PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA

PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES (HANSARD)

ASSEMBLY SESSIONAL INDEX FIFTY-FOURTH PARLIAMENT SPRING 1999

Volumes 444 and 445 3 November to 16 December 1999

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The Governor

His Excellency the Honourable Sir JAMES AUGUSTINE GOBBO, AC

The Lieutenant-Governor

Professor ADRIENNE E. CLARKE, AO

The Ministry

Premier, Treasurer and Minister for Multicultural Affairs ...... The Hon. S. P. Bracks, MP

Deputy Premier, Minister for Health and Minister for Planning...... The Hon. J. W. Thwaites, MP

Minister for Industrial Relations and Minister assisting the Minister for Workcover...... The Hon. M. M. Gould, MLC

Minister for Transport...... The Hon. P. Batchelor, MP

Minister for Energy and Resources, Minister for Ports and Minister assisting the Minister for State and Regional Development . . The Hon. C. C. Broad, MLC

Minister for State and Regional Development, Minister for Finance and Assistant Treasurer...... The Hon. J. M. Brumby, MP

Minister for Local Government, Minister for Workcover and Minister assisting the Minister for Transport regarding Roads...... The Hon. R. G. Cameron, MP

Minister for Community Services...... The Hon. C. M. Campbell, MP

Minister for Education and Minister for the Arts...... The Hon. M. E. Delahunty, MP

Minister for Environment and Conservation and Minister for Women’s Affairs...... The Hon. S. M. Garbutt, MP

Minister for Police and Emergency Services and Minister for Corrections...... The Hon. A. Haermeyer, MP

Minister for Agriculture and Minister for Aboriginal Affairs...... The Hon. K. G. Hamilton, MP

Attorney-General, Minister for Manufacturing Industry and Minister for Racing...... The Hon. R. J. Hulls, MP

Minister for Post Compulsory Education, Training and Employment.... The Hon. L. J. Kosky, MP

Minister for Sport and Recreation, Minister for Youth Affairs and Minister assisting the Minister for Planning...... The Hon. J. M. Madden, MLC

Minister for Gaming, Minister for Major Projects and Tourism and Minister assisting the Premier on Multicultural Affairs...... The Hon. J. Pandazopoulos, MP

Minister for Housing, Minister for Aged Care and Minister assisting the Minister for Health ...... The Hon. B. J. Pike, MP

Minister for Small Business and Minister for Consumer Affairs...... The Hon. M. R. Thomson, MLC

Parliamentary Secretary of the Cabinet...... The Hon. G. W. Jennings

Heads of Parliamentary Departments

Assembly — Clerk of the Parliaments (from 4 December 1999) and Clerk of the Legislative Assembly: Mr R. W. Purdey Council — Clerk of the Parliaments and Clerk of the Legislative Council (until 3 December 1999): Mr A. V. Bray Clerk of the Legislative Council: Mr W. R. Tunnecliffe Hansard — Chief Reporter: Ms C. J. Williams Library — Librarian: Mr B. J. Davidson Parliamentary Services — Secretary: Ms C. M. Haydon MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

FIFTY-FOURTH PARLIAMENT — FIRST SESSION

Speaker: The Hon. ALEX ANDRIANOPOULOS Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees: Mrs J. M. MADDIGAN Temporary Chairmen of Committees: Ms Barker, Ms Davies, Mr Jasper, Mr Kilgour, Mr Loney, Mr Lupton, Mr Nardella, Mrs Peulich, Mr Phillips, Mr Plowman, Mr Richardson, Mr Savage, Mr Seitz Leader of the Parliamentary Labor Party and Premier: The Hon. S. P. BRACKS Deputy Leader of the Parliamentary Labor Party and Deputy Premier: The Hon. J. W. THWAITES Leader of the Parliamentary Liberal Party and Leader of the Opposition: The Hon. D. V. NAPTHINE Deputy Leader of the Parliamentary Liberal Party and Deputy Leader of the Opposition: The Hon. LOUISE ASHER Leader of the Parliamentary National Party: Mr P. J. RYAN Deputy Leader of the Parliamentary National Party: Mr B. E. H. STEGGALL

Member District Party Member District Party

Allan, Ms Jacinta Marie Bendigo East ALP Leighton, Mr Michael Andrew Preston ALP Allen, Ms Denise Margret Benalla ALP Lenders, Mr John Johannes Joseph Dandenong North ALP Andrianopoulos, Mr Alex Mill Park ALP Lim, Mr Hong Muy Clayton ALP Asher, Ms Louise Brighton LP Lindell, Ms Jennifer Margaret Carrum ALP Ashley, Mr Gordon Wetzel Bayswater LP Loney, Mr Peter James Geelong North ALP Baillieu, Mr Edward Norman Hawthorn LP Lupton, Mr Hurtle Reginald, OAM, JP Knox LP Barker, Ms Ann Patricia Oakleigh ALP McArthur, Mr Stephen James Monbulk LP Batchelor, Mr Peter Thomastown ALP McCall, Ms Andrea Lea Frankston LP Beattie, Ms Elizabeth Jean Tullamarine ALP McIntosh, Mr Andrew John Kew LP Bracks, Mr Stephen Phillip Williamstown ALP Maclellan, Mr Robert Roy Cameron Pakenham LP Brumby, Mr John Mansfield Broadmeadows ALP McNamara, Mr Patrick John Benalla NP Burke, Ms Leonie Therese Prahran LP Maddigan, Mrs Judith Marilyn Essendon ALP Cameron, Mr Robert Graham Bendigo West ALP Maughan, Mr Noel John Rodney NP Campbell, Ms Christine Mary Pascoe Vale ALP Maxfield, Mr Ian John Narracan ALP Carli, Mr Carlo Coburg ALP Mildenhall, Mr Bruce Allan Footscray ALP Clark, Mr Robert William Box Hill LP Mulder, Mr Terence Wynn Polwarth LP Cooper, Mr Robert Fitzgerald Mornington LP Napthine, Dr Denis Vincent Portland LP Davies, Ms Susan Margaret Gippsland West Ind Nardella, Mr Donato Antonio Melton ALP Dean, Dr Robert Logan Berwick LP Overington, Ms Karen Marie Ballarat West ALP Delahunty, Mr Hugh Francis Wimmera NP Pandazopoulos, Mr John Dandenong ALP Delahunty, Ms Mary Elizabeth Northcote ALP Paterson, Mr Alister Irvine South Barwon LP Dixon, Mr Martin Francis Dromana LP Perton, Mr Victor John Doncaster LP Doyle, Robert Keith Bennett Malvern LP Peulich, Mrs Inga Bentleigh LP Duncan, Ms Joanne Therese Gisborne ALP Phillips, Mr Wayne Eltham LP Elliott, Mrs Lorraine Clare Mooroolbark LP Pike, Ms Bronwyn Jane Melbourne ALP Fyffe, Mrs Christine Ann Evelyn LP Plowman, Mr Antony Fulton Benambra LP Garbutt, Ms Sherryl Maree Bundoora ALP Richardson, Mr John Ingles Forest Hill LP Gillett, Ms Mary Jane Werribee ALP Robinson, Mr Anthony Gerard Peter Mitcham ALP Haermeyer, Mr André Yan Yean ALP Rowe, Mr Gary James Cranbourne LP Hamilton, Mr Keith Graeme Morwell ALP Ryan, Mr Peter Julian Gippsland South NP Hardman, Mr Benedict Paul Seymour ALP Savage, Mr Russell Irwin Mildura Ind Helper, Mr Jochen Ripon ALP Seitz, Mr George Keilor ALP Holding, Mr Timothy James Springvale ALP Shardey, Mrs Helen Jean Caulfield LP Honeywood, Mr Phillip Neville Warrandyte LP Smith, Mr Ernest Ross Glen Waverley LP Howard, Mr Geoffrey Kemp Ballarat East ALP Spry, Mr Garry Howard Bellarine LP Hulls, Mr Rob Justin Niddrie ALP Steggall, Mr Barry Edward Hector Swan Hill NP Ingram, Mr Craig Gippsland East Ind Stensholt, Mr Robert Einar 2 Burwood ALP Jasper, Mr Kenneth Stephen Murray Valley NP Thompson, Mr Murray Hamilton Sandringham LP Kennett, Mr Jeffrey Gibb 1 Burwood LP Thwaites, Mr Johnstone William Albert Park ALP Kilgour, Mr Donald Shepparton NP Trezise, Mr Ian Douglas Geelong ALP Kosky, Ms Lynne Janice Altona ALP Viney, Mr Matthew Shaw Frankston East ALP Kotsiras, Mr Nicholas Bulleen LP Vogels, Mr John Adrian Warrnambool LP Langdon, Mr Craig Anthony Cuffe Ivanhoe ALP Wells, Mr Kimberley Arthur Wantirna LP Languiller, Mr Telmo Sunshine ALP Wilson, Mr Ronald Charles Bennettswood LP Leigh, Mr Geoffrey Graeme Mordialloc LP Wynne, Mr Richard William Richmond ALP

1 Resigned 3 November 1999 2 Elected 11 December 1999

INDEX

Spring 1999 — Vols 444 and 445

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

Index is divided into:

BILLS 1 DIVISIONS 2 GENERAL 2 MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE 15 PETITIONS 15 REPORTS 16 MEMBERS 16 QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE 41 QUESTIONS ON NOTICE 43

BILLS

Administration and Probate (Statute Law Revision) Bill Crimes at Sea Bill Introduction and first reading, 41 Introduction and first reading, 911 Second reading, 960, 1132, 1262 Audit (Amendment) Bill Remaining stages, 1270 Introduction and first reading, 252 Second reading (absolute majority), 364, 561, 597, 637, 647 Domestic Building Contracts (Amendment) Bill Appropriation, 398 Introduction and first reading, 727 Committee, 667, 675 Second reading, 789 Third reading (absolute majority), 678 Essential Services (Year 2000) Bill Remaining stages, 678 Clerk’s amendment, 785 Introduction and first reading, 252 Royal assent, 1094 Second reading (absolute majority), 363, 398, 607 Appropriation, 398 Constitution (Reform) Bill Committee, 607 Introduction and first reading, 476 Third reading (absolute majority), 609 Second reading, 609 Remaining stages, 609 Appropriation, 630 Royal assent, 856

Courts and Tribunals Legislation (Amendment) Bill Federal Courts (State Jurisdiction) Bill Introduction and first reading, 1175 Introduction and first reading, 521 Second reading, 1248 Second reading (absolute majority), 559, 962 Third reading (absolute majority), 978 Remaining stages, 978 Royal assent, 1094 (2) LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

Freedom of Information (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill Police Regulation (Amendment) Bill Introduction and first reading, 252 Introduction and first reading, 727 Second reading, 349, 860 Second reading, 788, 1250 Appropriation, 398 Remaining stages, 1262 Committee, 904 Public Prosecutions (Amendment) Bill Remaining stages, 910 Introduction and first reading, 477 Gas Industry (Amendment) Bill Second reading (absolute majority), 557, 1022 Introduction and first reading, 911 Appropriation, 630 Second reading, 961, 1197 Third reading (absolute majority), 1040 Remaining stages, 1209 Remaining stages, 1040

Health Practitioners (Special Events Exemption) Bill Rail Corporations and Transport Acts (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill Introduction and first reading, 252 Second reading, 361, 477, 496 Introduction and first reading, 911 Committee, 509 Second reading, 961, 1209, 1277 Remaining stages, 512 Remaining stages, 1286 Royal assent, 856 Regional Infrastructure Development Fund Bill Juries Bill Introduction and first reading, 252 Introduction and first reading, 1176 Second reading, 359, 766, 790, 829 Second reading, 1245 Appropriation, 398 Remaining stages, 839 Legal Practice (Amendment) Bill Council’s amendments, 1018, 1041, 1059, 1069 Introduction and first reading, 252 Water (Waterway Management Tariffs) Bill Second reading, 362, 513, 521 Remaining stages, 541 Introduction and first reading, 476 Royal assent, 856 Second reading, 556, 1099 Appropriation, 630 Local Government (Best Value Principles) Bill Remaining stages, 1132 Introduction and first reading, 252 Second reading, 351, 728 Committee, 765 DIVISIONS Remaining stages, 766 Audit (Amendment) Bill, 674 Melbourne City Link (Amendment) Bill Introduction and first reading, 1175 Business of the house, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 143, 727 Second reading, 1249 Essential Services (Year 2000) Bill, 608 Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre (Amendment) Bill Regional Infrastructure Development Fund Bill, 1045, 1072 Introduction and first reading, 477 Second reading, 558, 1060 Appropriation, 630 GENERAL Remaining stages, 1069

Parliamentary Committees (Amendment) Bill [q = question without notice] Introduction and first reading, 949 Second reading, 949 A Appropriation, 949 Third reading, 953 Aboriginals Remaining stages, 953 Preschools, 681, 683 Royal assent, 1094 Aged care Ministerial press release, 1096 (See also Nursing homes and individual care centre names) LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (3)

