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This document is for guidance only LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL DAILY PROGRAM THURSDAY 3 MAY 2018 The House meets this day at 10.00 am PRESIDENT TAKES THE CHAIR AND READS PRAYERS MESSAGES FORMAL BUSINESS Item no. Member with carriage Subject 1721 Mr Moselmane Palestine National Day 2018 2045 Mr Moselmane Indigenous outcomes and findings from the 2016 Census 2048 Mr Moselmane 2018 Royal Visit and an Australian republic 2064 Mrs Maclaren-Jones NSW Seniors Festival 2018 2072 Mr Searle Order for Papers—Powerhouse Museum relocation business case—Further Order 2073 Mr Searle Order for Papers—Sydney light rail Gateway reports 2075 Mr Secord New South Wales Paramedics 2077 Mr Donnelly Order for Papers—Out-of-home care reports of Mr David Tune AO 2083 Mr Moselmane International Workers’ Day 2018 2089 Mrs Houssos Presidential Guard of the Hellenic Republic 2095 Mrs Maclaren-Jones Mr Wally Scott-Smith 2096 Mrs Houssos Barnardos NSW Mother of the Year competition 2018 2100 Mrs Maclaren-Jones 30th anniversary of Granville Historical Society 2103 Mrs Houssos Australian Childcare Alliance NSW 2116 Mrs Houssos Feast of Annunciation 2018 2118 Mrs Taylor 96th Annual Conference of the NSW Country Women’s Association of NSW 2120 Mr Amato Ms Tarni Stepto 2121 Dr Faruqi Removal of mandatory greyhound muzzling 2122 Mr Clarke Lunar New Year 2018 2123 Mr Pearson Federal inquiry into the trade of ivory and rhinoceros horn 2124 Mr Franklin Toy Choir 2125 Mr Amato Biaggio Signorelli Asbestos Foundation 2126 Mr Clarke Jewish Community Law Service 2127 Mr Franklin Byron Spirit Festival 2018 2128 Mr Clarke Hawkesbury Rural Fire Service District Awards ceremony 2129 Mr Franklin 62nd session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women 2130 Mr Clarke Chinese New Year 2018 2131 Mr Clarke Dionysios Solomos Awards 2018 1721. Mr Moselmane to move— 1. That this House notes that: (a) 15 November 2017 is Palestine National Day, (b) the date marks the1988 proclamation of Palestine as an independent State by the Palestine National Council (PNC) at a meeting in Algiers, (c) this created a remarkable opportunity for peace under the policy of a two-state solution, (d) in this Palestinian Declaration of Independence, the PNC accepted the United Nations General Assembly’s Partition Resolution 181 (II) of 1947, which called for the creation of the State of Israel side-by-side with a Palestinian State, and (e) Palestine National Day is uniquely important this year, as 2 November 2017 marks 100 years since the Balfour declaration of the British colonialists. 2. That this House notes the significance of the National Day of Palestine and the need for continued support for a two-state solution. (Notice given 14 November 2017—expires Notice Paper No. 151) 2045. Mr Moselmane to move— 1. That this House notes that: (a) in March 2018 the New South Wales Parliamentary Research Service published a research paper entitled “Indigenous NSW: Findings from the 2016 Census”, highlighting key statistics and findings from the 2016 Census, and (b) the researchers found that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples continue to experience worse outcomes across a range of indicators compared to their non- indigenous counterparts. 2. That this House notes that whilst various efforts have been made to rectify this situation, structural disadvantage continues to persist, including in the following key areas: (a) median weekly household income, (b) home ownership, (c) schooling, and (d) unemployment, especially amongst youth. 3. That this House notes the good work of the New South Wales Parliamentary Research Service. 4. That this House notes that more is needed to be done to address the structural disadvantage that has maintained the gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians. (Notice given 10 April 2018—expires Notice Paper No. 166) 2048. Mr Moselmane to move— 1. That this House notes that Wednesday 4 April 2018 marked the commencement of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall’s Royal Visit to Australia, beginning in Queensland, and then the Northern Territory. 2. That this House: (a) thanks His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales for his continued friendship of Australia, and (b) notes Mr Troy Bramston of The Australian received an official statement on 2 April 2018 from Clarence House which stated that “The Queen and The Prince of Wales have always made it clear that they believe the future of the Monarchy in Australia is a matter for the Australian people to decide”. 