Department of the Legislative Assembly, Northern Territory Government

Minutes of Proceedings - 1992-05-12

Sixth Assembly First Session 12/05/1992 Parliamentary Record No. 10
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Date : 12/05/1992
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INDEX TO MINUTES
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12 May 1992 21 May 1992 353-394

APPRECIATION OF SERVICE
Mr John Peris 373

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

Serial 139 Aviation Act Repeal 1992 369,372,393P
148 Commercial Passenger (Road) Transport
Amendment 1992 369,372,393P
144 Credit Unions Act Repeal 1992 353,360,391-392P
127 Crimes (Forfeiture of Proceeds) Amendment 1992 366P
149 Criminal Code Amendment (No. 2) 1992 369,385
135 Financial Administration and Audit Amendment 1992 366-367P
143 Financial Institutions (NT) (Consequential
Amendments) 1992 353,360,391-392P
141 Financial Institutions (NT) 1992 353,360,391-392P
142 Financial Institutions (Territory Supervisory Authority) 1992 353,360,391-392P
98 Firearms 1991 386D
152 Firearms 1992 386
138 Housing Amendment 1992 353,360
145 Interpretation Amendment 1992 353,360,391-392P
136 Land and Business Agents Amendment 1992 361-363P
129 Legislative Assembly Members' Superannuation
Amendment 1992 366P
151 Liquor Amendment (No. 2) 1992 370,386
146 Misuse of Drugs Amendment (No. 2) 1992 369,381
126 Motor Vehicles Amendment 1992 388-390P
134 Pastoral Land (Consequential Amendments) 1992 371-372P
109 Police Administration Amendment 1992 371,387,390-391P
153 Police Administration Amendment (No. 2) 1992 386
131 Public Notaries 1992 372P
132 Public Sector Employment (Interim Arrangements) 1992 365P
150 Registration Amendment 1992 369,385
147 Statute Law Revision 1992 385
130 Superannuation Amendment 1992 366P
140 Supply 1992-93 361,392P
120 Traffic Amendment 1991 388-390P
133 Water (Consequential Amendments) 1992 363P

CENSURE
Member for Victoria River (Mr Cartwright) - Statements
re Police Officers at Kalkaringi 379-381

COMMONWEALTH DAY MESSAGE
9 March 1992 353

DISALLOWANCE OF REGULATIONS
Notice to disallow on 12 August 1992:
Amendment of the Planning Regulations 1991 No.57 373
Registration Regulations 1991 No.63 373

DISCHARGE OF BUSINESS
No. 10 - Firearms Bill 1991 (Serial 98) 386

DISTINGUISHED VISITOR
Mr Roger Steele, former Speaker of the Legislative Assembly 358

LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Mr W.W. Lanhupuy 353
Mr T.R. McCarthy 370
Mr S.G. Tipiloura 357

MATTER OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE
Access to electricity 354

MESSAGE FROM ACTING ADMINISTRATOR
No. 4, Supply Bill 1992-93 (Serial 140) 357

MOTIONS (Procedural)
Suspension of Standing Orders -
Allow Mr Stone to move motion re Censure of Member for Victoria River
(Mr Cartwright) for misleading and prejudicial Statements 379
Pass Bills through all stages -
Aviation Act Repeal Bill 1992 393
Commercial Passenger (Road) Transport Amendment 1992 (Serial 148) 393
Supply Bill 1992-93 (Serial 140) 361
Take five Bills together and Pass all stages -
Financial Institutions (NT) 1992 (Serial 141);
Financial Institutions (Territory Supervisory Authority) 1992 (Serial 142);
Financial Institutions (NT) (Consequential Amendments) 1992 (Serial 143);
Credit Unions Act Repeal 1992 (Serial 144); and
Interpretation Amendment 1992 (Serial 145) 360,391
Take two Bills together -
Firearms 1992 (Serial 152) and Police Administration
Amendment (No. 2) 1992 (Serial 153) 386