AIDS Bairnsdale Ambulance Auxiliary, 858 Care unit, q 723 Ballarat (See also HIV) Community kitchen, 615, 620 Alannah and Madeline Foundation, 787 Eureka Stockade, 785 Festival funding, 544, 551 Alessi, Frank, 1243 Mayoral allowance, 543, 552

Ambulance services (See Intergraph and individual ambulance Ballarat Begonia Festival, 1234, 1237 services) Banks American WWII memorial, 692 Branch closures, 1245 Aquatic facilities (See Swimming pools and individual pool and club names) Bass Valley Primary School, 437, 443

Arthur, John, 228 Basslink, 53, 56, 691, 922

Aspendale Gardens primary school, 635, 691, 777, 779 Beach Road Trucks, 1073, 1078 Auditor-General Bellarine Peninsula Government finances report, 1018 Office Gas supply, 439, 444 cost of outsourcing, q 266 Tourism, 679, 685 financial audit, 144 Wine industry, 1152 Powers, q 29 Bellarine Secondary College, 148, 151 Australian Automotive Week 2000, q 358 Bena Primary School, 1141, 1146 Australian Football League Bendigo Waverley Park, q 61, 787, 1241 Open-cut goldmining, 545, 550 Australian Gallery of Sport and Olympic Museum, q 491 Berwick hospital, 217, 221 Australian Hotels Association Bilateral agreements (See Commonwealth treaty documents) Awards, 397 BLF Custodian Australian Institute of Criminology, 1020 Reports, 35, 691 Australian Labor Party Boronia Primary School, 553 Burwood candidate, 694, 858, 1019 Election Bridges commitments, q 31, q 60, q 490, q 591, 857, 915, 920, q 1055, River Murray, 144, 152 q 1087, q 1274 result, 348 Brighton Fundraising dinner, q 849, 921, 922, 923, 924, q 954, q 955, Beach Road, 1073, 1074 q 956, q 959, 1020, q 1054, q 1056, q 1087, 1149, 1150, 1151 Nunawading Province re-election, 164 Brimbank, City of Parliament, q 29, q 59 Fire stations, 1077, 1081 Political donations, q 1088 Bruce, Betty, 347 Port Phillip Bay, 1175 Response to Independents charter, q 28, q 59, q 354 Brunswick

Australian Visayan Association of Victoria, 786 Community environmental park, 637 Buckley Street, Essendon B Crossing, 438, 441 Budget B and S Scooter and Wheelchair Maintenance, 680, 683 ALP commitment, q 31 (4) LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

Buninyong Primary School, 858 Chiltern Bush Nursing Hospital, 788

Burwood Christmas felicitations (See Parliament) By-election writ, 353 City Link How-to-vote cards, q 851 Air-quality monitoring, 469, 472 Labor candidate, 694, 858, 1019 Contract, q 271 Liberal candidate, 464, 467, q 494 E-tags, 678, 687 Suburban boundaries, q 726 Tolls, 217, 219, 326, 329, q 1183 (See also Members) Tunnels, 1076, 1078 Buses (See School buses) Clarke, Robert, 164 Bushfires Clerks (See Parliament) Dandenong Ranges, 1097 Firefighter safety, q 822 Coalition Power industry preparedness, 1233, 1238 Achievements, 1244 (See also Country Fire Authority and Fire services) Ministerial conduct, 924 Business Club Australia, q 594 Shepparton record, 474 (See also Liberal Party and National Party) Business of the house (See Parliament) Cobram Industry support, 543, 549

C Colac–Otway arts and cultural centre, 348

Caladenia Day Centre, Mooroolbark, 396 Colosseum Hotel site, 397

Camatic Pty Ltd, q 828 Comet Hill Primary School, 553

Casino (See Gaming) Commonwealth treaty documents, 1286

Castan, the late Ron, AM, QC, 347 Community environmental park, Brunswick, 637

Casterton Memorial Hospital, 681, 687 Community legal centres, 542, 546

Catchment management authorities Computers (See Information technology)

Levy, q 353 Condolences (See also Water industry) Floyd, William Laurence, OBE, 4 Caulfield General Medical Centre, 773, 778 McLellan, Frederick Peter, 11 Stirling, Gordon Francis, 7 Caulfield South Primary School, 149, 151 Connecting Victoria, 333, 453 Central Gippsland Health Service, 1075, 1080 Contract audit, q 1182, 1296, 1305 Central Gippsland Institute of TAFE, q 269 Corio Community College, 1151 Centre–East Boundary roads intersection, 682, 689 Cornelius, Patricia, 554 CERES park, Brunswick, 637 Correctional services (See Prisons) Child care Counihan art gallery, 166 Fees, 843, 847 Murrumbeena House, 1245 Country Fire Authority (See also Preschools and individual preschool names) Geelong West firefighters, 786, q 822 Children Paid firefighters, 227, q 491, 545, 551 Region 9, 634 Residential placements, q 1056 (See also Bushfires and Fire services) Chillin’ Out, 452 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (5)

Country Link, 1019 Dromana Primary School, 635

County Court (See Courts) Drugs Expert committee, 372, 382 Courts Footscray methadone clinic, 51, 54, 1297, 1301 County Court Government strategy, q 157 complex, q 1272 Greyhound racing, 614, 619 Kerang closure, 843, 848 Safe injecting facilities, q 155, 165, 229, q 266, q 267, 1097, Lilydale site, 912, 918 1235, 1238 Mildura courthouse, q 355 Steroids, q 957 Moorabbin complex, 324, 327 Drugs and Crime Prevention Committee Supreme Court judges report, 1241 Warrnambool courthouse, 438, 446 Membership, 1095

Craig, W. J., Memorial Centre, Croydon, 347 Duncan, Amy, 554

Creekstraddler exhibition, 857 E Crime

Prevention programs, q 1273 Eastern Freeway Rate, 616, 622 Extension, q 271, 441, 442 (See also Police) Echuca Crime Stoppers, q 1273 Performing arts complex, 1234, 1236 Croydon Primary School, 1300, 1303 Vocational education and training, 323, 328

Echuca East Primary School, 1020

D Edithvale Primary School, 774, 779

Daffey, John, 859 Education (See Schools and colleges and Tertiary education and Training) Dairy industry Elders Cafe, 396 Deregulation, q 29, q 268, q 357, 452, 458 q 594, q 726, 855, q 1057, q 1089, q 1182 Electricity industry Dandenong Ranges Basslink, 53, 56, 691, 922 Fire safety, 1097 Bushfires, 1233, 1238 (See also individual company names) Dandenong Valley Highway Eltham Upgrade, 229 School crossings, 374, 377 Daniel, Don, 228 Employment Davis Cup, q 1053 ALP commitment, q 1274 Disability services election promise, q 60 Commonwealth–state agreement, q 827 Latrobe Valley, q 722 Futures for Young Adults program, q 493 Moe, 374, 383 Residential units, 915, 917 Tullamarine, 1008, 1015 Distance Education Centre, 1236 Environment and Natural Resources Committee Distinguished visitors (See Parliament) Membership, 1095

Dogs in utes world record, 692 Epping Northern Hospital, 64 Doncaster High Street upgrade, 615, 618 (6) LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

Essendon Frankston Hospital, 166, 347 Buckley Street crossing, 438, 441 Frankston South foreshore, 1300, 1305 Hospital site, 146, 151

Eureka Stockade, 785 Freeways (See Roads and individual freeway names)

Freeza, 1074, 1079 Exceptional circumstances relief Mallee, 775, 782 Friends of Edithvale–Seaford Wetlands, 1097

Fun 4 Kids, 1007, 1014 F Futures for Young Adults, q 493

Fahey, Rosalie, 1019

Fair Trading and Business Affairs, Office of, 376, 377 G

Family and Community Development Committee Gaming Membership, 1095 Casino bidding process, q 387, q 389, q 493 Federation Square, 268 Football tipping competition, q 724 Machines, 679, 684 Festival of Sail, q 592 Problem gambling, 437, 447

Film and television industry Gas industry Government support, 456 Bellarine Peninsula supply, 439, 444 Longford Fire services bravery award, 634 Brimbank stations, 1077, 1081 compensation, 776, 778 (See also Bushfires and Country Fire Authority) Geelong Fishing industry Festival of Sail, q 592 Recreational licences, 53, 55 International Fibre Centre, 1159 Floyd, the late William Laurence, OBE, 4 Powercor office, 617, 620 Tourism, 439, 448 Food Water sports complex, 323, 330 Genetic modification, 163 Wine industry, 1152 Regulation, q 1275 Geelong, City of Greater Footscray Belmont traders levy, 617, 622, 680, 684 Derelict buildings, 614, 618 (See also Geelong) Saigon Club, 375, 378 Geelong Football Club, 635 Footscray Primary School, 440, 443 Geelong–Colac road Forest industry Upgrade, 1008, 1016 Otway Ranges, 145, 150, 614, 621, 691, 775, 780, 1232, 1239 Gippsland Regional agreements, q 1188 Planning scheme, 554 Swifts Creek timber mill, q 492 Gippsland Lakes, 1007, 1012 Francis Street, Yarraville Traffic, 476, 843, 844 Gisborne

Frankston Aircraft accident, 859 Aquatic centre, 857 Gold Elders Cafe, 396 Discovery anniversary, 775, 782 Traffic lights, 376 Youth projects, 693 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (7)

Goods and services tax House Committee Consumer education, 840, 844 Membership, 1094

Goulburn Valley Housing Land clearing, 1233, 1239 ALP commitment, q 1055 Crisis accommodation, q 161 Goulburn Valley Highway Estates Shepparton bypass, 218, 220 Geelong East, 1075, 1082 Goulburn Valley Water, 785 Long Gully, 1140, 1147 Port Melbourne, q 595 Government leadership, 454 Richmond, 218, 224 Loan schemes, 63, 542, 547 Governor’s speech Address-in-reply, 42, 166, 172, 252, 273, 366, 978, 1176, 1190 Human Services, Department of Focus, q 824 Grace McKellar Centre, 451, 774, 778 Hume, City of Grampians and Pyrenees wine trail, 1297, 1302 Sunbury plebiscite, 1235, 1239

Great Western races, q 1059 Huntly preschool, 616, 621, 913, 917

Greyhound racing Drugs, 614, 619 I Melbourne Cup, 842, 847

Grievances, 454, 1152 Independents charter ALP response, q 28, q 354 Freedom of speech, q 267 H Industrial relations

Harper, Maisie, 555 Liaison officers, q 1181 Workplace agreements, q 353 Hazardous waste committee, 325, 327 Industrial safety, q 596 Health (See Hospitals) Industrial skips, 679, 688 Health Services Commissioner Information technology Annual report, 1241 Connecting Victoria, 333 High Street, Doncaster Electronic document management systems, 453 Upgrade, 615, 618 Millennium bug, q 826 Minister for State and Regional Development web site, 682, 685 Highways (See Roads and individual highway names) Y2K government compliance, q 826

Hindle, Judy, 1243 Intellectual Disability Review Panel, 1076, 1079

HIV Intergraph Blood contamination, q 1054 Royal commission, q 954, 1018, 1157 (See also AIDS) International Fibre Centre, 1159 Home loan schemes (See Housing) International Volunteers Day, 1245 Hospitals Cleanliness, q 824 Irymple Funding, q 494 Meals on Wheels, 397 Networks, q 357 Ivanhoe East Primary School, 914, 918 (See also individual hospital and health service names) (8) LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

J Leopold Primary School, 452, 1006, 1011

Liberal Party Jackson, Sir Robert, 1097 Fundraising functions, 923 Jet skis Policies, 1168 Shadow ministry, 27 Licensing, 373, 377 Noise, 1019 Library Committee

Joint sittings of Parliament (See Parliament) Membership, 1094 Lilydale Primary School, 912, 918

K Livestock National identification system, q 1090 Ken’s Bus, 857 Local government Kent, Judge Robert, 636 Rates, q 1188 (See also Planning and individual city and shire council names) Kent Park Primary School, 1298, 1303 Loddon–Mallee Kerang Deaflink, 1018 County Court closure, 843, 848 Women’s Health Service, 165

Kew Primary School, 1299, 1303 Lotus Lodge Hostel, 774, 779

Kilmore Mechanics Institute Award, 692 M Kindergartens (See Preschools) McKinnon Secondary College, 397 Kingston, City of Patterson Lakes library survey, 1007, 1011 McLellan, the late Frederick Peter, 11

Knox McMahon, Bernie, 398 Aquatic centre, 218, 225 Main Road, Eltham Hospital, 166, 322, 330, q 625, 839, 848 School crossings, 374, 377 Platypus habitat, 618, 621 Major projects Kyabram and District Memorial Hospital, 452 Contracts, q 1182, 1296, 1305 Kydaco Painting, 216, 226 Mallee Kyneton hospital, 787 Exceptional circumstances relief, 775, 782

