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Contents Speaker’S Statement DEBATES – Thursday 1 December 2016 CONTENTS SPEAKER’S STATEMENT ......................................................................................................................... 695 Red Ribbon Day ...................................................................................................................................... 695 International Day of People with Disability .............................................................................................. 695 Christmas Tree in Main Hall .................................................................................................................... 695 Members’ Satisfaction Survey ................................................................................................................. 695 VISITORS ................................................................................................................................................... 695 Humpty Doo Primary School ................................................................................................................... 695 MEDICAL SERVICES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL ........................................................................ 695 (Serial 14) ................................................................................................................................................ 695 LIQUOR AMENDMENT BILL ...................................................................................................................... 698 (Serial 13) ................................................................................................................................................ 698 YOUTH JUSTICE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL .............................................................................. 703 VISITORS ................................................................................................................................................... 707 Humpty Doo Primary School ................................................................................................................... 707 VISITORS ................................................................................................................................................... 713 Adult English Program at Charles Darwin University .............................................................................. 713 MINISTERIAL ARRANGEMENTS .............................................................................................................. 716 Question Time ......................................................................................................................................... 716 SPEAKER’S STATEMENT ......................................................................................................................... 716 Christmas Greetings ................................................................................................................................ 716 VISITORS ................................................................................................................................................... 716 Mitchell and Cooper O’Leary ................................................................................................................... 716 YOUTH JUSTICE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL .............................................................................. 717 (Serial 5) .................................................................................................................................................. 717 MOTION ...................................................................................................................................................... 720 Establishment of an Inquiry into Options for Political Reform .................................................................. 720 PAPER TABLED ......................................................................................................................................... 741 Fuel Card Report ..................................................................................................................................... 741 CONSIDERATION OF COMMITTEE REPORTS, AUDITOR-GENERAL’S REPORTS AND GOVERNMENT RESPONSES .............................................................................................................................................. 742 ADJOURNMENT ......................................................................................................................................... 742 DEBATES – Thursday 1 December 2016 Madam Speaker Purick took the Chair at 10 am. SPEAKER’S STATEMENT Red Ribbon Day Madam SPEAKER: Honourable members, you have a red ribbon on your desk. Today is World AIDS Day. The theme for Australia this year is ‘HIV is still here and it is on the move’. World AIDS Day aims to encourage Australians to educate themselves and others about HIV, to take action to reduce the transmission of HIV by promoting prevention strategies and to ensure that people living with HIV can participate fully in the life of their community free from stigma and discrimination. International Day of People with Disability Madam SPEAKER: Also on your desk is a ribbon for the International Day of People with Disability, which will be on 3 December. This awareness day unites people around the world in celebrating the achievements and contributions of people with disability. Please wear your ribbons with pride. Christmas Tree in Main Hall Madam SPEAKER: I also remind honourable members—I know an email was sent to you—about the Christmas tree in the Main Hall for members, and anyone else, for that matter, to place a gift under the tree for a child. If you could mark ‘boy, three to five’ or ‘boy, seven to eight’. A couple of members have already done it. Thank you, Treasurer and member for—someone else has done it … A member: Stuart. Madam SPEAKER: Stuart, thank you. If you could do that it would be great. They are given to the Salvation Army and distributed to people in need in Palmerston and the rural area. The idea came from the past Member for Brennan, Peter Chandler, and is a great idea. Thank you if you can support that. Members’ Satisfaction Survey Madam SPEAKER: Each year the Assembly administration surveys members about their satisfaction, which is reported in Budget Paper No 3. Circulated on your desks this morning is the 2016 survey. As in previous years, a non-response is recorded as 100% satisfaction. Members interjecting. Madam SPEAKER: It is called guided democracy. If you want your response recorded, please complete the survey and press the attendant call button for collection. If you have any questions or issues please talk to one of the Clerks at your convenience. VISITORS Humpty Doo Primary School Madam SPEAKER: Now to the important part. Honourable members, I advise of the presence in the galleries of two exceptionally bright Year 3/4 classes from Humpty Doo Primary School, accompanied by their teachers, Lauren Bird and Shae-Lee Bakker. On behalf of honourable members, welcome to Parliament House. I hope your enjoy your time here. Members: Hear, hear! MEDICAL SERVICES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL (Serial 14) Bill presented and read a first time. Ms FYLES (Health): Madam Speaker, I move that the bill be now read a second time. The purpose of this bill is to amend the Medical Services Act and to repeal the Medical Services (Royal Darwin Hospital) Parking Regulations. 695 DEBATES – Thursday 1 December 2016 Amendments include inserting provisions to give the Chief Executive Officer of the Department of Health the power to create bylaws for, and appoint authorised officers to perform functions relating to, the regulation of traffic, parking and personal conduct within public hospital premises in the Northern Territory. These amendments are required to address the need to regulate these conduct matters, in order to provide fair and reasonable access to parking, safety of all persons on site and to provide generally for good order and management within hospital premises. In recent years, with the growth of the population of Darwin and a greater use of medical and ancillary facilities at Royal Darwin Hospital, car parking, the regulation of traffic and general conduct has become an issue. In early 2016, approval was given by the previous Minister for Health to prepare regulations under the Medical Services Act to regulate car parking, traffic and other general conduct at Royal Darwin Hospital. No previous regulations had been made under the act. During the process of making the regulations, the Office of Parliamentary Counsel a identified shortcoming with the regulation making power contained in section 18 of the Medical Services Act, which effectively prohibits the delegation by the Administrator of the day-to-day functions relating to setting of traffic and parking conditions and general management of parking and personal conduct, to provide an appropriate administrative position within the Department of Health or a Health Service. Due to the impending cessation of the arrangement under which parking was managed by a private contractor, there was insufficient time to prepare comprehensive regulations which also regulated broader traffic management and personal conduct. As a result, and as an interim measure, the Medical Services (Royal Darwin Hospital Parking) Regulations were made to address an issue with parking controls at that time within the existing provisions of the act. These regulations set out
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