1995 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS No. 166 WEDNESDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2013 Contents 1 Meeting of the House ............................................................................................................................. 1997 2 Message from the Legislative Assembly—Drugs and Poisons Legislation Amendment (New Psychoactive and Other Substances) Bill 2013 ...................................................................................... 1997 3 Revitalisation of Aboriginal Housing Office (Formal Business) ........................................................... 1997 4 NSW Health Awards for Excellence in Nursing and Midwifery (Formal Business) ............................. 1998 5 World Overdose Awareness Day (Formal Business) ............................................................................. 1999 6 Dementia Awareness Week (Formal Business) ..................................................................................... 1999 7 South Sydney Rabbitoh’s Souths Cares programs (Formal Business) ................................................... 2000 8 South Asian Muslim Association of Australia (Formal Business) ......................................................... 2001 9 Australiasian Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (Formal Business) ................................... 2002 10 Foster Care Week (Formal Business) ..................................................................................................... 2003 11 Shrine of the Holy Innocents and Garden of the Immaculate (Formal Business) .................................. 2003 12 Yaru Water (Formal Business) ............................................................................................................... 2004 13 Penrith Panthers’ 2013 Awards Dinner (Formal Business) .................................................................... 2004 14 72nd anniversary of mass deportation of citizens of the Baltic States (Formal Business) ..................... 2005 15 Mangalorean Catholic Association of Sydney (Formal Business) ......................................................... 2006 16 Coptic New Year (Formal Business)...................................................................................................... 2006 17 Coptic prayer vigil for peace in Egypt (Formal Business) ..................................................................... 2007 18 Return to Order—Yaralla Estate—Further Order .................................................................................. 2008 19 Notices of Motions ................................................................................................................................. 2008 20 Message from the Legislative Assembly—Firearms and Criminal Groups Legislation Amendment Bill 2013 ................................................................................................................................................. 2008 21 Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders—General Purpose Standing Committee No. 3— Reference ............................................................................................................................................... 2008 22 General Purpose Standing Committee No. 3—Reference ...................................................................... 2009 23 Heavy Vehicle (Adoption of National Law) Amendment Bill 2013 ...................................................... 2010 24 Entertainment Industry Bill 2013 ........................................................................................................... 2010 25 Questions ................................................................................................................................................ 2011 26 Papers—Tabled by Minister ................................................................................................................... 2011 27 Papers—Tabled by Minister ................................................................................................................... 2011 28 Messages from the Legislative Assembly .............................................................................................. 2011 (1) Police Integrity Commission and Independent Commission Against Corruption Legislation Amendment (Inspectors) Bill 2013 ............................................................................................. 2011 1996 Legislative Council Minutes No. 166—Wednesday 18 September 2013 (2) Liquor Amendment (Kings Cross Plan of Management) Bill 2013 ............................................ 2012 29 Heavy Vehicle (Adoption of National Law) Amendment Bill 2013 ...................................................... 2012 30 Entertainment Industry Bill 2013 ........................................................................................................... 2012 31 Drugs and Poisons Legislation Amendment (New Psychoactive and Other Substances) Bill 2013 ...... 2014 32 Police Integrity Commission and Independent Commission Against Corruption Legislation Amendment (Inspectors) Bill 2013 ........................................................................................................ 2014 33 Adjournment .......................................................................................................................................... 2015 34 Attendance ............................................................................................................................................. 2015 1997 Legislative Council Minutes No. 166—Wednesday 18 September 2013 1 MEETING OF THE HOUSE The House met at 11.00 am according to adjournment. The President took the Chair and read the prayers. 2 MESSAGE FROM THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY—DRUGS AND POISONS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (NEW PSYCHOACTIVE AND OTHER SUBSTANCES) BILL 2013 The President reported the following message from the Legislative Assembly: Mr PRESIDENT The Legislative Assembly having this day passed a Bill with the long title “An Act to amend the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 to prohibit the manufacture, supply, sale and advertising of psychoactive substances and to remove the requirement for analogues of prohibited drugs to have psychotropic properties; to amend the Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966 with respect to the addition of further substances to the Poisons List; and for other purposes” presents the bill to the Legislative Council for its concurrence. Legislative Assembly SHELLEY HANCOCK 17 September 2013 Speaker Bill, on motion of Mr Gay (on behalf of Mr Ajaka), read a first time and ordered to be printed. Mr Gay moved, according to contingent notice: 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. Question put and passed. Ordered: That the second reading of the bill stand an order of the day for a later hour of the sitting. 3 REVITALISATION OF ABORIGINAL HOUSING OFFICE (Formal Business) Mrs Maclaren-Jones moved, according to notice: 1. That this House notes: (a) the recent announcement by the Minister for Family and Community Services, the Honourable Pru Goward MP, on the further revitalisation of the Aboriginal Housing Office with the appointment of eight new members to the Aboriginal Housing Office Board, (b) that the Aboriginal Housing Office is responsible for improving housing and related services for Aboriginal people, such as through growing a sustainable Aboriginal Community Housing sector in New South Wales, and (c) that the role of the Aboriginal Housing Office Board is to advise the Government on Aboriginal housing policy, including recommendations about the future of the Aboriginal Housing Office. 2. That this House: (a) congratulates Michelle Craig as the full-time Chair of the Aboriginal Housing Office, and (b) notes that Ms Craig has been heavily involved in the development of the ‘Build and Grow Aboriginal Community Housing Strategy’. 1998 Legislative Council Minutes No. 166—Wednesday 18 September 2013 3. That this House congratulates the new members of the Aboriginal Housing Office Board: (a) Gavin Brown, a financial planner and wealth manager with a range of experience working with Local Aboriginal Land Councils, (b) Norma Ingram, an Aboriginal Coordinator with the TAFE NSW Ultimo Aboriginal Education Training unit who has extensive experience working with Government and Local Aboriginal Land Councils, (c) Guy Jones: the CEO of Bunyah Local Aboriginal Land Council and a member of the Northern Regional Aboriginal Housing Committee, and a serving member of the NSW Police Force, (d) Bev Manton: the Chair of a Local Aboriginal Land Council, the first ever female Chair of the NSW Aboriginal Land Council, and a current member of a number of advisory boards, including the Prime Minister’s Council on Homelessness, (e) Wendy Morgan: a current board member for a Local Aboriginal Land Council who has previously been employed by the Commonwealth Government, where she worked on housing and homelessness issues, (f) Paul Morris: the CEO of the Tharawal Local Aboriginal Land Council and current member of the Aboriginal Advisory Committee for the City of Sydney, (g) Bill Pritchard: most recently the CEO of the Aboriginal Child, Family and Community Care Secretariat, the peak body advising the Government and Non-Government sectors on Aboriginal Child and Family issues, and (h) Steve Ryan: the current Chairperson of the NSW Aboriginal Land Council and their nominated representative to the Aboriginal