Malvern Central School, 50, 54, 1076, 1081

L Manningham Park Primary School, 1077, 1080

Lamb, Robert, 1242 Manufacturing industry Future, 1155, 1165 Latrobe Valley Leather chairs, q 828 Employment, q 722 Marrows, Dudley, 1098 Energy park, q 849

Law Reform Committee Meals on Wheels Membership, 1095 Irymple, 397

Legal aid Melbourne International Comedy Festival, q 1276

Funding, 694 Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, 776, 782 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (9)

Melbourne–Geelong road Moonee Valley, City of Accident, 1242 Violence is Stupid campaign, 694 Upgrade, q 855 Moorabbin Primary School, 842, 846 Melton West Primary School, 636 Moorooduc Highway Melton youth activity service, 453 Frankston traffic lights, 376, 378

Members Mornington Peninsula Freeway Burwood Extension, 325, 330, 1138, 1146 election, 1087 Motorcycles resignation of member, 4 swearing in, 1087 Regulations, 373, 377 Chelsea Province Mount Evelyn Special Development School, 636 discrimination, q 721, q 827, 1166 electoral enrolment, 541, 546 Mount Pleasant Primary School, 452 Hawthorn: electorate office, 1151 Multicultural resource centre, 376, 382 Mordialloc: business lunch, 1096 Swearing in, 1 Multimedia (See Information technology) (See also Ministers and Personal explanations) Murrumbeena House, 1245 Members statements, 164, 227, 346, 395, 451, 553, 634, 692, 785, 857, 921, 1018, 1096, 1149, 1242 Myxomatosis, 398

Meredith Path of the Ibis, 1152 N Metropolitan Women’s Correctional Centre, 217, 225 Napoleons Primary School, 858 Mildura Base Hospital, q 955 National Flower Centre, 1010, 1014 Mildura courthouse, q 355 National parks (See individual park names) Milgate Primary School, 375, 382 National Party Mining industry Rural policies, 1161 Open-cut goldmining, 545, 550, 629 Shadow ministry, 27 Ministerial statements National Road Transport Commission Connecting Victoria, 333 Annual report, 553 Ministers New Gisborne Appointment, 27 Teacher awards, 349 Aged Care: press release, 1096 Community cabinet, 396 Newton, Helen, 635 Conflicts of interest, 1074, 1082 North Geelong Secondary College, 1151 Environment and Conservation: correspondence, 1301, 1302 State and Regional Development: web site, 682, 685 Northern Hospital, 64 (See also Personal explanations) Nunawading Swimming Club, 227 Moe Jazz festival, 1098 Nursing homes Unemployment, 374, 383 Commonwealth certification, q 1057 Funding, q 628, 692, 773, 774, 778, 779 Monash, City of (See also Aged care and individual nursing home names) Open space, 1241, 1243 (10) LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

O Parliamentary committees Membership, 1094 Occupational health and safety Responses to reports, 345 (See also individual committee names) Aluminium processing, 1232, 1239 Parliamentary departments Olympic Games Business Club Australia, q 594 Legislative Assembly report, 691 Parliamentary Debates report, 691 Opposition (See Liberal Party) Parliamentary Library report, 691 Parliamentary Services report, 691 Orchard Grove Primary School, 859, 914, 918 Pascoe Vale RSL Pension and Welfare Office, 453 Ormond Primary School, 397 Path of the Ibis, 1152 Ovine Johne’s disease, q 160, 219, 222 Patriotic Funds Council Annual report, 629 P Patterson Lakes PANCH site, 64 Kingston library survey, 1007, 1011

Parentline, q 492 Pedestrian crossings (See Road safety)

Parks Victoria Personal explanations Firefighting, 1097 Members Port Campbell facilities, 840, 844 Benambra, 1017 Rangers, q 627 Gippsland South, 394 Restructure, 470, q 596 Ministers Premier, 910 Parliament State and Regional Development, 1059 ALP commitment, q 29, q 59 Burwood by-election, 353 Pines community art project, 1244 Business of the house Pines Preschool Centre, 325, 328 adjournment, 1242 broadcasting and televising of proceedings, 155 Planning matters of public importance, 163 1 Alfred Street, Prahran, 464, 467, q 494 members statements, 164 Guidelines, 229 postponement, 715, 727 HMAS Lonsdale site, q 957 program, 395, 630, 856, 1096 Medium-density development, q 850 Remembrance Day, 163 Ministerial intervention, q 1185 sessional orders, 65 South Gippsland scheme, 554 Chairman of Committees, 49 Upper Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges Regional Strategy Chairmen of committees, temporary, 144 Plan, 1021 Clerk of the Parliaments, 623 Platypus habitat, 618, 621 Christmas felicitations, 1287 Distinguished visitors, 17, 155, 162, 172, 353, 647, 821, 855 Point Nepean Joint sitting: Victorian Health Promotion Foundation, 1149, 1197, 1240, 1242 Army land, 326, 327 Opening by commission, 1 Police Serjeant-at-Arms, 50 Bacchus Marsh, 1141, 1143 Sitting hours, 451, 616, 619 Bellarine Peninsula, 1140, 1143 Speaker Chief commissioner, q 267 commission to swear members, 26 Footscray, 145, 149 election, 2 Force motif, q 1053 presentation to Governor, 3 Paynesville, 348 Temporary relief in chair, 144 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (11)

Stations Q Caulfield, 1140, 1144 Cobram, 913, 916 Queenscliff harbour, 216, 225 Croydon, 1243 Heidelberg, 147, 149 Kew, 544, 551 R Melton, 54, 55 Sandringham, 228 Rabbits Springvale, 148, 149 (See also Crime) Eradication, 398

Port Campbell National Park Racing Twelve Apostles visitor centre, 840, 844, 1142, 1146 Cummings, Bart, q 61 Country clubs, 437, 446 Port Phillip Bay Rail ALP policy, 1175 Environmental management, q 959 ALP commitment, q 591, 857 Ararat crash, 693 Ports Bendigo workshops, 1298, 1304 Geelong, 323, 329 Hillside Trains, q 852 Melbourne–Ballarat service, 1009, 1016 Powercor Melbourne–Geelong link, 145, 152 Geelong office, 617, 620 Regional infrastructure, q 1271 Preschools Shepparton–Numurkah–Cobram service, 637 Aboriginals, 681, 683 Sydenham station, 229 Subsidy, q 394, 398 Tullamarine link, 394 (See also Child care and individual preschool names) Regional forest agreements, q 1188 Preston integrated health care centre, 1073, 1080 Regional Infrastructure Development Fund, q 1189 Printing Committee Remembrance Day Membership, 1095 Essendon ceremony, 451 Prisons Transport House ceremony, 346

Privatisation, 1141, 1143 Residents Against McDonalds, 1150 Privileges Committee Richmond Appointment, 1095 Multicultural resource centre, 376, 382 Membership, 1095 Road safety Public Accounts and Estimates Committee Crossings Auditor-General Eltham, 374, 377 office report, 34 Essendon, 438, 441 reports nos 39 to 41, 34 Industrial skips, 679, 688 Environmental accounting and reporting report, 34 National rules, 786, 914, 918 Membership, 1095 Road toll, 1301, 1305 Public sector Speed limits, 1301, 1305 Senior executive service, q 1270, q 1272 Traffic lights Waste and mismanagement, q 156 Frankston, 376, 378 Rockbank, 63 Public transport (See Rail, School buses, Taxis and Trams) Road Safety Committee Pyrenees and Grampians wine trail, 1297, 1302 Membership, 1095 Pedestrian accidents report, 34 (12) LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

Roads Interjections, 59, 79, 99, 136, 155, 157, 158, 161, 222, 223, 266, 267, 269, 271, 272, 311, 330, 355, 356, 369, 378, 382, 385, Traffic fines, 1010 386, 388, 390, 391, 392, 393, 406, 426, 429, 433, 448, 467, Wantirna upgrades, 1235, 1239 472, 473, 491, 492, 506, 527, 529, 549, 592, 593, 594, 595, (See also City Link and individual freeway, highway, road and 596, 597, 603, 624, 626, 629, 631, 632, 633, 646, 651, 662, street names) 663, 718, 722, 723, 724, 725, 738, 749, 754, 777, 778, 781, 793, 799, 803, 817, 823, 824, 825, 826, 828, 829, 850, 851, Rockbank 853, 854, 872, 886, 894, 900, 901, 916, 917, 920, 923, 924, 928, 932, 935, 937, 941, 944, 949, 956, 984, 990, 998, 1014, Traffic lights, 63 1018, 1044, 1051, 1052, 1054, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1081, 1088, 1089, 1090, 1091, 1092, 1093, 1110, 1144, 1146, 1149, 1160, Rosebud 1161, 1162, 1163, 1178, 1181, 1182, 1183, 1187, 1188, 1189, Foreshore, 1098 1212, 1215, 1235, 1272, 1273, 1274, 1275, 1276, 1302, 1303 Lotus Lodge Hostel, 774, 779 Matters of public importance, 163 Members Rulings by the Chair applause, 592 Absence of minister, 820 audible conversations, 126, 128, 129, 389, 422, 543, 568, 757, Absolute majority, 1040 885, 894, 978 Accuracy conduct, 901, 924 quotations, 897, 900, 901 correct titles, 472, 595, 906, 916, 1139, 1178, 1214, 1215, remarks, 495, 932 1273 Adjournment gestures, 393, 824 matter must relate to government administration, 616 reflections on, 463, 464, 466, 495, 632, 655, 656, 1167, 1168 matter must seek action, 545, 777, 778, 1077, 1142 Members statements, 164, 227 ministers’ responses, 220, 331, 1082 Notices of motion, 33, 34 only one matter to be raised, 543, 915, 1074, 1301, 1305 Pagers and electronic devices, 17, 384 points of order, 777 Parliamentary committee reports, 242 raising of matters, 447 Personal explanations: scope, 1017 Admissibility Points of order amendments, 142, 143, 716, 908 adjournment debate, 777 grievances, 465 admissibility, 608, 839 members statements, 164 frivolous, 445, 826, 851, 1187 points of order, 608, 839 members may not speak twice, 906 questions without notice, 1190 not to refute statements, 617, 907, 919, 1147, 1190 Amendments not to restate matter, 386, 389, 444, 624, 850, 956, 957 admissibility, 142, 143, 716, 908 Questions without notice sessional orders, 69 admissibility, 1190 Chair answers addressing, 78, 89, 124, 155, 227, 290, 386, 409, 441, 457, length, 158, 160, 162, 273, 390, 495 460, 506, 529, 545, 548, 646, 661, 720, 725, 753, 760, 792, scope, 31, 825 826, 854, 898, 900, 916, 929, 935, 937, 946, 947, 998, 1048, conduct of question time, 33 1051, 1081, 1127, 1184, 1186, 1272 debating, 32, 63, 159, 160, 387, 494, 624, 628, 956, 1056, advice to members, 530 1059, 1088, 1092, 1187, 1189, 1274, 1276 correct title, 889 length, 1271 defying directions of, 164 must relate to government administration, 624, 722, 1054 reflections on, 273, 628 not to seek opinions, 31 respect for, 30, 125, 190, 229, 356, 466, 530, 546, 589, 593, only one to be asked, 726 624, 664, 786, 850, 851, 854, 900 sessional orders, 1053 Debate Reading of speeches, 429, 854 anticipation, 59 Relevance, 30, 57, 59, 61, 62, 99, 150, 152, 156, 160, 330, 355, scope, 611, 1095 387, 392, 393, 424, 432, 441, 529, 532, 536, 538, 561, 583, Divisions, 721 585, 586, 592, 628, 633, 634, 654, 662, 663, 686, 717, 725, Documents: availability, 356, 359, 548, 851, 1276, 1277 726, 758, 762, 780, 823, 828, 852, 906, 957, 1035, 1043, 1058, 1061, 1062, 1091, 1187, 1207, 1208, 1226, 1229, 1231, Grievances: admissibility, 465 1270, 1275 Hansard: quoting from same session, 390, 1046 Remarks Inaugural speeches, 46, 166, 178, 203, 208, 212, 261, 273, 284, accuracy, 495 291, 1178 suitability, 579 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (13)

Resubmission of question, 608 Seniors Card, 440, 443 Sessional orders amendments, 69 Seniors parliament, 1244 question before Chair, 608 Serjeant-at-Arms (See Parliament) questions without notice, 1053 Tedious repetition, 495 Sexual Discrimination Act Unparliamentary and offensive remarks, 270, 378, 379, 381, Anniversary, 347 391, 445, 472, 530, 531, 579, 632, 686, 837, 904, 905, 906, 907, 924, 946, 1013, 1167, 1168 Shadow ministry, 27 Rural Victoria Shepparton Coalition policy, q 31 Coalition record, 474 Government policy, q 28, q 30, 1299, 1303 National Party policy, 1161 Small business Privatisation, 1163 Confidence, 553 Regional rail infrastructure, q 1271 Costs, 925 Regional tourism, q 724 Smoke alarms, 52, 55 Services, 460 Teachers, 542, 547 Snowy River, q 593, q 626, 787, 921, q 1273 Wages, q 1091 South Australian Department of Human Services, 165

