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Legislative Council Notice Paper No. 149—Tuesday 18 June 2013
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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
NOTICE PAPER
No. 149
TUESDAY 18 JUNE 2013
The House meets this day at 2.30 pm
Contents
Business of the House—Notice of Motion
Business of the House—Order of the day
Government Business—Notice of Motion
Government Business—Orders of the Day
Committee Reports—Orders of the Day
Private Members’ Business
Items in the Order of Precedence
Items outside the Order of Precedence
Business for Future Consideration
Bills referred to Select or Standing Committees
Business of the House—Notice of Motion
1.Mr Veitch to move—
That, during the present session and notwithstanding anything contained in the standing or sessional orders, and unless otherwise ordered, the following procedures apply to the passage of government bills:
1.Where a bill is introduced by a Minister, or is received from the Legislative Assembly after Thursday 14 November 2013, debate on the motion for the second reading is to be adjourned at the conclusion of the speech of the Minister moving the motion, and the resumption of the debate is to be made an order of the day for the first sitting day of 2014.
2.However, if after the first reading, a Minister declares a bill to be an urgent bill and copies have been circulated to members, the question “That the bill be considered an urgent bill” is to be decided without amendment or debate, except a statement not exceeding 10 minutes each by a Minister and the Leader of the Opposition, or a member nominated by the Leader of the Opposition, and one cross-bench member. If that question is agreed to, the second reading debate and subsequent stages may proceed forthwith or at any time during any sitting of the House.
(Notice given 30 May 2013)
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Business of the House—Order of the day
1.Sessional order—Written questions: resumption of the interrupted debate (8 May 2013) of the question on the motion of Mr Gay:
1.That during the present session and unless otherwise ordered:
(a)members other than the Leader of the Opposition may lodge not more than nine written questions each per sitting week, and
(b)the Leader of the Opposition may lodge not more than twelve written questions per sitting week.
2.That the Procedure Committee review and report on the sessional order for written questions after it has been in operation for six months.
Upon which Ms Fazio has moved: That the question be amended as follows:
1.Insert before paragraph 1 “That the Procedure Committee inquire into and report on the following proposed sessional order:”.
2.Omit paragraph 2—Mr Veitch speaking.
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Government Business—Notice of Motion
1.Mr Gay to move:
That this House notes that:
(a)Sunday 2 June 2013 marks the 60th anniversary of Her Majesty’s Coronation,
(b)the Queen is Australia’s head of state, and
(c)it is fitting that this important milestone be warmly commended in the Parliament.
(Notice given 30 May 2013)
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Government Business—Orders of the Day
1.Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: second reading—Mr Gallacher.
(Standing orders suspended for remaining stages, Tuesday 28 May 2013)
2.Service NSW (One-Stop Access to Government Services) Bill 2013: second reading—Mr Gay.
(Standing orders suspended for remaining stages, Wednesday 8 May 2013)
3.Local Government Amendment (Early Intervention) Bill 2013: resumption of the adjourned debate (22 May 2013) of the question on the motion of Mr Pearce: That this bill be now read a second time—Mr Moselmane. (20 minutes)
(Standing orders suspended for remaining stages, Thursday 9 May 2013)
4.Marine Parks Amendment (Moratorium) Bill 2013: second reading—Mr Gay.
(Standing orders suspended for remaining stages, Wednesday 22 May 2013)
5.Motor Accident Injuries Amendment Bill 2013: second reading—Mr Pearce.
(Standing orders suspended for remaining stages, Thursday 23 May 2013)
6.NSW Self Insurance Corporation Amendment Bill 2013: second reading—Mr Pearce.
(Standing orders suspended for remaining stages, Tuesday 28 May 2013)
7.Petroleum (Onshore) Amendment Bill 2013: second reading—Mr Gay.
(Standing orders suspended for remaining stages, Tuesday 28 May 2013)
8.Courts and Other Miscellaneous Legislation Amendment Bill 2013: second reading—Mr Gallacher.
(Standing orders suspended for remaining stages, Wednesday 29 May 2013)
9.Work Health and Safety (Mines) Bill 2013: second reading—Mr Gay.
(Standing orders suspended for remaining stages, Wednesday 29 May 2013)
10.Succession to the Crown (Request) Bill 2013: second reading—Mr Gallacher.
(Standing orders suspended for remaining stages, Wednesday 29 May 2013)
11.Local Land Services Bill 2013: second reading—Mr Gay.
