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ABSENCE OF THE SPEAKER .......................................................................................................... 22254 ALBION PARK AEROMEDICAL SERVICES .................................................................................. 22308 ATHLETE JOE WORGAN ................................................................................................................. 22312 ATHLETES JESSICA CLARK AND ALEKS VUKIC ...................................................................... 22312 AUSTRALIA DAY YOUNG CITIZEN OF THE YEAR DOUGLAS WALTHER ........................... 22323 AUSTRALIAN SOUTH SEA ISLANDERS ....................................................................................... 22259 BEIJING TONG REN TANG .............................................................................................................. 22312 BRAESIDE HOSPITAL FRESH FOOD KITCHEN ........................................................................... 22318 BUDGET ESTIMATES AND RELATED PAPERS ........................................................................... 22306 BUSINESS EVENTS INDUSTRY ...................................................................................................... 22288 BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE .............................................................................................................. 22254 CENTRAL COAST ABORIGINAL HEALTH SERVICES PLAN .................................................... 22319 CLARKES POINT HARBOUR SCULPTURE ................................................................................... 22315 COFFS HARBOUR COMMUNITY PALLIATIVE CARE SERVICE .............................................. 22319 COMMITTEE ON COMMUNITY SERVICES .................................................................................. 22284 COMMUNITY RECOGNITION STATEMENTS .............................................................................. 22310 COOGEE ELECTORATE EVENTS ................................................................................................... 22323 DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES CASEWORKER VACANCIES22289, 22291 DIVERSITY AUSTRALIA.................................................................................................................. 22313 EDUCATION FUNDING .................................................................................................................... 22279 GWYNNEVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL ................................................................................................. 22327 HUNTER ARMED ROBBERIES ........................................................................................................ 22254 HUNTER REGION APPRENTICE AND TRAINEE OF THE YEAR AWARDS............................. 22314 HUNTING IN NATIONAL PARKS ................................................................................................... 22269 IRAQI ORPHANS CHARITY EVENT ............................................................................................... 22311 JOBS AND INVESTMENT GROWTH .............................................................................................. 22286 JOINT BALTIC COMMITTEE ........................................................................................................... 22312 JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE ON SENTENCING OF CHILD SEXUAL ASSAULT OFFENDERS22297 KIAMA DOWNS RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ............................................................................ 22265 KIAMA HARBOUR NORTHERN WHARF ...................................................................................... 22276 LANDCARE AWARD RECIPIENT JENNY CASTLES ................................................................... 22311 LEGISLATION REVIEW COMMITTEE ........................................................................................... 22283 LISMORE HOSPITAL AUXILIARIES AND VOLUNTEERS .......................................................... 22316 LONDY'S CAFE, CASINO ................................................................................................................. 22314 M2 MOTORWAY SPEED LIMITS .................................................................................................... 22317 MAITLAND ELECTORATE COMMUNITY GROUP ACHIEVEMENTS ...................................... 22311 MARTIAL ARTS MASTER JOHN TOOBY ...................................................................................... 22326 MELANOMA INSTITUTE AUSTRALIA AWARD RECIPIENTS .................................................. 22313 MINING LEGISLATION .................................................................................................................... 22294 MOOREBANK INTERMODAL TERMINAL .................................................................................... 22321 PAROLE SYSTEM REVIEW ............................................................................................................. 22293 PENRITH RSL SUB-BRANCH .......................................................................................................... 22324 PENWOOD MINIATURE RAILWAY ............................................................................................... 22325 PETITIONS .......................................................................................................................................... 22296 PITTWATER RSL DAY CLUB THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY ....................................................... 22314 PRIVATE MEMBERS' STATEMENTS ............................................................................................. 22314 PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE ................................................................................................. 22296 PUBLIC TRANSPORT ACCESSIBILITY ......................................................................................... 22291 QUESTION TIME ............................................................................................................................... 22284 RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES LEGISLATION ............................................................................ 22322 RETIREMENT OF SERGEANT ROGER MAYER AND POLICE DOG JEFF ................................ 22313 SECURITY INDUSTRY AMENDMENT (LICENCES) BILL 2013 ................................................. 22300 SENATE VACANCY .............................................................................................................. 22284, 22284 SERBIAN FOLKLORIC FESTIVAL .................................................................................................. 22310 SWANSEA ELECTORATE PROJECTS ............................................................................................ 22320 SYDNEY GYMNASTIC AND AQUATIC CENTRE ........................................................................ 22311 SYDNEY WATER CONTRACTS .......................................................................................... 22284, 22287 SYNTHETIC DRUGS ACTION ......................................................................................................... 22295 The House divided. ............................................................................................................................... 22275 TOTALIZATOR AMENDMENT (EXCLUSIVITY) BILL 2013 ....................................................... 22298 TRIBUTE TO MARGARET CORBETT, OAM ................................................................................. 22313 VIETNAM VETERANS DAY ............................................................................................................ 22311 WORKERS COMPENSATION SCHEME ......................................................................................... 22314 WYONG PUBLIC SCHOOL 125TH ANNIVERSARY ..................................................................... 22325 22254 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Thursday 15 August 2013 __________ ABSENCE OF THE SPEAKER The Clerk announced the absence of the Speaker. The Deputy-Speaker (Mr Thomas George) took the chair at 10.00 a.m. The Deputy-Speaker read the Prayer and acknowledgement of country. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE Notices of Motions General Business Notices of Motions (General Notices) given. HUNTER ARMED ROBBERIES Ms SONIA HORNERY (Wallsend) [10.02 a.m.]: I move: That this House: (1) notes that in 2012 the number of armed robberies in the Hunter reached the highest for a decade; (2) notes that Councillor Jason Dunn presented a motion to Newcastle City Council recently on the need for a police station in the western suburbs of Newcastle; and (3) calls on the Minister for Police and Emergency Services to ensure adequate increased police resources to curtail endemic social misbehaviour and to reduce apprehension in the community. At 8.45 p.m. on Friday 21 June a man armed with a knife entered the Henny Penny outlet in Wallsend. He threatened staff, demanded money and fled on foot. Not long after that incident three men forced their way into a bowling club in Jesmond shortly after it closed. More frightening still, in January this year a gunman held up a service station in West Wallsend. These are just three examples of an ongoing wave of armed robberies that have reached epidemic proportions. In 2011, there were 100 armed robberies in the Hunter. Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research figures indicate that in 2012 that number jumped by almost 80 per cent to 179 reported incidents. By September of last year police in the Hunter were flat out dealing with violent crimes at a rate of one incident every 2½ days. The robberies