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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL NOTICE PAPER No. 102 Wednesday, 5 May 2021 The President takes the Chair at 9.30 a.m.+ GENERAL BUSINESS TO TAKE PRECEDENCE ORDER OF THE DAY 1 EMERGENCY POWERS SAFEGUARDS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2021 — (Mr Quilty) — Second reading. NOTICE OF MOTION 533 MS LOVELL — To move — That this House, in accordance with Standing Order 11.01, requires the Leader of the Government to table in the Council, within 14 calendar days of the House agreeing to this resolution, the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission’s review into the nature, prevalence, drivers and impacts of discrimination, sexual harassment and victimisation in the Country Fire Authority and Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB) as was briefed to the Government and the Board of the MFB in January 2018. [Notice given on 29 April 2021 — Listed for 2 days]. ORDER OF THE DAY 2 PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS — CRRC CHANGCHUN RAILWAY VEHICLES COMPANY LIMITED — (Mr Davis) — Resumption of debate — That this House — (1) notes that — (a) part of the Evolution Rail consortium awarded the contract to deliver the High Capacity Metro Trains is CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Company Limited, linked to the use of Uyghur slave labour; (b) CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Company Limited is also part of the Chinese Government’s Belt and Road Initiative; (c) more than a million Uyghurs and members of other Turkic Muslim minorities have allegedly disappeared into a vast network of ‘re-education camps’; (d) factories in China are allegedly sourcing Uyghur workers from the ‘re-education camps’ under a government-led labour transfer scheme; + Pursuant to an Order of the Council of 2 February 2021 2 Legislative Council Notice Paper No. 102 (e) the Minister for Transport Infrastructure, the Hon Jacinta Allan MP, confirmed on ABC radio on 5 October 2020, that she was aware of these allegations and has sought advice from the Department of Transport about whether they were true; (f) the Minister for Transport Infrastructure said the advice received from the Department of Transport about these allegations were untrue and the Minister did not indicate that CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Company Limited was not using Uyghur slave labour in other contracts and constructions; and (2) requires, in accordance with Standing Order 11.01, there to be tabled in the Council, on or before Wednesday, 14 April 2021, any advice received by the Minister for Transport Infrastructure from the Department of Transport, which she referred to in the ABC radio interview on 5 October 2020, relating to allegations that CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Company Limited were using Uyghur slave labour in the High Capacity Metro construction. [Listed for 5 days — 60 minutes remain for debate]. NOTICES OF MOTION 539* MR QUILTY — To move — That this House notes that — (1) a recent report from the Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance calculates that the total cost of taxes paid by Victorians earning minimum wage equates to 56 per cent of their income; (2) payroll tax alone costs Victoria’s minimum wage workers $1,858 a year, which equates to $35.73 a week; (3) payroll tax is a tax on jobs and that the costs of payroll tax are passed on through lower wages, lower employment, and higher prices for goods and services; (4) in 2007, Sweden reduced its payroll taxes which created 18,100 new jobs and increased wages; and calls on the Government to support working Australians by reducing payroll tax. [Notice given on 4 May 2021 — Listed for 1 day]. 541* DR RATNAM — To move — That this House — (1) notes that in a representative democracy like Victoria, the will of the people should be reflected by the elected Members of Parliament; (2) acknowledges that the use of group voting tickets in the election of Members of the Legislative Council is unfair and unrepresentative as it allows for parties that are not representative of the voters to be elected, for example — (a) the recent election of the Daylight Savings Party in Western Australia with 98 first preference votes or 0.2 per cent of the vote; (b) the election of the Transport Matters Party to the Eastern Metropolitan Region on 0.6 per cent of first preference votes at the 2018 Victorian election; (c) the election of the Liberal Democrats Party to the South Eastern Metropolitan Region on 0.8 per cent of first preference votes at the 2018 Victorian election; (3) condemns the practice of ‘preference whispering’, whether for payment or not, whereby micro-party preferences are manipulated to deliberately produce unrepresentative outcomes; and calls on the Government to introduce reforms to the voting system for the Legislative Council to remove group voting tickets and ensure greater democratic representation in the Victorian Parliament in time for the 2022 Victorian State election. [Notice given on 4 May 2021 — Listed for 1 day]. Pursuant to Sessional Order 8, a total debate time of 90 minutes applies to General Business. * Indicates new entry 5 May 2021 3 546* DR RATNAM — To move — That this House — (1) notes the 30th anniversary of the report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody; (2) acknowledges the pain and trauma of First Nations families with every single death in custody, including the tragedy of two deaths in custody in Victoria this year; (3) calls on the Government to — (a) urgently implement all outstanding recommendations of the Royal Commission; and (b) reverse bail law changes that resulted in an increase in First Nations people being imprisoned, contrary to the recommendations of the Royal Commission. [Notice given on 4 May 2021 — Listed for 1 day]. 