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A PLACE CALLED ROBERTSON DOCUMENTARY .................................................................... 19422 ARTIST SUSAN WHITE .................................................................................................................... 19428 ASSENT TO BILLS ............................................................................................................................. 19382 BAYS PRECINCT LAND USE ........................................................................................................... 19391 BULAHDELAH COMMUNITY HOSPITAL ..................................................................................... 19387 BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE .................................................................................................. 19349, 19410 CALVARY MATER NEWCASTLE MERCY HOSPICE TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY ............. 19379 CHILD PROTECTION REFORMS ..................................................................................................... 19390 COALMINE DUST REDUCTION PROGRAMS ............................................................................... 19392 COMMUNITY RECOGNITION STATEMENTS .................................................................. 19378, 19378 CONSIDERATION OF MOTIONS TO BE ACCORDED PRIORITY .............................................. 19394 ELECTION FUNDING, EXPENDITURE AND DISCLOSURES AMENDMENT (ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDING) BILL 2013 ........................................................................................................................ 19383 ELECTRICITY PRICES ...................................................................................................................... 19388 EPILEPSY AWARENESS ................................................................................................................... 19426 FAIRFIELD CITY DISTRICT NETBALL ASSOCIATION FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY ............ 19380 FEDERAL MEMBER FOR CUNNINGHAM MINISTERIAL APPOINTMENT ............................. 19378 GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES .......................................................................................................... 19396 GREG SMITH RETIREMENT ............................................................................................................ 19382 HEALTH LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2013 .......................................................... 19404, 19410 INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION AMENDMENT (DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS) BILL 2013 ............................................................................................................... 19422 INNER CITY MENTAL HEALTH RECOVERY WORKING PARTY ............................................. 19380 INTOXICATED PERSONS (SOBERING UP CENTRES TRIAL) BILL 2013 ................................. 19349 JOE AND ELAINE DAWSON SEVENTIETH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY ................................. 19381 KEIRA ELECTORATE ROADS FUNDING ...................................................................................... 19425 KINROSS WOLAROI SCHOOL ROWING ....................................................................................... 19380 KURRI KURRI BUSINESS CHAMBER 100TH ANNIVERSARY .................................................. 19423 LAW ENFORCEMENT (CONTROLLED OPERATIONS) AMENDMENT BILL 2012 ..... 19362, 19400 MACARTHUR ROTARY POLICE OFFICER OF THE YEAR AWARDS ...................................... 19380 MACLEAN HIGHLAND GATHERING ............................................................................................ 19427 MOUNT DRUITT HOSPITAL FUNDING ......................................................................................... 19386 MYALL LAKES ELECTORATE SPORTS ACHIEVEMENTS ........................................................ 19378 NEWCASTLE STATE NETBALL TEAM ......................................................................................... 19382 PAL INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, CANLEY VALE ....................................................................... 19379 PETITIONS .......................................................................................................................................... 19393 PITTWATER ELECTORATE PARENTS AND CITIZENS ASSOCIATIONS ................................ 19379 POLICE RESOURCES ........................................................................................................................ 19384 PORT MACQUARIE MEALS SERVICE ........................................................................................... 19426 PORT STEPHENS COMMUNITY AWARDS ................................................................................... 19379 PORT STEPHENS SCHOOLS COMMUNITY SUPPORT ................................................................ 19381 PRIVATE MEMBERS' STATEMENTS ............................................................................................. 19422 PUBLIC INTEREST DISCLOSURES AMENDMENT BILL 2013 ................................................... 19382 QUESTION TIME ............................................................................................................................... 19383 RACING LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2013 ...................................................................... 19349 REPRESENTATION OF MINISTER ABSENT DURING QUESTIONS .......................................... 19383 ROOTY HILL PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENT LEADERS ............................................................ 19381 RURAL AND REGIONAL ROADS FUNDING ................................................................................ 19386 SERVICE NSW (ONE-STOP ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT SERVICES) BILL 2013 ................... 19402 TAMWORTH NATIONAL SERVICEMEN'S MEMORIAL SERVICE ............................................ 19424 TEACHER RESOURCE ALLOCATION ........................................................................................... 19389 TRIBUTE TO ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DENISE LONERGAN ................................................... 19381 TRIBUTE TO BILL TURNER ............................................................................................................ 19379 TRIBUTE TO MARY LAWSON ........................................................................................................ 19381 WELLINGTON BOOT RACING CARNIVAL .................................................................................. 19382 WESTMEAD HOSPITAL FUNDING ................................................................................................ 19383 19349 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Tuesday 26 March 2013 __________ The Speaker (The Hon. Shelley Elizabeth Hancock) took the chair at 10.00 a.m. The Speaker read the Prayer and acknowledgement of country. INTOXICATED PERSONS (SOBERING UP CENTRES TRIAL) BILL 2013 Bill received from the Legislative Council, introduced and read a first time. Second reading set down as an order of the day for a later hour. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE Notices of Motions General Business Notices of Motions (General Notices) given. RACING LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2013 Second Reading Debate resumed from 25 March 2013. Mr JOHN FLOWERS (Rockdale) [10.05 a.m.]: It is with pleasure that I participate in debate on the Racing Legislation Amendment Bill 2013. I support the Government's introduction of this bill, which will amend the Thoroughbred Racing Act 1996 and the Totalizator Act 1997. The objects of the bill are: to provide that Racing NSW may impose sanctions on a registered race club for a breach of conditions of the club's registration that are consistent with sanctions that may be imposed for failure to comply with directions or minimum standards for the conduct of races and race meetings, and to allow licensed bookmakers to offer totalizator odds on bets taken at a licensed racecourse (whether or not the other party to the bet is also at the racecourse). The bill seeks to preserve the diversity in the wagering industry by ensuring the viability of licensed bookmakers in New South Wales. The bill also provides Racing NSW with additional tools to manage the conduct of race clubs. Following requests from Racing NSW and the New South Wales Bookmakers Co-operative, the bill will remove the prohibition on New South Wales licensed bookmakers who offer totalisator odds betting and will enable the tradition of a bookmaker fielding at a racecourse to continue. At one stage in our history bookmakers accounted for a major proportion of wagering turnover in this State. In the early 1980s there were approximately 1,000 licensed bookmakers in New South Wales and they accounted for a significant amount of the total wagering turnover by New South Wales punters. A day at the races was not complete without the hustle and bustle of the betting ring, and a chance for a punter to beat the bookies. Times have changed, and currently there are approximately only 20 New South Wales bookmakers standing. At their peak in the middle of last century there would have been more than that on any Saturday at Randwick or Rosehill. In part that is due to the pressure of other options on which punters may spend their leisure dollar—other forms of entertainment and a myriad of wagering and gambling platforms that exist in today's world. New South Wales based punters already have access to many large interstate wagering operators who offer totalisator odds betting. Allowing oncourse licensed bookmakers to offer totalisator odds will provide little more than what is already available to New South Wales punters from wagering operators in other jurisdictions through the
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