3. That this House notes that the most recent polling suggests that more than half of all Australians surveyed would like Australia’s next Head of State to be an Australian. (Notice given 10 April 2018—expires Notice Paper No. 166) 2064. Mrs Maclaren-Jones to move— That this House notes that: (a) the 2018 NSW Seniors Festival was held from 4 April to 15 April 2018, (b) the theme for this year is “Let’s Do More Together”, and the aims of the week are to provide senior Australians with an opportunity to be active, healthy, independent and be recognised for their involvement in the community, (c) this year, we are celebrating the 60th anniversary of NSW Seniors Week and the 18th anniversary of the Premier's Gala Concert, (d) the Government has provided more than $200,000 in funding to support more than one hundred local events across New South Wales, and the Premier’s Gala Concerts were held on 5 and 6 April 2018 at the International Convention Centre Sydney alongside the Seniors Festival Expo, (e) the Seniors Festival Expo, which is free and open to the public, will feature more than 50 exciting exhibitors tailored especially for seniors, and (f) NSW Seniors Week is the largest festival for seniors with over 500,000 seniors participating in a variety of activities run across the state including art workshops, food safaris, weekends away, sporting days, exhibitions, computer classes, walking tours, music performances, a film festival, dance classes and talks. (Notice given 12 April 2018—expires Notice Paper No. 168) 2072. Mr Searle to move— 1. That this House notes that: (a) on 12 April 2018, this House ordered the production of the preliminary and final business case for the relocation of the Powerhouse Museum from Ultimo to Parramatta, and (b) on 26 April 2018, the House received a return to order advising that no documents covered by the terms of the resolution are held by the Office of the Premier, Office of the Minister for Arts, Department of Planning and Environment, including Create NSW, Infrastructure NSW and the Department of Premier and Cabinet. 2. That this House notes that in April 2018, a document entitled the “Final Business Case Summary: Powerhouse Museum in Western Sydney” was published by Infrastructure New South Wales, which on page 2 states that “This document summarises the Final Business Case (the Business Case) for the proposed relocation of the Powerhouse to Parramatta” and on page 3 refers to a draft Business Case reviewed by Infrastructure NSW in February 2017. 3. That this House regards it as an affront to its essential function of scrutinising the workings of the executive government that the Government has failed to comply with the order of the House of 12 April 2018. 4. That this House censures the Leader of the Government as the representative of the Government in this House for the Government’s failure to comply with the order of the House of 12 April 2018. 5. That, under standing order 52, there be laid upon the table of the House by the appointed time for the meeting of the House on the day following the passing of this resolution the following documents in the possession, custody or control of the Premier, the Department of Premier and Cabinet, the Treasurer, NSW Treasury, the Minister for the Arts, Create NSW, the Minister for Planning, the Minister for the Environment, the Department of Planning and Environment or Infrastructure NSW: (a) the documents previously ordered by the House on 12 April 2018, (b) the draft Business Case reviewed by Infrastructure NSW in February 2017 referred to on page 3 of the “Final Business Case Summary: Powerhouse Museum in Western Sydney” published by Infrastructure New South Wales, dated April 2018, (c) the Final Business Case for the Powerhouse Museum in Western Sydney Project referred to on page 2 of the “Final Business Case Summary: Powerhouse Museum in Western Sydney” published by Infrastructure New South Wales, dated April 2018, and (d) any legal or other advice regarding the scope or validity of this order of the House created as a result of this order of the House. 6. That, should the Leader of the Government fail to table the documents in compliance with the resolutions of the House, this House orders the Leader of the Government to attend in his place at the Table at the conclusion of formalities on the next sitting day following the passing of this resolution to explain his reasons for continued non-compliance. (Notice given 1 May 2018—expires Notice Paper No. 169) 2073. Mr Searle to move— That, under standing order 52, there be laid upon the table of the House within 14 days of the date of passing of this resolution the following documents created since 1 January 2016 in the possession, custody or control of Transport for NSW and the Minister for Transport and Infrastructure relating to the Sydney Light Rail project: (a) all documents referred to as the “Jock Murray” report, including but not limited to: (i) draft “Gateway Review Report, Gate Health Check 3 – [In Delivery]”, dated 25 October 2016, the status of which was described on the front page as “DRAFT for Discussion 0.3”, (ii) draft “Gateway Review Report, Gate Health Check 3 – [In Delivery]”, the status of which was described on the front page as “Draft for Agency Fact Checking Version 0.2”, (iii) draft “Gateway Review Report, Health Check – In Delivery”, the status of which was described on the front page as “DRAFT for Discussion 0.4”, (iv) draft “Gateway Health Check Report”, the status of which on the front page was described as “Preliminary Draft”, and (b) any legal or other advice regarding the scope or validity of this order of the House created as a result of this order of the House.
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