Department of the Legislative Assembly, Northern Territory Government

Minutes of Proceedings - 1996-10-08

Seventh Assembly First Session 08/10/1996 Parliamentary Record No. 26
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Date : 08/10/1996
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Index to Minutes - 8 October 1996 - 17 October 1996
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SEVENTH ASSEMBLY - FIRST SESSION

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8 October 1996 17 October 1996 637 - 671

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


APOLOGY TO SPEAKER
    Leader of the Opposition (Mrs Hickey) for reflecting on the Chair 650

BILLS
    Anti-Discrimination Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1996 (Serial 192) 655, 662, 670
    Anti-Discrimination Amendment Bill 1996 (Serial 193) 659, 668
    Australasia Railway Corporation Bill 1996 (Serial 184) 660
    Bank of South Australia (Merger with Advance Bank) Bill 1996 (Serial 183) 659, 668
    Brands Amendment Bill 1996 (Serial 172) 646
    Domestic Violence Amendment Bill 1996 (Serial 182) 659, 668
    Environment Offences And Penalties Bill 1996 (Serial 190) 668
    Environmental Offences and Penalties Bill 1996 (Serial 190) 659
    Juvenile Justice Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1996 (Serial 189) 659, 669
    Meat Industries Bill 1996 (Serial 175) 646, 647
    Ombudsman (Northern Territory) Amendment Bill 1996 (Serial 194) 659, 668
    Prisons (Correctional Services) Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1996 (Serial 188) 659, 669
    Seeds Ordinance Repeal Bill 1996 (Serial 185) 659, 669
    Sentencing Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1996 (Serial 186) 659, 669
    Sentencing Amendment Bill 1996 (Serial 176) 651, 652
    Stock (Artificial Breeding) Amendment Bill 1996 (Serial 169) 646
    Stock (Control Of Hormonal Growth Promotants) Amendment Bill 1996 (Serial 171) 646
    Stock Diseases Amendment Bill 1996 (Serial 168) 640, 641
    Stock Routes And Travelling Stock Amendment Bill 1996 (Serial 170) 646
    Summary Offences Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1996 (Serial 167) 647, 648
    Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Amendment Bill 1996 (Serial 173) 640
    Water Amendment Bill 1996 (Serial 191) 659, 668
    Work Health Amendment Bill 1996 (Serial 187) 659, 669

BUSINESS DISCHARGED
    Exposure Draft on a New Constitution for the Northern Territory 656
    Meat Industries Bill, Draft Bill 656
    Multicultural Information Directory 656
    Sessional Committee on Constitutional Development, Annual Report 656




DISTINGUISHED VISITORS
    Cornwall, Mr Greg, MLA, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian Capital Territory (Mr McCarthy) 665
    Sui, Hon David, Australian Political Exchange Council Delegate from the Parliament of New Guinea (Mr McCarthy) 655
    Tian, Mr Liu Ke, Vice Governor of Liaoning Province, China and his delegation from China Liaoning International Group 645
    Yago, Hon Matthew, Australian Political Exchange Council Delegate from the Parliament of New Guinea (Mr McCarthy) 655
    Zeming, Hon Mao, Australian Political Exchange Council Delegate from the Parliament of New Guinea (Mr McCarthy) 655

EXPLANATIONS OF SPEECH
    Mr Bailey 661

MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE
    anti-social behaviour in the Northern Territory, particularly in Alice Springs (Mr Toyne) 662
    Child Care Cuts (Mr Bailey) 639
    Ministerial Code of Conduct (Mrs Hickey) 657
    Public Housing maintenance (Ms Martin) 646

MEMBER NAMED AND SUSPENDED
    Mrs Hickey on 9 October 1996 at 10.17 a.m. for 24 hours 643

MEMBER SWORN
    Mr Peter Howard Toyne, 8 October 1996 637

MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS
    Strategy for the development of the Northern Territory Road Network (Paper 2806) (Mr Coulter) 666

