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Legislative Council Tuesday 29 June 2021 PARLIAMENT OF TASMANIA LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL REPORT OF DEBATES Tuesday 29 June 2021 REVISED EDITION Contents TABLED PAPERS ............................................................................................................................................... 1 GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE A - SPECIAL REPORT .................................................................. 1 LEAVE OF ABSENCE ........................................................................................................................................ 1 MEMBER FOR DERWENT - MR FARRELL ............................................................................................................. 1 SPECIAL INTEREST MATTERS ..................................................................................................................... 1 HELEN AND JOHN CONWAY - RICHMOND FOOTBALL CLUB ............................................................................... 1 ZAFIRA FINE FOODS AND FRIENDS OF ZAFIRA .................................................................................................... 3 SCOTCH OAKBURN MIDDLE SCHOOL - CIVICS AND CITIZENSHIP UNIT .............................................................. 5 ANTHONY FRANCIS (TONY) COLMAN - TRIBUTE ................................................................................................ 7 DELORAINE COMMUNITY BANK ......................................................................................................................... 9 RALDA (TOPSY) FREIBOTH - TRIBUTE .............................................................................................................. 11 MOTION ............................................................................................................................................................. 12 SELECT COMMITTEE ON ROAD SAFETY ............................................................................................................ 12 MOTION ............................................................................................................................................................. 18 JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE ON CONDUCT OF 2021 STATE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS ................. 18 QUESTIONS ....................................................................................................................................................... 32 COVID-19 - CHECK IN TAS APP...................................................................................................................... 32 RECOGNITION OF VISITORS ...................................................................................................................... 33 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - STATISTICS ON BULLYING AND ASSAULT INCIDENTS IN TASMANIAN SCHOOLS ................................................................................................................................. 34 CHECK IN TAS APP .......................................................................................................................................... 35 LACTATION SUPPORT FOR WOMEN ON KING ISLAND ....................................................................................... 36 LEAVE OF ABSENCE ...................................................................................................................................... 37 MEMBER FOR PROSSER, MS HOWLETT ............................................................................................................. 37 MOTION ............................................................................................................................................................. 37 JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE ON CONDUCT OF 2021 STATE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS ................. 37 SUPPLY BILL (NO. 1) 2021 (NO. 10) .............................................................................................................. 49 SECOND READING ............................................................................................................................................ 49 SUPPLY BILL (NO. 1) 2021 (NO. 10) .............................................................................................................. 53 IN COMMITTEE ................................................................................................................................................. 53 SUPPLY BILL (NO. 2) 2021 (NO. 11) .............................................................................................................. 65 SECOND READING ............................................................................................................................................ 65 SUPPLY BILL (NO. 2) 2021 (NO. 11) .............................................................................................................. 66 IN COMMITTEE ................................................................................................................................................. 66 TREASURY MISCELLANEOUS (COST OF LIVING AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING SUPPORT) BILL 2021 (NO. 12) ............................................................................................................................................ 68 SECOND READING ............................................................................................................................................ 68 ADJOURNMENT ............................................................................................................................................... 70 Tuesday 29 June 2021 The Deputy President, Ms Forrest, took the Chair at 11.00 a.m., acknowledged the Traditional People and read Prayers. TABLED PAPERS Government Administration Committee A - Special Report Ms WEBB (Nelson) - Madam Deputry President, in accordance with Legislative Council sessional order 5(14) I have the honour to present a special report of Government Administration Committee A in relation to an inquiry initiated by the committee on its own motion into the Commonwealth Horizontal Fiscal Equalisation (HFE) System. I move - That the report be received. Motion agreed to. LEAVE OF ABSENCE Member for Derwent - Mr Farrell Mrs HISCUTT (Montgomery - Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council) (by leave) - Madam Deputy President, I move - That the President be granted leave of absence from the service of the Council for this sitting day. Motion agreed to. SPECIAL INTEREST MATTERS Helen and John Conway - Richmond Football Club [11.04 a.m.] Ms LOVELL (Rumney) - Madam Deputy President, it gives me great pleasure to share with the Chamber today a little piece of this parliament's history which I hope members will find as intriguing as I did. I welcome to the Chamber Helen and John Conway from the Richmond Football Club, one of the great sporting clubs in my electorate and one I am very happy to be a supporter of. John and Helen have been involved in the club for some 20 years now, with both taking on official roles in the club in 2002. Since then John has been president of the club and Helen has taken on committee roles, including treasurer and secretary for the majority of that time. Last 1 Tuesday 29 June 2021 year, in recognition of this strong commitment to the club and to the sport, John and Helen were recognised with life membership of the Old Scholars Football Association. They are the first members of the Richmond Football Club to be awarded such an honour. I know there are many in this Chamber who would be pleased to hear that Helen was the first woman to be recognised with life membership of the association. Hopefully, she will be the first of many. This achievement was recognised in the July 2020 edition of the Eastern Shore Sun, and I quote from the article outlining some of the achievements John and Helen have contributed to: John demonstrated an enormous ability to lead a community organisation, develop healthy relationships with key stakeholders such as the Clarence City Council, plan for the health and wellbeing of club members, and, consider the best interests of the game in making strategic decisions. John's list of achievements at the club include nine senior grand finals, five wins; six reserves grand finals, three wins; the upkeep of Richmond Oval; the driver of $2 million of capital improvements to Richmond Oval; the initiator of night football at the club; the establishment of the Richmond Mini Blues program and a strong advocate of Association representative football. The article continues: Helen has been secretary at the club for the past 17 years, and treasurer for many of those years. Her contributions to the club range across key areas including sponsorship, marketing, player registrations, fundraising, bar and kiosk operations, volunteer management, members, player apparel, stakeholder communication, matchday management, governance, and risk management. That is quite a list. Without the extraordinary commitment from Helen and John, the club would be in a very different position. However, as impressive as their commitment to the club is, this is not my primary reason for inviting Helen and John here today. It came to my attention during a recent visit to the club that Helen actually used to live here at Parliament House. Helen's grandfather, Frank Debnam, was a caretaker at Parliament House. He lived here with his family, including Helen, for nearly 10 years from 1945, after World War II. Annette and I have attempted to find out what we can about the Debnams and their living arrangements, but despite
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