MOTIONS (Substantive)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission 370,378
Aboriginal Economic and Social Development 369,376-378
Adopt, New Parliament House Committee, Report on Parliamentary Precincts 373
Drought Assistance - Note statement 354
Fightback! in the Northern Territory -
Note statement 384
Fiscal Equalisation 357,376
Flood Mitigation Dam, Alice Springs - Declaration by Federal Minister for
Aboriginal Affairs preventing construction - Note statement 371
Heads of Government Meeting, Canberra, 11 May 1992 -
Note statement 354
Juvenile Crime Committee, proposed 374-376
Kakadu National Park, Stage 3, World Heritage Listing -
Note statement 374
New Parliament House Committee Report, Parliamentary Precincts -
Adopt 373
Print 373
Northern Territory University and "Fightback!" 385
Note Papers -
A submission concerning a Nomination of Kakadu National
Park by the Australian Government for Inscription in
the World Heritage List, prepared by the Conservation
Commission of the Northern Territory, dated 1991 374
Nomination of Kakadu National Park by the Government of
Australia for Inscription in the World Heritage List,
prepared by the Australian National Parks and Wildlife
Service, Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment,
Tourism and Territories, dated 1991 374
Northern Territory Strategy for Implementation of the
National Plan of Action for Women in TAFE, Dept of
Education, Darwin 1992 383
Public Accounts Committee Report No.16 on Auditor-
General's Report 1989-90 393
Women and TAFE, A National Plan of Action, Department
of Employment, Education and Training, Canberra,
October 1991 383
Working Party on Public Accounts Committee Report No.3 365
Note statements -
Drought Assistance - 354
Fightback! in the Northern Territory 384
Flood Mitigation Dam Alice Springs - Declaration by
Federal Minister for Aboriginal Affairs preventing
construction 371
Heads of Government Meeting, Canberra, 11 May 1992 354
Kakadu National Park, Stage 3, World Heritage Listing 373-374
Northern Territory University and "Fightback!" 385
Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody -
Detailed responses by National/N.T. Governments 386
South Sulawesi Trade Zone Partnership 365
Print -
Sessional Committee on New Parliament House, Report on
Parliamentary Precincts 373
Public Accounts Committee -
Report No.16, Auditor-General's Reports 1989-1990 -
Note Report 393
Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody -
Detailed responses by National/N.T. Governments -
Note statement and papers 386
Sessional Committee on Use and Abuse of Alcohol by the
Community -
Member for Macdonnell, continued participation 358-360
Reference, "Restricted Areas", Liquor Act,
operation of 371,378,379
South Sulawesi Trade Zone Partnership - Note statement 365
Women in TAFE - Note papers 383
Working Party on Public Accounts Committee, Report No.3 365

MOTIONS NEGATIVED
Northern Territory Tourist Industry 369,376
Road Safety 370,378

