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Legislative Assembly ALBURY ELECTORATE EVENTS ................................................................................................... 30121 ARCHERY CHAMPION MATT TONOWICZ .................................................................................. 30125 BARRY EVANS AND THE BUTTERY ............................................................................................ 30167 BUDGET ESTIMATES AND RELATED PAPERS ........................................................................... 30151 BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE ...................................................................................... 30091, 30138, 30140 CABRAMATTA ELECTORATE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY HONOURS ............................................. 30120 CENTENARY OF FIRST WORLD WAR .......................................................................................... 30123 CESSNOCK COMMUNITY OF GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATION WEEK AWARDS .. 30120 CHILD PROTECTION (OFFENDERS REGISTRATION) AMENDMENT (STATUTORY REVIEW) BILL 2014 ...................................................................................................................................................... 30149 COAL INDUSTRY .............................................................................................................................. 30137 COMMONWEALTH GAMES GOLD MEDALLIST SHELLEY WATTS ....................................... 30124 COMMUNITY RECOGNITION STATEMENTS .............................................................................. 30120 CONSIDERATION OF MOTIONS TO BE ACCORDED PRIORITY .............................................. 30140 DISTINGUISHED VISITORS ............................................................................................................. 30125 ELECTRICITY ASSETS ..................................................................................................................... 30163 FOREST AGREEMENT AND INTEGRATED FORESTRY OPERATIONS APPROVALS ........... 30138 GEORGE BASS SCHOOL .................................................................................................................. 30123 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY .............................................................................................. 30135 HOUSING SUPPLY ................................................................................................................ 30132, 30142 JOSHUA CHANT AND 33 SOUTH RACING ................................................................................... 30164 KAREELA FLYING FOX COLONY ................................................................................................. 30165 KEN AND LYDIA SIMPSON FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY ............................................................. 30123 KINDAMINDI PRESCHOOL ............................................................................................................. 30120 LAO NEW YEAR CELEBRATION ................................................................................................... 30124 MAITLAND ELECTORATE ROADS INFRASTRUCTURE ............................................................ 30168 MAITLAND YOUNG PERSON OF THE YEAR CORALIE CUMMING ........................................ 30122 MAJOR EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS ............................................................................................. 30131 MANNING BASE HOSPITAL NURSING AWARDS ....................................................................... 30120 MANUFACTURING SUCCESS THROUGH EDUCATION PROGRAM ........................................ 30121 MINING AMENDMENT (SMALL-SCALE TITLE COMPENSATION) BILL 2014 ....................... 30147 NATIONAL GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONS VANESSA DILLON AND ETHAN BURTON .......... 30124 NETBALLER KIMBERLEE GREEN ................................................................................................. 30122 NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORIUM OF MUSIC ....................................................................... 30169 OPERA AUSTRALIA SINGER RICHARD ANDERSON ................................................................. 30125 ORANGE HOSPITAL AUXILIARY .................................................................................................. 30170 ORANGE SPORTSPERSON OF THE YEAR DAVID OATES......................................................... 30121 ORDER OF ST JOHN REDEDICATION SERVICE .......................................................................... 30123 OZZIE CARE SERVICES ................................................................................................................... 30122 PETITIONS .......................................................................................................................................... 30138 PRIVATE MEMBERS' STATEMENTS ............................................................................................. 30163 QUESTION TIME ............................................................................................................................... 30126 REDEEMER BAPTIST SCHOOL ....................................................................................................... 30171 ROAD TRANSPORT AMENDMENT (MANDATORY ALCOHOL INTERLOCK PROGRAM) BILL 2014 .............................................................................................................................................................. 30091 SOCCEROO MASSIMO LUONGO.................................................................................................... 30122 STATE INFRASTRUCTURE .............................................................................................................. 30127 STRATA UNIT LEASES..................................................................................................................... 30136 TAFE NSW .......................................................................................................................................... 30126 TEMPORARY SPEAKERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY ................................................. 30091 THE VOICE WINNER ANJA NISSEN .............................................................................................. 30124 TRIBUTE TO PASTOR PETER CHAN ............................................................................................. 30121 URBAN ACTIVATION PRECINCTS ................................................................................................ 30134 VESAK DAY 2014 .............................................................................................................................. 30121 VISITORS ................................................................................................................................ 30091, 30125 WANDA SURF LIFE SAVING CLUB SUTHERLAND2SURF........................................................ 30122 WATER INDUSTRY COMPETITION AMENDMENT (REVIEW) BILL 2014 .............................. 30109 WOMEN'S REFUGES ............................................................................................................. 30129, 30132 30091 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Wednesday 6 August 2014 __________ The Speaker (The Hon. Shelley Elizabeth Hancock) took the chair at 10.00 a.m. The Speaker read the Prayer and acknowledgement of country. TEMPORARY SPEAKERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY The SPEAKER: Pursuant to Standing Order 20, I nominate Mr Christopher Gulaptis as Temporary Speaker in the place of Mr Adam John Marshall during the present Parliament. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE Notices of Motions General Business Notices of Motions (General Notices) given. VISITORS The SPEAKER: I welcome to the public gallery guests from the Small Schools Marimba Ensemble. ROAD TRANSPORT AMENDMENT (MANDATORY ALCOHOL INTERLOCK PROGRAM) BILL 2014 Second Reading Debate resumed from 17 June 2014. Mr RON HOENIG (Heffron) [10.08 a.m.]: I lead for the Opposition in debate on the Road Transport Amendment (Mandatory Alcohol Interlock Program) Bill 2014. I indicate at the outset that although the Opposition will not oppose the bill, an amendment will be moved in the other place. I thank the Minister for Roads and Freight, the Hon. Duncan Gay, for the courtesy of his briefings for the Opposition and for making his staff available. I draw to the attention of the House that in August 2013 the Opposition proposed a Joint Standing Committee on Road Safety, or Staysafe, inquiry into the use of compulsory alcohol interlocks. The then shadow Minister for Roads, the member for Keira, wrote to the chair of Staysafe requesting an examination of legislative and operational requirements that could be introduced for the mandatory installation of alcohol interlocks in the car of a driver who applies for a probationary licence when the applicant has a record of a second offence of driving under the influence of alcohol within the past five years or has committed any offence relating to a blood alcohol content of 0.15 per cent, which is three times the legal limit, or higher. Two months later the New South Wales Government announced similar legislation, and 10 months later we are debating it in the Chamber. It is extraordinary how fast the Government moves when a good idea is proposed. It is a pity it cannot move at the same speed as far as public funding of election campaigns is concerned so that we may rid the State of the culture of political donations. It should be noted that 11 years ago the then Labor roads Minister, Carl Scully, introduced interlock devices as a court-based penalty for drink-drivers on a voluntary basis. Sadly, since then New South
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