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Legislative Assembly 11282 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Wednesday 22 September 2004 ______ Mr Speaker (The Hon. John Joseph Aquilina) took the chair at 11.00 a.m. Mr Speaker offered the Prayer. MINISTRY Mr BOB CARR: In the absence of the Minister for Tourism and Sport and Recreation, and Minister for Women, who is undergoing an operation, the Deputy Premier, Minister for Education and Training, and Minister for Aboriginal Affairs will answer questions on her behalf. In the absence of the Minister for Mineral Resources, the Minister for Fair Trading, and Minister Assisting the Minister for Commerce will answer questions on his behalf. In the absence of the Minister for Infrastructure and Planning, and Minister for Natural Resources, the Attorney General, and Minister for the Environment will answer questions on his behalf. DISTINGUISHED VISITORS Mr SPEAKER: I welcome to the Public Gallery Mrs Sumitra Singh, the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Rajasthan in India, who is accompanied by her son, and Mrs Harsukh Ram Poonia, Secretary of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. PETITIONS Milton-Ulladulla Public School Infrastructure Petition requesting community consultation in the planning, funding and building of appropriate public school infrastructure in the Milton-Ulladulla area and surrounding districts, received from Mrs Shelley Hancock. Gaming Machine Tax Petitions opposing the increase in poker machine tax, received from Mrs Shelley Hancock, Mrs Judy Hopwood and Mr Andrew Tink. Crime Sentencing Petition requesting changes in legislation to allow for tougher sentences for crime, received from Mrs Shelley Hancock. Lake Woollumboola Recreational Use Petition opposing any restriction of the recreational use of Lake Woollumboola, received from Mrs Shelley Hancock. Breast Screening Funding Petition requesting effective breast screening for women and maintenance of funding to BreastScreen NSW, received from Mrs Judy Hopwood. Cremorne Community Mental Health Centre Petition opposing the proposed relocation of health services provided by the Cremorne Community Mental Health Centre, received from Mrs Jillian Skinner. South Coast Rail Services Petition opposing any reduction in rail services on the South Coast, received from Mrs Shelley Hancock. 22 September 2004 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY 11283 CountryLink Rail Services Petitions opposing the replacement of CountryLink train services with bus services, received from Mr Andrew Stoner and Mr John Turner. Isolated Patients Travel Accommodation Assistance Scheme Petition opposing the criteria for country cancer patients to qualify for the Isolated Patients Travel Assistance Scheme, received from Mr Andrew Stoner. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE Reordering of General Business Ms PETA SEATON (Southern Highlands) [11.11 a.m.]: I move: That General Business Order of the Day (for Bills) No. 6 have precedence on Thursday 23 September 2004. Illegal brothels are the scourge of many neighbourhoods in the city, yet the Carr Labor Government has consistently done everything it possibly can to delay and oppose the Community Protection (Closure of Illegal Brothels) Bill, which will let us crack down on illegal brothels. Why would Labor oppose making it easier for local councils to move in and shut down illegal brothels that exploit women, conduct illegal immigration, are involved in drugs and crime, and, worst of all, use young underage girls to ply this filthy trade? Why? Let us start with the Albion Park branch of the Labor Party and one Neville Hilton, the former Junior Vice-President of the Port Kembla Chamber of Commerce, part funded, of course, by the taxpayers of New South Wales, courtesy of the Minister for Regional Development, Minister for the Illawarra, and Minister for Small Business, who represents the Keira electorate. Neville Hilton is one of Eric Roozendaal's warriors for the dominant right faction and he has pulled strings to get many members elected to this place. There is one word for Neville Hilton, and that is "guilty". He is guilty of child prostitution offences, yet he has a cheer squad of Australian Labor Party [ALP] mates supporting him. When he was first charged his mate and ALP apparatchik, and aspirant for the seat of Throsby, Gino Mandorino, stood up for his mate. He called Neville Hilton an honourable man and is reported in the Illawarra Mercury as saying, "This man's reputation and honour are tarnished by these allegations." The honourable member for Kiama moved to shut down debate when I tried to table photographs of tents in which prostitutes are forced to live in Port Kembla, because there are not enough places in which they can live. Mr SPEAKER: Order! I call the honourable member for East Hills to order. Ms PETA SEATON: Today we have an opportunity to debate why Martin Pitt, another member of the ALP, said of Neville Hilton, "He probably considers the girls feral and not worth worrying about. I feel