MOTIONS (Procedural)
    Leave denied Mr Reed to make statement on Treasurer's Annual Financial Statement 667
    Leave denied to Mr Bell to move a motion 666
    Leave denied to the Chief Minister (Mr Stone) to make a personal explanation relating to comments of the Leader of the Opposition (Mrs Hickey) 650
    Suspension of Standing Orders
    Allow Mr Bell to move a motion in relation to Regulations 1996, No. 34, Rights of the Terminally Ill Regulations, disallow 667
    Allow Mr Reed to make statement on Treasurer's Annual Financial Statement 667
    Pass Bill through all stages
      Anti Discrimination Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1996 (Serial 192) 669
    Take four Bills together
      Sentencing Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1996 (Serial 186); the Work Health Amendment Bill 1996 (Serial 187); the Prisons (Correctional Services) Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1996 (Serial 188) 669
MOTIONS (Procedural) (cont)
    Take two Bills together
      Anti-Discrimination Amendment Bill 1996 (Serial 193) and the Ombudsman (Northern Territory) Amendment Bill 1996 (Serial 194) 667
      Environment Offences and Penalties Bill 1996 (Serial 190) and the Water Amendment Bill 1996 (Serial 191) 668

MOTIONS (Substantive)
    Audited Financial Statements - Northern Territory Auditor-General’s Office - Note paper 663
    Auditor-General’s End of Year Financial Report to the Legislative Assembly - Note statement 657
    Auditor-General’s Office, Annual Report, 1994-95 On The Performance Of The Office - Note Paper 662
    Auditor-General’s Office, Mid-Year Report, February 1996 - Note paper 670
    Censure of the Chief Minister (Mr Stone), proposed re Stuart by-election polling workers (Mr Bailey) 644
    Commonwealth Electoral Act, amendments (Mrs Hickey) 655
    Copyright Policy - Note statement (Mr Burke) 662
    Criminal Justice System - Note Statement 652
    Darwin Harbour Environment, Management - Note statement (Mr Reed) 660
    Demand Management Unit within the Power and Water Authority - Note statement (Mr Manzie) 651
    Expungement of comments by Mr Bailey from Hansard (Mr Hatton) 644
    Final Draft Constitution for the Northern Territory, Schedule of Amendments - Note paper (Mr Hatton) 662
    Firearms Bill, draft - Note statement 657
    Government copyright over legislation and associated materials where that copyright vests in the Northern Territory - Note statement (Mr Burke) 639
    Leanyer Recreation Park Management Plan - Note statement 657
    Lombok, Indonesia, visit by a delegation of Northern Territory Government Ministers and officials and business representatives -
    Note statement (Mr Poole) 666
    Mt Todd Project Ratification Act -further Agreement - Note Paper 652
    Postponement of Assembly business to enable Members to sign Remonstrance (Mr Coulter) 662
    Public Accounts Committee
    Appointment of Mr Toyne (Mr Coulter) 644
    Regulations 1996, No. 34, Rights of the Terminally Ill Regulations - Note statement (Mr Setter) 663
    Remonstrance, presentation by Speaker to the Commonwealth Parliament (Mr Stone) 650
    Sessional Committee on Constitutional Development
    Appointment of Mr Toyne (Mr Coulter) 644
    Standing Orders Committee
    Appointment of Mr Stirling (Mr Coulter) 656
    Strategy for the development of the Northern Territory Road Network - Note statement (Mr Coulter) 666

