1315 Votes and Proceedings

1315 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY 2015-16-17 FIRST SESSION OF THE FIFTY-SIXTH PARLIAMENT ___________________ VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS No. 132 THURSDAY 3 AUGUST 2017 ___________________ 1 MEETING OF THE HOUSE The House met at 10.00 am pursuant to adjournment. The Speaker took the Chair, read the prayer and acknowledged the traditional owners, thanking them for their custodianship of country. 2 INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION The Speaker, in accordance with section 78 of the Independent Commission Against Corruption Act 1988, tabled the reports of the Independent Commission Against Corruption entitled: “Investigation into dealings between Australian Water Holdings Pty Ltd and Sydney Water Corporation and related matters”, dated August 2017. “Investigation into the conduct of a former NSW Department of Justice officer and others”, dated August 2017. Ordered to be printed. 3 NOTICES OF MOTIONS (GENERAL NOTICES) 4 BUDGET ESTIMATES AND RELATED PAPERS FOR 2017-2018 The order of the day was read for the resumption of the interrupted debate, on the motion of Mr Dominic Perrottet, That this House take note of the Budget Estimates and related papers for 2017-2018. Question again proposed and debate resumed. 1316 VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Thursday 3 August 2017 Mr Adam Crouch moved, That this debate be now adjourned. Question put and passed. Ordered, That the resumption of the debate stand an order of the day for a later hour. 5 CHARITABLE FUNDRAISING AMENDMENT (INQUIRIES) BILL Mr Matt Kean moved, pursuant to notice, That a bill be now introduced for an Act to amend the Charitable Fundraising Act 1991 to enable public inquiries to be conducted under the Act. Question put and passed. Bill introduced and read a first time. Mr Matt Kean moved, That this bill be now read a second time. Debate adjourned (Ms Yasmin Catley) and the resumption of the debate made an order of the day for a future day. 6 BUDGET ESTIMATES AND RELATED PAPERS FOR 2017-2018—RESTORATION OF SPEAKING TIME Mr David Harris obtained the leave of the House to restore his remaining speaking time on the Budget Estimates and Related Papers for 2017-2018, which was interrupted on Wednesday 2 August 2017. _____________ General business notices of motions (for bills) proceeded with. _____________ 7 PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (SYDNEY MOTORWAY CORPORATION) BILL—POSTPONEMENT General business notice of motion (general notice) no. 2 (Public Accountability Legislation Amendment (Sydney Motorway Corporation) Bill), called on and postponed by Ms Jodi McKay. 8 CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS (CARE AND PROTECTION) AMENDMENT (AUDITING OF OUT-OF-HOME CARE PROVIDERS) BILL Ms Tania Mihailuk moved, pursuant to notice, That a bill be now introduced for an Act to amend the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 to require the Auditor-General to conduct performance audits of non-government agencies that receive State government funding to arrange for children or young persons to be placed in out-of-home care. Question put and passed. Bill introduced and read a first time. Ms Tania Mihailuk moved, That this bill be now read a second time. Debate adjourned (Mr Daryl Maguire) and the resumption of the debate made an order of the day for a future day. _____________ General business orders of the day (for bills) proceeded with. _____________ 1317 VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Thursday 3 August 2017 9 PUBLIC HEALTH (MEDICINAL CANNABIS) BILL—POSTPONEMENT General business order of the day (for bills) no. 1 (Public Health (Medicinal Cannabis) Bill), called on and postponed by Mr Nick Lalich, on behalf of Mr Luke Foley. 10 SECURING NSW STEEL INDUSTRY BILL —POSTPONEMENT General business order of the day (for bills) no. 3 (Securing NSW Steel Industry Bill), called on and postponed by Mr Nick Lalich, on behalf of Mr Ryan Park. 11 LOCAL GOVERNMENT AMENDMENT (AMALGAMATION REFERENDUMS) BILL The order of the day was read. Mr Philip Donato moved, That this bill be now read a second time. Debate ensued. Ms Gabrielle Upton speaking— Mr Michael Daley moved, That the member be not further heard. Question put. The House divided. AYES 34 Ms Aitchison, Mr Barr, Ms Car, Ms Catley, Mr Chanthivong, Ms Cotsis, Mr Crakanthorp, Mr Daley, Mr Dib, Mr Donato, Ms Doyle, Ms Finn, Mr Harris, Ms Harrison, Ms Haylen, Mr Hoenig, Ms Hornery, Mr Kamper, Ms Leong, Dr McDermott, Ms McKay, Mr Mehan, Ms Mihailuk, Mr Minns, Mr Park, Mr Parker, Mr Robertson, Mr Scully, Ms T.F. Smith, Ms Tesch, Mr Warren and Ms Washington. Tellers: Mr Atalla and Mr Lalich. NOES 50 Mr Anderson, Mr Aplin, Mr Ayres, Mr Barilaro, Ms Berejiklian, Mr Brookes, Mr Conolly, Mr Constance, Mr Coure, Mr Crouch, Mrs Davies, Mr Dominello, Mr Elliott, Mr Evans, Ms Gibbons, Ms Goward, Mr Grant, Mr Griffin, Mr Gulaptis, Mrs Hancock, Mr Hazzard, Mr Henskens, Ms Hodgkinson, Mr Humphries, Mr Johnsen, Mr Kean, Dr Lee, Mr Maguire, Mr Marshall, Mr Notley-Smith, Mr O’Dea, Mrs Pavey, Mr Perrottet, Ms Petinos, Mr Piccoli, Mr Provest, Mr Roberts, Mr Sidoti, Mr Speakman, Mr Stokes, Mr Taylor, Mr Toole, Mr Tudehope, Ms Upton, Mr Ward, Mr Williams, Mrs Williams and Ms Wilson. Tellers: Mr Bromhead and Mr Patterson. In the Chair: Mr George. Pairs: Mr Foley—Mr Fraser and Mr Lynch—Mr Rowell. Question negatived. Debate continued. Ms Gabrielle Upton speaking— 1318 VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Thursday 3 August 2017 _____________ Debate interrupted for general business orders of the day (general orders) and general business notices of motions (general notices). _____________ Ordered, That the resumption of the debate stand an order of the day for tomorrow. 