S South Gippsland (See Gippsland)

South Gippsland Highway Saigon Club, 375, 378 Upgrade, 776, 783

St Albans Sport Welfare dependency, 1150, 1173 Davis Cup, q 1053 St Albans Primary School, 682, 683 International yacht regatta, q 592 National dressage competition, 1019 Sandringham and District Memorial Hospital, 147, 151 Stawell Easter Gift, 541, 550 Water sports complex, 323, 330 School buses (See also Australian Football League) Yarra Valley, 439, 441 Sprayline, 911, 920 Schools and colleges Capital works funding, q 853 Standing Orders Committee Class sizes, q 157, q 385, q 386, q 388, q 593, q 723, q 823 Appointment, 1095 Dromana, 555 Membership, 1095 Frankston, 916, 918 Stawell Easter Gift, 541, 550 Information technology, 1006, 1011 Kool Skools awards, 922 Stem Industries, q 828 Learning assessment project, q 958, 1077, 1081 Maintenance, q 158, 228, 555 Stirling, the late Gordon Francis, 7 Non-government schools: integration funds, 554 Stud Road Portland, 215, 224 Self-governance, q 159, q 356, q 385, q 390, q 392, q 1088 Upgrade, 229 (See also Students, Teachers and individual school and college Students names) Truancy, 859 Scoresby freeway, 51, 56, 555, 680, 689, 912, 919 Sunbury Scrutiny of Acts and Regulations Committee Late night transport, 921 Membership, 1095 Municipal plebiscite, 1235, 1239 Unlawful Assemblies and Processions Act report, 35 Skaters Association, 396 (14) LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

Sunraysia Rural Water Authority, 324, 327 Trams Stops, 436, 441 Supreme Court (See Courts) Whitehorse Road, 1149 Swifts Creek timber mill, q 492 Transport Accident Commission Swimming pools Compensation claim, 1099 Community funding, 1072, 1082 Treaties Fencing, 693 Commonwealth documents, 1286

Trucks T Beach Road, Brighton, 1073, 1078 Francis Street, Yarraville, 843, 844 TAFE (See Tertiary education and training ) Tucker, Russell, 555 Taxation Tullamarine ALP commitment, q 490 Employment, 1008, 1015 Taxis Motorcycle, 1300, 1304 U New Year’s Eve, q 1186 Services, 678, 688 Unemployment (See Employment) Teachers Awards, 349 Unions Contracts, q 160, q 161 Membership, q 623, q 625, q 722, q 822 Freedom of speech, q 625 Payroll deductions, q 1090 Rural Victoria, 542, 547 Use of funds, 462

Tertiary education and training Universities (See individual university names) ALP commitment, 1274 Upper Ferntree Gully Primary School, 553 TAFE funding, q 391 Upper Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges Regional infrastructure, 1142, 1144 Strategy Plan, 1021 teachers, 841, 846 Vocational education and training registered organisations, q 627, q 828, 841, 845, q 853, q 855, V q 1092, 1297, 1302 review, q 725 Veneto Social Club, 785 (See also individual institute and university names) Victoria Timber industry (See Forest industry) Economic management, 1152 Tourism Victoria University of Technology, 166 Bellarine Peninsula, 679, 685 Geelong, 439, 448, q 592 Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Grampians and Pyrenees wine trail, 1297, 1302 Representation, 373, 376 International visitors, q 1092 Victorian Concert Orchestra, 1231, 1237 Multicultural festivals, 544, 551 Regional Victoria, q 724 Victorian Health Promotion Foundation Toxic waste Joint sitting of Parliament, 1149, 1197, 1240, 1242

Werribee dump, 227 Victorian Workcover Authority (See Workcover) Trains (See Rail) Victrack Footscray buildings, 614, 618 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (15)

Violence is Stupid campaign, 694 Wine industry Bellarine Peninsula–Geelong region, 1152 Virgin Airlines, q 623 Grampians and Pyrenees wine trail, 1297, 1302 VJC House of Linen, 219, 226 Women Vocational education and training (See Tertiary education Loddon–Mallee health service, 165 and training) Woodlands Historic Park, Friends of, 921

Workcover W Administration, q 60, q 356 Common-law rights, 492 Walwa Bush Nursing Hospital, 374, 383, 788, 1009, 1012 Industrial safety, q 596 Wangaratta Festival of Jazz, 346 Premiums, q 62, 146, 150, q 595, q 1276

Wantirna Y Road upgrades, 1235, 1239

Warrnambool Y2K (See Information technology) Fun 4 Kids, 1007, 1014 Yarra Primary School, 1019 Water industry Yarrabah School, 1020 Catchment management authorities levy, q 353 Irrigation allocations, q 1184 Yarraville Melton supply, 63 Francis Street, 476, 843, 844 Northern Mallee pipeline, q 354 Wimmera–Mallee, 1171 Youth (See also individual water authority names) Frankston projects, 693 Watercraft (See Jet skis) Freeza, 1074, 1079 Ken’s Bus, 857 Wattleview Primary School, 1298, 1303 Residential placements, q 1056

Waverley Park, q 61, 787, 1241 MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE Werribee Election result, 165 Drugs: safe injecting facilities, 229 Swimming pool, 454 Toxic waste dump, 227 Legal aid: funding, 694

West Heidelberg Small business: costs, 925 Colosseum Hotel site, 397

Western Highway PETITIONS Ballarat route options, 840, 844

Western suburbs Aspendale Gardens primary school, 691 Welfare dependency, 1139, 1145, 1150, 1173 Dairy industry: deregulation, 855 Wheelers Hill Primary School, 842, 846 Electricity industry: Basslink, 691 Williamstown North Primary School, 1241 Food: genetic modification, 163 Wilson, Peter, 348 Forest industry: Otway Ranges, 691 Wilsons Promontory National Park, q 62 Grace McKellar Centre, 451 Wimmera–Grampians marketing strategy, 395 Home loan schemes, 63 (16) LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

Monash: open space, 1241 Scrutiny of Acts and Regulations Committee Unlawful Assemblies and Processions Act, 35 Northern Hospital, Epping, 64 Supreme Court judges Open-cut goldmining, 629 Annual report, 1241 PANCH site, 64

Rail: Tullamarine link, 394 MEMBERS

Rockbank traffic lights, 63

Snowy River, 921 ALLAN, Ms (Bendigo East)

Sunbury: late night transport, 921 Adjournment Bendigo: open-cut goldmining, 545 Trams: Whitehorse Road, 1149 City Link: tolls, 326 Housing: Long Gully estate, 1140 Water: Melton supply, 63 Huntly preschool, 616, 913 Waverley Park, 1241 Ovine Johne’s disease, 219 Rail: Bendigo workshops, 1298 Williamstown North Primary School, 1241 TAFE: teachers, 841

Bills REPORTS Audit (Amendment) Bill, 655 Legal Practice (Amendment) Bill, 535 Auditor-General Regional Infrastructure Development Fund Bill, 815 Water (Waterway Management Tariffs) Bill, 1125 Government finances, 1018 Governor’s speech BLF Custodian Address-in-reply, 42 44th report, 35 45th report, 691 Grievances Commonwealth treaty documents, 1286 Rural Victoria: privatisation, 1163 Legal aid: funding, 709 Health Services Commissioner Annual report, 1241 Members statements National Road Transport Commission Comet Hill Primary School, 553 Loddon–Mallee Deaflink, 1018 Annual report, 553 Loddon–Mallee Women’s Health Service, 165 Parliamentary departments Petitions Legislative Assembly, Department of the, 691 Open-cut goldmining, 629 Parliamentary Debates, Department of, 691 Parliamentary Library, Department of the, 691 Questions without notice Parliamentary Services, Department of, 691 Casino: bidding process, 387 Patriotic Funds Council City Link: tolls, 1183 Ovine Johne’s disease, 160 Annual report, 629 Schools: self-governance, 1088 Public Accounts and Estimates Committee Auditor-General, 34 ANDRIANOPOULOS, Mr (Mill Park) (See SPEAKER, The Auditor-General’s office, 34 (Hon. Alex Andrianopoulos)) Environmental accounting and reporting, 34

Road Safety Committee Pedestrian accidents, 34 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (17)

ASHER, Ms (Brighton) Bills Freedom of Information (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, 898 Adjournment Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre (Amendment) Bill, 1067 Beach Road: trucks, 1073 Major projects: contracts, 1296 Governor’s speech Address-in-reply, 172 Bills Audit (Amendment) Bill, 599 Members statements Parliamentary Committees (Amendment) Bill, 953 ALP: election result, 348 Regional Infrastructure Development Fund Bill, 799 Questions without notice Business of the house Employment and training: ALP commitment, 1274 Sessional orders, 95 Vocational education and training: registered organisations, 627, 828, 853, 855, 1092 Governor’s speech Address-in-reply, 258 BARKER, Ms (Oakleigh) Grievances Bills Victoria: economic management, 1152 Health Practitioners (Special Events Exemption) Bill, 501 Members statements Governor’s speech ALP: fundraising dinner, 1149 Intergraph: royal commission, 1018 Address-in-reply, 302 Small business: survey, 553 Members statements Questions without notice Kool Skools awards, 922 Budget: ALP commitment, 31 Murrumbeena House, 1245 Gaming: football tipping competition, 724 Peter Wilson, 348 Member for Chelsea Province: discrimination, 721, 827 Questions without notice Unemployment: ALP election promise, 60 Australian Gallery of Sport and Olympic Museum, 491 Unions: payroll deductions, 1090 Crime: prevention programs, 1273 Small business: costs, 925 Manufacturing: leather chairs, 828

Rulings, 203, 817, 820, 885, 886, 905, 906, 907, 908, 1051, 1052 ASHLEY, Mr (Bayswater) (See also Rulings by the Chair in GENERAL) Adjournment

Knox: aquatic centre, 218 BATCHELOR, Mr (Thomastown) (Minister for Transport) Knox hospital, 839 Adjournment Bills Beach Road: trucks, 1078 Audit (Amendment) Bill, 656 Bena Primary School, 1146 Essential Services (Year 2000) Bill, 424 Bridges: River Murray, 152 Health Practitioners (Special Events Exemption) Bill, 490, 496 Buckley Street, Essendon: crossing, 441 Members statements Centre–East Boundary roads: intersection, 689 Australian Institute of Criminology, 1020 City Link Creekstraddler exhibition, 857 e-tags, 687 tolls, 219, 329 Points of order, 34 tunnels, 1078 Eastern Freeway: extension, 442 Election: ALP commitments, 920 BAILLIEU, Mr (Hawthorn) Footscray: derelict buildings, 618 Adjournment Francis Street, Yarraville: trucks, 844 Vocational education and training: registered organisations, Frankston South foreshore, 1305 841, 1297 High Street, Doncaster: upgrade, 618 (18) LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

Industrial skips, 688 Grievances Jet skis: licensing, 377 City Link: air-quality monitoring, 472 Main Road, Eltham: school crossings, 377 Major projects: contracts, 1305 Joint sittings of Parliament Moorooduc Highway: Frankston traffic lights, 378 Victorian Health Promotion Foundation, 1149 Mornington Peninsula Freeway: extension, 330, 1146 Members statements Motorcycles: regulations, 377 Introduction, 164 Parliament: sitting hours, 619 Member for Mordialloc: business lunch, 1096 Port of Geelong, 329 Remembrance Day, 346 Rail Bendigo workshops, 1304 National Road Transport Commission Melbourne–Geelong link, 152 Annual report, 553 Road safety national rules, 918 Parliamentary committees toll, 1305 Membership, 1094, 1096 School buses: Yarra Valley, 441 Points of order, 33, 34, 59, 63, 162, 272, 380, 390, 392, 778, Scoresby freeway, 56, 689, 919 851, 911, 1077, 1301 South Gippsland Highway: upgrade, 783 Sprayline, 920 Public Accounts and Estimates Committee Taxis Auditor-General, 34 motorcycle, 1304 Auditor-General’s office, 34 services, 688 Environmental accounting and reporting, 34 Trams: stops, 441 Questions without notice Western Highway: Ballarat route options, 844 City Link Auditor-General’s office contract, 271 Financial audit, 144 tolls, 1183 Eastern Freeway: extension, 271 Bills Melbourne–Geelong road: upgrade, 855 Constitution (Reform) Bill, 613 Rail: Hillside Trains, 852 Essential Services (Year 2000) Bill, 363, 364 Taxis: New Year’s Eve, 1186 Melbourne City Link (Amendment) Bill, 1175, 1249 Rail Corporations and Transport Acts (Miscellaneous Scrutiny of Acts and Regulations Committee Amendments) Bill, 911, 961 Redundant and unclear legislation, 35