(Standing orders suspended for remaining stages, Wednesday 29 May 2013)
12.Government Sector EmploymentBill 2013
Members of Parliament Staff Bill 2013
Second reading—Mr Gallacher.
(Standing orders suspended for remaining stages, Wednesday 29 May 2013)
13.Public Health Amendment (Vaccination of Children Attending Child Care Facilities) Bill 2013: second reading—Mr Gallacher.
(Standing orders suspended for remaining stages, Thursday 30 May 2013 am)
14.Heavy Vehicle (Adoption of National Law)Bill 2013: resumption of the adjourned debate of the question on the motion of Mr Gay: That this bill be now read a second time (5 calendar days from 29 May 2013)—Ms Voltz.
15.Local Government Amendment (Conduct of Elections)Bill 2013: resumption of the adjourned debate of the question on the motion of Mr Pearce: That this bill be now read a second time (5 calendar days from 29 May 2013)—Ms Voltz.
16.IndustrialRelations Amendment (Dispute Orders) Bill 2012: resumption of the interrupted debate (23 May 2012) of the question on the motion of Mr Pearce: That this bill be now read a second time—Dr Kaye speaking. (6 minutes remaining)
*Council bill
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Committee Reports—Orders of the Day
(Debate on committee reports takes precedence after Questions on Tuesdays until 6.30 pm according to sessional order)
1.Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters: Report No. 3/55 entitled “Review of the Parliamentary Electorates and Elections Act 1912 and the Election Funding, Expenditure and Disclosures Act 1981”, dated May 2013: resumption of the adjourned debate (9 May 2013) of the question on the motion of Mr Borsak: That the House take note of the report—Mr Borsak speaking. (15 minutes remaining)
2.General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5: Report No. 37 entitled “Management of public land in New South Wales”, dated May 2013: resumption of the adjourned debate (21 May 2013) of the question on the motion of Mr Colless (on behalf of Mr Brown): That the House take note of the report—Mr Brown speaking. (15 minutes remaining)
3.General Purpose Standing Committee No. 4: Report No. 27 entitled “The use of cannabis for medical purposes”, dated May 2013: resumption of the adjourned debate (21 May 2013) of the question on the motion of Mr Borsak (on behalf of Mrs Mitchell): That the House take note of the report—Mrs Mitchell speaking. (15 minutes remaining)
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Private Members’ Business
Items in the Order of Precedence
8.Ms Cusack to move—
Item to be advised.
9.Ms Voltz to move—
1.That this House notes that according to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology:
(a)January 2013 was Australia’s hottest month on record,
(b)the summer of 2012/13 was the hottest summer on record and the average Australian maximum temperature for September to December 2012 was the highest on record with average temperatures across the country at 28.6°C, 1.1°C above normal, and exceeding the previous record set in the summer of 1997-98 by more than 0.1°C,
(c)a new record was set for the number of consecutive days the average maximum daily temperature for Australia exceeded 39°C, being seven days between 2 and 8 January 2013, almost doubling the previous record of four consecutive days in 1973,
(d)numerous sites across New South Wales broke long-term records for both daily and monthly maximum temperatures,
(e)Australia set a new record for the hottest day for Australia as a whole on 7 January, recording 40.30 °C, surpassing the previous record set on 21 December 1972,
(f)the area-averaged temperature for Australia as a whole exceeded 39°C on seven consecutive days from 2–8 January, the longest such period previously recorded was four days in December 1972, and
(g)across New South Wales January temperature records were broken at Sydney, Tibooburra, Nyngan, Sydney Airport, Gunnedah, Williamtown RAAF Base, Moruya Heads, Hay, Newcastle, Katoomba, Mungindi, Murrurundi, Prospect, Reservoir, Bathurst, Peak Hill,Quirindi, Bankstown, Dunedoo, Parramatta North, Trangie, Tumbarumba, Wellington, Woolbrook, Gulgong, Paterson, Orange, Camden, Gosford, Oberon, Riverview, Narooma, Batemans Bay, Bathurst, Bombala, Braidwood, Cessnock, Mudgee, Nullo Mountain, Scone, Ulladulla, Young, Bega, Dubbo, Tamworth and Wanaaring.
