Albion Park Rail Bypass

ALBION PARK RAIL BYPASS ......................................................................................................... 26898 ALCOHOL- AND DRUG-RELATED VIOLENCE ............................................................................ 26867 ANDREW KERR, MEDAL OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA ...................................................... 26894 ARMIDALE TAFE CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY CABINET MEETING .................................... 26857 BANKSTOWN CITIZEN OF THE YEAR HARRY ALLIE .............................................................. 26906 BAULKHAM HILLS ELECTORATE STATE REPRESENTATION ............................................... 26892 BEC WARREN, BLACKBUTT RESERVE VOLUNTEER ............................................................... 26892 BEE ORSINI, YOUNG WOMAN OF THE YEAR FINALIST .......................................................... 26894 BERRY PUBLIC SCHOOL ................................................................................................................. 26891 BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE .................................................................................................. 26834, 26865 CHRISTINE BIRD, CROSSROADS COMMUNITY CARE COORDINATOR ............................... 26890 COFFS HARBOUR SHOWGROUND ................................................................................................ 26897 COMMITTEE ON LAW AND SAFETY ............................................................................................ 26860 COMMUNITY RECOGNITION STATEMENTS .............................................................................. 26890 CRONULLA ELECTORATE GOVERNMENT GRANTS ................................................................ 26905 DEFENCE INDUSTRY ....................................................................................................................... 26870 FAIRFIELD HIGH SCHOOL OUR FACES, OUR STORIES PROJECT .......................................... 26904 FAIRFIELD HOSPITAL TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY .......................................................... 26892 FLUORIDATION OF PUBLIC WATER SUPPLIES AMENDMENT BILL 2013 ............................ 26836 GIRL GUIDES AWARDS ................................................................................................................... 26895 GOSFORD RACE CLUB CENTENARY ........................................................................................... 26893 HILLIER ROAD, LIVERPOOL .......................................................................................................... 26895 HOMELESS PERSONS LEGAL SERVICE ....................................................................................... 26893 HOSPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE ....................................................................................................... 26874 IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE WOMEN'S NETWORK .................................................................. 26892 INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING PROPOSAL ................................................................................... 26902 KAY AND ANTHONY GORRINGE, NSW SENIORS WEEK AMBASSADORS .......................... 26892 LAKEMBA ELECTORATE SCHOOL CITIZENSHIP AWARDS .................................................... 26891 LEGISLATION REVIEW COMMITTEE ........................................................................................... 26864 LOWER HUNTER AIR QUALITY .................................................................................................... 26875 MAITLAND COMMUNITY CABINET MEETING .......................................................................... 26897 MAITLAND ELECTORATE AUSTRALIA DAY HONOURS AND AWARDS ............................. 26895 MARGIT ZSOLNAY 100TH BIRTHDAY ......................................................................................... 26894 MARRICKVILLE ELECTORATE SCHOOL STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS .................................. 26900 MINMI ROAD WALLSEND UPGRADE ........................................................................................... 26852 MOUNT DRUITT TOWN RANGERS FOOTBALL CLUB .............................................................. 26893 MULGOA ELECTORATE AWARD RECIPIENTS .......................................................................... 26890 MURRAY-DARLING BASIN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT ..................................... 26872 MYALL LAKES ELECTORATE AWARD RECIPIENTS ................................................................ 26890 NUNZIO AND GRAZIA RIOLO FIFTIETH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY .................................... 26894 PARRAMATTA NORTH PUBLIC SCHOOL .................................................................................... 26901 PENRITH STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE VOLUNTEERS .......................................................... 26891 PETITIONS .......................................................................................................................................... 26878 PHOEBE CRANE, LIFELINE MID COAST VOLUNTEER ............................................................. 26893 PITTWATER ELECTORATE AUSTRALIA DAY HONOURS RECIPIENTS ................................ 26894 PRIVATE MEMBERS' STATEMENTS ............................................................................................. 26895 PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT OPERATIONS AMENDMENT (PROSECUTIONS) BILL 2013 .............................................................................................................................................................. 26834 QUESTION TIME ............................................................................................................................... 26865 REGIONAL AIR SERVICES .............................................................................................................. 26901 S.H.I.N.E.2168 EVENT ....................................................................................................................... 26893 SNOWY HYDRO CORPORATISATION AMENDMENT (SNOWY ADVISORY COMMITTEE) BILL 2013 .............................................................................................................................................................. 26879 ST CHARBEL'S COLLEGE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS ............................................................. 26891 ST GEORGE HOSPITAL UPGRADE ................................................................................................ 26845 TRIBUTE TO JUNE POLAND ........................................................................................................... 26906 TRIBUTE TO MICHAEL ROLFE ...................................................................................................... 26906 TRIBUTE TO MONICA SHEEHAN .................................................................................................. 26896 TRIBUTE TO MR LES DOLLIN ........................................................................................................ 26903 TRIBUTE TO MRS JEAN PEARE, OAM .......................................................................................... 26907 TRIBUTE TO THE LATE MOST VENERABLE THICH PHUOC HUE .......................................... 26891 WALLARAH 2 COAL PROJECT AND MR NICK DI GIROLAMO ............ 26865, 26868, 26871, 26873 WESTERN SYDNEY PUBLIC TRANSPORT ................................................................................... 26876 26834 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Thursday 27 February 2014 __________ 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. [During notices of motions.] The SPEAKER: Order! I remind members about the use of mobile phones in the Chamber. Members should switch off their mobile phones when they are in the Chamber. PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT OPERATIONS AMENDMENT (PROSECUTIONS) BILL 2013 Second Reading Debate resumed from 21 November 2013. Mr RON HOENIG (Heffron) [10.07 a.m.]: The powers presently enumerated in the Director of Public Prosecutions Act are sufficient to transfer the entirety of the Environment Protection Authority's prosecutorial functions in respect of tier 1 offences without consequent amendment to that Act. Section 7 of the Director of Public Prosecutions Act establishes the principal functions of that office. Section (7) (1) (a) establishes the authority "to institute and conduct, on behalf of the Crown, prosecutions (whether on indictment or summarily) for indictable offences in the Supreme Court and the District Court". Furthermore, section 8 (1) (b) provides that the director may institute and conduct "proceedings for summary offences in any court". Tier 1 offences may be dealt with under the Protection of the Environment Operations Act either summarily in the Land and Environment Court or on indictment before the Supreme Court by virtue of sections 214 (1) (a) and 214 (1) (b) respectively. Although I suspect that appearances of the Director of Public Prosecutions in the Land and Environment Court have been rare indeed, if they occurred at all, there is no impediment or any other law that would prevent that from occurring. It is the intention of this bill that the availability of both the summary and indictable jurisdictions continue in the Supreme Court and the Land and Environment Court respectively for prosecutions under part 5.2. Further, it should be noted that presently the Director of Public Prosecutions can

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