Business of the house Temporary relief in chair, 144 Postponement, 719 Proclamation dates, 50 Program, 395, 630, 856, 1096 BEATTIE, Ms (Tullamarine) Remembrance Day, 163 Adjournment Sessional orders, 65, 134, 137, 143 City Link: e-tags, 678 Chairman of Committees, 49 Crime: rate, 616 Hume: Sunbury plebiscite, 1235 Christmas felicitations, 1293 TAFE: infrastructure, 1142 Condolences Tullamarine: employment, 1008 Frederick Peter McLellan, 20 Bills Gordon Francis Stirling, 10 Essential Services (Year 2000) Bill, 423 William Laurence Floyd, OBE, 6 Local Government (Best Value Principles) Bill, 745 Election of Speaker, 2, 3 Rail Corporations and Transport Acts (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, 1228 Governor’s speech Governor’s speech Address-in-reply, 1193 Address-in-reply, 195 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (19)

Members statements Auditor-General Friends of Woodlands Historic Park, 921 office, 266 Gas: Longford bravery award, 634 powers, 29 Sunbury Skaters Association, 396 Australian Gallery of Sport and Olympic Museum, 491 Budget: ALP commitment, 31 Petitions Bushfires: firefighter safety, 822 Sunbury: late night transport, 921 Casino: bidding process, 387 Catchment management authorities: levy, 353 Questions without notice Davis Cup, 1053 City Link: contract, 271 Drugs: safe injecting facilities, 155, 266 HIV: blood contamination, 1054 Election: ALP commitments, 1087 Virgin Airlines, 623 Festival of Sail, 592 Gaming: football tipping competition, 724 BRACKS, Mr (Williamstown) (Premier, Treasurer and Minister Independents charter for Multicultural Affairs) ALP response, 28, 354 freedom of speech, 267 Adjournment Industrial relations Gas: Longford compensation, 778 liaison officers, 1181 Bills workplace agreements, 353 Intergraph: royal commission, 954 Administration and Probate (Statute Law Revision) Bill, 41 Latrobe Valley: employment, 722 Audit (Amendment) Bill, 252, 364, 664, 667, 668, 669, 671, 676, 678 Latrobe Valley energy park, 849 Constitution (Reform) Bill, 476, 609, 611 Major projects: contracts, 1182 Essential Services (Year 2000) Bill, 252, 608 Member for Chelsea Province: discrimination, 721, 827 Gas Industry (Amendment) Bill, 911, 961 Parliament: ALP commitment, 29, 59 Parliamentary Committees (Amendment) Bill, 949 Political donations, 1088 Water (Waterway Management Tariffs) Bill, 476 Public sector senior executive service, 1271 Christmas felicitations, 1287 waste and mismanagement, 156 Commonwealth treaty documents, 1286 Rail: regional infrastructure, 1271 Rural Victoria: government policy, 28, 30 Condolences Schools: class sizes, 593 Frederick Peter McLellan, 11, 26 Snowy River, 593, 626, 1273 Gordon Francis Stirling, 7, 26 Taxation: ALP commitment, 490 William Laurence Floyd, OBE, 4, 26 Tourism: regional Victoria, 724 Unions Drugs: safe injecting facilities, 241 membership, 623, 624, 722, 822 payroll deductions, 1090 Election of Speaker, 2, 3 Virgin Airlines, 623 Joint sittings of Parliament Workcover Victorian Health Promotion Foundation, 1240 administration, 60 common-law rights, 493 Ministry, 27

Parliamentary committees BRUMBY, Mr (Broadmeadows) (Minister for State and Responses to reports, 345 Regional Development, Minister for Finance and Assistant Treasurer) Personal explanation, 910 Adjournment Points of order, 59, 124, 160, 380, 1054 Ballarat: community kitchen, 620 Bellarine Peninsula: gas supply, 444 Questions without notice Bendigo: open-cut goldmining, 550 ALP: fundraising dinner, 849, 954, 955, 956, 959, 1054, 1056, Bushfires: power industry preparedness, 1238 1087 Cobram: industry support, 549 (20) LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

Electricity industry: Basslink, 56 Members statements Forest industry: Otway Ranges, 780 ALP: fundraising dinner, 923 Fun 4 Kids, 1014 Betty Bruce, 347 Geelong–Colac road: upgrade, 1016 Sexual Discrimination Act, 347 Minister for State and Regional Development: web site, 685 Swimming pools: fencing, 693 Powercor: Geelong office, 620 Rail: Melbourne–Ballarat service, 1016 Questions without notice Rural Victoria: government policy, 1303 Drugs: safe injecting facilities, 267 Tullamarine: employment, 1015 Local government: rates, 1188 Western suburbs: welfare dependency, 1145 Public sector: senior executive service, 1272

Auditor-General Government finances, 1018 CAMERON, Mr (Bendigo West) (Minister for Local Government, Minister for Workcover and Minister assisting the Bills Minister for Transport regarding Roads)

Audit (Amendment) Bill, 660 Adjournment Essential Services (Year 2000) Bill, 405 Ballarat: mayoral allowance, 552 Regional Infrastructure Development Fund Bill, 252, 359, 837, 1041, 1045 Forest industry: Otway Ranges, 1239 Goulburn Valley: land clearing, 1239 Business of the house Greater Geelong: Belmont traders levy, 622, 684 Sessional orders, 91 Hume: Sunbury plebiscite, 1239 Kingston: Patterson Lakes library survey, 1011 Condolences Occupational health and safety: aluminium processing, 1239 Gordon Francis Stirling, 11 Roads: Wantirna upgrades, 1239 Ministerial statements Workcover: premiums, 150

Connecting Victoria, 333 Bills Personal explanation, 1059 Federal Courts (State Jurisdiction) Bill, 976 Freedom of Information (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, 349 Points of order, 466, 686, 1043 Local Government (Best Value Principles) Bill, 252, 351, 763, 765 Questions without notice Business of the house Ovine Johne’s disease, 160 Rail: ALP commitment, 591 Postponement, 718 Regional Infrastructure Development Fund, 1189 Program, 633 Rural Victoria Points of order, 716, 758, 915 coalition policy, 31 wages, 1091 Questions without notice Y2K: government compliance, 826 Drugs: safe injecting facilities, 268 Small business: costs, 938 Local government: rates, 1188 Workcover administration, 60, 356 BURKE, Ms (Prahran) industrial safety, 596 premiums, 62, 595, 1276 Adjournment Taxis: services, 678 CAMPBELL, Ms (Pascoe Vale) (Minister for Community Bills Services) Local Government (Best Value Principles) Bill, 252, 728, 765 Adjournment Condolences Aboriginals: preschools, 683 Frederick Peter McLellan, 25 B and S Scooter and Wheelchair Maintenance, 683 Child care: fees, 847 Disability services: residential units, 917 Drugs: Footscray methadone clinic, 54 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (21)

Freeza, 1079 CLARK, Mr (Box Hill) Huntly preschool, 621, 917 Intellectual Disability Review Panel, 1079 Adjournment Pines Preschool Centre, 328 Workcover: premiums, 146

Bills Bills Gas Industry (Amendment) Bill, 1208 Audit (Amendment) Bill, 573, 671 Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre (Amendment) Bill, 1060 Members statements Public Prosecutions (Amendment) Bill, 1031 Banks: closures, 1245 Rail Corporations and Transport Acts (Miscellaneous Open Family Foundation, 694 Amendments) Bill, 1217 Pascoe Vale RSL Pension and Welfare Office, 453 Business of the house Residents Against McDonalds, 1150 Sessional orders, 102 Questions without notice Members statements Disability services: commonwealth–state agreement, 827 Futures for Young Adults, 493 Planning: guidelines, 229 Human Services: focus, 825 Petitions Parentline, 492 Trams: Whitehorse Road, 1149 Preschools: subsidy, 394 Public sector: senior executive service, 1272 Points of order, 272, 820, 1040, 1062, 1276 Youth: residential placements, 1056 Questions without notice Housing: ALP commitment, 1055 CARLI, Mr (Coburg) Waverley Park, 61 Workcover: premiums, 62, 595, 1276 Adjournment City Link: tolls, 217 Small business: costs, 929 Nursing homes: funding, 774 Upper Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges Regional Bills Strategy Plan, 1021 Essential Services (Year 2000) Bill, 415 Freedom of Information (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, 880 COOPER, Mr (Mornington) Local Government (Best Value Principles) Bill, 755 Rail Corporations and Transport Acts (Miscellaneous Condolences Amendments) Bill, 1216 Frederick Peter McLellan, 17 Business of the house Gordon Francis Stirling, 10

Sessional orders, 124 Election of Speaker, 3 Governor’s speech

Address-in-reply, 986 DAVIES, Ms (Gippsland West) Members statements Adjournment Community environmental park, Brunswick, 637 Bass Valley Primary School, 437 Counihan art gallery, 166 Bena Primary School, 1141 Points of order, 1226 Electricity industry: Basslink, 53

Questions without notice Bills Auditor-General: powers, 29 Audit (Amendment) Bill, 587 County Court complex, 1272 Freedom of Information (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, 890 Planning: medium-density development, 850 Local Government (Best Value Principles) Bill, 762 Regional Infrastructure Development Fund Bill, 811, 1051

Business of the house Sessional orders, 107 (22) LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

Christmas felicitations, 1294 Bills Local Government (Best Value Principles) Bill, 740 Condolences Rail Corporations and Transport Acts (Miscellaneous Frederick Peter McLellan, 16 Amendments) Bill, 1284 Regional Infrastructure Development Fund Bill, 830, 1071 Grievances Water (Waterway Management Tariffs) Bill, 1128 National Party: rural policies, 1161 Governor’s speech Members statements Address-in-reply, 208 Electricity industry: Basslink, 922 South Gippsland: planning scheme, 554 Members statements International Volunteers Day, 1245 Points of order, 585 Wimmera–Grampians marketing strategy, 395 Questions without notice

Human Services: focus, 824 DELAHUNTY, Ms (Northcote) (Minister for Education and Independents charter: freedom of speech, 267 Minister for the Arts)

Rulings, 284, 290, 291, 897, 898, 900, 901, 1074, 1077, 1081, Adjournment 1082 Aspendale Gardens primary school, 779 (See also Rulings by the Chair in GENERAL) Bass Valley Primary School, 443 Bellarine Secondary College, 151 Caulfield South Primary School, 151 DEAN, Dr (Berwick) Croydon Primary School, 1303 Distance Education Centre, 1236 Adjournment Echuca Berwick hospital, 217 performing arts complex, 1236 Bills vocational education training, 328 Constitution (Reform) Bill, 611 Edithvale Primary School, 779 Crimes at Sea Bill, 1132 Footscray Primary School, 443 Federal Courts (State Jurisdiction) Bill, 561, 962 Ivanhoe East Primary School, 918 Freedom of Information (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, Kew Primary School, 1303 860, 904, 907, 908, 910 Leopold Primary School, 1011 Legal Practice (Amendment) Bill, 363, 513 Malvern Central School, 54, 1081 Public Prosecutions (Amendment) Bill, 1022 Manningham Park Primary School, 1080 Milgate Primary School, 382 Business of the house Moorabbin Primary School, 846 Postponement, 717 Orchard Grove Primary School, 918 Program, 634 Rural Victoria: teachers, 547 Sessional orders, 109 St Albans Primary School, 683 Legal aid: funding, 697 Schools Frankston, 918 Members statements information technology, 1011 ALP: fundraising dinner, 922, 1150 Portland, 224 Wattleview and Kent Park, 1303 Points of order, 852, 906, 907 Victorian Concert Orchestra, 1237 Questions without notice Wheelers Hill Primary School, 846 Burwood: by-election, 851 Drugs: safe injecting facilities, 238 Unions: membership, 625 Governor’s speech Address-in-reply, 1002 DELAHUNTY, Mr (Wimmera) Grievances Adjournment Film and television industry: government support, 456 Stawell Easter Gift, 541 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (23)

Members statements DOYLE, Mr (Malvern) Patricia Cornelius, 554 Adjournment Notices of motion, 33 Drugs: expert committee, 372 Malvern Central School, 50, 1076 Questions without notice Melbourne International Comedy Festival, 1276 Bills Schools Freedom of Information (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, 885 class sizes, 157, 385, 386, 388, 723, 823 Health Practitioners (Special Events Exemption) Bill, 362, 477, funding, 853 510, 511, 512 learning assessment project, 958 Drugs: safe injecting facilities, 230 maintenance, 159 self-governance, 159, 356, 385, 390, 392, 1088 Members statements Teachers ALP: fundraising dinner, 924, 1151 contracts, 160, 161 freedom of speech, 626 DUNCAN, Ms (Gisborne)

DEPUTY SPEAKER, The (Mrs Maddigan) Adjournment Police: Bacchus Marsh, 1141 Distinguished visitors, 353 Bills Rulings, 78, 79, 128, 129, 178, 190, 242, 311, 460, 463, 464, 465, Essential Services (Year 2000) Bill, 426 466, 467, 527, 529, 530, 531, 568, 608, 757, 758, 760, 762, 792, 793, 839, 889, 894, 932, 935, 937, 990, 1127, 1160, 1161, 1162, Legal Practice (Amendment) Bill, 533 1163 Public Prosecutions (Amendment) Bill, 1032 Water (Waterway Management Tariffs) Bill, 1128 (See also MADDIGAN, Mrs (Essendon) and Rulings by the Chair in GENERAL) Governor’s speech Address-in-reply, 212, 214