PAPERS AND REPORTS TABLED
Aboriginal Deaths in Custody - Overview of the Response by
Governments to the Royal Commission 386,387
Aboriginal Deaths in Custody - Response by Governments
Volumes 1, 2 and 3 386,387
Annual Reports:
Alice Springs College of TAFE, 1990 394
Batchelor College, 1990 394
Northern Territory Architects Board, 1988-89 394
Northern Territory Architects Board, 1989-90 394
Northern Territory Architects Board, 1990-91 394
Northern Territory Open College of TAFE, 1990 394
Northern Territory Plumbers and Drainers Licensing Board,
year ended 30 September 1991 355
Northern Territory Rural College, 1990 394
Public Service Commissioner and the Department of Labour
and Administrative Services, 1990-91 394
Publications and Films Review Board for years ending
31 December 1990 and 31 December 1991 355
Road Safety Council of the Northern Territory, 1991 394
Australian Securities Commission, Annual Return 1990 for
Dalway Pty Ltd, dated 13 May 1992 357
Australian Securities Commission Annual Return for 1991
for Dalway Pty Ltd, dated 28 January 1992 358
Dalway Pty Limited - Balance Sheet 30 June 1991 370
Dalway Pty Limited - Detailed Profit and Loss Account, year
ended 30 June 1991 370
"Fightback!" in the Northern Territory -
Attachment 1, Figure 1, Number of Winners and Losers by
Household Type 384
Attachment B, Estimated Tax and User Charge Components
in Road Train Operating Costs 384
Attachment C, "Fightback!" Reform Package Typical Northern
Territory Road Train Operation 384
Briefing Papers provided to the Treasurer on the
Opposition's Taxation and Expenditure Proposals (from
19 November to 17 December 1991), Tabled by the
Treasurer the Hon. John Dawkins, MP, dated March 1992 384
Education and Training - Comparison of "Fightback!" and
"One Nation" Policies 384
Report on the Impact on the Territory of the Fightback!
Proposals, Northern Territory Treasury, dated May 1992 384
Tax Reform: What's in it for the Territory? A Broad
Assessment of the Case for Indirect Tax Reform,
Including the Introduction of a Goods and Services Tax,
and its General Implications for the Northern Territory,
dated February 1992 384
The Impact of a Goods and Services Tax on the Northern
Territory Administrative and Practical Aspects, Report
prepared by Michael B. Evans, KPMG Peat Marwick,
dated February 1992 384
Financial Administration and Audit Act:
Direction by Acting Administrator - Transfer of Funds
Saved, pursuant to Section 13(1)(a), dated 27 March 1992 355
Direction by Administrator - Transfer of Funds Saved
pursuant to section 13(1)(a), dated 30 April 1992 355
Direction by Treasurer - Transfers of Funds Saved pursuant
to section 13(1)(b), dated 21 April 1992 355
Statement under section 15(2) - Increase of Treasurer's
Advance pursuant to section 15(1), dated 27 March 1992 355
Funding of Vocational Education and Training - The National
Partnership Model 354
Heads of Government Meeting, Canberra, 11 May 1992,
Communique 354
Letters -
Mr Neil Bell, MLA, Member for Macdonnell to Hon. M.A. Reed,
MLA, Minister for Primary Industry and Fisheries,
dated 20 May 1992 381
Mr L.N. Hingley, Joint National Secretary, Finance Sector
Union of Australia to Mr Lawrence F. Hoins, dated
22 July 1991 363
Mr I.V. Knight, Ombudsman to Mr N.R. Bell, MLA,
dated 21 May 1992 394
Hon M.B. Perron, MLA, Chief Minister to Hon.
P.J. Keating, MP, Prime Minister, dated 1 May 1992 354
List of Participants, Juvenile Crime Workshop, Friday
28 February 1992 376
Memorandum, John Baskerville, Power and Water Authority,
to Papunya Community Council Incorporated, dated 8 May 1992 354
Memorandum, John Baskerville, Power and Water Authority
to Ntaria (Hermannsburg) Incorporated, dated 12 May 1992 355
Memorandum of Understanding Between the Government of
the Republic of Indonesia and the Government of the
Northern Territory of Australia on Economic Development
Cooperation 365
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education
Policy -
Operational Plan 1990 Progress Report 377
Operational Plan 1991 Progress Report 377
The Northern Territory Operational Plan 1990-1992
Triennium 377
The Northern Territory Strategic Plan 1990-1992
Triennium 378
The Northern Territory Strategic and Operational Plans,
1990-1992 Triennium, Performance Indicators 378
Nomination of Kakadu National Park by the Government of