sorry for him—it doesn't diminish him, both as a friend and a colleague." Where was the outrage from Labor men and women? Mr SPEAKER: Order! I call the honourable member for Lismore to order. Ms PETA SEATON: Just before we thought it could not get any worse, residents of the Bondi Junction area have been appalled at the increases in the illegal brothel trade and sex business. Residents are so concerned that they have been forced to engage a private investigator to get evidence that the council cannot get. Mr SPEAKER: Order! There is too much audible conversation in the Chamber. Ms PETA SEATON: I lay on the table for the information of members a videotape and reports by private investigators that give evidence of erotic massage offered for cash, sexual activity conducted for cash, and sexual activity, including sexual intercourse, all in a building that is occupied also by the honourable member for Coogee, who has turned his face and is refusing to acknowledge that those things exist. [Time expired.] Mr CARL SCULLY (Smithfield—Minister for Roads, and Minister for Housing) [11.12 a.m.]: The Government is happy to debate the bill tomorrow, and we agree with the motion. Motion agreed to. 11284 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY 22 September 2004 BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE Reordering of General Business Mr JOHN BROGDEN (Pittwater—Leader of the Opposition) [11.15 a.m.]: I move: That General Business Notice of Motion (General Notice) No. 460 standing in my name have precedence on Thursday 23 September 2004. Last week I took an opportunity in the House to bring to the attention of all of the people of New South Wales the behaviour of the Premier when he recently visited Wollongong and confronted a protest of people with disabilities. What was his response to people who are concerned about the Government's performance in servicing and assisting people with disabilities? He called them "a rabble" and that response is from a Premier who runs the Government that has the worst record in the country in assisting people with disabilities. The Government is unwilling to support people with disabilities, to give them an equality of opportunity that every citizen in this State deserves. Later today outside Parliament House people will protest against the Government's performance and its intention to cut funding for the Adult Training, Learning and Support [ATLAS] program and the Post School Options [PSO] program. People across New South Wales understand the view of the Premier about funding for people with disabilities. Mr SPEAKER: Order! I call the honourable member for Bathurst to order. Mr JOHN BROGDEN: The Illawarra Mercury stated that the Premier is adding insult to injury, when referring to this matter. We know that the Premier is sensitive on this issue. Mr SPEAKER: Order! I call the honourable member for Bathurst to order for the second time. Mr JOHN BROGDEN: With 300 protesters confronting the Premier, did he offer them a hearing or a sympathetic word? No, not at all. Mr SPEAKER: Order! I call the honourable member for Murrumbidgee to order. Mr JOHN BROGDEN: Instead, the Premier's response to people with disabilities who protested against his cuts to ATLAS and the PSO was to call them a rabble. The Premier does not understand. They asked him to walk in their shoes, to understand what it is like to suffer life with a disability, but he offered no sympathy, no support. I call on the Premier to give a commitment to stop that approach, to get rid of his plans to abolish funding for the ATLAS and PSO programs. He calls that rubbish, but he is cutting funding to disabled people in New South Wales, it is happening. He is destroying their opportunities and their lives. I call on the House to support my motion to debate this matter tomorrow. [Time expired.] Mr CARL SCULLY (Smithfield—Minister for Roads, and Minister for Housing) [11.17 a.m.]: The Leader of the Opposition well knows that at this point in the proceedings he is required to convince the House that his motion out of the other 474 motions is the most important confronting the House. Mr John Brogden: Are you opposing it? Mr CARL SCULLY: The Leader of the Opposition is still muddled and confused. The substance of the motion is not before the House; we are debating whether his motion is the most important. His performance is the least eloquent I have ever heard and he has not made out a case for priority. Therefore, the Government will not agree to it being prioritised, not because of the substance of the debate, but because he has not made out a case for priority. He should argue his case better next time. Question—That the motion be agreed to—put. The House divided. 22 September 2004 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY 11285 Ayes, 36 Mr Aplin Ms Hodgkinson Mrs Skinner Mr Armstrong Mr Humpherson Mr Slack-Smith Mr Barr Mr Kerr Mr Souris Ms Berejiklian Mr Merton Mr Stoner Mr Brogden Ms Moore Mr Tink Mr Cansdell Mr Oakeshott Mr Torbay Mr Constance Mr O'Farrell Mr J.
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