MOTIONS (Substantive) (cont)
    Treasurer’s Annual Financial Statement for the year ended 30 June 1996 - Note paper (Mr Reed) 667
    Wildlife Conservation and sustainable use of Species - Note statement (Mr Hatton) 656
PAPERS TABLED
    Alert Digest No. 7 1996, Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills (Paper 2696) (Mr Stone) 638
    Expenditure by Construction Agency, 1996-97 Budget (Paper 2805) (Ms Martin) 666
    A Strategy for the Tourism Drive Market, released by the Northern Territory Tourism Commission and the Department of Transport and Works, released October 1996 (Paper 2745) (Mr Reed) 656
    Annual Reports
    Department of Asian Relations, Trade and Industry, 1995-96 (Paper 2785) 670
    Department of Education, 1995 (Paper 2783) 670
    Department of Housing and Local Government. 1995-96 (Paper 2786) 670
    Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries, 1995-96 (Paper 2787) 670
    Department of the Chief Minister, 1995-96 (Paper 2812) 671
    Director of Public Prosecutions, 1995-96 (Paper 2788) 671
    Education Advisory Council, 1995 (Paper 2784) 671
    Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, 1995-96 (Paper 2790) 671
    Northern Territory Attorney-General’s Department, 1995-96 (Paper 2791) 671
    Northern Territory Correctional Services, 1995-96 (Paper 2793) 671
    Northern Territory Liquor Commission, 1995-96 (Paper 2813) 671
    Northern Territory Tourist Commission, 1995-96 (Paper 2792) 671
    Northern Territory Treasury Corporation, 1995-96 (Paper 2811) 671
    Northern Territory Treasury, 1995-96 (Paper 2810) 671
    Office of Aboriginal Development, 1995-96 (Paper 2800) 671
    Office of Courts Administration, 1995-96 (Paper 2795) 671
    Office of the Commissioner of Public Employment, 1995-96 (Paper 2794) 671
    Power and Water Authority, 1995-96 (Paper 2796) 671
    Strehlow Centre Board, 1995-96 (Paper 2798) 671
    Trade Development Zone, 1995-96 (Paper 2799) 671
    Work Health Authority and Work Health Advisory Council, 1995-96 (Paper 2809) 671
    Article, $20m prison gets go-ahead, Centralian Advocate, dated 30 July 1992 (Paper 2721) (Ms Martin) 641
    Attachment to Return of Member’s Interest for the period 1 July 1994 to 30 June 1995, dated 30 September 1996 (Paper 2815) (Mr Bell) 667
    Bohning’s Budget Report 96-97, media release by Tony Bohning, CLP Candidate for Stuart, dated 5 September 1996 (Paper 2691) (Mrs Hickey) 638
    Brief to Counsel to Advise, In the Matter of the Interpretation of the Rights of the Terminally Ill Act (NT) and In the Matter of Interpretation of the Euthanasia Laws Bill 1996 (C’th), to David Bennett, QC from Meredith Harrison, Solicitor for the Northern Territory (Paper 2710) (Mr Burke) 638

