Department of the Legislative Assembly, Northern Territory Government

Minutes of Proceedings - 1992-09-22

Sixth Assembly First Session 22/09/1992 Parliamentary Record No. 12
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Date : 22/09/1992
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INDEX TO MINUTES
SITTING DAY Nos 52 - 55

From To Pages
22 September 1992 1 October 1992 447-481

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

Serial 188 Anti-Discrimination 1992 465,477
163 Appropriation 1992-93 452-453,455-460P
169 Classification of Publications and Films
Amendment 1992 480
181 Commercial Passenger (Road) Transport Amendment 1992 465,476P
161 Control of Roads Amendment 1992 479,480P
187 Corporations (Northern Territory) Amendment 1992 465,478
189 Criminal Code Amendment (No.3) 1992 462,472,480
179 Cullen Bay Marina 1992 465,478
184 Domestic Violence 1992 465,476,477
178 Financial Transaction Reports 1992 450,473
185 Juries Amendment 1992 465,477
177 Jurisdiction of Courts (Cross-vesting) Amendment 1992 450,473
183 Justices Amendment 1992 465,476,477
173 Legislative Assembly (Powers and Privileges) 1992 480P
159 Local Government Amendment (No.2) 1992 479,480P
190 McArthur River Project Agreement Ratification 1992 476
162 Mineral Royalty Amendment 1992 465,476
175 Northern Territory Tourist Commission Amendment 1992 450-452P
160 Planning Amendment 1992 479,480P
176 Territory Insurance Office Amendment 1992 478,479P
186 Territory Insurance Office Amendment (No.2) 1992 465,477
182 Trustee Amendment 1992 465,477
174 Work Health Amendment 1992 478P
172 Yulara Tourist Village Management Amendment (No.2) 1992 462

CENSURE
Member for Wanguri re statement Chief Minister has
involved Commissioner of Police in political matters 466,467
Minister for Industries and Development re Dalway,
Sale of 449-450

CONDOLENCE
Member for Arafura, 20 September 1992 447

DEATH OF A MEMBER
Member for Arafura, 20 September 1992 447

DISCHARGE OF GOVERNMENT BUSINESS
Anti-Discrimination Draft Bill 477
Cullen Bay Development Bill 1991 (Serial 119) 462,472
Disability Services Policy - Ministerial Statement 473
Legal Aid Commission, Annual Report, 1990-91 473
Northern Territory University and Fightback! -
Ministerial Statement 473
Report of the Consultants, Cresap, on the Department of
Health and Community Services - Ministerial Statement 473
Territory Parks and Reserves, Plans of Management 473
World Heritage Listing of Kakadu National Park, Stage 3 -
Ministerial Statement 473

DISTINGUISHED VISITORS
Hon. Jim Carlton, M.P., Federal Parliament 465
Mr Barchee Enwereji, Abia State House of Assembly, Nigeria 465

GENERAL BUSINESS DAY
Nomination of Wednesday 30 September 1992 460

LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Mr Stone, 22 September 1992 447

MOTIONS NEGATIVED
Brucellosis and Tuberculosis Eradication Campaign -
Administration 462
Censure of Minister for Industries and Development
re operation and sale of Dalway Pty Limited 449,450
Interest Costs 461,469
Variety Club Bash through the Northern Territory 461,469

MOTIONS (Procedural) -
General Business Day - Nomination 460
Sessional Order -
File footage update - ABC Television to film 459
Suspension of Standing Orders -
Allow Chief Minister to move motion calling upon Member
for Wanguri to substantiate a statement that the Chief
Minister had used the Commissioner of Police as a
political tool 466
Cognate debate for second reading -
Classification of Publications and Films Amendment
Bill 1992 (Serial 169); and Criminal Code Amendment
Bill (No.3) 1992 (Serial 189) 480
Pass Bill through all stages -
Commercial Passenger (Road) Transport Amendment 1992
(Serial 181) 476
Take Two Bills together -
Corporations (Northern Territory) Amendment 1992
(Serial 187); and Cullen Bay Marina 1992 (Serial 179) 478
Domestic Violence 1992 (Serial 184); and
Justices Amendment 1992 (Serial 183) 476

