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10 MARCH 2016 www.hansard.act.gov.au Thursday, 10 March 2016 Health, Ageing, Community and Social Services—Standing Committee ................. 909 Public Accounts—Standing Committee .................................................................... 910 ACT Ambulance Service (Ministerial statement) ...................................................... 912 Alexander Maconochie Centre (Ministerial statement) ............................................. 919 Arts policy—2015 framework review (Ministerial statement) .................................. 923 Estimates 2016-2017—Select Committee ................................................................. 931 Red Tape Reduction Legislation Amendment Bill 2016 ........................................... 932 Planning and Development (Efficiencies) Amendment Bill 2016 ............................ 936 Animal Welfare Amendment Bill 2016 ..................................................................... 940 Smoke-Free Legislation Amendment Bill 2016 ........................................................ 944 Administration and Procedure—Standing Committee .............................................. 946 Estimates 2016-2017—Select Committee ................................................................. 946 Planning and Development Act 2007—variation No 334 to the territory plan ......... 947 Standing orders—co-sponsorship of bills .................................................................. 951 Questions without notice: Hospitals—bed occupancy rate ...................................................................... 951 Asbestos—management issues ....................................................................... 954 Housing—east Greenway ............................................................................... 954 Federal government—spending cuts .............................................................. 955 Planning—Tuggeranong ................................................................................. 961 WorkSafe ACT—investigation ...................................................................... 962 Disability services—Therapy ACT ................................................................ 963 Education—kindergarten students .................................................................. 964 Mental health—services ................................................................................. 966 Supplementary answer to question without notice: Disability services ........................................................................................... 970 Paper and statement by minister ..................................................................... 970 Papers ......................................................................................................................... 970 Justice and Community Safety—Standing Committee .............................................. 971 Paper .......................................................................................................................... 972 Digital Citizenship—report on the School Education Advisory Committee ............. 973 Planning, Environment and Territory and Municipal Services— . Standing Committee............................................................................................ 974 Auditor-General’s report No 9 of 2015—government response ............................... 975 Public education—Gungahlin .................................................................................... 977 Paper .......................................................................................................................... 978 Local services (Matter of public importance) ............................................................ 979 Executive business—precedence ............................................................................... 988 Drugs policy ............................................................................................................... 988 Standing and temporary orders—suspension ........................................................... 1004 ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal Amendment Bill 2016 ............................. 1004 Transplantation and Anatomy Amendment Bill 2016 ............................................. 1007 Smoke-Free Public Places Amendment Bill 2016 ................................................... 1010 Adjournment: Local services ............................................................................................... 1015 Trade unions—CFMEU ............................................................................... 1016 Marymead ..................................................................................................... 1017 Mr Ian Wells ................................................................................................. 1018 Lions Club—youth of the year quest ............................................................ 1019 Seniors Week ................................................................................................ 1020 Hawker Primary School fete ......................................................................... 1020 Answers to questions: Government—ministerial correspondence (Question No 586) .................... 1023 Housing ACT—maintenance costs (Question No 646) ............................... 1024 Our Canberra newsletter—publication (Question No 647) ......................... 1024 Dunlop—anti-social behaviour (Question No 650) ...................................... 1025 Our Canberra newsletter—publication (Question No 651) ......................... 1026 Energy—individual utility metering (Question No 652) .............................. 1028 Capital Metro—advertising (Question No 653) ........................................... 1029 Capital Metro—advertising (Question No 654) ........................................... 1029 Environment—street trees (Question No 656) ............................................. 1030 Roads—street lights (Question No 658) ....................................................... 1032 Arts—expenditure (Question No 661) ......................................................... 1033 Roads—parking revenue (Question No 664) ............................................... 1036 Firearms—legislation (Question No 667) .................................................... 1036 Racing industry—finances (Question No 668) ............................................ 1038 Taxation—revenue and costs (Question No 669) ......................................... 1039 Franklin—Chief Minister’s letter (Question No 674) .................................. 1041 Capital Metro—advertising (Question No 675) ........................................... 1041 Capital Metro—Roadshow program (Question No 676) ............................. 1042 Aged persons—elder abuse (Question No 678) ........................................... 1044 Multiculturalism—National Multicultural Festival (Question No 679) ....... 1045 Roads—Copland drive bollards (Question No 681) ..................................... 1047 Questions without notice taken on notice: Planning—Northbourne Avenue .................................................................. 1047 Legislative Assembly for the ACT Thursday, 10 March 2016 The Assembly met at 10 am. (Quorum formed.) MADAM SPEAKER (Mrs Dunne) took the chair and asked members to stand in silence and pray or reflect on their responsibilities to the people of the Australian Capital Territory. Health, Ageing, Community and Social Services—Standing Committee Report 7 MR WALL (Brindabella) (10.01): Pursuant to the motion of the Assembly dated 29 October 2015, I present the following report: Health, Ageing, Community and Social Services—Standing Committee— Report 7—Report on Annual and Financial Reports 2014-2015, dated 3 March 2016, together with a copy of the extracts of the relevant minutes of proceedings. I move: That the report be noted. The HACSS committee has finally concluded its annual reports hearings for the 2014-15 year. The report has made 15 recommendations. Eleven of these cover a broad range of issues related to the community services portfolio, including staffing of disability and therapy services in the ACT, additional help and support that should be given to block-funded service providers during the transition to the NDIS, recommendations relating to equity-based housing demand, opportunities for disadvantaged groups to obtain home ownership, and improving awareness of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elected Body and its roles and functions as well as recommendations to try and improve voter turnout in their elections. Other recommendations related to ensuring that future integrated public transport is optimised to assist older residents and residents with a disability, supporting interpreter availability where there is a shortfall, and exploring ways to reduce inefficiencies associated with a low average population at the Bimberi Youth Justice Centre. The committee also made a range of recommendations relating to the health portfolio, including investigating any negative effects of year-long employment contracts of graduate nursing staff, reviewing and reporting staff attitudes to diversity, exploring reasons behind low completion rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander traineeships and similar programs, as well as enhancing transparency in the application process for health promotion grants. The committee would like to thank ministers and directorate officials