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Special Adjournment [24 Auo.• 1965] Senate Vacancy 23 well last May. With a return to good sea ADMINISTRATION OF THE sons and sound economic conditions the GOVERNMENT citizens of this State will long remember Mr SPEAKER reported the following the Askin-Cutler coalition Government as message from His Excellency the Lieutenant. a wise Government of men devoted to their Governor: task, which they did so well that the State grew and prospered. K. W. STREET, Lieutenant-Governor. The Honourable Sir Kenneth Street, Lieu Debate adjourned, on motion by the tenant-Governor of the State of New South Bon. R. C. Packer. Wales, has the honour to inform the Legislative Assembly that, consequent on Lieutenant SPECIAL ADJOURNMENT General Sir Eric Woodward ceasing to be Governor of New South Wales on the 31st July, Motion (by the Bon. A. D. Bridges) 1965, he this morning took the Oath of Alle agreed to: giance and the Official and Judicial Oath before That this House, at its rising today, do ad the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of journ until tomorrow, at 4.30 o'clock, p.m. New South Wales and assumed the administra sharp. tion of the Government of the State. Government House, House adjourned, on motion by the Sydney, 3rd August, 1965. Ron. A. D. Bridges, at 6.30 p.m. Mr ASKIN (Collaroy), Premier and Treasurer: I move: 1Gtgi.alattut 2\.a.atmhly That the following resolution in acknowledge ment of His Excellency's message be adopted Tuesday, 24 August, 1965 by this House, and transmitted to His Excellency:- That this House desires to express its Second Session of Forty-first Parliament-Opening of Session- Administration of the Government - thanks to His Excellency the Lieutenant Senate Vacancy-Legislative Council (Issue of Governor for his message of 3rd August, Writ for Election) - Commission to Administer 1965, informing members that, consequent Oath of Allegiance -Temporary Chairmen of Committees-Questions without Notice-Commit on Lieutenant-General Sir Eric Woodward tee of Inquiry into New South Wales Intrastate ceasing to be Governor of New South Wales Air Routes-Death of the Hon. Roy Stanley Vin on 31st July, 1965, he had assumed the cent, ex-M.L.A.-Death of the Hon. David Henry Drummond ex-M.L.A.-Death of Donald Stewart administration of the Government of New Fraser, Esq., ex-M.L.A. -Lieutenant-Governor's South Wales on 3rd August, 1965. Speech: Address in Reply (First Day's Debate) -Adjournment (Fishing Nets). Mr RENSHAW: I formally second the motion. SECOND SESSION OF THE FORTY-FIRST Motion agreed to. PARLIAMENT The House met at noon, pursuant to the SENATE VACANCY proclamation of His Excellency the Gov RESIGNATION OF SENATOR THE HON. SIR ernor convening Parliament. WILLIAM HENRY SPOONER, K.C.M.G., M.M. Mr SPEAKER took the chair at 12 noon. Mr SPEAKER reported the receipt of a The Prayer was read. message from His Excellency the Lieutenant The Clerk read the proclamation conven Governor covering a copy of a despatch ing Parliament. dated 21st July, 1965, from His Excellency the Administrator of the Government of OPENING OF SESSION the Commonwealth of Australia notifying The Usher of the Black Rod, being that a vacancy had occurred in the repre admitted, delivered a message from His sentation of the State of New South Wales Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, re in the Senate through the resignation of questing the immediate attendance of this Senator the Bon. Sir William Henry honourable House in the Legislative Council Spooner, K.C.M.G., M.M. Chamber. Mr SPEAKER reported also that the The House went, and honourable mem Lieutenant-Governor desires to inform the bers having returned, Legislative Assembly that on 4th August, [Mr Speaker left the chair at 12.55 p.m. 1965, with the advice of -the Executive The. House resumed at 2.30 p.m.] Council, and pursuant to the provisions of 24 Legislative Council [ASSEMBLY] Questions without Notice section 15 of the Commonwealth Constitu Assembly for the election of a member to tion, he appointed Robert Carrington the Council be set down as an order of the Cotton, Esquire, to hold the place in the day for Thursday, 9th September, 1965, Senate of the Commonwealth rendered and intimated that on that day the taking of vacant by the resignation of Senator the votes would take precedence of all other Hon. Sir William Henry Spooner until the business. expiration of fourteen days after the begin ning of the next session of the Parliament COMMISSION TO ADMINISTER OATH OF of New South Wales or until the election ALLEGIANCE of a successor, whichever the first happens. Mr SPEAKER reported that His Excellency Mr SPEAKER reported further ·that pur the Lieutenant-Governor