MOTIONS (Substantive) -
Appropriation Bill 1992-93 (Serial 163) - Suspension of sitting
for reconsideration in Committee of the Whole 453
Brucellosis and Tuberculosis Eradication Campaign, BTEC
Administration 471
Censure of Minister for Industries and Development re
operation and sale of Dalway Pty Ltd 449,450
Censure of Member for Wanguri re Chief Minister involving
Commissioner of Police in political matters 466,467
Departmental Estimates contained in Appropriation Bills -
Refer to Standing Orders Committee 462,471
Environment Committee - Report September 1992
- Note Paper 472,473
- Print 472,473
Estimates in Appropriation Bills - Reference to Standing Orders
Committee 462,471
High Crime Levels in the Northern Territory 461,468
Note Paper -
Environment Committee - Report September 1992 472,473
Ombudsman Annual Report 1991-92 461
Public Accounts Committee, Annual Report 1991-92 479
Public Accounts Committee Report No.16 - Report on the
Auditor-General's Report 1989-90 472
Treasurer's Annual Financial Statements, 1991-92 475
Note Statement -
Prohibition Orders under the Liquor Act 472
Water and Waste Water Resources in Alice Springs 475
Ombudsman, Annual Report, 1991-92 - Note paper - Print 461
Print -
Environment Committee Report, September 1992 472,473
Ombudsman, Annual Report, 1991-92 461
Public Accounts Committee, Annual Report 1991-92 479
Treasurer's Annual Financial Statements, 1991-92 475
Prohibition Orders under the Liquor Act - Note statement 472
Public Accounts Committee, Annual Report, 1991-92
- Note paper 479
- Print 479
Public Accounts Committee Report No.16 - Report on the
Auditor-General's Report 1989-90 - Note paper 472
Regulations 1991, No.57 - Amendment of the Planning
Regulations - Postpone motion of disallowance 468
Sessional Committee on the Environment - Report September 1992
- Note 472,473
- Print 472,473
Treasurer's Annual Financial Statements, 1991-92
- Note paper 475
- Print 475
Use and Abuse of Alcohol by the Community, Sessional Committee
- East Arnhem Region consultations - Note statement 467
Water and Waste Water Resources in Alice Springs - Note
statement 475