Australia for Inscription in the World Heritage List,
prepared by the Australian National Parks and Wildlife
Service, Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment,
Tourism and Territories, dated 1991 374
New Parliament House Committee, Report on Parliamentary
Precincts, 20 May 1992 373
Northern Territory Aboriginal Sacred Sites Act 1989:
Certificate issued pursuant to section 32(1), dated
3 April 1992 372
Northern Territory Drought Assistance Arrangements 354
Northern Territory Strategy for Implementation of the
National Plan of Action for Women in TAFE, Department of
Education, Darwin 1992 383
Open Letter to Mr Fred Finch from Ms Alison Anderson,
Council Administrator, Papunya, undated 394
Plan of Management:
Watarrka National Park - Amendment 367
Press Release, "Finch hides behind Parliament's skirts", by
Mr Neil Bell, undated 394
Press release, "Police Must Be Suspended Says Cartwright",
by Gary Cartwright, MLA Member for Victoria River, dated
23 March 1992 380
Press release, "Power at Papunya", by Alison Anderson,
Administration Officer, Papunya Council, dated 18 May 1992 394
Press release by Syd Stirling, Member for Nhulunbuy, dated
23 April 1992 372
Public Accounts Committee -
Report No. 16, Auditor-General's Reports 1989-90 393
"Race and Electoral Strategy in the Northern Territory"
by Mr Neil Bell, MLA 358
Reference for Peter Graham Woods signed by Daryl Manzie,
Attorney-General, dated March 1990 383
Regulations 1992:
No. 10, Amendments of the Liquor Regulations 355
No. 11, Crimes (Victims Assistance) (Notice of Payment)
Regulations 355
No. 12, Amendment of Jabiru Town Development (Council
Election) By-laws 355
No. 13, Darwin (Control of Dogs) By-laws 355
No. 14, Katherine (Control of Dogs) By-laws 355
No. 15, Alice Springs (Animal Control) By-laws 355
No. 16, Palmerston (Animal Control) By-laws 355
No. 17, Local Court (Crimes (Victims Assistance)) Rules 356
No. 18, Amendment of Alice Springs (Control of Public
Places) By-laws 356
No. 19, Amendments of Alice Springs (Control of Public
Places) By-laws 356
No. 20, Amendment of Registration of Births, Deaths and
Marriages Regulations 356
No. 21, Prostitution Regulations 356
No. 22, Barranyi (North Island) Local Management Committee
Regulations 356
Response to Report by Webb, McKeown and Associates Pty
Ltd, by GHD, undated 358
State Square Development, Project Costs, dated 20 May 1992
383 State Square Development, Project Costs, dated 12 August 1991 383
Status of Exploration in the Northern Territory at 1 May 1992 353
Submission concerning a Nomination of Kakadu National Park
by the Australian Government for Inscription in the World
Heritage List, prepared by the Conservation Commission of
the Northern Territory, dated 1991 374
Subordinate Legislation and Tabled Papers Committee,
Seventh Report 393
Table 6.2 : Flood Mitigation Options - Economic Evaluation 371
Telex sent to Senator Richardson, Department of Arts,
Sport, Environment, Tourism and Territories and
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade from Ambassador
Charles Mott, Australian Ambassador to UNESCO, dated
December 1987 374
The Scientific Basis for our Drink-Driving Laws by
Greg Chesher 390
"Towards Better Floodplain Management in Alice Springs",
by Webb, McKeown and Associates Pty Ltd, dated April 1992 358
Traffic Act:
Declaration of Control Areas pursuant to section 11,
dated 22 March 1992 356
Women and TAFE, A National Plan of Action, Department of
Employment, Education and Training, Canberra, October 1991 383
Working Party on Public Accounts Committee Reports, Report
No. 3 365

PERSONAL EXPLANATIONS
Mr Bailey 390
Mr Bell 355,360,373, 383
Mr Manzie 383
Mr Stone 381

PETITION
Deaths of 300 marine turtles in Fogg Bay (28 citizens) 383

STATEMENTS
Alice Springs Flood Mitigation Dam - Condemnation of Federal
Minister for Aboriginal Affairs 371
Drought Assistance 354
Fightback! in the Northern Territory 384-385
Heads of Government Meeting held in Canberra, 11 May 1992 354
Kakadu National Park, Stage 3, World Heritage Listing 373
Northern Territory University and "Fightback!" 385
Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody,
National/Northern Territory detailed Responses 386
South Sulawesi Trade Zone Partnership 365
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