12 DAYLIGHT SAVING Mr Geoff Provest moved, pursuant to notice, That this House: (1) Acknowledges the concerns of residents across rural and regional New South Wales regarding the length of the daylight saving period. (2) Notes that it’s now been a decade since the daylight saving period was extended by six weeks without a mandate from the people. (3) Supports those people of regional and rural New South Wales affected by the lengthy daylight saving period in their call to end it a month earlier. Debate ensued. Question put and negatived. 13 CAMPBELLTOWN TRAIN CARRIAGE OVERHEATING The order of the day was read for the resumption of the interrupted debate, on the motion of Mr Greg Warren, That this House: (1) Condemns the Government for its inaction on, and the increased allocation of, non-air- conditioned trains for Campbelltown commuters. (2) Notes that in the past few weeks Campbelltown has experienced extreme heatwave conditions and reports that the temperature inside train carriages at Campbelltown have exceeded 50 degrees. (3) Rejects the Minister for Transport’s explanation that non-air-conditioned trains are only used as a backup as it is completely inconsistent with the experiences of Campbelltown rail commuters. (4) Calls on the Government to take action to immediately deliver on its election commitment to remove all non-air-conditioned trains from the Sydney Trains network. Question again proposed and debate resumed. Ms Melanie Gibbons and Mr Ray Williams, by leave, also spoke to the motion. Question put. The House divided. AYES 33 Ms Aitchison, Mr Barr, Ms Car, Ms Catley, Mr Chanthivong, Ms Cotsis, Mr Crakanthorp, Mr Daley, Mr Dib, Ms Doyle, Ms Finn, Mr Harris, Ms Harrison, Ms Haylen, Mr Hoenig, Ms Hornery, Mr Kamper, Ms Leong, Dr McDermott, Ms McKay, Mr Mehan, Ms Mihailuk, Mr Minns, Mr Park, Mr Parker, Mr Robertson, Mr Scully, Ms T.F. Smith, Ms Tesch, Mr Warren and Ms Washington. 1319 VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Thursday 3 August 2017 Tellers: Mr Atalla and Mr Lalich. NOES 48 Mr Anderson, Mr Aplin, Mr Ayres, Mr Barilaro, Ms Berejiklian, Mr Brookes, Mr Conolly, Mr Constance, Mr Coure, Mrs Davies, Mr Dominello, Mr Elliott, Mr Evans, Mr George, Ms Gibbons, Ms Goward, Mr Greenwich, Mr Griffin, Mr Gulaptis, Mr Hazzard, Mr Henskens, Ms Hodgkinson, Mr Humphries, Mr Johnsen, Mr Kean, Dr Lee, Mr Maguire, Mr Marshall, Mr Notley-Smith, Mr O’Dea, Mrs Pavey, Mr Perrottet, Ms Petinos, Mr Piccoli, Mr Provest, Mr Sidoti, Mr Speakman, Mr Stokes, Mr Taylor, Mr Toole, Mr Tudehope, Ms Upton, Mr Ward, Mr Williams, Mrs Williams and Ms Wilson. Tellers: Mr Bromhead and Mr Patterson. In the Chair: Mr Crouch. Pairs: Mr Foley—Mr Fraser; Mr Lynch—Mrs Hancock; Ms Watson—Mr Roberts and Mr Zangari—Mr Rowell. Question negatived. _____________ The Temporary Speaker (Mr Adam Crouch) left the Chair at 1.30 pm. The Speaker resumed the Chair at 2.15 pm. _____________ 14 APPOINTMENT OF ACTING CLERK-ASSISTANT, TABLE AND DIRECTOR, TABLE AND CHAMBER SERVICES The Speaker advised the House that on 3 July 2017, Jonathan Elliott was appointed Acting Clerk- Assistant, Table, and Carly Maxwell was appointed Director, Table and Chamber Services. 15 MENTAL HEALTH COMMISSION The Speaker, in accordance with section 17 of the Mental Health Commission Act 2012, tabled the report of the Mental Health Commission entitled “Review of transparency and accountability of mental health funding to health services”, dated July 2017. Ordered to be printed. 16 MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR The Speaker reported the following message from His Excellency the Governor: DAVID HURLEY Government House Governor Sydney, 2 August 2017 I, General The Honourable DAVID HURLEY AC DSC (Ret’d), in pursuance of the power and authority vested in me as Governor of the State of New South Wales, do hereby convene a joint sitting of the Members of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly for the purpose of the election of a person to fill the seat in the Legislative Council vacated by Mr Duncan Gay, and I do hereby announce and declare that such Members shall assemble for such purpose on Wednesday the 9th day of August 2017 at 3:45 pm in the building known as the Legislative Council Chamber situated in Macquarie Street in the City of Sydney; and the Members of the Legislative Council and the Members of the Legislative Assembly are hereby required to give their attendance at the said time and place accordingly.

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