DIXON, Mr (Dromana) Legal aid: funding, 706

Adjournment Members statements Lotus Lodge Hostel, Rosebud, 774 Gisborne aircraft accident, 859 Point Nepean: army land, 326 Kyneton hospital, 787 Maisie Harper, 555 Bills New Gisborne: teacher awards, 349 Audit (Amendment) Bill, 638 Essential Services (Year 2000) Bill, 430 Questions without notice Police Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 1259 Election: ALP commitments, 1087 Forest industry: regional agreements, 1188 Governor’s speech Nursing homes: funding, 628 Address-in-reply, 253 Workcover: administration, 356 Grievances Port Phillip Bay: ALP policy, 1175 ELLIOTT, Mrs (Mooroolbark) Members statements Adjournment Dromana Primary School, 635 B and S Scooter and Wheelchair Maintenance, 680 Rosebud foreshore, 1098 Schools Condolences Dromana, 555 Frederick Peter McLellan, 25 maintenance, 228 Drugs: safe injecting facilities, 237

Governor’s speech Address-in-reply, 1190 (24) LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

Legal aid: funding, 713 Questions without notice Burwood: suburban boundaries, 726 Members statements Forest industry: regional agreements, 1188 Parliament: sitting hours, 451 Northern Mallee pipeline, 354 Police: Croydon station, 1243 Parks Victoria W. J. Craig Memorial Centre, 347 rangers, 627 Questions without notice restructure, 596 Port Phillip Bay: environmental management, 959 Futures for Young Adults, 493 Swifts Creek timber mill, 492 Parentline, 492 Wilsons Promontory National Park, 62

FYFFE, Mrs (Evelyn) GILLETT, Ms (Werribee) Adjournment Adjournment Lilydale Primary School, 912 Community legal centres, 542 School buses: Yarra Valley, 439 Hazardous waste committee, 325 Bills Metropolitan Women’s Correctional Centre, 217 Freedom of Information (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, 892 Governor’s speech Public Prosecutions (Amendment) Bill, 1030 Address-in-reply, 996 Governor’s speech Legal aid: funding, 701 Address-in-reply, 203

Legal aid: funding, 708 Members statements Werribee Members statements election result, 165 Caladenia Day Centre, 396 swimming pool, 454 Mount Evelyn Special Development School, 636 toxic waste dump, 227 Rosalie Fahey, 1019 Questions without notice Small business: costs, 939 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, 1276 Racing: Bart Cummings, 61 Rural Victoria: government policy, 28 GARBUTT, Ms (Bundoora) (Minister for Environment and Conservation and Minister for Women’s Affairs) HAERMEYER, Mr (Yan Yean) (Minister for Police and Adjournment Emergency Services and Minister for Corrections) Fishing: recreational licences, 55 Forest industry: Otway Ranges, 150, 621 Adjournment Gippsland Lakes, 1012 Brimbank: fire stations, 1081 Hazardous waste committee, 327 CFA: paid firefighters, 551 Knox: platypus habitat, 621 Crime: rate, 622 Minister for Environment and Conservation: correspondence, GST: consumer education, 844 1302 Metropolitan Women’s Correctional Centre, 225 Point Nepean: army land, 327 Police Port Campbell National Park, 844, 1146 Bacchus Marsh, 1143 Queenscliff harbour, 225 Bellarine Peninsula, 1143 Smoke alarms, 55 Caulfield station, 1144 Sunraysia Rural Water Authority, 327 Cobram station, 916 Bills Footscray, 149 Heidelberg stations, 149 Water (Waterway Management Tariffs) Bill, 556, 1131 Kew station, 551 Grievances Melton station, 55 City Link: air-quality monitoring, 469 Springvale station, 149 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (25)

Prisons: privatisation, 1143 Questions without notice Roads: traffic fines, 1010 Casino: bidding process, 389 Bills Livestock: national identification system, 1090 Teachers: freedom of speech, 625 Domestic Building Contracts (Amendment) Bill, 727, 728, 789 Police Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 727, 788, 1260 HELPER, Mr (Ripon) Drugs: safe injecting facilities, 246 Adjournment Notices of motion, 33 Grampians and Pyrenees wine trail, 1297 Patriotic Funds Council Bills Annual report, 629 Regional Infrastructure Development Fund Bill, 802, 1052, Questions without notice 1059 CFA: paid firefighters, 491 Water (Waterway Management Tariffs) Bill, 1109 Crime: prevention programs, 1274 Governor’s speech Police Address-in-reply, 273 chief commissioner, 267 force motif, 1053 Members statements Rail: Ararat crash, 693 Small business: costs, 927 Points of order, 1139

HAMILTON, Mr (Morwell) (Minister for Agriculture and Questions without notice Minister for Aboriginal Affairs) Business Club Australia, 594 Adjournment Parks Victoria: rangers, 627 Rural Victoria: wages, 1091 Mallee: exceptional circumstances relief, 782 National Flower Centre, 1014 Ovine Johne’s disease, 222 HOLDING, Mr (Springvale)

Governor’s speech Adjournment Address-in-reply, 991 City Link: tunnels, 1076 Questions without notice Drugs: safe injecting facilities, 1235 Gaming: problem gambling, 437 Dairy industry: deregulation, 30, 268, 358, 594, 726, 1057, 1089, 1183 Greyhound racing: Melbourne Cup, 842 Livestock: national identification system, 1090 Member for Chelsea Province: electoral enrolment, 541 Water: irrigation allocations, 1184 Bills Crimes at Sea Bill, 1266 HARDMAN, Mr (Seymour) Federal Courts (State Jurisdiction) Bill, 969 Freedom of Information (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, Bills 901, 903 Essential Services (Year 2000) Bill, 429 Health Practitioners (Special Events Exemption) Bill, 497 Police Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 1253 Legal Practice (Amendment) Bill, 525 Regional Infrastructure Development Fund Bill, 807, 1070 Local Government (Best Value Principles) Bill, 752 Water (Waterway Management Tariffs) Bill, 1129 Public Prosecutions (Amendment) Bill, 1028 Rail Corporations and Transport Acts (Miscellaneous Governor’s speech Amendments) Bill, 1220 Address-in-reply, 284 Governor’s speech Members statements Address-in-reply, 278 Kilmore Mechanics Institute: award, 692 Members statements American WWII memorial, 692 Member for Hawthorn: electorate office, 1151 (26) LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

Petitions Regional Infrastructure Development Fund, 1189 Waverley Park, 1241 Schools: learning assessment project, 958

Questions without notice HULLS, Mr (Niddrie) (Attorney-General, Minister for Davis Cup, 1053 Manufacturing Industry and Minister for Racing) Hospitals: networks, 357 Schools: funding, 853 Adjournment

Small business: costs, 934 Community legal centres, 546 Greyhound racing drugs, 619 HONEYWOOD, Mr (Warrandyte) Melbourne Cup, 847 Kerang: County Court, 848 Adjournment Knox hospital, 848 Aspendale Gardens primary school, 777 Kydaco Painting, 226 Croydon Primary School, 1300 Lilydale Primary School, 918 Governor’s speech Member for Chelsea Province: electoral enrolment, 546 Moorabbin court complex, 327 Address-in-reply, 1005, 1176 Office of Fair Trading and Business Affairs, 377 Points of order, 227, 270, 386, 389, 429, 432, 780, 854 Racing: country clubs, 446 VCAT: representation, 376 Questions without notice VJC House of Linen, 226 Schools Warrnambool courthouse, 446 class sizes, 157, 385, 386, 388, 723, 823 Bills maintenance, 158 self-governance, 356, 390, 392 Audit (Amendment) Bill, 576 Teachers: contracts, 160, 161 Courts and Tribunals Legislation (Amendment) Bill, 1175, 1248 Crimes at Sea Bill, 911, 960, 1269 HOWARD, Mr (Ballarat East) Federal Courts (State Jurisdiction) Bill, 521, 559, 977 Freedom of Information (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, Adjournment 252, 903, 904, 907, 908, 909 Ballarat Juries Bill, 1176, 1245 community kitchen, 615 Legal Practice (Amendment) Bill, 252, 362, 363, 539 festival funding, 544 Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre (Amendment) Bill, 477 Rail: Melbourne–Ballarat service, 1009 Public Prosecutions (Amendment) Bill, 477, 557, 1039 Rural Victoria: government policy, 1299 Business of the house Western Highway: Ballarat route options, 840 Postponement, 715 Bills Program, 632 Local Government (Best Value Principles) Bill, 748 Sessional orders, 116 Regional Infrastructure Development Fund Bill, 831 Grievances Water (Waterway Management Tariffs) Bill, 1104 Manufacturing: future, 1155 Governor’s speech Legal aid: funding, 694 Address-in-reply, 187

Members statements Members statements Mount Pleasant Primary School, 452 Burwood: Labor candidate, 1019 Path of the Ibis, 1152 Coalition: ministerial conduct, 924 Schools: Napoleons and Buninyong, 858 Ron Castan, AM, QC, 347

Questions without notice Points of order, 532, 716

Catchment management authorities: levy, 353 Questions without notice Rail: regional infrastructure, 1271 Australian Automotive Week 2000, 358 Burwood: by-election, 852 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (27)

Business Club Australia, 594 Members statements Casino: bidding process, 389 Rail: Shepparton–Numurkah–Cobram service, 637 County Court complex, 1272 Wangaratta Festival of Jazz, 346 Great Western races, 1059 Manufacturing: leather chairs, 828 Rulings, 1207, 1208, 1212, 1214, 1215 Mildura courthouse, 355 (See also Rulings by the Chair in GENERAL) Racing: Bart Cummings, 61 Unions: membership, 625 KILGOUR, Mr (Shepparton) Supreme Court judges Annual report, 1241 Adjournment Goulburn Valley: land clearing, 1233 INGRAM, Mr (Gippsland East) Goulburn Valley Highway: Shepparton bypass, 218 Greyhound racing: drugs, 614 Adjournment Bills Gippsland Lakes, 1007 Gas Industry (Amendment) Bill, 1206 Rural Victoria: teachers, 542 Rail Corporations and Transport Acts (Miscellaneous Bills Amendments) Bill, 1229 Audit (Amendment) Bill, 658 Water (Waterway Management Tariffs) Bill, 1114 Freedom of Information (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, 901 Governor’s speech Local Government (Best Value Principles) Bill, 756 Address-in-reply, 316 Water (Waterway Management Tariffs) Bill, 1117 Grievances Governor’s speech Shepparton: coalition record, 474 Address-in-reply, 193 Members statements Members statements CFA: paid firefighters, 227 Bairnsdale Ambulance Auxiliary, 858 Goulburn Valley Water, 785 Police: Paynesville, 348 Robert Lamb, 1242

Questions without notice Rulings, 369, 406, 409, 661, 662, 663, 664, 749, 753, 754, 978, Swifts Creek timber mill, 492 984, 1167, 1168 Water: irrigation allocations, 1184 (See also Rulings by the Chair in GENERAL)

JASPER, Mr (Murray Valley) KOSKY, Ms (Altona) (Minister for Post Compulsory Education, Adjournment Training and Employment) Bridges: River Murray, 144 Adjournment Cobram: industry support, 543 Moe: unemployment, 383 Police: Cobram station, 913 TAFE Victorian Concert Orchestra, 1231 infrastructure, 1144 Bills teachers, 846 Local Government (Best Value Principles) Bill, 757 Vocational education and training: registered organisations, Regional Infrastructure Development Fund Bill, 816 845, 1302 Water (Waterway Management Tariffs) Bill, 1111 Business of the house Business of the house Sessional orders, 113

Sessional orders, 128 Condolences Governor’s speech Gordon Francis Stirling, 9 Address-in-reply, 983 William Laurence Floyd, OBE, 6 Grievances International Fibre Centre, 1159 (28) LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

Members statements Questions without notice Judy Hindle, 1243 Burwood: suburban boundaries, 726 Housing: crisis accommodation, 161 Points of order, 586 Rail: Hillside Trains, 852 Questions without notice Central Gippsland Institute of TAFE, 269 LANGUILLER, Mr (Sunshine) Employment and training: ALP commitment, 1274 TAFE: funding, 391 Adjournment Unemployment: ALP election promise, 60 Brimbank: fire stations, 1077 Vocational education and training Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, 776 registered organisations, 627, 828, 853, 855, 1092 Schools: information technology, 1006 review, 725 Tourism: multicultural festivals, 544 Western suburbs: welfare dependency, 1139

KOTSIRAS, Mr (Bulleen) Bills Health Practitioners (Special Events Exemption) Bill, 507 Adjournment Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre (Amendment) Bill, 1066 High Street, Doncaster: upgrade, 615 Rail Corporations and Transport Acts (Miscellaneous Manningham Park Primary School, 1077 Amendments) Bill, 1224