PAPERS AND REPORTS TABLED
"AIDS, Cancer cured by Hyper-oxygenation", Article 462
Annual Reports -
Alice Springs College of TAFE, 1991 481
Department of the Chief Minister, 1991-92 481
Department of Correctional Services, 1991-92 481
Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries, 1991-92 481
Northern Territory Liquor Commission, 1991-92 481
Appropriation Bill 1992-93 (Serial 163) -
Actual Staff Levels and Budgeted Staff Levels - Time
Scheme; SEAT; Adult Assessment and Co-ordination Team;
Disabled Persons Bureau and Challenging Behaviours Unit 456
Advertisement for the Spencer and Gillen Museum, The
Residency Museum and the Museum of Technology,
Transport and Communication, Alice Springs 459
Amounts spent on Travel Allowance 452
Answer to Service-wide Question 1 - Number of Staff at
EO1 and Equivalent and Above 452
Answer to Service-wide Question 4 - Cars Home Garaged 452
Answer to Service-wide Question 5 - Fringe Benefits Tax 452
Department of Employment, Education and Training, Higher
Education Funding for the 1991-93 Triennium 456
Department of Transport and Works, Property Branch,
1991-92 Property Management, Rental Exp to 30/6/92 457
Detailed Funding to Nursing Homes and Hostels for 1991-92
and 1992-93 456
Expenditure for Child Protection, Adoption, Substitute Care,
Financial and Material Assistance, Children's Services,
Youth Affairs, the Sexual Assault Referral Centre,
Community Support and Development Officers Network 455
Funds Disbursed to Race Clubs by the Commission from the
Industry Assistance Fund 460
Funds Spent in 1991/92 and Budgeted for in 1992/93 for the
Time Scheme; SEAT; Adult Assessment and Co-ordination
Team; the Disabled Persons Bureau and the Challenging
Behaviours Unit 455
HACS Funded Community Grants Program 455
Increases in TAFE enrolments, Statistics, ACE News,
September 1992 457
"Leadership in Action - A Comparative Program", An
Advanced Standing Unit in Management Training 457
Library Funding by Community for 1991-92 460
Master Plan Staging Details, Category 1 - Transfer of
Activities from Myilly Point 456
Media Release - "CLP must come clean on BTEC", Neil Bell,
MLA, Member for Macdonnell, dated 31 August 1992 459
Northern Territory University, Annual Report 1991 456
Northern Territory University, 1992 Budget, Detailed
Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure 456
Northern Territory University, Course and Admission Guide 1992 456
Northern Territory University, Mission Statement 456
N.T. Fleet Departmental Lease Charges 457
Number of Employees on Work Health Benefits Terminated
in 1991-92 452
Number of Work Health Claims 452
Number of Work Health Claims Settled 1991-92 452
Number of Work Health Claims on Stress Related Grounds 1991-92 452
Patients Assistance Travel Scheme 455
Pictorial Souvenir of the Games, 1992 Pacific School
Games, Darwin, Northern Territory 457
Plans of Management - in Operation; before the Legislative
Assembly; currently released for public comment; scheduled
for presentation at next sittings of Legislative Assembly;
to be released for public comment; draft undergoing
Internal Review; draft in preparation; and for which
preparation of Plans of Management are scheduled by 1994 459,460
Questions 32 to 47 and answers relating to repayments of
loans and associated costs made by the Department of
Industries and Developments asked by the Member for Millner 456
Research and Evaluation Reports, Curriculum and Assessment
Division, Report 3/1991 457
Special Purpose Grants to Municipal, Community Government
and other Local Government Bodies 1991-92 460
Staffing establishment and actual numbers of Police on duty 453
Staffing in Central Administration 457
Staffing in Regional Administration 457
Table, Activity/Program of Budget for Department of Primary
Industry and Fisheries 459
Table 1 - N.T. NCADA Sports Sponsorship Program 455
Young People's participating in Post-Compulsory Education
and Training, Report of the Australian Education Council
Review Committee July 1991 457
Zone Fee Collections, Source Comparisons, Graph 456
Brucellosis and Tuberculosis Eradication Campaign -
BTEC Strategic Plan 1992-1997, The BTEC Program Post 1992 471
BTEC Occasional Paper No.1, dated January 1990 - BTEC in
the Northern Territory 471
BTEC Occasional Paper No.2, dated January 1990 -
Management and Handling Buffalo in a BTEC Program 4
BTEC Occasional Paper No.3, dated April 1990 - Operational
Management Review 1989 471
BTEC Occasional Paper No.7, dated June 1991 - Financial
Assistance Under BTEC 471
BTEC Occasional Paper No.8, dated June 1991 - BTEC Cattle
Compensation Policy 471
BTEC Occasional Paper No.9, dated June 1991 - BTEC Buffalo
Compensation Policy 471
BTEC Occasional Paper No.10, dated August 1991 - Applying
for BTEC Part D and Part F Assistance 471
National Bovine Brucellosis and Tuberculosis Eradication
Campaign Standard Definitions and Rules, Volume One 471
