Martin) 802
Hayden, The Hon Bill , AC, to Hon Rob Borbidge, Premier of Queensland,
dated 21 March 1997 (Paper 3246) (Mr Stone) 812
Hickey, Maggie, MLA, Leader of the Opposition, to ALP party members,
dated 23 April 1997 (Paper 3240) (Mr Stone) 810
Reed, Hon M, Deputy Chief Minister, to Mr N Fry, NLC dated 25 March 1997
(Paper 3197) (Mr Reed) 790
Stone, Hon Shane L ,Chief Minister, to Hon John Howard, MP, Prime Minister,
dated 3 April 1997 (Paper 3210) (Mr Stone) 795
Summers, Mr Iain, Auditor-General of the Northern Territory to Mr John Bailey, MLA,
Deputy Leader of the Opposition, dated 8 April 1997 (Paper 3172) (Mr Bailey) 779
Summers, Mr Iain, Auditor-General of the Northern Territory, to Mr John Bailey, MLA,
dated 8 April 1997 (Paper 3160) (Mr Bailey) 772
Map, Compass Resources N.L., MLN’s 139 - 147 & 150 - 152, Browns Project, Rum Jungle,
NT, dated 23 April 1997 (Paper 3187) (Mr Manzie) 787
Media release, untitled, John Bailey, Deputy Leader of the Opposition, 17 June 1996
(Paper 3181) (Mr Setter) 785
Medicare Seriously Short Changes Territorians, dated 26 February 1997 (Paper 3193) (Mr Burke) 788
Newsletter, Friday Feedback, Power and Water Authority, dated 21 March 1997
(Paper 3203) (Mr Rioli) 793
Northern Territory Charter for Victims of Crime (Paper 3161) (Mr Burke) 772
Northern Territory Employment and Training Authority, Annual Report 1996
(Paper 3200) (Mr Finch) 794
Northern Territory Training Profile 1997 - NTETA, October 1996 (Paper 3208) (Mr Finch) 794
Public Accounts Committee
Minority Report on the Auditor-Generals Annual and Mid-year Reports 1993-94
and 1994 95 (Mr Bailey) 772
Regulations 1997
No. 3, Firearms Regulations (Paper 3148) 777
No. 4, Amendments of Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation By-Laws (Paper 3149) 777
No. 5, Djukbinj National Park Local Management Committee (Djukbinj Board)
Regulations (Paper 3150) 777
No. 6, Amendments of Electrical Workers and Contractors Regulations (Paper 3151) 777
No. 7, Amendment of Territory Wildlife Regulations (Paper 3152) 777
Regulations 1997 (Cont)
No. 8, Amendment of Taxation (Administration) Regulations (Paper 3153) 777
No. 9, Amendment of Sentencing Regulations (Paper 3154) 777
No.10, Amendments of Stock Diseases Regulations (Paper 3155) 777
No.11, Amendments of Stock (Control of Hormonal Growth Promotants) Regulations
(Paper 3156) 777
No.12, Amendments of Stock Routes and Travelling Stock Regulations (Paper 3157) 777
No.13, Amendments of Brands Regulations (Paper 3158) 777
Sessional Committee on the Environment
Report into Matters relating to the Occurrence, Spread, Future Management and Impact
of Mimosa pigra in the Northern Territory, April 1997 (Paper 3202) and the Written
Submissions received and Transcripts of Proceedings of Public Hearings held on
4 and 5 February 1997 (Papers 3205 and 3206) (Dr Lim) 794
Summary of Pre-existing Requirements of Dealing with Allegations of Sexual Abuse of a
Student by a Departmental Employee (Paper 3194) (Mr Finch) 789
Table, Estimated Net Payments to the State and Territories, 1996-97 and 1997-98
(Paper 3214) (Mr Stone) 773
Victim Impact Statements - A guide to the victim impact statement scheme in the
Northern Territory (Paper 3162) (Mr Burke) 772
PERSONAL EXPLANATIONS
- Bailey, Mr, Deputy Leader of the Opposition 779
Mr Ah Kit 804
Mr Stone 804
Mrs Padgham-Purich 811
PETITIONS
- Freedom of Information Act (Mrs Hickey) (31 petitioners) (Paper 3237) 809
Freedom of Information Act, be passed by the Northern Territory Parliament
(Mrs Hickey) (221 petitioners) (Paper 3168) 779
Management plan for Darwin Harbour and its catchment (Ms Martin)
(2373 petitioners) (Paper 3213) 803
Parap, 66 unit development (Ms Martin) (307 petitioners) (Paper 3238) 809
STATEMENTS
- Broadcast of Reply to Budget Speech of Leader of the Opposition by NTD Channel 8, ABC TV 809
Broadcasting of Treasurer's Budget Speech by NTD Channel 8 and ABC TV and NT News 803
Health Service Delivery in the Northern Territory (Paper 3191) (Mr Burke) 787
Premiers’ Conference 1997, Canberra, Friday 21 March 1997 (Paper 3167) (Mr Stone) 773
Prohibiting mobile telephones in the Chamber (Mr McCarthy) 809
Sale of Government interests in the Ayers Rock Resort and unsold land and buildings at
the Trade Development Zone (Paper 3174) (Mr Reed) 781
Vocational Education and Training in the Northern Territory (Paper 3207) (Mr Finch) 794
Use of computers during Question Time (prohibited) (Mr McCarthy) 809
Wik Premiers’ Conference held on 28 April 1997 (Paper 3209) (Mr Stone) 794
VISITORS
- Filipino local government officers accompanied by Ms Jennie Chaplin from the
Northern Territory University 809
Holy Family School, Year 7 students and their teachers, Ms Gail Smith and
Ms Roberta Matsen (Mr McCarthy) 803
Nauiyu Community Government Council, members (Mr McCarthy) 773
Northern Territory University, Certificate of Office Studies and Administration students
and their lecturer Ms Bronwyn Bunnett 771
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