had issued com suant also to section 15 of .the Common missions authorising Mr Speaker and Mr wealth Constitution the Lieutenant-Governor Deputy-Speaker to administer the oath or has certified the name of the said Robert affirmation of allegiance to Her Majesty .the Carrington Cotton, Esquire, to His Excel Queen required by law to be taken or made lency the Administrator as having been by members of the Assembly. appointed as aforesaid. TEMPORARY CHAIRMEN OF Mr ASKIN ( Collaroy), Premier and COMMITTEES Treasurer [2.35]: I move: Mr SPEAKER nominated the following That this House meet the Legislative Council honourable members to act as Temporary for the purpose of sitting and voting together Chairmen of Committees during the present to choose a person to hold the place in the Senate rendered vacant by the resignation of session: Evelyn Douglas Darby, Esquire; Senator the Honourable Sir William Henry Leon Ashton Punch, Esquire; James Ber Spooner. nard Southee, Esquire; John Lloyd Waddy, Mr RENSHAW [2.36]: I formally second Esquire ; William Ernest Wattison, Esquire. the motion. Motion agreed to. QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE Motion (by Mr Askin) agreed to: POSTAL VOrriNG That the following message be forwarded to the Legislative Council: Mr GRIFFITH: My question is directed Mr President, to the Premier. Does he appreciate that The Legislative Assembly having resolved to at the last State general election thousands meet the Legislative Council for the purpose of of people in New South Wales were de sitting and voting together to choose a person prived of a vote due to the abolition, by to hold the place in the Senate rendered the former Labor Government, of the postal vacant by the resignation of Senator the Hon. Sir William Henry Spooner, requests the voting system? Will he state what his Legislative Council to name the place and Government's policy on this matter will be hour for such meeting. in the future? LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL Mr ASKIN: It seems to me that we had ISSUE OF WRIT FOR ELECfJON enough votes at the last general election Mr SPEAKER: I have to report the receipt without postal votes, but we can always do of a message from His Excellency the with a few more. As is well known to bon. Lieutenant-Governor intimating that, with members on both sides of the House, the the advice of the Executive Council, he had new Government stands for the restoration issued a writ for the election, on Thursday, of postal voting. We believe it is undemo 9th September, 1965, of a member of the cratic not to have postal voting as it obtains Legislative Council to fill the vacancy caused in other States and in the Commonwealth. by the death of the Hon. Michael Thomas Mr MURPHY: Let the crooks back. Leslie Quinn. Mr ASKIN: If a person travels interstate Writ read by the Clerk. or overseas, or is on holidays interstate, it Mr SPEAKER directed that the taking of does not mean that he is a crook. We on the votes of members of the Legislative this side of the House believe that if a Questions without Notice [24 Auo., 1965] Questions without Notice 25 person becomes ill, he or she should still Leader of the Opposition knows that price be able to have a postal vote. The situa control applies only to two commodities tion is that a person can exercise his demo bread and petrol. He is well aware of that ; cratic right to vote only if he happens to if he is not, he should be. Many statements fall sick at the right time, which from the have been made on this subject ; I have seen point of view of the Labor Party's ruling some of them. I do not know to which one means that if a person falls sick in the last the Leader of the Opposition refers but if week before the elections he cannot have he will be good enough to let me know a vote. Not only must a person become sick which it is, I shall give him an answer. at the right time ; he must also fall ill at the appropriate place. A person who be BURSARIES comes ill at a place outside his own sub Mr PUNCH: I ask the Deputy Premier, division of his electorate and is taken to Minister for Education and Minister for hospital cannot exercise his vote. Science whether in 1966 the first children We believe that these things are basically under the new Wyndham scheme in our undemocratic. That is why we on this side high schools will enter fifth year. Is it a have said that we intend to restore postal fact that this new scheme will provide wider voting. We have said that consistently since opportunities for students to attain higher postal voting was abolished by the McGirr education and to continue their studies? Labor administration a number of years Does this additional education impose ago.