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ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE30039, 30039, 30039, 30039, 30039, 30039 ASSENT TO BILLS ............................................................................................................................. 30038 AUDITOR-GENERAL'S REPORTS ................................................................................................... 30054 BAIL LAW REFORM ............................................................................................................. 30042, 30044 BAYS PRECINCT ............................................................................................................................... 30028 BEDGEREBONG PUBLIC SCHOOL ................................................................................................ 30025 BELMORE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL .................................................................................................... 30027 BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE ...................................................................................... 30023, 30041, 30059 CAMDEN ELECTORATE SERVICE CLUBS ................................................................................... 30033 CENTENARY OF ANZAC ..................................................................................................... 30032, 30087 CENTENARY OF FIRST WORLD WAR .......................................... 30024, 30029, 30038, 30040, 30050 COMMITTEE ON COMMUNITY SERVICES ...................................................................... 30054, 30054 COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND REGULATION ............................................................. 30054 COMMITTEE ON LAW AND SAFETY ............................................................................................ 30054 CONCORD HOSPITAL ...................................................................................................................... 30030 CONSIDERATION OF MOTIONS TO BE ACCORDED PRIORITY .............................................. 30057 COURTS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (BROADCASTING JUDGMENTS) BILL 2014 .......... 30073 DEATH OF GLENDON ERIC TURNER ............................................................................... 30048, 30051 DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES CASEWORKER VACANCIES .. 30049 EPPING ELECTORATE DEVELOPMENTS ..................................................................................... 30034 FORESTRY ACT: REVOCATION OF DEDICATION ..................................................................... 30060 GOING HOME STAYING HOME ..................................................................................................... 30048 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY .................................................................................. 30041, 30046 GREAT WESTERN HIGHWAY UPGRADE ..................................................................................... 30036 HERONS CREEK ................................................................................................................................ 30031 HOMELESSNESS ............................................................................................................................... 30026 INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION ........................................................... 30054 LEGISLATION REVIEW COMMITTEE ........................................................................................... 30055 LIBERAL PARTY FUNDRAISING ................................................................................................... 30043 LOCAL GOVERNMENT WEEK 2014 ............................................................................................... 30027 MILLERS POINT PUBLIC HOUSING .............................................................................................. 30023 OFFICE OF TRANSPORT SAFETY INVESTIGATIONS ................................................................ 30055 PASSENGER TRANSPORT BILL 2014 ............................................................................................ 30061 PETITIONS .......................................................................................................................................... 30055 PRIVATE MEMBERS' STATEMENTS ................................................................................. 30023, 30083 PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE ................................................................................................. 30055 QUESTION TIME ............................................................................................................................... 30041 RURAL AND REGIONAL ROADS ................................................................................................... 30047 SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIR INDUSTRY .................................. 30054 ST CLAIR HIGH SCHOOL ................................................................................................................. 30037 STANDING COMMITTEE ON PARLIAMENTARY PRIVILEGE AND ETHICS ............. 30055, 30055 TAMWORTH RSL SUB-BRANCH .................................................................................................... 30083 TRIBUTE TO KEN MUIR .................................................................................................................. 30035 TRIBUTE TO PATRICIA ANNE SHEDDEN .................................................................................... 30084 TRIBUTE TO ROBERT ARCHIBALD MACDONALD, OAM ........................................................ 30086 VARIATIONS OF PAYMENTS ESTIMATES AND APPROPRIATIONS 2013-14 ........................ 30053 VARIATIONS OF RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ESTIMATES AND APPROPRIATIONS 2013-1430053, 30053, 30053 VIETNAMESE NURSING HOME PROJECT.................................................................................... 30085 VISITORS ............................................................................................................................................ 30038 WOY WOY ROTARY CLUB AND ALIVE MEDICAL SERVICES ................................................ 30085 30023 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Tuesday 5 August 2014 __________ The Speaker (The Hon. Shelley Elizabeth Hancock) took the chair at 12 noon. The Speaker read the Prayer and acknowledgement of country. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE Notices of Motions General Business Notices of Motions (General Notices) given. [During the giving of notices of motions.] The SPEAKER: Order! The member for Kiama will come to order. The member for Cabramatta will be heard in silence. I remind the member for Kiama that I do not need a running commentary on every notice of motion. [Interruption] The SPEAKER: Order! I again remind the member for Kiama that I do not need a running commentary on every notice of motion. [Interruption] Mr Barry Collier: Point of order— The SPEAKER: Order! The member for Oatley will direct his comments through the Chair and not to members sitting opposite. Mr Barry Collier: The member for Oatley should stop lying to members in the Chamber. The SPEAKER: Order! There is no point of order. PRIVATE MEMBERS' STATEMENTS __________ MILLERS POINT PUBLIC HOUSING Mr BARRY O'FARRELL (Ku-ring-gai) [12.12 p.m.]: The decision by State Government members about the future of public housing at Millers Point is tough, logical and equitable. It is tough because it represents fundamental reform that is designed to free up funds to deliver more public housing. It contrasts with the approach that was taken by the past Government, which turned a blind eye to manifest problems with Millers Point's public housing. It is logical because an estimated $90 million to $100 million is needed to restore and maintain the Millers Point properties. It is money that could and should be better spent on expanding the number of public housing properties across New South Wales, especially given the current unmet demand. The $28 million already realised from the former Government's leasehold program involving 29 Millers Point terraces is sufficient to construct three times as many public housing dwellings elsewhere in the State. Above all, the decision is equitable. How can anyone seriously justify providing annual subsidies as high as $44,000 to tenants in this suburb when public housing tenants in Campbelltown receive $8,000 and those in Mount Druitt, Gosford and Newcastle receive approximately $7,000 per annum? As the Minister for Community Services has said repeatedly, for every subsidised tenancy in Millers Point the Government could provide assistance to an extra three to five public housing tenants elsewhere in the State. There is a need for public housing across the State and the Government needs to address all that demand, not just those fortunate few who have access to an area 30024 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY 5 August 2014 and harbour views that most people can only ever dream about. It is important to remind members of the House that public housing tenants at Millers Point are to be relocated—that is, provided with housing elsewhere—not tipped into the street. The many elderly residents of Millers Point will therefore have better accessibility. Amongst the hysteria generated by some about this decision have been claims that the heritage of the Millers Point precinct has been threatened. These claims are outrageous and false. Regrettably, they are dishonest claims that have been made by Independents who represent this area at a State and a civic level. Even those with a passing association with the properties know that, despite tens of millions of dollars in