PAPERS TABLED (cont)
    By-laws
    Amendments of Northern Territory University (Student Association) By-laws (Paper 2705) 642
    Capital Works Program - 1994/95 Estimated Actual (Paper 2804) (Ms Martin) 666
    Cartoon, “Barrie’s Reflections”, Katherine Times, dated 16 October 1996 (Paper 2821) 670
    Children and Communities First, NACBCS Campaign 1996, Table, Impact of Federal Budget Cuts to Community Based Child Care Centres (Paper 2718) (Mr Bailey) 639
    Communique, Leaders’ Forum, 27 September 1996 (Melbourne) (Paper 2695) (Mr Stone) 638
    Construction Practice near Tidal Areas in the Northern Territory - Guidelines to prevent Mosquito Breeding, Northern Territory Coastal Management Committee, dated June 1988 (Paper 2762) (Mr Reed) 660
    Copyright Policy (Paper 2715) (Mr Burke) 639
    Darwin Coastal Erosion Survey by B. W. T. Comley, Land Resource Conservation Branch, Department of Lands, Planning and Environment, dated July 1996 (Paper 2759) (Mr Reed) 660
    Darwin Regional Land Use Structure Plan 1990, Department of Lands and Housing (Paper 2755) (Mr Reed) 660
    Euthanasia Laws Bill 1996 (C’th), Comments on the Andrews Bill prepared by Jack Karczewski, Law Officer, Policy Division, NT Attorney-General’s Department (Paper 2711) (Mr Burke) 638
    Euthanasia Laws Bill 1996, Opinion by Tom Pauling, QC, Solicitor-General, dated 16 September 1996 (Paper 2714) (Mr Burke) 639
    Facsimile Message, Jenny Blokland, Dean, Faculty of Law, Northern Territory University to the Secretary, Attorney-General’s Department, dated 16 September 1996 (Paper 2712) (Mr Burke) 639
    Facsimile to Office of the Minister for Transport and Works from Bernie Phillips, Director Secretariat, Department of Transport and Works, dated 20 February 1996 (Paper 2770) (Ms Martin) 661
    Financial Statements
    Menzies School of Health Research, 1995-96 (Paper 2789) 671
    Power and Water Authority, Commercial Services, 1995-96 (Paper 2797) 671
    General Principles of Criminal Responsibility, Chapter 2, Model Criminal Code, Criminal Law Officers Committee of the Standing Committee of Attorneys-General, Final Report December 1992 (Paper 2708) (Mr Burke) 638
    Graphic, Your Child care may cease! (Paper 2716) (Mr Burke) 639
    Graphs of statistics of unlawful entry with intent clear up rates from 1992 to mid 1996, prepared by the N T Statistics Unit, dated 22 August 1996 (Paper 2803) (Mr Toyne) 665
    Guidelines for Effective Rehabilitation of Borrow Pits in the Top End, by R. J. Applegate, Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory, dated December 1983 (Paper 2763) (Mr Reed) 660
    Law and Order (Executive Summary), Territory Labor’s Strategy for a Safer Community (Paper 2739) (Mr Bell) 651