By-laws -
Northern Territory University (Convocation) By-laws 462
Pine Creek (Control of Dogs) By-laws 447
Community Government Scheme -
Belyuen 462
Financial Administration and Audit Act -
Direction by the Treasurer, Transfer of Funds Saved,
pursuant to section 13(1)(b) -
School Education and the Arts, dated 23 September 1992 463
Interest Costs -
Chart 3.3 Current Expenditures 470
Chart 3.5 Gross Fixed Capital Expenditure 470
Cost of Debt Servicing 470
Figure 1: Northern Territory Gross and Net Debt 470
Graph, Gross Fixed Capital Expenditure 470
Graph, Current Expenditures 470
N.T. Public Sector, 1992-93 Budget, Staffing and Expenditure 470
Northern Territory Budget Overview 1989-90 to 1992-93 470
Summary, Economic Transactions of Northern Territory
Public Sector 470
Letters -
Mr James H.B. Bell, MBE, Chairman of Directors, Dalway Pty
Ltd to Hon. S.P. Hatton, MLA, Minister for Industries and
Development, dated 8 May 1992 467
Mr Gary R. Cartwright, MLA, Member for Victoria River to
Hon. Max Ortmann, MLA, Minister for Lands and Housing,
dated 17 October 1991 481
Mr I.V. Holland, Superintendent, Northern Territory Police
to the Sessional Committee on Use and Abuse of Alcohol by
the Community, undated 467
Indonesian Consulate to Speaker re message of condolence
for Mr S. Tipiloura 458
Professor R. McKay, A/Vice Chancellor, Northern Territory
University to Mr Richard Marks, dated 21 July 1992 481
Mr Ken Parish, MLA, Member for Millner to Mr and
Ms Maloney, dated 15 September 1992 468
Memorandum, Commissioner of Police to the Chief Minister
re Dalway - Allegation that a $300,000 deficiency was
referred to Police in March 1992, dated 29 September 1992 466
Ombudsman, Annual Report 1991-92 461
Prisons (Arbitral Tribunal) Act -
Prison Officers Arbitral Tribunal Determination No.10,
Determination T1 of 1992, dated 26 June 1992 448
Senior Prison Officers Arbitral Determination No.3
Determination T2 of 1992, dated 1 July 1992 448
Public Accounts Committee, Annual Report 1991-92 479
Regulations 1992 -
No. 43, Amendments of Local Court Rules 448
No. 44, Amendment of Greyhound Racing Rules 448
No. 45, Repeal of Local Court Rules 448
No. 46, Amendments of Associations Incorporation
Regulations 448
Report on the Official Visit to Indonesia by the Northern
Territory Minister for Education and Training, the Hon.
S.L. Stone, MLA, 27 July - 5 August 1992 481
Revocations under Section 76 of the Crown Lands Act -
Reserve No. 941, Town of Daly Waters 463
Reserve Nos. 990, 1210, 1211, 1326, 1412, 1416, 1455,
1456, 1472, 1659, 1673 and 1612, Town of Katherine 463
Reserve Nos. 1680 and 1719, Town of Mataranka 463
Reserve Nos. 979, 1669 and 1684, Town of Pine Creek 463
Sessional Committee on the Environment, Report, September 1992 472,473
Submissions -
Australian Conservation Foundation 473
Department of Mines and Energy, June 1992 473
Attachments 473
Check Monitoring in Georgetown/Magela Creeks during the
1991/2 Wet Season, June 1992 473
Energy Resources of Australia Ltd (ERA) 473
Environment Committee Report September 1992 473
Friends of the Earth, Sydney 473
Greenpeace Australia and Friends of the Earth (Fitzroy) 473
Northern Land Council 473
Supervising Scientist for the Alligator Rivers Region 473
The Environment Centre N.T. Inc. 473
Subordinate Legislation and Tabled Papers Committee, Ninth
Report 467
Treasurer's Annual Financial Statements, 1991-92 475
Variety Club Bash:
Letter to Participants in the Variety Club Bash from
Graham Mapp, Chief Barker, dated 10 September 1992 469
"Misunderstanding at Uluru", Article, The Australian,
dated 15 September 1992 469
"NT Forfeits its claim to Uluru", Article, Sydney Morning
Herald, dated 15 September 1992 469
Press Release, "Variety Club Bash 1992" from R.J. (Bob)
Lockhart, Director - Consumer and Corporate Affairs,
Kellogg (Australia) Pty Ltd, dated 14 September 1992 469
"Respecting the rock", Article, Canberra Times, dated
17 September 1992 469
Statutory Declaration signed by Peter Gandolfi, dated
15 September 1992 475
"Warning: crime figures are high"; Article, N.T. News dated
12 September 1992 468

PERSONAL EXPLANATION
Mr Collins 481

PETITIONS
Respite care facilities in Alice Springs (316 signatures) 465
Rocky Ridge Nursing Home, Katherine (690 signatures) 449
Tatts Lotto Agency in Serv-Well Supermarket, Milner Road,
Alice Springs (1266 signatures) 465

PRIVILEGE
Request for referral to Committee of Privileges - Quoting from
letter forming evidence given to Public Accounts Committee
inquiry into Dalway 467
- Request denied 470

STATEMENTS
Ceremonial Smoking 475
Film file footage, ABC Television 459
Indonesian Consulate, message of condolence on death of Member
for Arafura 458
Use and Abuse of Alcohol by the Community - East Arnhem Region 467
Water and Waste Water Resources, Alice Springs 475
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