2.That this House also notes that:
(a)six of Australia’s ten hottest summers on record have come in the last 11 years, meaning that very hot summers have been occurring at about five times the rate you would expect without a warming trend and only two of the hottest summers on record occurred before 1990,
(b)the heat during the 2012/13 summer occurred during a “neutral” period in the El Niño-Southern Oscillation which essentially means that the record was consistent with warming trends, and achieved without an extra push from natural variability associated with El Niño,
(c)Australia and the globe are experiencing rapid climate change. Since the middle of the 20th century, Australian temperatures have, on average, risen by about 1°C with an increase in the frequency of heatwaves and a decrease in the numbers of frosts and cold days,
(d)rainfall patterns have also changed, the northwest having seen an increase in rainfall over the last 50 years while much of eastern Australia and the far southwest have experienced a decline, and
(e)Australia has warmed by nearly a degree Celsius since 1910 which is consistent with warming observed in the global atmosphere and oceans.
3.That this House acknowledges the comments by Opposition Leader Tony Abbott on the 29 July 2009 on Sky News when he stated that:
“If you want to put a price on carbon why not just do it with a simple tax”.
4.That this House congratulates the Federal Government for taking action to reduce emissions and transform our economy and note that since the carbon price started, Australia has continued to experience solid economic growth and is now the 12th biggest economy in the world while and will deliver over 750 million tonnes of emissions reductions in the period to 2020 and achieve those emissions reductions at the lowest cost to our economy.
(Notice given 12 March 2013—item no. 1110)
(First postponement 30 May 2013)
10.Mr Green to move—
- That this House notes that:
(a)in 2013, about 124,910 Australians are expected to be diagnosed with cancer, and an estimated 149,990 are expected to be diagnosed in 2020,
(b)Relay for Life is an overnight, community event where teams of 10 to 15 participate in a relay-style walk or run to raise funds for the Cancer Council,
(c)Relay for Life began in Australia in 1999, when the Victorian community of Murrumbeena raised over $75,000 for the Cancer Council, and Relay for Life is now in every state and raises over $18 million across the country each year for the cancer fight, and
(d)in New South Wales, around 40,000 people each year take part in Relay for Life.
- That this House:
(a)congratulates the many groups who have successfully raised funds for the Cancer Council by organising Relay for Life, and
(b)acknowledges the many individuals who have selflessly sacrificed their time and put their effort into training and fundraising for Relay for Life.
(Notice given 9 May 2013—item no. 1304)
11.Mr Lynn to move—
1.That this House notes that:
(a)this House acknowledges the 71st Anniversary of the Battle of Coral Sea that occurred from 4 to 8 May in 1942,
(b)Australia was involved in the battle from the very first when locally-based signals intelligence units made a significant contribution to the early detection of the Japanese thrust,
(c)on 25 April 1942, the Combined Operational Intelligence Centre in Melbourne issued an assessment that a Japanese operation to occupy Port Moresby was imminent,
(d)aerial reconnaissance flights were flown from Australia and Port Moresby by USAAF and RAAF aircraft, and eleven United States submarines based in Brisbane were deployed to the Papua area,
(e)on 1 May 1942, two carrier task forces, Task Force 17, built around USS ‘Yorktown’, under the command of Rear Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher, and Task Force 11 consisting of USS ‘Lexington’, under the command of Rear Admiral Aubrey B. Fitch, rendezvoused off Espiritu Santo,
(f)from Sydney, Task Force 44, consisting of the heavy cruiser HMAS ‘Australia’and the light cruiser HMAS ‘Hobart’, under the command of Rear Admiral J. G. Crace, RN, departed Sydney, eventually to join the carriers on 4 May 1942, and
(g)on 7 May 1942, combined with bombing attacks from shore-based aircraft, helped influenced the decision by the Japanese Commander-in-Chief to turn back the landing force early, thereby achieving the Allies’ strategic objective for the battle.
2.That this House pays tribute to the servicemen and women involved in this historic battle that removed the threat of a Japanese invasion of Port Moresby and the Australian mainland.
(Notice given 7 May 2013—item no. 1287)
*Council bill
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Items outside the Order of Precedence
8.Evidence Amendment (Protection of Journalists’ Sources) Bill 2011: resumption of the adjourned debate (6 May 2011) of the question on the motion of Mr Shoebridge: That this bill be now read a second time (5 calendar days from 6 May 2011)—Ms Fazio. (20 minutes)
11.Revd Mr Nile to move—
That leave be given to bring in a bill for an Act to amend the Liquor Act 2007 to raise the minimum drinking age from 18 years to 21 years.