Bills Governor’s speech Freedom of Information (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, 882 Address-in-reply, 291 Police Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 1257 Members statements Governor’s speech Australian Visayan Association of Victoria, 786 Address-in-reply, 166 Questions without notice Members statements Australian Automotive Week 2000, 358 Russell Tucker, 555 Workcover: common-law rights, 492 Veneto Social Club, 785

LEIGH, Mr (Mordialloc) LANGDON, Mr (Ivanhoe) Adjournment Adjournment Mornington Peninsula Freeway: extension, 325, 1138 Ivanhoe East Primary School, 914 Road safety: toll, 1301 Police: Heidelberg stations, 147 Sprayline, 911 Trams: stops, 436 Bills Audit (Amendment) Bill, 643 Bills Gas Industry (Amendment) Bill, 1205 Audit (Amendment) Bill, 652 Parliamentary Committees (Amendment) Bill, 951 Local Government (Best Value Principles) Bill, 760 Rail Corporations and Transport Acts (Miscellaneous Business of the house Amendments) Bill, 1209 Sessional orders, 127 Condolences Governor’s speech Frederick Peter McLellan, 20 Address-in-reply, 980 Governor’s speech Members statements Address-in-reply, 294 Colosseum Hotel site, 397 Grievances Points of order, 1231 Manufacturing: future, 1165 Member for Chelsea Province: discrimination, 1166 Unions: funds, 462 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (29)

Members statements Petitions ALP Home loan schemes, 63 fundraising dinner, 1020 Questions without notice Nunawading Province re-election, 164 Auditor-General: office, 266 Points of order, 32, 33, 61, 242, 272, 330, 379, 381, 441, 445, Disability services: commonwealth–state agreement, 827 464, 585, 654, 919, 1095, 1146, 1167, 1187, 1226 Small business: costs, 931 Questions without notice Eastern Freeway: extension, 271 Taxis: New Year’s Eve, 1186 LIM, Mr (Clayton)

Adjournment LEIGHTON, Mr (Preston) Gas: Longford compensation, 776 Office of Fair Trading and Business Affairs, 376 Adjournment Police: Springvale station, 148 Preston integrated health care centre, 1073 Members statements Bills Amy Duncan, 554 Essential Services (Year 2000) Bill, 419 Monash: open space, 1243 Parliamentary Committees (Amendment) Bill, 952 Petitions Petitions Monash: open space, 1241 Northern Hospital, Epping, 64 PANCH site, 64 Questions without notice Housing: Port Melbourne estate, 595 Questions without notice Youth: residential placements, 1056 Public sector: waste and mismanagement, 156 Y2K: government compliance, 826 LINDELL, Ms (Carrum)

LENDERS, Mr (Dandenong North) Adjournment Edithvale Primary School, 774 Adjournment Jet skis: licensing, 373 GST: consumer education, 840 Kingston: Patterson Lakes library survey, 1007 VCAT: representation, 373 VJC House of Linen, 219 Bills Health Practitioners (Special Events Exemption) Bill, 506 Bills Audit (Amendment) Bill, 589, 597 Governor’s speech Crimes at Sea Bill, 1262 Address-in-reply, 261 Essential Services (Year 2000) Bill, 435 Members statements Federal Courts (State Jurisdiction) Bill, 973 Aspendale Gardens primary school, 635 Gas Industry (Amendment) Bill, 1200 Australian Hotels Association: awards, 397 Legal Practice (Amendment) Bill, 522 Friends of Edithvale–Seaford Wetlands, 1097 Public Prosecutions (Amendment) Bill, 1035 Yarrabah School, 1020 Governor’s speech Petitions Address-in-reply, 169 Aspendale Gardens primary school, 691 Grievances Snowy River, 921 Liberal Party: policies, 1168 Questions without notice Legal aid: funding, 704 AIDS: care unit, 723 Port Phillip Bay: environmental management, 959 Members statements Preschools: subsidy, 394 Ken’s Bus, 857 (30) LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

LONEY, Mr (Geelong North) Members statements South Australian Department of Human Services, 165 Adjournment Bushfires: power industry preparedness, 1233 Rulings, 472, 473, 799, 803, 941, 944, 946, 947, 949, 1035, 1110 Greater Geelong: Belmont traders levy, 680 (See also Rulings by the Chair in GENERAL) Rail: Melbourne–Geelong link, 145

Bills McARTHUR, Mr (Monbulk) Audit (Amendment) Bill, 582, 674 Rail Corporations and Transport Acts (Miscellaneous Adjournment Amendments) Bill, 1279 Minister for Environment and Conservation: correspondence, Regional Infrastructure Development Fund Bill, 797 1301 Business of the house Bills Program, 631 Domestic Building Contracts (Amendment) Bill, 727 Governor’s speech Essential Services (Year 2000) Bill, 412 Address-in-reply, 369 Water (Waterway Management Tariffs) Bill, 1099

Members statements Business of the house Geelong Football Club, 635 Postponement, 715 John Arthur, 228 Program, 630 Schools: Geelong North, 1151 Sessional orders, 77, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142

Petitions Members statements Forest industry: Otway Ranges, 691 Dandenong Ranges: fire safety, 1097 Schools: Boronia and Upper Ferntree Gully, 553 Points of order, 1271 Points of order, 32, 33, 59, 62, 142, 155, 158, 160, 162, 272, Questions without notice 356, 390, 494, 495, 628, 716, 725, 777, 823, 825, 826, 837, 957, 1092, 1142, 1189, 1190 Festival of Sail, 592 Rural Victoria: government policy, 30 Questions without notice

Rulings, 261, 429, 432, 433, 1040, 1043, 1044, 1046, 1048 Northern Mallee pipeline, 354 Snowy River, 626 (See also Rulings by the Chair in GENERAL) Upper Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges Regional Strategy Plan, 1021 LUPTON, Mr (Knox)

Adjournment McCALL, Ms (Frankston)

Industrial skips, 679 Adjournment Knox: platypus habitat, 618 Frankston South foreshore, 1300 Motorcycles: regulations, 373 Moorooduc Highway: Frankston traffic lights, 376 Schools: Wattleview and Kent Park, 1298 Schools: Frankston, 916 Bills Scoresby freeway, 680

Audit (Amendment) Bill, 645 Bills Essential Services (Year 2000) Bill, 417 Freedom of Information (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, 879 Local Government (Best Value Principles) Bill, 738 Health Practitioners (Special Events Exemption) Bill, 487 Condolences Public Prosecutions (Amendment) Bill, 1034

Frederick Peter McLellan, 24 Condolences Drugs: safe injecting facilities, 248 Frederick Peter McLellan, 18

Governor’s speech Governor’s speech Address-in-reply, 288 Address-in-reply, 998 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (31)

Legal aid: funding, 702 Condolences Frederick Peter McLellan, 15 Members statements Gordon Francis Stirling, 8 Elders Cafe, Frankston, 396 William Laurence Floyd, OBE, 5 Frankston youth projects, 693 Election of Speaker, 3 Hospital, 166 Grievances Jet skis: noise, 1019 Dairy industry: deregulation, 458 Small business: costs, 942 Points of order, 30, 31, 46, 160, 854, 1058, 1276

Questions without notice McINTOSH, Mr (Kew) Dairy industry: deregulation, 29, 268, 357, 594, 726, 1057, Adjournment 1089, 1182 Kew Primary School, 1299 Snowy River, 1273 Police: Kew station, 544

Bills MADDIGAN, Mrs (Essendon)

Crimes at Sea Bill, 1137, 1262 Adjournment Federal Courts (State Jurisdiction) Bill, 968 Buckley Street, Essendon: crossing, 438 Freedom of Information (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, 894 Essendon hospital site, 146 Legal Practice (Amendment) Bill, 521 Rail Corporations and Transport Acts (Miscellaneous Bills Amendments) Bill, 1226 Audit (Amendment) Bill, 637 Governor’s speech Local Government (Best Value Principles) Bill, 747 Address-in-reply, 185 Chairman of Committees, 50 Legal aid: funding, 700 Governor’s speech Members statements Address-in-reply, 319

Judge Robert Kent, 636 Members statements Remembrance Day, 451 MACLELLAN, Mr (Pakenham) Robert Clarke, 164 Violence is Stupid campaign, 694 Adjournment Parliamentary departments Ministers: conflicts of interest, 1074 Annual reports, 691 Business of the house Petitions Sessional orders, 115 Rail: Tullamarine link, 394 Grievances Questions without notice Burwood: Liberal candidate, 467 Nursing homes: commonwealth certification, 1057 Points of order, 379, 495, 1082, 1088 Wilsons Promontory National Park, 62

(See also DEPUTY SPEAKER, The (Mrs Maddigan)) McNAMARA, Mr (Benalla) (Leader of the National Party)

Bills MAUGHAN, Mr (Rodney) Regional Infrastructure Development Fund Bill, 809 Adjournment Christmas felicitations, 1292 CFA: paid firefighters, 545 Echuca performing arts complex, 1234 vocational education training, 323 (32) LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

Bills Bills Gas Industry (Amendment) Bill, 1207 Audit (Amendment) Bill, 571, 672 Regional Infrastructure Development Fund Bill, 837 Freedom of Information (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, 876 Water (Waterway Management Tariffs) Bill, 1119 Drugs: safe injecting facilities, 249 Members statements Governor’s speech Echuca East Primary School, 1020 Kyabram and District Memorial Hospital, 452 Address-in-reply, 309 Snowy River, 787 Grievances Yarraville: traffic congestion, 476

MAXFIELD, Mr (Narracan) Members statements

Adjournment Bernie McMahon, 398 Don Daniel, 228 Aboriginals: preschools, 681 Drugs: safe injecting facilities, 1097 Disability services: residential units, 915 John Daffey, 859 Intellectual Disability Review Panel, 1076 Moe: unemployment, 374 Petitions

Bills Williamstown North Primary School, 1241 Freedom of Information (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, 893 Points of order, 378, 379, 1061 Police Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 1255 Regional Infrastructure Development Fund Bill, 835 Questions without notice Drugs: government strategy, 157 Governor’s speech Intergraph: royal commission, 954 Address-in-reply, 255

Members statements MULDER, Mr (Polwarth) Dairy industry: deregulation, 452 Moe jazz festival, 1098 Adjournment Forest industry: Otway Ranges, 614, 775, 1232 Petitions Geelong–Colac road: upgrade, 1008 Dairy industry: deregulation, 855 Bills Questions without notice Gas Industry (Amendment) Bill, 1205 Central Gippsland Institute of TAFE, 269 Rail Corporations and Transport Acts (Miscellaneous Latrobe Valley: employment, 722 Amendments) Bill, 1286 Latrobe Valley energy park, 849 Governor’s speech Snowy River, 593 TAFE: funding, 391 Address-in-reply, 191

Small business: costs, 946 Members statements Colac–Otway arts and cultural centre, 348 Road safety: national rules, 786 MILDENHALL, Mr (Footscray) Small business: costs, 948 Adjournment Drugs: Footscray methadone clinic, 51, 1297 NAPTHINE, Dr (Portland) (Leader of the Opposition) Footscray derelict buildings, 614 Adjournment Primary School, 440 Casterton Memorial Hospital, 681 Francis Street, Yarraville: trucks, 843 Schools: Portland, 215 Police: Footscray, 145 Swimming pools: community funding, 1072 Saigon Club, Footscray, 375 Bills Audit (Amendment) Bill, 561, 667, 668, 669, 675, 676, 677 Constitution (Reform) Bill, 613 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (33)

Domestic Building Contracts (Amendment) Bill, 728 NARDELLA, Mr (Melton) Essential Services (Year 2000) Bill, 364, 398, 607 Parliamentary Committees (Amendment) Bill, 950 Adjournment Police: Melton station, 54 Business of the house Postponement, 719 Bills Program, 631 Audit (Amendment) Bill, 650 Crimes at Sea Bill, 1268 Christmas felicitations, 1290 Federal Courts (State Jurisdiction) Bill, 975 Condolences Freedom of Information (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, 887 Gas Industry (Amendment) Bill, 1203 Frederick Peter McLellan, 13 Health Practitioners (Special Events Exemption) Bill, 505 Gordon Francis Stirling, 7 Legal Practice (Amendment) Bill, 534 William Laurence Floyd, OBE, 5 Business of the house Drugs: safe injecting facilities, 234 Sessional orders, 131 Election of Speaker, 3 Governor’s speech Grievances Address-in-reply, 296

Government leadership, 454 Legal aid: funding, 714 Joint sittings of Parliament Members statements Victorian Health Promotion Foundation, 1240 Melton West Primary School, 636 Members statements Melton youth activity service, 453 ALP: fundraising dinner, 921 Rail: Sydenham station, 229 Burwood: Labor candidate, 694 Petitions Drugs: safe injecting facilities, 165 Rockbank traffic lights, 63 Frank Alessi, 1243 Water: Melton supply, 63 Minister for Aged Care: press release, 1096 Points of order, 464, 1167, 1168 Parliamentary committees Membership, 1095 Questions without notice

