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Legislative Assembly ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE ................ 28188, 28188, 28188, 28188 ALBURY ELECTORATE CANCER SUPPORT SERVICES ............................................................ 28184 ANNUAL REPORTS ........................................................................................................................... 28206 ANZAC DAY ....................................................................................................................................... 28232 ASSENT TO BILL ............................................................................................................................... 28188 ASSYRIAN NEW YEAR FESTIVAL ................................................................................................. 28183 AUDITOR-GENERAL'S REPORTS ................................................................................................... 28206 BALLINA ELECTORATE ANZAC DAY SERVICES ...................................................................... 28179 BANKSTOWN ELECTORATE ANZAC DAY SERVICES .............................................................. 28177 BANKSTOWN LIBRARY AND KNOWLEDGE CENTRE .............................................................. 28233 BASS HIGH SCHOOL ANZAC COMMUNITY GARDEN .............................................................. 28177 BATHURST ELECTORATE COMMUNITY SERVICES ................................................................. 28176 BATLOW CIDERFEST ....................................................................................................................... 28180 BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE ...................................................................................... 28174, 28189, 28209 COMMITTEE ON LAW AND SAFETY ............................................................................................ 28207 COMMITTEE ON THE OMBUDSMAN, POLICE INTEGRITY COMMISSION AND CRIME COMMISSION ..................................................................................................................................... 28207 CONSIDERATION OF MOTIONS TO BE ACCORDED PRIORITY .............................................. 28209 DEATH OF THE HONOURABLE NEVILLE KENNETH WRAN, AC, CNZM, QC, A FORMER PREMIER, MINISTER OF THE CROWN AND MEMBER FOR BASS HILL ....................................... 28188, 28189 DEPARTMENT OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY .................................................................... 28206 DEPUTY SERJEANT-AT-ARMS ....................................................................................................... 28189 DISTINGUISHED VISITORS ............................................................................................................. 28211 EDITOR OF DEBATES ...................................................................................................................... 28189 FIVE DOCK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE....................................................................................... 28186 GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE ........................................................................................ 28192, 28195 GOVERNMENT WHIP AND DEPUTY GOVERNMENT WHIP ..................................................... 28174 HOME BUILDING AMENDMENT BILL 2014 ................................................................................. 28218 HOUSING SUPPLY ............................................................................................................................ 28203 ISOLATED PATIENTS TRAVEL AND ACCOMMODATION ASSISTANCE SCHEME ............. 28233 LEGAL PROFESSION UNIFORM LAW APPLICATION BILL 2014 ............................................. 28212 LEGISLATION REVIEW COMMITTEE ........................................................................................... 28207 LIBERAL PARTY AND POLITICAL DONATIONS ........................................................................ 28205 MENAI COMMUNITY CABINET MEETING .................................................................................. 28235 MINISTERS AND POLITICAL DONATIONS .................................................................................. 28199 MINISTRY ............................................................................................................................... 28172, 28189 MINTO INTERFACE MANUFACTURING FACILITY ................................................................... 28181 NSW CHILD DEATH REVIEW TEAM ............................................................................................. 28206 OFFICE OF TRANSPORT SAFETY INVESTIGATIONS ................................................................ 28207 OMBUDSMAN .................................................................................................................................... 28206 PARLIAMENTARY CONTRIBUTORY SUPERANNUATION FUND TRUSTEES ...................... 28189 PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARIES ................................................................................................. 28173 PAYROLL TAX REBATE SCHEME (JOBS ACTION PLAN) AMENDMENT (FRESH START SUPPORT) BILL 2014 ............................................................................................................................................ 28222 PETITIONS .......................................................................................................................................... 28208 PORT OF NEWCASTLE LEASE AND HUNTER REGION FUNDING .......................................... 28180 PREMIER AND POLITICAL DONATIONS.................................................. 28191, 28194, 28196, 28201 PRIVATE MEMBERS' STATEMENTS ................................................................................. 28174, 28232 PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE ................................................................................................. 28207 PUBLIC SECTOR WAGES POLICY ................................................................................................. 28200 QUESTION TIME ............................................................................................................................... 28191 REGIONAL WATER SUPPLIES ........................................................................................................ 28198 REGISTER OF DISCLOSURES BY MEMBERS .............................................................................. 28206 REPRESENTATION OF MINISTERS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL .................................... 28173 RESPITE CARE SERVICES ............................................................................................................... 28234 RYDE ELECTORATE ANZAC DAY SERVICES ............................................................................. 28187 SOCIAL POLICY COMMITTEE ........................................................................................................ 28207 STATE ECONOMY ............................................................................................................................. 28211 TRIBUTE TO MARLENE SEWELL .................................................................................................. 28175 TWEED ELECTORATE ANZAC DAY SERVICES ......................................................................... 28182 UNPROCLAIMED LEGISLATION ................................................................................................... 28205 VAUCLUSE ELECTORATE ANZAC DAY SERVICES .................................................................. 28174 VISITORS ............................................................................................................................................ 28188 WESTPAC BICENTENNIAL FOUNDATION .................................................................................. 28185 WHITE STONE CENTRE ................................................................................................................... 28178 YOUNG PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES CARE FACILITIES ......................................................... 28175 28172 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Tuesday 6 May 2014 __________ The Speaker (The Hon. Shelley Elizabeth Hancock) took the chair at 12 noon. The Speaker read the Prayer and acknowledgement of country. MINISTRY Mr ANTHONY ROBERTS: On behalf of the Premier, I inform this House that on 17 April 2014 the Hon. Barry Robert O'Farrell submitted his resignation as Premier to Her Excellency the Governor. Her Excellency then commissioned the Hon. Michael Bruce Baird to form a new Ministry. On the same day, Michael Bruce Baird was sworn as a member of the Executive Council and as Premier, Andrew John Stoner was sworn as a member of the Executive Council and as Deputy Premier, Gladys Berejiklian was sworn as a member of the Executive Council and as Minister for Transport, and Adrian Piccoli was sworn as a member of the Executive Council and as Minister for Education. On 23 April 2014 Michael Bruce Baird was also sworn as Minister for Infrastructure, and Minister for Western Sydney, and 21 other members were appointed by Her Excellency the Governor as members of the Executive Council and/or to the certain offices indicated. The Hon. Andrew John Stoner, MP Minister for Trade and Investment, Minister for Regional Infrastructure and Services, Minister for Tourism and Major Events, Minister for Small Business, and Minister for the North Coast The Hon. Gladys Berejiklian, MP Minister for the Hunter The Hon. Michael Joseph Gallacher, MLC Minister for Police and Emergency Services, Minister for Industrial Relations,
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