Legislative Council Daily Summary

Wednesday, 19 December 2018

RETURN OF WRITS, OATHS AND AFFIRMATIONS

Return to Writs were presented electing the following Members to serve in each of the 8 Regions of the Legislative Council following the results of the general election on 24 November 2018 — For the Eastern Metropolitan Region — Bruce Atkinson Rodney Barton Shaun Leane Sonja Terpstra Mary Wooldridge For the Eastern Victoria Region — Melina Bath Jeff Bourman Jane Garrett Edward O’Donohue Harriet Shing For the Northern Metropolitan Region — Nazih Elasmar Jenny Mikakos Craig Ondarchie Fiona Patten Samantha Ratnam For the Northern Victoria Region — Mark Gepp Wendy Lovell Tania Maxwell Tim Quilty Jaclyn Symes For the South Eastern Metropolitan Region — Gavin Jennings Tien Kieu David Limbrick Gordon Rich-Phillips Adem Somyurek For the Southern Metropolitan Region — Georgie Crozier Philip Dalidakis David Davis Clifford Hayes Nina Taylor For the Western Metropolitan Region — Catherine Cumming Bernie Finn Cesar Melhem Ingrid Stitt Kaushaliya Vaghela For the Western Victoria Region — Stuart Grimley Beverley McArthur Andy Meddick Jaala Pulford Gayle Tierney ELECTION OF PRESIDENT AND DEPUTY PRESIDENT

 Mr Shaun Leane was elected President of the Legislative Council.  Ms Wendy Lovell was elected Deputy President of the Legislative Council. GOVERNOR’S SPEECH

Her Excellency the Honourable Linda Dessau AC, the Governor of Victoria, presented a speech setting out the newly elected Government’s objectives for the first session of the 59th Parliament. PAPERS TABLED

See Minutes of the Proceedings No. 1 for a full list of all papers tabled.  Annual Reports  Reports from the Auditor-General  Reports from the Victorian Ombudsman  A Report from the Victorian Inspectorate  Government responses to reports under the Parliamentary Committees Act 2003  Official documents PETITION

 Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre (575 signatures) COMMITTEES

Mr Gepp, Mrs McArthur, Ms Patten and Ms Taylor were appointed of the Scrutiny of Acts and Regulations Committee. ALSO IN THE COUNCIL

Question Time Constituency Questions Notices of Motion given (Nos. 1 to 9) Address in Reply Adjournment Debate

The next sitting is at 2.00 p.m., on Tuesday, 5 February 2018

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