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ARNCLIFFE MEN'S SHED ................................................................................................................ 23477 AUSTRALIAN ELECTORAL SYSTEM ............................................................................................ 23476 BALMAIN ELECTORATE SCHOOLS .............................................................................................. 23481 BENNETTS STEEL ............................................................................................................................. 23464 BEYONDBLUE FUNDRAISER GRAEME GATES .......................................................................... 23463 BRUNGLE-TUMUT AND REGION: AN ABORIGINAL HISTORY BOOK LAUNCH ................. 23477 BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE ...................................... 23405, 23418, 23422, 23425, 23448, 23449, 23459 CALLIGRAPHY SOUTHSCRIBES EXHIBITION ............................................................................ 23465 CENTRAL WEST GROUP 10 RUGBY LEAGUE GRAND FINAL ................................................. 23472 CIVIC DISABILITY SERVICES LIMITED ....................................................................................... 23479 COMMUNITY RECOGNITION STATEMENTS .............................................................................. 23462 COOKS RIVER WATER QUALITY .................................................................................................. 23418 COROWA AWARD RECIPIENTS ..................................................................................................... 23464 CRIME STATISTICS .......................................................................................................................... 23435 CRIMES AND COURTS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2013 ............................................ 23451 CRIMES SENTENCING PROCEDURE REVIEW ............................................................................ 23438 CROWN LANDS AMENDMENT (MULTIPLE LAND USE) BILL 2013 ........................................ 23446 CUMBERLAND BUSINESS CHAMBER .......................................................................................... 23466 CURRARONG LAND REZONING .................................................................................................... 23468 DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES CASEWORKER VACANCIES23434, 23436, 23437, 23439 DISTINGUISHED VISITORS ............................................................................................................. 23434 EL SOLDADO GAETE BOOK LAUNCH ......................................................................................... 23467 FEDERAL ELECTION 2013 ............................................................................................................... 23470 FEDERAL MEMBER FOR REID ....................................................................................................... 23475 FIREARMS AMENDMENT (PROHIBITION ORDERS) BILL 2013 ............................................... 23407 FLUORIDATION OF PUBLIC WATER SUPPLIES AMENDMENT BILL 2013 ............................ 23405 HEAVY VEHICLE (ADOPTION OF NATIONAL LAW) AMENDMENT BILL 2013 ....... 23455, 23459 HORNSBY LIONS MEMBER BILL BRADLEY ............................................................................... 23463 HUNTER VALLEY FOOTBALL ZONE VOLUNTEERS OF THE YEAR ...................................... 23466 ILLAWARRA HEALTH SERVICES .................................................................................................. 23463 ILLAWARRA KITTYHAWKS BASKETBALL TEAM .................................................................... 23464 INGLEBURN HIGH SCHOOL BEACON PROGRAM ..................................................................... 23422 INTERNATIONAL FLEET REVIEW ................................................................................................ 23439 JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE HEALTH CARE COMPLAINTS COMMISSION .......................... 23431 LEGAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE ....................................................................................................... 23444 LEGISLATION REVIEW COMMITTEE ........................................................................................... 23432 LONDONDERRY BUSHFIRES ......................................................................................................... 23467 MAITLAND FLOOD WALK APP ..................................................................................................... 23466 MAJOR SPORTING EVENTS ............................................................................................................ 23441 MOUNT DRUITT ANGLICARE ........................................................................................................ 23465 MULTICULTURALISM CONFERENCE .......................................................................................... 23464 NATIONAL SERBIAN FOLKLORIC FESTIVAL ............................................................................ 23462 PACIFIC PALMS SURF LIFE SAVING CLUB LIFE MEMBERSHIP............................................. 23462 PALLIATIVE CARE SERVICES ....................................................................................................... 23437 POLICE INTEGRITY COMMISSION AND INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (INSPECTORS) BILL 2013 ........................................................... 23445 PRIVATE MEMBERS' STATEMENTS ............................................................................................. 23467 QUESTION TIME ............................................................................................................................... 23434 R U OK? DAY ......................................................................................................................... 23473, 23480 REPRESENTATION OF MINISTERS ABSENT DURING QUESTIONS ....................................... 23434 ROSEVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL BOOK LAUNCH ........................................................................... 23467 SHELLHARBOUR RELAY FOR LIFE .............................................................................................. 23425 SHOALHAVEN INDIGENOUS GRADUATION CEREMONY ....................................................... 23465 SKILLS BOARD BILL 2013 ............................................................................................................... 23449 SOCIAL POLICY COMMITTEE ........................................................................................................ 23444 ST JOHNS PARK ANGLICAN CHURCH ......................................................................................... 23463 STATE SWIMMER MATTHEW GALEA ......................................................................................... 23465 STRATHFIELD ROTARY POLICE OFFICERS OF THE YEAR AWARDS ................................... 23466 SUGARLOAF STATE CONSERVATION AREA MINE SUBSIDENCE......................................... 23440 SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION ............................................................................................ 23474 TRIBUTE TO BOB AND ANN HARRISON ..................................................................................... 23449 TRIBUTE TO DAVID ROSE .............................................................................................................. 23463 UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND .................................................................................................. 23469 VARIATIONS OF RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ESTIMATES AND APPROPRIATIONS 2013-1423443 VAUCLUSE ELECTORATE CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE .......................................................... 23478 WAYSIDE CHAPEL ........................................................................................................................... 23463 WESTERN AREA ATHLETICS CARNIVAL ................................................................................... 23467 WOLLONDILLY ANGLICAN COLLEGE ARENA ......................................................................... 23466 WOLLONGONG PUBLIC HOUSING ............................................................................................... 23471 WORLD PISTOL SHOOTING CHAMPIONS DAVE OATES AND DEAN BRUS ......................... 23465 23405 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Thursday 12 September 2013 __________ The Speaker (The Hon. Shelley Elizabeth Hancock) took the chair at 10.00 a.m. The Speaker read the Prayer and acknowledgement of country. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE Notices of Motions General Business Notices of Motions (General Notices) given. FLUORIDATION OF PUBLIC WATER SUPPLIES AMENDMENT BILL 2013 Bill introduced on motion by Dr Andrew McDonald, read a first time and printed. Second Reading Dr ANDREW McDONALD (Macquarie Fields) [10.10 a.m.]: I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Tooth decay is caused by bacterial acids that remove calcium and phosphate from the teeth. Fluoride limits the amount of acid produced and repairs the damage caused before this damage becomes permanent. The benefits of the fluoridation of water supplies were discovered when it was observed that areas with lower levels of tooth decay had a higher level of natural fluoride in the water supply. The addition of fluoride to the water supply simply brings all areas up to the level of fluoride that occurs naturally in some parts of the world. For that reason, New South Wales water is fluoridated to one part per million. Fluoridation of drinking water has been described by the