2261 Votes and Proceedings

2261 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY 2011-12-13-14 FIRST SESSION OF THE FIFTY-FIFTH PARLIAMENT ___________________ VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS No. 209 WEDNESDAY 2 JULY 2014 ___________________ 1 MEETING OF THE HOUSE The House met at 10.30 am pursuant to adjournment. In the absence of the Speaker from the State, the Deputy Speaker took the Chair, read the prayer and acknowledged the traditional owners, thanking them for their custodianship of country. 2 VACANCY IN THE REPRESENTATION OF THE STATE IN THE SENATE OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (1) The Deputy Speaker reported the following message from Her Excellency the Governor: MARIE BASHIR Office of the Governor Governor Sydney, 1 July 2014 Her Excellency the Governor transmits to the Legislative Assembly a copy of a despatch dated 1 July 2014, received from the President of the Senate, notifying that a vacancy has happened in the representation of the State of New South Wales in the Senate of the Commonwealth of Australia through the resignation of Senator the Honourable Bob Carr which occurred on 24 October 2013. The Senate Canberra 1 July 2014 Your Excellency 2262 VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Wednesday 2 July 2014 I confirm my notification to you of 24 October 2013, pursuant to the provisions of section 21 of the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution, that a vacancy now exists in the representation of the State of New South Wales through the resignation of Senator the Honourable Bob Carr. Yours sincerely, John Hogg President of the Senate (2) Mr Anthony Roberts moved, That: (1) The House meet the Legislative Council for the purpose of sitting and voting together to choose a person to hold the place in the Senate rendered vacant by the resignation of Senator the Honourable Robert John Carr. (2) A message be sent informing the Legislative Council of the resolution and requesting the Legislative Council to fix a time and place for the joint sitting. Question put and passed. 3 SUSPENSION OF STANDING AND SESSIONAL ORDERS—ROUTINE OF BUSINESS Mr Anthony Roberts moved, That standing and sessional orders be suspended to provide: (1) For the following routine of business at this sitting: (a) Private members’ statements; (b) Joint sitting with the Legislative Council to fill a casual vacancy in the Senate; (c) Private members’ statements; (d) Community recognition statements; and (e) The House to adjourn without motion moved at the conclusion of community recognition statements. (2) That, from the commencement of private members’ statements until the rising of the House, no divisions be conducted or quorums be called. Question put and passed. 4 PRIVATE MEMBERS’ STATEMENTS _____________ MESSAGE FROM THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL—VACANCY IN THE REPRESENTATION OF THE STATE IN THE SENATE OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA The Deputy Speaker reported the following message from the Legislative Council: Madam SPEAKER The Legislative Council, having taken into consideration the Legislative Assembly’s message dated 2 July 2014, agrees to meet the Legislative Assembly for the purpose of sitting and voting together to choose a person to hold the place in the Senate, for the term that commenced on 1 July 2014, rendered vacant by the resignation of the Honourable Bob Carr, in the Legislative Council Chamber, on Wednesday 2 July 2014 at 11.15 am. Legislative Council JENNY GARDINER 2 July 2014 Acting President Ordered by the Deputy Speaker, That the joint sitting be set down as an order of the day for 11.15 am 2263 VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Wednesday 2 July 2014 today as appointed in the Legislative Council’s message. _____________ It being 11.15 am— _____________ 5 JOINT SITTING—VACANCY IN THE SENATE The order of the day was read and the Deputy Speaker informed the House that the time had arrived for the House to proceed to the Legislative Council Chamber to elect a person to fill the seat in the Senate vacated by the resignation of Senator the Honourable Robert John Carr. The House proceeded to the Legislative Council Chamber. The House returned and the Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair. The Deputy Speaker reported that Deborah O’Neill had been elected to fill the vacancy. The Deputy Speaker tabled the “Minutes of the Proceedings of the Joint Sitting of the Houses of Parliament of the State of New South Wales held on Wednesday 2 July 2014 to choose a person to hold the place in the Senate rendered vacant by the resignation of Senator the Honourable Bob Carr.” Ordered to be printed. 6 PRIVATE MEMBERS’ STATEMENTS 7 COMMUNITY RECOGNITION STATEMENTS _____________ Mr Gareth Ward obtained the leave of the House to permit community recognition statements to continue beyond 15 minutes, until concluded. _____________ 8 ADJOURNMENT The House adjourned, pursuant to the resolution of the House, at 12.42 pm, until Tuesday 5 August 2014, at 12.00 noon. Attendance: All members present except Mr Kevin Anderson, Mr Greg Aplin, Mr Stuart Ayres, Mr Mike Baird, Ms Gladys Berejiklian, Mr Stephen Bromhead, Ms Cherie Burton, Mr Andrew Constance, Mr Victor Dominello, Mr David Elliott, Mr Lee Evans, Mr Andrew Fraser, Mr Robert Furolo, Mr Andrew Gee, Mr Tory Grant, Mr Christopher Gulaptis, Mr Chris Hartcher, Mrs Shelley Hancock, Mr Brad Hazzard, Ms Katrina Hodgkinson, Mr Chris Holstein, Ms Sonia Hornery, Mr Kevin Humphries, Ms Tania Mihailuk, Mr Tim Owen, Mr Donald Page, Mr Ryan Park, Mr Jamie Parker, Ms Robyn Parker, Mr Chris Patterson, Mr Dominic Perrottet, Mr Adrian Piccoli, Mr Geoff Provest, Mr Jai Rowell, Mrs Jillian Skinner, Mr Greg Smith, Mr Chris Spence, Mr Rob Stokes, Mr Paul Toole, Ms Carmel Tebbutt, Mr Darren Webber, Mr John Williams, Mrs Leslie Williams and Mr Guy Zangari. RONDA MILLER SHELLEY HANCOCK Clerk of the Legislative Assembly Speaker __________________ Authorised by the Parliament of New South Wales .

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