474 MS PATTEN — To move — That this House — (1) recognises that — (a) the ability to petition the Parliament is a right of all Victorian citizens; (b) petitions are the only way an individual or group of citizens can directly place grievances before the Parliament; (c) petitions provide an important tool for improving community engagement with the political process; (2) notes that — (a) a petition is a citizen’s request for action but once a copy of the petition has been referred to a Minister by the Clerk, no further action is required, which is a flaw in the parliamentary system of democracy; (b) the Australian House of Representatives has a Standing Committee on Petitions which receives and processes petitions on behalf of the House and is able to inquire into and report on matters relating to petitions following their tabling; (c) the process for petitions in the Victorian Parliament requires urgent reform; (3) requires the Procedure Committee to inquire into, consider and report by Friday, 20 August 2021, on any Sessional or Standing Order changes that would provide reform of petitions, including appropriate measures to require the — (a) relevant Minister to table a written response to a petition within 14 days of it being tabled in the House; (b) Legislative Council to debate the issue raised in a petition upon reaching a certain threshold of petitioners that is to be fixed by the House; and calls on the Government to implement petition reform no later than 16 September 2021. [Notice given on 2 February 2021 — Listed for 14 days]. REMAINING GENERAL BUSINESS NOTICES OF MOTION 432 MR MEDDICK— To move — That this House notes that — (1) independent bird surveys conducted at Ramsar wetlands across Victoria have revealed extremely low numbers of so-called game duck species; (2) popular shooting wetlands such as the Koorangie Marshes, Lake Bael Bael, the Johnson Swamp and Lake Murphy are all surprisingly dry; (3) despite a wet year, Victoria’s native waterbirds are still facing serious threat; and (4) it would be nothing short of irresponsible for the Andrews Government to allow a 2021 duck shooting season. [Notice given on 24 November 2020 — Listed for 20 days]. 4 Legislative Council Notice Paper No. 102 433 MR O’DONOHUE— To move — That this House notes — (1) that the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission hearing on 11 November 2020 heard of an intimate dinner at the Flower Drum on 13 September 2017 with the now disgraced lobbyist Mr John Woodman, the Premier, the Hon Daniel Andrews MP, and the now member for the South Eastern Metropolitan Region, Mr Lee Tarlamis MLC; (2) the vast sums of money donated to the Victorian Labor Party by Mr Woodman and his associates; and calls on Mr Tarlamis to reveal whether any specific projects were raised and discussed by Mr Woodman and the Premier. [Notice given on 24 November 2020 — Listed for 20 days]. 435 MR DAVIS — To move — That this House notes — (1) the State Government’s announced budget commitment for early works on Stage One of the Suburban Rail Loop; (2) the resolution of the Legislative Council on Friday, 30 October 2020, that considered it prudent that the Andrews Labor Government completes a full, detailed business case for the proposed Suburban Rail Loop and makes this public; (3) that the Government’s announcement of early works has been made without a business case, without a final known cost for stage one and without an identified funding source beyond the early works package; (4) that the State Government Suburban Rail Loop Strategic Assessment documents show the Government intends to collect funding and that — (a) “The Suburban Rail Loop would be a significant investment and opportunities to offset capital costs and capture value should be considered”; (b) “This would include direct commercial arrangements or developments at stations together with broader value capture mechanisms … These mechanisms would draw on recent policy examples, such as the development contribution scheme at Macaulay”; (c) “Innovative financing and funding approaches should also be explored, particularly those aimed at offsetting the capital cost of the project through developer contributions and value capture”; and calls on the State Government to immediately rule out any levy or tax applied to owner occupied or rented domestic household properties or small businesses through either levies or surcharges on land tax bills or rate notices.

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