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Legislative Assembly New South Wales Legislative Assembly PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES (HANSARD) Fifty-Seventh Parliament First Session Wednesday, 18 November 2020 Authorised by the Parliament of New South Wales TABLE OF CONTENTS Announcements ...................................................................................................................................... 4853 Thought Leadership Breakfast ............................................................................................................ 4853 Bills ......................................................................................................................................................... 4853 Drug Supply Prohibition Order Pilot Scheme Bill 2020 .................................................................... 4853 First Reading ................................................................................................................................... 4853 Mandatory Disease Testing Bill 2020 ................................................................................................ 4853 Second Reading Debate .................................................................................................................. 4853 Consideration in Detail ................................................................................................................... 4874 Committees ............................................................................................................................................. 4878 Legislation Review Committee .......................................................................................................... 4878 Report: Legislation Review Digest No. 23/57 ................................................................................ 4878 Report: Legislation Review Digest No. 24/57 ............................................................................... 4878 Committee on the Health Care Complaints Commission ................................................................... 4880 Report: Review of the Health Care Complaints Commission's 2017-18 and 2018-19 Annual Reports .................................................................................................................................................................... 4880 Legislation Review Committee .......................................................................................................... 4882 Membership .................................................................................................................................... 4882 Joint Standing Committee on Road Safety ......................................................................................... 4882 Membership .................................................................................................................................... 4882 Announcements ...................................................................................................................................... 4882 Australasian Parliamentary Administration Conference .................................................................... 4882 Members ................................................................................................................................................. 4882 Representation of Ministers Absent During Questions ...................................................................... 4882 Question Time ........................................................................................................................................ 4882 Asset Recycling .................................................................................................................................. 4882 State Budget and Health ..................................................................................................................... 4883 Land Tax ............................................................................................................................................. 4884 State Budget and Agriculture .............................................................................................................. 4885 Land Tax ............................................................................................................................................. 4887 State Budget ........................................................................................................................................ 4888 Camellia Land Purchase ..................................................................................................................... 4889 State Budget and COVID-19 .............................................................................................................. 4890 Independent Commission Against Corruption ................................................................................... 4892 State Budget and Social Housing ....................................................................................................... 4892 Committees ............................................................................................................................................. 4893 Legislative Assembly Committee on Law and Safety ........................................................................ 4893 Reports ............................................................................................................................................ 4893 Legislative Assembly Committee on Investment, Industry and Regional Development ................... 4893 Inquiry ............................................................................................................................................. 4893 Business of the House ............................................................................................................................. 4893 TABLE OF CONTENTS—continuing Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders: Petition Debate ......................................................... 4893 Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders: Christmas Felicitations ............................................. 4893 Petitions .................................................................................................................................................. 4894 Petitions Received .............................................................................................................................. 4894 Bills ......................................................................................................................................................... 4894 Mandatory Disease Testing Bill 2020 ................................................................................................ 4894 Consideration in Detail ................................................................................................................... 4894 Public Interest Debate ............................................................................................................................. 4905 Government Performance ................................................................................................................... 4905 Motions ................................................................................................................................................... 4912 Independent Commission Against Corruption ................................................................................... 4912 Reference ........................................................................................................................................ 4912 Bills ......................................................................................................................................................... 4912 Mandatory Disease Testing Bill 2020 ................................................................................................ 4912 Consideration in Detail ................................................................................................................... 4912 Business of the House ............................................................................................................................. 4917 Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders: Referral to the Independent Commission Against Corruption ...................................................................................................................................................... 4917 Motions ................................................................................................................................................... 4917 Independent Commission Against Corruption ................................................................................... 4917 Reference ........................................................................................................................................ 4917 Bills ......................................................................................................................................................... 4923 Mandatory Disease Testing Bill 2020 ................................................................................................ 4923 Consideration in Detail ................................................................................................................... 4923 Business of the House ............................................................................................................................
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