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Minutes of Proceedings 1307 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS No. 115 WEDNESDAY 24 OCTOBER 2012 Contents 1 Meeting of the House ............................................................................................................................. 1309 2 Sovereign Hospitaller Order of St John of Jerusalem Knights of Malta (Formal Business) .................. 1309 3 Central Coast bushfires (Formal Business) ............................................................................................ 1310 4 Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House (Formal Business) ....................................................... 1310 5 Pakistan Australia Business Council (Formal Business) ........................................................................ 1311 6 Professor David Horner AM (Formal Business) .................................................................................... 1312 7 His Grace Bishop Daniel (Formal Business).......................................................................................... 1313 8 Battle of El Alamein (Formal Business) ................................................................................................ 1314 9 Sydney Sanskrit School (Formal Business) ........................................................................................... 1315 10 Anzac Community Grants (Formal Business) ........................................................................................ 1316 11 Eid Al-Adha (Formal Business) ............................................................................................................. 1317 12 2012 Netball Quad series (Formal Business) ......................................................................................... 1317 13 Grupo Pastoral Don Bosco (Formal Business) ....................................................................................... 1318 14 Beirut attack (Formal Business) ............................................................................................................. 1319 15 Independent Commission Against Corruption—Report ........................................................................ 1319 16 Notices of Motions ................................................................................................................................. 1319 17 Business Postponed ................................................................................................................................ 1319 18 Forestry Bill 2012 .................................................................................................................................. 1319 19 Bail Amendment (Enforcement Conditions) Bill 2012 .......................................................................... 1320 20 Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Amendment (Kings Cross and Railways Drug Detection) Bill 2012 ............................................................................................................................... 1320 21 Questions ................................................................................................................................................ 1320 22 Messages from the Legislative Assembly .............................................................................................. 1320 (1) Liquor Amendment (Kings Cross Plan of Management) Bill 2012 ............................................ 1320 (2) Cancer Institute (NSW) Amendment Bill 2012 .......................................................................... 1321 (3) Local Government Amendment (Conduct) Bill 2012 ................................................................. 1321 23 Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Amendment (Kings Cross and Railways Drug Detection) Bill 2012 ............................................................................................................................... 1321 24 Primary Industries Legislation Amendment Bill 2012 ........................................................................... 1322 25 Message from the Legislative Assembly—Petroleum (Onshore) Amendment (Royalties and Penalties) Bill 2012 ................................................................................................................................ 1323 26 Director of Public Prosecutions Amendment (Disclosures) Bill 2012 ................................................... 1323 1308 Legislative Council Minutes No. 115—Wednesday 24 October 2012 27 Miscellaneous Acts Amendment (Directors’ Liability) Bill 2012 ......................................................... 1323 28 Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Legislation Amendment (Interstate Transfers) Bill 2012 .......... 1324 29 Business Postponed ................................................................................................................................ 1324 30 Rail Safety (Adoption of National Law) Bill 2012 ................................................................................ 1324 31 Privileges Committee—Report .............................................................................................................. 1325 32 Messages from the Legislative Assembly .............................................................................................. 1325 (1) Independent Commission Against Corruption Amendment (Register of Disclosures by Members) Bill 2012 .................................................................................................................... 1325 (2) Biofuels Further Amendment Bill 2012 ...................................................................................... 1325 Cognate bills— ....................................................................................................................................... 1325 (3) Parliamentary Electorates and Elections Amendment (Redistributions) Bill 2012 ..................... 1325 (4) Election Funding, Expenditure and Disclosures Further Amendment Bill 2012 ........................ 1326 33 Cancer Institute (NSW) Amendment Bill 2012 ..................................................................................... 1326 34 Messages from the Legislative Assembly .............................................................................................. 1328 (1) Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment Bill 2012 ............................................... 1328 (2) Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Amendment (Kings Cross and Railways Drug Detection) Bill 2012 .......................................................................................................... 1328 35 Local Government Amendment (Conduct) Bill 2012 ............................................................................ 1328 36 Adjournment .......................................................................................................................................... 1329 37 Attendance ............................................................................................................................................. 1329 1309 Legislative Council Minutes No. 115—Wednesday 24 October 2012 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 SOVEREIGN HOSPITALLER ORDER OF ST JOHN OF JERUSALEM KNIGHTS OF MALTA (Formal Business) Mr Clarke moved, according to notice: 1. That this House notes that: (a) the Sovereign Hospitaller Order of St John of Jerusalem Knights of Malta held an Investiture Ceremony and Ball commemorating twenty years of humanitarian work in Australia at Curzon Hall in Marsfield on Sunday 19 August 2012, and (b) the Ball was presided over by The Grand Prior of Australia, His Excellency Chevalier Pasquale Pedulla. 2. That this House acknowledges that: (a) the lineage of this Sovereign Order can be traced back to a hospital that cared for the sick, poor, aged and injured in the Holy Land of Jerusalem in approximately 1050AD, (b) the Order of St John of Jerusalem established themselves in Rhodes and then Malta in the Sixteenth Century, where they became known as the Knights of Malta, (c) the Sovereign Hospitaller Order of St John of Malta settled in Russia in 1798, (d) the following eight ‘Knights of Grace’ and two ‘Dames of Grace’ were inducted as esteemed members of the Order: (i) Chevalier John Carabetta, (ii) Chevalier Dr Alan Carless, (iii) Chevalier Paul Dracakis, (iv) Chevalier Dr John Gullotta, (v) Chevalier Stefano Laface, (vi) Chevalier Dr Angelo Mazzaferro, (vii) Chevalier Commissioner Claudio Nigro, (viii) Chevalier Reverend Father Lauro Rufo, (ix) Lady Nina Mirabito, (x) Lady Maria Stillone, and (e) the Order has been engaged in supporting numerous charity projects in Australia, including: (i) a five year pledge to assist Professor David Zeigler’s Leukaemia research project at the Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick, (ii) funding the purchase of a mini bus for the ‘Helping Hand’ organisation in Adelaide, (iii) the donation of funds to countless organisations, such as Australian Red Cross, Australian Heart and Lung Transplant Association, Boys Town, CareFlight, Camp Quality, the Cerebral Palsy Alliance, the Child Abuse Prevention Service, the Children’s Leukaemia and Cancer Institute Australia, the Epilepsy Association, Giant Steps, Lifeline, Life for Africa Foundation, Professor David Morris Liver Cancer Research Fund, Royal Alexandria Hospital for Children, the Children’s Hospital in Westmead, Sydney Head and Neck Cancer Research Institute at Royal Prince Alfred
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