(Liquor Amendment (Drinking Age) Bill)
(Notice given 4 May 2011)
12.Revd Mr Nile to move—
That leave be given to bring in a bill for an Act to amend the Liquor Act 2007 to require packaged liquor to contain a health warning about the danger of drinking when pregnant.
(Liquor Amendment (Health Warning for Pregnant Women) Bill)
(Notice given 4 May 2011)
16.Revd Mr Nile to move—
That leave be given to bring in a bill for an Act to prohibit the advertising of gambling and related trademarks, brand names and logos; and for other purposes.
(Gambling Advertising Prohibition Bill)
(Notice given 4 May 2011)
18.Drug and Alcohol Treatment Amendment (Rehabilitation of Persons with Severe Substance Dependence) Bill 2012: resumption of the adjourned debate (25 October 2012) of the question on the motion of Revd Mr Nile: That this bill be now read a second time (5 calendar days from 25 October 2012)—Ms Voltz. (20 minutes)
20.State Senate Bill 2012: resumption of the adjourned debate (16 August 2012) of the question on the motion of Revd Mr Nile: That this bill be now read a second time (5 calendar days from 16 August 2012)—Mr Ajaka. (20 minutes)
22.Revd Mr Nile to move—
That leave be given to bring in a bill for an Act to prohibit the advertising of sex services; and for other purposes.
(Sex Services Advertising Prohibition Bill)
(Notice given 4 May 2011)
25.Revd Mr Nile to move—
That leave be given to bring in a bill for an Act to provide for the establishment of the Family Impact Commission to study the moral, social and economic effects on the family unit of certain laws and proposed laws and Government expenditure; and for related purposes.
(Family Impact Commission Bill)
(Notice given 4 May 2011)
28.Revd Mr Nile to move—
That leave be given to bring in a bill for an Act to amend the Summary Offences Act 1988 to prohibit people wearing full-face coverings in public places.
(Summary Offences Amendment (Full-face Coverings Prohibition) Bill)
(Notice given 4 May 2011)
30.Revd Mr Nile to move—
That leave be given to bring in a bill for an Act to amend the Adoption Act 2000 to repeal the amendments made by the Adoption Amendment (Same Sex Couples) Act 2010 that enable couples of the same sex to adopt children; and for other purposes.
(Adoption Amendment (Same Sex Couples Repeal) Bill)
(Notice given 4 May 2011)
31.Revd Mr Nile to move—
That leave be given to bring in a bill for an Act to amend the Crimes Act 1900 to prohibit a person soliciting another for sexual gratification for payment.
(Crimes Amendment (Soliciting Sex for Payment) Bill)
(Notice given 4 May 2011)
32.Revd Mr Nile to move—
That leave be given to bring in a bill for an Act to amend the Crimes Act 1900 to make it an offence to publish material that incites or promotes terrorism or other violence.
(Crimes Amendment (Incitement or Promotion of Terrorism and Violence) Bill)
(Notice given 4 May 2011)
44.Dr Kaye to move—
That leave be given to bring in a bill for an Act to prohibit the impoundment of water for irrigation or reticulation, or for commercial, industrial or residential uses, upstream from Seaham Weir on the Williams River without the approval of both Houses of Parliament.
(Tillegra Dam Prohibition Bill)
(Notice given 5 May 2011)
87.Revd Mr Nile to move—
That leave be given to bring in a bill for an Act to require the public to be notified of the identity and residential address of convicted child sex offenders; and for other purposes.
(Child Protection (Nicole’s Law) Bill)
(Notice given 26 May 2011)
91.Revd Mr Nile to move—
That leave be given to bring in a bill for an Act to amend the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Enforcement Act 1995 to prohibit the possession of restricted X rated films.
(Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Enforcement Amendment (Banning Restricted X Rated Films) Bill)
(Notice given 26 May 2011)
94.Revd Mr Nile to move—
That leave be given to bring in a bill for an Act to require women who are considering terminating a viable pregnancy to undergo counselling and to view an ultrasound of their unborn child.
(Pregnancy Termination (Mandatory Counselling) Bill)
(Notice given 26 May 2011)
95.Revd Mr Nile to move—
That leave be given to bring in a bill for an Act to amend the Crimes Act 1900 to prohibit the destruction of any child in utero with a detectable heartbeat.