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Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly 14014 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Wednesday 23 February 2005 ______ JOINT SITTING TO ELECT A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL The two Houses met in the Legislative Council Chamber at 4.00 p.m. to elect a member of the Legislative Council in the place of the Hon. Michael Rueben Egan, resigned. The Clerk of the Parliaments read the message from the Governor convening the joint sitting. The PRESIDENT: I am now prepared to receive proposals with regard to an eligible person to fill the vacant seat in the Legislative Council caused by the resignation of the Hon. Michael Rueben Egan. Mr BOB CARR: I propose Gregory John Donnelly as an eligible person to fill the vacant seat of the Hon. Michael Rueben Egan in the Legislative Council, for which purpose this joint sitting was convened. I propose that Gregory John Donnelly be elected as a member of the Legislative Council to fill the seat in the Legislative Council vacated by the Hon. Michael Rueben Egan. I indicate to the joint sitting that if Gregory John Donnelly were a member of the Legislative Council, he would not be disqualified from sitting or voting as such a member and that he is a member of the same party, the Australian Labor Party, as the Hon. Michael Rueben Egan was publicly recognised by as being an endorsed candidate of that party and who publicly represented himself to be such a candidate at the time of his election at the Eighth Periodic Council Election held on 22 March 2003. I further indicate that the person being proposed would be willing to hold the vacant place if chosen. The Hon. JOHN DELLA BOSCA: I second the nomination. The PRESIDENT: Does any other member desire to propose any other eligible person to fill the vacancy? As only one eligible person has been proposed and seconded, I declare that Gregory John Donnelly is elected as a member of the Legislative Council to fill the seat vacated by the Hon. Michael Rueben Egan. I declare the joint sitting closed. The joint sitting closed at 4.06 p.m. 14015 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL Wednesday 23 February 2005 ______ The President (The Hon. Dr Meredith Burgmann) took the chair at 11.00 a.m. The Clerk of the Parliaments offered the Prayers. PARLIAMENTARY ETHICS ADVISER The PRESIDENT: I report the receipt of a message from the Legislative Assembly relating to the appointment of the Parliamentary Ethics Adviser: Madam PRESIDENT The Legislative Assembly informs the Legislative Council that it has this day agreed to the following resolution: (1) The appointment of Mr Ian Dickson as Parliamentary Ethics Adviser, which expired on 22 February 2005, be extended on a month by month basis until superseded by a further resolution of the House; and (2) That any extension be for a maximum of 12 months. The Legislative Assembly requests that the Legislative Council pass a similar resolution. Legislative Assembly JOHN AQUILINA 23 February 2005 Speaker Consideration of message deferred. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE Precedence of Business Motion by the Hon. Tony Kelly agreed to: That on Wednesday 23 February 2005 General Business take precedence of Government Business, debate on Committee Reports and Budget Estimates until 5.00 p.m. ROTARY INTERNATIONAL 100TH ANNIVERSARY Motion by the Hon. Patricia Forsythe agreed to: That this House: (a) notes that 23 February 2005 is the 100th anniversary of the foundation of Rotary International, (b) recognises the valuable contribution that Rotary has made to the community through the voluntary work of its members, (c) congratulates Rotary on achieving the milestone, and (d) conveys our message to the District Governor of each Rotary District in New South Wales. GENERAL PURPOSE STANDING COMMITTEE NO. 5 Extension of Reporting Date Motion by Mr Ian Cohen agreed to: That the reporting date for the reference to General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 relating to the Budget Estimates and related papers be extended to Thursday 31 March 2005. 14016 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 23 February 2005 GENERAL PURPOSE STANDING COMMITTEE NO. 4 Extension of Reporting Date Motion by the Hon. Jennifer Gardiner agreed to: That the reporting date for the reference to General Purpose Standing Committee No. 4 relating to the Budget Estimates and related papers be extended to Thursday 31 March 2005. MARINE SAFETY AMENDMENT RANDOM BREATH TESTING BILL Bill received, read a first time and ordered to be printed. Motion by the Hon. Tony Kelly agreed to: That standing orders be suspended to allow the passing of the bill through all its remaining stages during the present or any one sitting of the House. Second reading ordered to stand as an order of the day. BILLS UNPROCLAIMED The Hon. John Hatzistergos tabled a list detailing all legislation unproclaimed 90 calendar days after assent as at 22 February 2005. PETITIONS Temporary Protection Visa Holders Petition praying that temporary protection visa holders be provided with the same rights and services as permanent protection visa holders, received from Ms Sylvia Hale. Department of Primary Industries Budget Petition requesting support for primary producers and opposing Department of Primary Industries budget cuts that may affect key field staff, front-line services and research and development, received from the Hon. Duncan Gay. Bondi Junction Post Office Petition requesting that Bondi junction Post Office be restored to an integrated shopfront location, received from Ms Lee Rhiannon. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL VACANCY Joint Sitting The PRESIDENT: I report the receipt of the following message from Her Excellency the Governor: Office of the Governor Sydney 23 February 2005 Message I, Professor Marie Bashir AC, in pursuance of the power and authority vested in me as Governor of the State of New South Wales, do hereby convene a joint sitting of the Members of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly for the purpose of the election of a person to fill the seat in the Legislative Council vacated by the Honourable Michael Egan, and I do hereby announce and declare that such Members shall assemble for such purpose on Wednesday the twenty third day of February 2005, at 4:00 p.m. in the building known as the Legislative Council Chamber situated in Macquarie Street in the City of Sydney; and the Members of the Legislative Council and the Members of the Legislative Assembly are hereby required to give their attendance at the said time and place accordingly. In order that the Members of both Houses of Parliament may be duly informed of the convening of the joint sitting, I have this day addressed a like message to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. MARIE BASHIR Governor 23 February 2005 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 14017 INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI Debate resumed from 22 February. The Hon. Dr ARTHUR CHESTERFIELD-EVANS [11.07 a.m.]: The tsunami that hit 11 countries on the Indian Ocean on Boxing Day was perhaps the biggest and most profound natural disaster in living memory, if not the past millennium. Prior to Boxing Day, the most devastating tsunami in recorded history was in June 1896 on the island of Honshu, on Japan's Pacific seaboard, killing more than 27,000. On Boxing Day I arrived in New Zealand for a family holiday and I was quite shocked to see footage of the disaster on the evening television news. I felt somewhat bad that I had not gone to Bali after the Bali bombing as I have some expertise in emergency medicine, so I tried to volunteer to go to the area hit by the tsunami disaster. Unfortunately I found that groups such as the Australian Red Cross and Medicines San Frontiers were not putting together groups very quickly because apparently this takes some time. Certainly my experience in emergency medicine suggests that early help is far more important than late help in saving the maximum number of lives. So I was not able to arrange to go there, which was somewhat disappointing for me. I thought of simply going, but it turned out that in Aceh there was a difficulty with the Indonesian Government. The Thai Government fairly quickly said that it did not want more people there, and I was not certain that there was a purpose in going to Sri Lanka in the short term. However, I did follow that up some time later. The tsunami struck 11 Indian Ocean countries, killing an estimated 280,000 people, 240,000 in Indonesia alone. I can only offer my deepest sympathies to the loved ones of those killed in this horrific event. Australians have been touched by the tragedy. Eighteen Australians have been confirmed dead and six are still missing. We have a special bond with those of our countrymen who have died or lost loved ones. Australians are well known as travellers and many Australians have visited the countries affected. I travelled by train from Colombo to Galle along the train line that was partly washed away by the tsunami. I developed a great affection for the Sri Lankan people. I had gone there to try to counteract the effect of British American Tobacco, which was trying to sell cigarettes to the people there. The health groups were trying to stop the company from doing that and were getting some expertise from Australia on how to counteract the company's evil acts. The Australian public has donated $220 million to non-government organisations to help with the relief and reconstruction efforts in South-East Asia. I believe the generosity of Australians in their donations to aid relief is testament to the Australian characteristic of helping our neighbours in times of tragedy. The Australian Government has pledged $1 billion in grants and loans to assist in the reconstruction.
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