PAPERS TABLED
    Letters
    Ah Kit, Mr John, MLA, Member for Arnhem to Hon M. Reed. MLA, Minister for Environment, dated 17 January 1996 (Paper 2764) (Ms Martin) 660
    Bell, Mr Neil, MLA, Member for Macdonnell to Hon B. F. Coulter, MLA, Minister for Tourism, dated 22 May 1996 (Paper 2752) (Mr Bell) 658
    Burke, Hon D. G., MLA, Attorney-General to Hon Daryl Williams, AM QC MP, Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, undated (Paper 2706) (Mr Burke) 638
    Burke, Hon Denis, MLA, Attorney-General to Mr Chris Sidoti, Human Rights Commissioner, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, dated 8 October 1996 (Paper 2740) (Mr Burke) 652
    COGSO to the Northern Territory community, published in the Northern Territory News, dated 2 October 1996 (Paper 2694) (Mr Bailey) 638
    Hatton, Hon Steve, MLA, Minister for Correctional Services to Ms Clare Martin, MLA, Member for Fannie Bay, dated 20 August 1996 (Paper 2741) (Mr Hatton) 653
    Hickey, Mrs Maggie, MLA, Leader of the Opposition to Hon Kim Beazley, MP, Leader of the Opposition, dated 27 June 1996 (Paper 2735) (Mr Hickey) 651
    Hickey, Mrs Maggie, MLA, Leader of the Opposition to the Right Hon John Howard, MP, Prime Minister, dated 27 June 1996 (Paper 2736) (Mrs Hickey) 651
    Hinton, Michelle, Housing Manager, Ayers Rock Resort Company Limited to residents re Housing Commission Rental Increase, dated 25 September 1996 (Paper 2725) (Mr Bell) 641
    Kearney, Mr Rod, Manager, Freedom of Information - Telstra to Ms Maggie Hickey, Leader of the Opposition, dated 26 September 1996 (Paper 2744) (Mrs Hickey) 655
    Martin, Ms Clare, MLA, Member for Fannie Bay to Hon M. Reed, MLA, Minister for Lands, Planning and Environment, dated 16 April 1996 (Paper 2766) (Ms Martin) 660
    McCormack, Mr Bruce to the Hon Denis Burke, MLA, Attorney-General, dated 11 October 1996 (Paper 2801) (Mr Bell) 665
    Nairn, Ms Clare, Senior Adviser, Office of the Prime Minister to Ms Lynda Cracknell, President, NT voluntary Euthanasia Society Inc., dated 9 February 1996 (Paper 2737) (Mr Stone) 651
    Popper, Mr John, Chief Executive Officer, Department of Health to Secretary for Health, dated 23 December 1986 (Paper 2729) (Mr Bell) 649
    Reed, Hon Mike, MLA to Mr John Ah Kit, MLA, Member for Arnhem, dated 21 February 1996 (Paper 2765) (Ms Martin) 660
    Reed, Hon Mike, MLA, Minister for Lands, Planning and Environment to certain residents of the Narrows, dated 7 October 1996 (Paper 2728) (Mr Reed) 648
    Reed, Hon Mike, MLA, Minister for Lands, Planning and Environment to Ms Clare Martin, MLA, Member for Fannie Bay, dated 23 May 1996 (Paper 2768) (Ms Martin) 661
PAPERS TABLED (cont)
    Letters (cont)
    Reed, Hon Mike, MLA, Minister for Tourism to Mr Neil Bell, MLA, Member for Macdonnell, dated 15 July 1996 (Paper 2753) (Mr Bell) 658
    Resignation of the former Member for Stuart, Mr Brian Richard Ede, dated 23 August 1996 (Mr McCarthy) 637
    Watson, Mr N. A. Director Water Resources, Power and Water Authority to Mr Robert Walfare, dated 25 June 1996 (Paper 2767) (Ms Martin) 661
    Wild, Mr Rex, QC, Director of Public Prosecutions, Northern Territory to Hon Denis Burke, MLA, dated 13 September 1996 (Paper 2707) (Mr Burke) 638
    List of estimated costs of 17 exhibitions (Paper 2820) 670
    List of Reports and Studies carried out on Darwin Harbour (Paper 2756) (Mr Reed) 660
    Magazine, Fishing Territory - Guide to fishing and touring Australia’s Northern Territory (Paper 2781) (Mr Reed) 661
    Martin starts in old-fashioned way - by lying, article by Dave Nason, Sunday Territorian, dated 13 February 1994 (Paper 2726) (Mr Hatton) 643
    Martin starts in old-fashioned way - by lying, article, Sunday Territorian, dated 13 February 1994 (Paper 2749) (Mr Reed) 657
    Media Release by the Hon Mike Reed, MLA, Minister for Lands, Planning and Environment, dated 22 August 1995 (Paper 2748) (Mr Reed) 657
    Media Release by the Hon Mike Reed, MLA, Minister for Lands, Planning and Environment, dated 24 May 1996 (Paper 2747) (Mr Reed) 657
    Media Release, “Corrections Audit must be revealed”, Clare Martin, MLA, Member for Fannie Bay, dated 6 August 1996 (Paper 2742) (Mr Hatton) 653
    Memorandum of Advice by David Bennett, re Euthanasia Laws Bill 1996, dated 12 September 1996 (Paper 2709) (Mr Burke) 638
    Memorandum, Attorney-General to Minister for Health, re Forensic Pathologist, dated 14 October 1986 (Paper 2730) (Mr Bell) 649
    Memorandum, Dr Kevin Lee, Forensic Pathologist to Dr Len Notaras, General Manager, Territory Health Services, dated 2 July 1996 (Paper 2731) (Mr Bailey) 649
    Memorandum, Kerry Mulqueeny, Senior Lecturer in Law, Faculty of Law, Northern Territory University to Jenny Blokland, Dean, Faculty of Law, Northern Territory University, dated 13 September 1996 (Paper 2713) (Mr Burke) 639
    Guidelines for Mineral Exploration in Coastal Areas of the Northern Territory, Environment Protection Unit, Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory (Paper 2761) (Mr Reed) 660
    News Release, “Buffalo-1 Exploration Well WA-260-P”, BHP Petroleum, dated 14 October 1996 (Paper 2754) (Mr Manzie) 660
    Oaths of allegiance and of office sworn by Mr Peter Howard Toyne, 8 October 1996 (Paper 2689) (Clerk) 637
    Order from Birdon Sands Pty Ltd to Flynn Petroleum, dated 1 November 1995 (Paper 2771) (Ms Martin) 661
    Order from Birdon Sands Pty Ltd to Flynn Petroleum, dated 11 October 1995 (Paper 2776) (Ms Martin) 661

