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ABORIGINAL HOUSING OFFICE .................................................................................................... 23598 ADJOURNMENT ................................................................................................................................ 23668 AGEING, DISABILITY AND HOME CARE SERVICE CHARTER ................................................ 23631 ANNIVERSARY OF DEATH OF STEPHEN BANTU BIKO ........................................................... 23669 APPIN ROAD SAFETY STUDY ........................................................................................................ 23631 AUSTRALASIAN HELLENIC EDUCATIONAL PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION ....................... 23602 BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE .......................................................................... 23598, 23599, 23600, 23607 CABINET SUBCOMMITTEE ON RESOURCES AND LAND USE PLANNING .......................... 23625 CHARLES FAUL MURDER............................................................................................................... 23624 CLIMATE CHANGE ........................................................................................................................... 23625 COPTIC NEW YEAR .......................................................................................................................... 23605 COPTIC PRAYER VIGIL ................................................................................................................... 23606 DEMENTIA AWARENESS WEEK.................................................................................................... 23600 DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES CASEWORKER VACANCIES .. 23624 DRUGS AND POISONS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (NEW PSYCHOACTIVE AND OTHER SUBSTANCES) BILL 2013..................................................................................................... 23598, 23644 ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY BILL 2013 ......................................................................... 23619, 23637 FIREARMS AND CRIMINAL GROUPS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2013 ................... 23607 FORCED MASS DEPORTATION OF BALTIC STATE CITIZENS ................................................ 23604 FOSTER CARE WEEK ....................................................................................................................... 23602 GENERAL PURPOSE STANDING COMMITTEE NO. 3 ................................................................ 23608 HEAVY VEHICLE (ADOPTION OF NATIONAL LAW) AMENDMENT BILL 2013 ....... 23615, 23635 HOME RENOVATION ASBESTOS EXPOSURE ............................................................................. 23668 ILLAWARRA HOUSING TRUST EMPLOYEE FRAUD ALLEGATIONS ..................................... 23628 INTERNATIONAL FLEET REVIEW ................................................................................................ 23626 INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INVESTMENT ............................................................................ 23630 LIQUOR AMENDMENT (KINGS CROSS PLAN OF MANAGEMENT) BILL 2013 ..................... 23635 M5 EAST TUNNEL CLOSURE .......................................................................................................... 23627 MANGALOREAN CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION OF SYDNEY ....................................................... 23605 MOUNTED POLICE UNIT AWARDS ............................................................................................... 23633 NSW HEALTH AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN NURSING AND MIDWIFERY...................... 23599 NSW HEALTH DRINKING WATER DATABASE .......................................................................... 23670 NSW POLICE LEGACY ..................................................................................................................... 23628 PARLIAMENTARY PRAYER FELLOWSHIP .................................................................................. 23669 PENRITH PANTHERS 2013 AWARDS DINNER ............................................................................. 23603 PILLIGA STATE FOREST COAL SEAM GAS MINING ................................................................. 23632 POLICE CRITICAL INCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS ....................................................................... 23626 POLICE INTEGRITY COMMISSION AND INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (INSPECTORS) BILL 2013 ............................................... 23635, 23663 QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE ..................................................................................................... 23624 REGIONAL TRAIN SERVICE BICYCLE SPACES ......................................................................... 23634 ROAD SAFETY CAMERAS................................................................................................... 23628, 23629 RURAL MEDICAL SCHOOL ............................................................................................................. 23635 SHRINE OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS AND GARDEN OF THE IMMACULATE ........................ 23603 SOUTH ASIAN MUSLIM ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA .......................................................... 23601 SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS SOUTHS CARES PROGRAMS ................................................... 23600 SUPPORTED LIVING FUND ............................................................................................................. 23627 SYDNEY AIRPORT TRAFFIC CONGESTION ................................................................................ 23633 TILLEGRA DAM PROJECT ............................................................................................................... 23631 WARRUMBUNGLE NATIONAL PARK BUSHFIRE ...................................................................... 23629 WORLD OVERDOSE AWARENESS DAY ...................................................................................... 23600 YARALLA ESTATE ........................................................................................................................... 23606 YARU WATER .................................................................................................................................... 23603 23598 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL Wednesday 18 September 2013 __________ The President (The Hon. Donald Thomas Harwin) took the chair at 11.00 a.m. The President read the Prayers. DRUGS AND POISONS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (NEW PSYCHOACTIVE AND OTHER SUBSTANCES) BILL 2013 Bill received from the Legislative Assembly, and read a first time and ordered to be printed on motion by the Hon. Duncan Gay, on behalf of the Hon. John Ajaka. Motion by the Hon. Duncan Gay, on behalf of the Hon. John Ajaka, agreed to: That standing orders be suspended to allow the passing of the bill through all its remaining stages during the present or any one sitting of the House. Second reading set down as an order of the day for a later hour. Pursuant to sessional orders Formal Business Notices of Motions proceeded with. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE Formal Business Notices of Motions Private Members' Business item No. 1339 outside the Order of Precedence objected to as being taken as formal business. ABORIGINAL HOUSING OFFICE Motion by the Hon. NATASHA MACLAREN-JONES agreed to: (1) That this House notes: (a) the recent announcement by the Minister for Family and Community Services, the Hon. Pru Goward, MP, on the further revitalisation of the Aboriginal Housing Office with the appointment of eight new members to the Aboriginal Housing Office Board; (b) that the Aboriginal Housing Office is responsible for improving housing and related services for Aboriginal people, such as through growing a sustainable Aboriginal Community Housing sector in New South Wales; and (c) that the role of the Aboriginal Housing Office Board is to advise the Government on Aboriginal housing policy, including recommendations about the future of the Aboriginal Housing Office. (2) That this House: (a) congratulates Michelle Craig as the full-time Chair of the Aboriginal Housing Office; and (b) notes that Ms Craig has been heavily involved in the development of the "Build and Grow Aboriginal Community Housing Strategy". (3) That this House congratulates the new members of the Aboriginal Housing Office Board: (a) Gavin Brown, a financial planner and wealth manager with a range of experience working with Local Aboriginal Land Councils; (b) Norma Ingram, an Aboriginal Coordinator with the TAFE NSW Ultimo Aboriginal Education Training unit who has extensive experience working with Government and Local Aboriginal Land Councils; (c) Guy Jones, the Chief Executive Officer of Bunyah Local Aboriginal Land Council and a member of the Northern Regional Aboriginal Housing Committee, and a serving member of the NSW Police Force; 18 September 2013 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 23599 (d) Bev Manton, the Chair of a Local Aboriginal Land Council, the first ever female Chair of the NSW Aboriginal Land Council, and a current member of a number of advisory boards, including the Prime Minister's Council on Homelessness; (e) Wendy Morgan, a current board member of a Local Aboriginal Land Council who has previously been employed by the Commonwealth Government, where she worked on housing and homelessness issues; (f) Paul Morris, the Chief Executive Officer of the Tharawal Local Aboriginal Land Council and current member of the Aboriginal Advisory Committee for the City of Sydney; (g) Bill Pritchard, most recently the Chief Executive Officer of the Aboriginal Child, Family and Community Care Secretariat, the peak body advising