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JOURNALS OF THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY FIRST SESSION OF THE FORTY-EIGHTH PARLIAMENT OF TASMANIA ANNO LXIIII ELIZ. II, 2015 Session 1 of the 48th Parliament Vol. 268 PRINTED BY MERCury-WALCH PTY LTD UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE State OF TASMANIA 315238 HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY ABSTRACT OF PETITIONS PRESENTED DURING 1ST SESSION OF 2015 SELECT COMMITTEES APPOINTED DURING 1ST SESSION OF 2014 LIST OF MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE PARLIAMENTS SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT MEMBERS OF EACH Ministry SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS, BEING THE JOURNALS OF THE HOUSE—Pages 248 to 562 NOTICES OF MOTION AND ORDERS OF THE Day—Pages 447 to 1044 NOTICES OF QUESTION—Pages 40 to 69 2 ABSTRACT OF PETITIONS presented to the House of Assembly during the First Session of the Forty-Eighth Parliament 2015—continued No. From Whom and Abstract of Prayer of Petition By Whom Date of Remarks Whence Presented Presented Presentation 1 535 Citizens of Tasmania Praying that the House call on the Govern- Mr Jaensch 4 March 2015 Received ment to consider installing traffic lights at the corner of Mount and Thorne Streets, Burnie 2 196 Citizens of Tasmania Praying that the Government reverse cuts to Mr Green 19 March 2015 Received the public education system 3 5621 Citizens of Tasmania Praying that no funding is reduced or health Mr White 18 August 2015 Received services be downgraded at the Mersey Com- munity Hospital 4 352 Citizens of Tasmania Praying the House acknowledge the current Ms Dawkins 17 November 2015 Received innovation and support provided to students with a disability on the Northern Campus of the Tasmanian school and call on the Minis- ter for Education to immediately reverse the 2016 Tasmanian eSchool staffing cuts 5 142 Citizens of Tasmania Praying that the House urge the State Govern- Ms O'Connor 17 November 2015 Received ment to update the Terms of Reference used by the Economic Regulator to set the FIT to reflect the wider economic employment and environmental benefits to Tasmania of the installation of solar PV on homes and busi- nesses; set a FIT rate that applies for at least 3 years to provide certainty for people wanting to invest in solar; instruct Tas Networks that implentation of the meeting solution that off- sets both tariff is a high priority; and instruct Tas Networks that solar owners should not have to pay for a replacement meter if this is necessary to implement the correct software 6 11 Citizens of Tasmania Praying that the House Legislate to remove Mr Barnett 18 November 2015 Received section 17(1) of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1998 7 11 Citizens of Tasmania Praying that the House Legislate to remove Mr Llewellyn 18 November 2015 Received section 17(1) of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1998 8 450 Citizens of Tasmania Praying that the House call on the State Liber- Mr Llewellyn 18 November 2015 Received al Government to continue funding all Online Access Centres throughout Tasmania 9 4721 Citizens of Tasmania Praying that the House support an applica- Mr Barnett 18 November 2015 Received tion to the British Admiralty Board to award Teddy Sheehan a posthumous Victoria Cross 10 449 Residents of Tasmania Praying that the House call on the Govern- Mr Green 19 November 2015 Received ment to immediately rule out abolishing tariff 41 3 SELECT COMMITTEES Appointed during the First Session of the Forty-Eighth Parliament 2014 Date of No. Subject Members Appointment Remarks 1 Public Works Mr Brooks and Ms Ogilvie and Mrs Rylah 6 May 2014 Committee (Standing) 2 Subordinate Legislation Mr Barnett, Mr Jaensch and Ms Ogilvie 6 May 2014 Committee (Standing) 3 Public Accounts Mr Bacon, Ms Courtney and Mrs Rylah 6 May 2014 Committee (Standing) 4 Privileges Committee The Speaker, the Chair of Committees, the 6 May 2014 (Standing) Minister for Health, Ms Giddings and Mr Llewellyn 5 Standing Orders The Speaker, the Chair of Committees, the 6 May 2014 Committee (Standing) Minister for Health, Mr Green and Mr Llewellyn 6 Library Committee The Speaker, the Chair of Committees, 6 May 2014 (Joint Sessional) the Minister for Human Services, and Mr Bacon, Mr Jaensch and Ms White 7 House Committee (Joint The Speaker, the Chair of Committees, 6 May 2014 Sessional) and Mr Llewellyn 8 Printing Committee The Speaker, the Chair of Committees, 6 May 2014 (Select) Mr Barnett, Ms Ogilvie and Ms White 9 Integrity Committee Mr Barnett, Ms Giddings and Mr McKim 6 May 2014 (Standing) 10 Community Development Mr Barnett, Ms Courtney, Mr Jaensch, 26 June 2014 (Standing) MsO'Connor abnd Ms White 11 Greyhound Racing Mr Bacon, Ms Courtney, Ms O'Connor 26 March 2015 in Tasmania (Joint) and Mrs Rylah S. DONNELLY, Clerk of the House 4 LIST of Members of the HOUSE OF Assembly returned from the ELECtoral DISTRICTS to the Forty-EIGHTH PARLIAMENT OF TASMANIA, which met in its FIRST SESSION on the Twenty-Ninth Day of March 2014 BASS KIM DION BOOTH ................................................................................ Resigned 22 May 2015 SUCCEEDED BY ANDREA Dawkins ...................................................... Elected 9 June 2015 SARAH Courtney ............................................................................... Elected 28 March 2014 MICHAEL FERGUSON ............................................................................ ” PETER CARL GUTWEIN ......................................................................... ” MICHELLE ANNE O'BYRNE ................................................................... ” BRADDON ADAM RICHARD BROOKS ..................................................................... Elected 28 March 2014 Bryan ALEXANDER GREEN .................................................................. ” ROGER JAENSCH ................................................................................... ” JEREMY PAGE ROCKLIFF ...................................................................... ” JOAN RYLAH ........................................................................................ ” DENISON ELISE NICOLE ARCHER ......................................................................... Elected 29 March 2014 SCOTT BACON ...................................................................................... ” Matthew GUY GROOM ....................................................................... ” MADELINE OGILVIE .............................................................................. ” CASSANDRA Stanwell O'CONNOR ...................................................... ” FRANKLIN NICHOLAS JAMES MCKIM .................................................................... Resigned 4 August 2015 SUCCEEDED BY ROSALIE WOODRUFF ................................................... Elected 17 August 2015 LARISSA TAHIREH GIDDINGS ................................................................ Elected 29 March 2014 PAUL HARRIS ....................................................................................... ” WILLIAM EDwarD FELIX HODGMAN .................................................... ” JACQUELINE ANNE PETRUSMA .............................................................. ” LYONS GUY BARNETT ..................................................................................... Elected 28 March 2014 MARINUS THEODOOR HIDDING ............................................................. ” DAVID Llewellyn .............................................................................. ” MARK DAVID Shelton ........................................................................ ” REBECCA Peta WHITE ......................................................................... ” 5 OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE Date of Appointment Speaker ........................................................ THE HONOURABLE ELISE NICOLE ARCher ............................... Elected 6 May 2014 Chair of Committees ................................... MARK DAVID Shelton ................................ Elected 6 May 2014 Clerk of the House ...................................... SHANE GERARD Donnelly, B.A. ‡ ............... 17 March 2015 Deputy Clerk ............................................... LAURA ELIZABETH ROSS§ ............................ 17 March 2015 Clerk Assistant and Sergeant-at-Arms ........ Stephanie Kate HesforD, B.soC.SCI. (hons)† 17 March 2015 Second Clerk-Assistant ............................... TODD Trenton Buttsworth, bmeDia, mllp * 9 June 2015 Clerk of Papers ............................................ Barry Roberts ¶........................................ 1 January 1990 Principal Parliamentary Attendant .............. Shereelyn LEA CUPIT ** ............................ 23 June 2014 Editor of Debates ........................................ HELEN Mary ALLMICH † † .............................. 15 October 2012 ‡ Date of first appointment, 19 December 1988. § Date of first appointment, 4 January 2011. † Date of first appointment, 23 June 2014. * Date of first appointment, 9 June 2014. ¶ Date of first appointment, 15 March 1974. ** Date of first appointment, 23 June 2014. †† Date of first appointment, 15 October 2012. 6 PARLIAMENTS RETURN showing the Number of PARLIAMENTS OF TASMANIA since the inauguration of RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT; also the number of SESSIONS, AND THE Dates OF OPENING and CLOSING the same. 1 2 December 1856 5 June 1857 2 13 October 1857 25 February 1858 I 3 7 September 1858 5 November 1858 4 9 December 1858 10 December 1858 5 4 August 1859 23 September 1859 6 18 July 1860 4 October 1860 Dissolved 8 May 1861 1 15 August 1861 1 February 1862 II 2 22 July 1862