PAPERS TABLED (cont)
    Order from Birdon Sands Pty Ltd to Flynn Petroleum, dated 12 December 1995 (Paper 2777) (Ms Martin) 661
    Order from Birdon Sands Pty Ltd to Flynn Petroleum, dated 13 November 1995 (Paper 2772) (Ms Martin) 661
    Order from Birdon Sands Pty Ltd to Flynn Petroleum, dated 18 October 1995 (Paper 2773) (Ms Martin) 661
    Order from Birdon Sands Pty Ltd to Flynn Petroleum, dated 19 August 1995 (Paper 2775) (Ms Martin) 661
    Order from Birdon Sands Pty Ltd to Flynn Petroleum, dated 20 December 1995 (Paper 2778) (Ms Martin) 661
    Order from Birdon Sands Pty Ltd to Flynn Petroleum, dated 21 November 1995 (Paper 2779) (Ms Martin) 661
    Order from Birdon Sands Pty Ltd to Flynn Petroleum, dated 25 September 1995 (Paper 2774) (Ms Martin) 661
    Order from Birdon Sands Pty Ltd to Flynn Petroleum, dated 5 October 1995 (Paper 2780) (Ms Martin) 661
    Photographs of tributary of Hudson Creek polluted by human effluent (Papers 2732, 2733 and 2734) (Ms Martin) 650
    Plans of Management
    Alice Springs Telegraph Station Historical Reserve (Paper 2720) 642
    Poster, “Hands off Family Day Care Funding (Paper 2717) (Mr Burke) 639
    Press release, Hon Mike Reed, MLA, Minister for Correctional Services, dated 30 July 1992 (Paper 2722) (Ms Martin) 641
    Regulations 1996
    No. 43, Amendments of Public Health (Barbers’ Shops) Regulations (Paper 2697) 642
    No. 44, Amendments of Public Health (General Sanitation, Mosquito Prevention, Rat Exclusion and Prevention) Regulations (Paper 2698) 642
    No. 45, Amendments of Public Health (Night-soil, Garbage, Cesspits, Wells and Water) Regulations (Paper 2699) 642
    No. 46, Amendment of Public Health (Noxious Trades) Regulations (Paper 2700) 642
    No. 47, Amendments of Public Health (Nuisance Prevention) Regulations (Paper 2701) 642
    No. 48, Amendments of Public Health (Shops, Eating Houses, Boarding-houses, Hostels and Hotels) Regulations (Paper 2702) 642
    No. 49, Gaming Control (Community Gaming) (Sweepstakes) Regulations (Paper 2703) 642
    No. 50, Amendment of Planning Regulations (Paper 2704) 642
    Remonstrance re Euthanasia Laws Bill 1996 of the Commonwealth for presentation by the Speaker to the Federal Parliament (Paper 2743) (Mr Stone) 650
    Return to Writ issued by the Honourable Keith John Austin Asche, AC, the Administrator of the Northern Territory, certifying the election of Peter Howard Toyne (Paper 2690) (Mr McCarthy) 637
    Rioli might stay an MP, article, N T News, dated 21 December 1993 (Paper 2750) (Mr Reed) 657
PAPERS TABLED (cont)
    Road Network Strategy, Department of Transport and Works, dated August 1996 (Paper 2807) (Mr Coulter) 666
    Schedule of Amendments to the Final Draft Constitution for the Northern Territory (Paper 2782) (Mr Hatton) 662
    Statutory Declaration signed by James Laferla, dated 30 July 1996 (Paper 2769) (Ms Martin) 661
    Statutory Declaration signed by James Laferla, dated 30 July 1996 (Paper 2819) (Ms Martin) 670
    Statutory Declaration signed by Martyn John Donnelly, dated 12 June 1996 (Paper 2818) (Ms Martin) 670
    Strategy for Waste Management and Pollution Control in the Northern Territory, dated September 1995, Department of Lands, Planning and Environment (Paper 2760) (Mr Reed) 660
    Supplement to the Treasurer’s Annual Financial Statement for the year ended 30 June 1996 (Paper 2817) (Mr Reed) 667
    Table 1, Average full time fee paid per week by State and Service Type (Paper 2719) (Mr Burke) 639
    Table, Base Rent charges as of October 1996 (Paper 2723) (Mr Bell) 641
    Table, Rent comparison of 3 bedroom Unit and 4 bedroom Unit (Paper 2724) (Mr Bell) 641
    Territory Labor - Policies for Growth, Jobs, Security - Darwin 2020 - Territory Labor’s Strategy for Urban Darwin (Paper 2751) (Mr Manzie) 657
    The Mangrove Communities of Darwin Harbour by P. Brocklehurst and B. Edmeades, Department of Lands, Planning and Environment (Paper 2758) (Mr Reed) 660
    Treasurer’s Annual Financial Statement for the year ended 30 June 1996 (Paper 2816) (Mr Reed) 667

PERSONAL EXPLANATIONS
    Mr Bell 657, 666
    Mr Finch 666
    Mr Stone 10 October 1996 650
    Mr Bell 667

REMONSTRANCE
    Presentation by Speaker to the Commonwealth Parliament re Euthanasia Laws Bill 1996 of the Commonwealth (Mr Stone) 650
    Signing by Members 662, 665

STATEMENTS
    Remonstrance, filming of signing by ABC Television and Channel 8 665
    Darwin Harbour Environment, Management (Paper 2757) (Mr Reed) 660
    Demand Management Unit within the Power and Water Authority (Paper 2738) (Mr Burke) 651
    File footage by ABC Television, Channel 8 and Imparja of swearing- in of the Member for Stuart, Mr Toyne (Mr McCarthy) 637
    Government copyright over legislation and associated materials where that copyright vests in the Northern Territory (Paper 2693) (Mr Burke) 639
STATEMENTS (cont)
    Leaders’ Forum Meeting of Premiers and Chief Ministers, Melbourne on 27 September 1996 (Paper 2692) (Mr Stone) 638
    Lombok, Indonesia, visit by a delegation of Northern Territory Government Ministers and officials and business representatives (Paper 2808) (Mr Poole) 666
    Northern Territory rural and fishing industries in the development of economic relations with Asia (Paper 2727) (Mr Palmer) 645
    Regulations 1996, No. 34, Rights of the Terminally Ill Regulations (Mr Setter) 663
    Remonstrance (Mr Stone) 649
    Suspension of the Leader of the Opposition during Question Time on Wednesday 9 October 1996 (Mr McCarthy) 649
    Treasurer’s Annual Financial Statement for the year ended 30 June 1996 (Mr Reed) 667
    Wildlife Conservation and sustainable use of Species (Paper 2746) (Mr Hatton) 656

VISITORS
    Kalano Community Association Education Centre, students and their lecturer, Mr Peter Crotti (Mr McCarthy) 655
    Marrara Christian School, Year 9 students and teacher, Mr Robert Mehigan 649
    Northern Territory University School of Commercial and Vocational Training, students and their lecturers Ms Shirlie Richardson and Ms Pamela Leeson (Mr McCarthy) 659
    St John's College, Year 9 students and teacher, Ms Sarah Kell (Mr McCarthy) 659
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