Points of order, 359, 379, 387, 608, 624, 717, 777, 850, 923, Great Western races, 1059 956, 957, 1054, 1056, 1093, 1187, 1189 Workcover: administration, 60

Questions without notice OVERINGTON, Ms (Ballarat West) ALP: fundraising dinner, 849, 954, 955, 956, 959, 1054, 1056, 1087 Adjournment Drugs: safe injecting facilities, 155, 266 Independents charter: ALP response, 28 Ballarat Industrial relations Begonia Festival, 1234 liaison officers, 1181 mayoral allowance, 543 workplace agreements, 353 Discovery of gold anniversary, 775 Parliament: ALP commitment, 29, 59 Freeza, 1074 Planning: HMAS Lonsdale site, 957 Bills Political donations, 1088 Essential Services (Year 2000) Bill, 432 Public sector: senior executive service, 1270 Local Government (Best Value Principles) Bill, 761 Schools: class sizes, 593 Public Prosecutions (Amendment) Bill, 1030 Taxation: ALP commitment, 490 Regional Infrastructure Development Fund Bill, 818 Unions: membership, 623, 722, 822 Water (Waterway Management Tariffs) Bill, 1113 Shadow ministry, 27 Governor’s speech Address-in-reply, 206 (34) LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

Members statements PATERSON, Mr (South Barwon) Eureka Stockade, 785 Adjournment Preschools: fee subsidy, 398 Geelong: water sports complex, 323 Points of order, 530 Grace McKellar Centre, 774 Greater Geelong: Belmont traders levy, 617 Questions without notice Independents charter: ALP response, 354 Bills Tourism Regional Infrastructure Development Fund Bill, 833 international visitors, 1092 Governor’s speech regional Victoria, 724 Address-in-reply, 978

Points of order, 330 PANDAZOPOULOS, Mr (Dandenong) (Minister for Gaming, Minister for Major Projects and Tourism and Minister assisting the Premier on Multicultural Affairs) PERTON, Mr (Doncaster) Adjournment Adjournment Ballarat festival funding, 551 Eastern Freeway: extension, 441 Begonia Festival, 1237 Forest industry: Otway Ranges, 145 Bellarine Peninsula: tourism, 685 Milgate Primary School, 375 Discovery of gold anniversary, 782 Minister for State and Regional Development: web site, 682 Gaming Bills machines, 684 Essential Services (Year 2000) Bill, 407 problem gambling, 447 Freedom of Information (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, 874 Geelong Legal Practice (Amendment) Bill, 528 tourism, 448 Public Prosecutions (Amendment) Bill, 1038 water sports complex, 330 Grampians and Pyrenees wine trail, 1302 Business of the house Knox Sessional orders, 122 aquatic centre, 225 Condolences hospital, 330 Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, 782 Frederick Peter McLellan, 24 Multicultural resource centre, Richmond, 382 Governor’s speech Saigon Club, Footscray, 378 Address-in-reply, 305 Stawell Easter Gift, 550 Tourism: multicultural festivals, 551 Grievances

Bills Parks Victoria: restructure, 470 Water: Wimmera–Mallee, 1171 Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre (Amendment) Bill, 558 Members statements Business of the house Electronic document management systems, 453 Sessional orders, 120 Ministerial statements Points of order, 1061 Connecting Victoria, 339 Questions without notice Points of order, 34, 62, 99, 150, 378, 379, 424, 447, 465, 466, Casino: bidding process, 493 472, 495, 530, 536, 579, 686, 897, 900 Federation Square, 268 Tourism: international visitors, 1092 Questions without notice Waverley Park, 61 Parks Victoria: restructure, 596 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (35)

PEULICH, Mrs (Bentleigh) Lotus Lodge Hostel, Rosebud, 779 Ministers: conflicts of interest, 1082 Adjournment Nursing homes: funding, 779 Centre–East Boundary roads: intersection, 682 Seniors Card, 443 Moorabbin court complex, 324 Swimming pools: community funding, 1082 Moorabbin Primary School, 842 Schools: learning assessment project, 1077 Bills Seniors Card, 440 Health Practitioners (Special Events Exemption) Bill, 485 Local Government (Best Value Principles) Bill, 743 Bills Audit (Amendment) Bill, 659 Drugs: safe injecting facilities, 236 Local Government (Best Value Principles) Bill, 759 Governor’s speech Condolences Address-in-reply, 46 Frederick Peter McLellan, 19 Questions without notice Governor’s speech Hospitals: funding, 494 Address-in-reply, 299 Housing ALP commitment, 1055 Members statements crisis accommodation, 161 Schools: Ormond and McKinnon, 397 Port Melbourne estate, 595 Seniors parliament, 1244 Nursing homes Students: truancy, 859 commonwealth certification, 1057 Points of order, 393, 466, 655, 761, 932 funding, 628

Small business: costs, 944 PLOWMAN, Mr (Benambra)

PHILLIPS, Mr (Eltham) Adjournment Fishing: recreational licences, 53 Adjournment Walwa Bush Nursing Hospital, 374, 1009 Main Road, Eltham: school crossings, 374 Parliament: sitting hours, 616 Bills Roads: traffic fines, 1010 Audit (Amendment) Bill, 641, 674 Taxis: motorcycle, 1300 Gas Industry (Amendment) Bill, 1197 Health Practitioners (Special Events Exemption) Bill, 502 Bills Regional Infrastructure Development Fund Bill, 819 Audit (Amendment) Bill, 662 Water (Waterway Management Tariffs) Bill, 1127 Local Government (Best Value Principles) Bill, 734 Condolences Rulings, 506, 536, 538, 603, 651, 654, 655, 656, 738, 837, 1226, 1229, 1231 Frederick Peter McLellan, 22

(See also Rulings by the Chair in GENERAL) Governor’s speech Address-in-reply, 275

PIKE, Ms (Melbourne) (Minister for Housing, Minister for Aged Members statements Care and Minister assisting the Minister for Health) Myxomatosis virus, 398 TAC: compensation claim, 1099 Adjournment Walwa and Chiltern bush nursing hospitals, 788 Caulfield General Medical Centre, 778 Drugs: Footscray methadone clinic, 1301 Personal explanation, 1017 Grace McKellar Centre, 778 Points of order, 777, 1013 Housing Geelong East estate, 1082 Rulings, 422, 424, 426, 998 loan schemes, 547 Long Gully estate, 1147 (See also Rulings by the Chair in GENERAL) Richmond estate, 224 (36) LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

RICHARDSON, Mr (Forest Hill) Condolences Frederick Peter McLellan, 22 Bills Police Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 1260 Drugs: safe injecting facilities, 245 Rail Corporations and Transport Acts (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, 1230, 1277 Governor’s speech Address-in-reply, 311 Condolences Frederick Peter McLellan, 16 Members statements ALP: fundraising dinner, 924, 1151 Governor’s speech Burwood: Labor candidate, 858 Address-in-reply, 988

Points of order, 380, 545, 716, 851, 1077, 1229, 1231 RYAN, Mr (Gippsland South)

Road Safety Committee Adjournment Pedestrian accidents, 34 Central Gippsland Health Service, 1075 Rulings, 579, 583, 616, 617 South Gippsland Highway: upgrade, 776 Bills (See also Rulings by the Chair in GENERAL) Essential Services (Year 2000) Bill, 427 Federal Courts (State Jurisdiction) Bill, 972 ROBINSON, Mr (Mitcham) Legal Practice (Amendment) Bill, 524 Parliamentary Committees (Amendment) Bill, 952 Adjournment Police Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 1250 Kydaco Painting, 216 Regional Infrastructure Development Fund Bill, 766, 790, 1042, National Flower Centre, 1010 1048 Racing: country clubs, 437 Water (Waterway Management Tariffs) Bill, 1123 Scoresby freeway, 912 Business of the house Smoke alarms, 52 Program, 633 Bills Governor’s speech Audit (Amendment) Bill, 602 Address-in-reply, 366 Essential Services (Year 2000) Bill, 410 Health Practitioners (Special Events Exemption) Bill, 488 Legal aid: funding, 705 Rail Corporations and Transport Acts (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, 1283 Members statements

Governor’s speech CFA: region 9, 634 Rail: ALP commitment, 857 Address-in-reply, 313 Personal explanation, 394 Members statements Alannah and Madeline Foundation, 787 Petitions Nunawading Swimming Club, 227 Electricity industry: Basslink, 691

Questions without notice Points of order, 839, 1043 Knox hospital, 624 Rural Victoria: coalition policy, 31 Questions without notice Schools: self-governance, 159, 385 CFA: paid firefighters, 491 Workcover: administration, 60 Police chief commissioner, 267 force motif, 1053 ROWE, Mr (Cranbourne) Rail: ALP commitment, 591 Bills Audit (Amendment) Bill, 579 Rail Corporations and Transport Acts (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, 1281 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (37)

SAVAGE, Mr (Mildura) Points of order, 1054

Adjournment Questions without notice Mallee: exceptional circumstances relief, 775 Drugs: steroids, 957 Sunraysia Rural Water Authority, 324 Workcover: industrial safety, 596

Bills Rulings, 273, 378, 379, 646 Audit (Amendment) Bill, 640 (See also Rulings by the Chair in GENERAL) Freedom of Information (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, 884 Local Government (Best Value Principles) Bill, 740 Police Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 1258 SHARDEY, Mrs (Caulfield) Regional Infrastructure Development Fund Bill, 1049 Adjournment Business of the house Caulfield General Medical Centre, 773 Postponement, 721 Caulfield South Primary School, 149 Condolences Police: Caulfield station, 1140 Frederick Peter McLellan, 15 Bills Drugs: safe injecting facilities, 242 Local Government (Best Value Principles) Bill, 750

Governor’s speech Drugs: safe injecting facilities, 240 Address-in-reply, 1195 Members statements Grievances Nursing homes: funding, 692 Rural Victoria: services, 460 Questions without notice Members statements Hospitals: funding, 494 Dudley Marrows, 1098 Irymple Meals on Wheels, 397 SMITH, Mr (Glen Waverley) Points of order, 654 Adjournment Questions without notice Prisons: privatisation, 1141 Mildura Wheelers Hill Primary School, 842 Base Hospital, 955 courthouse, 355 Bills Audit (Amendment) Bill, 649 Rulings, 208, 212, 585, 586, 589, 716, 717, 718, 872 Freedom of Information (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, 889 (See also Rulings by the Chair in GENERAL) Police Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 1254 Business of the house

SEITZ, Mr (Keilor) Sessional orders, 125 Condolences Adjournment Frederick Peter McLellan, 25 Child care: fees, 843 Gordon Francis Stirling, 9 Road safety: national rules, 914 St Albans Primary School, 682 Drugs: safe injecting facilities, 243

Distinguished visitors, 647 Grievances

Grievances Intergraph: royal commission, 1157 Western suburbs: welfare dependency, 1173 Members statements Legal aid: funding, 712 Chillin’ Out, 452 Points of order, 548 Members statements Victoria University of Technology, 166 Western suburbs: welfare dependency, 1150 (38) LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

SPEAKER, The (Hon. Alex Andrianopoulos) SPRY, Mr (Bellarine)

Appointment of Serjeant-at-Arms, 50 Adjournment Bellarine Peninsula: gas supply, 439 Bills Bellarine Secondary College, 148 Audit (Amendment) Bill, 785 Leopold Primary School, 1006 BLF Custodian Police: Bellarine Peninsula, 1140 44th report, 35 Queenscliff harbour, 216 45th report, 691 Bills Burwood by-election, 353 Gas Industry (Amendment) Bill, 1201 Local Government (Best Value Principles) Bill, 745 Business of the house Rail Corporations and Transport Acts (Miscellaneous Broadcasting and televising of proceedings, 155 Amendments) Bill, 1222 Regional Infrastructure Development Fund Bill, 813, 1044, Chairman of Committees, 50 1050 Christmas felicitations, 1295 Water (Waterway Management Tariffs) Bill, 1130 Governor’s speech Clerk of the Parliaments Address-in-reply, 263 Appointment, 623 Members statements Commission to swear members, 26 Bellarine Peninsula–Geelong region: wine industry, 1152 Condolences Leopold Primary School, 452 Frederick Peter McLellan, 26 Points of order, 444, 445 Gordon Francis Stirling, 11 William Laurence Floyd, OBE, 6

Distinguished visitors, 17, 155, 162, 172, 821, 855 STEGGALL, Mr (Swan Hill)

Election of Speaker, 2 Adjournment Kerang: County Court, 843 Governor’s speech Address-in-reply, 42 Bills Essential Services (Year 2000) Bill, 433 Joint sittings of Parliament Local Government (Best Value Principles) Bill, 753 Victorian Health Promotion Foundation, 1149, 1240, 1242 Regional Infrastructure Development Fund Bill, 804, 1044, New member, 1087 1069 Water (Waterway Management Tariffs) Bill, 1106 Presentation of Speaker to Governor, 3 Business of the house Resignation of member, 4 Sessional orders, 132

Rulings, 17, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 46, 57, 59, 61, 62, 63, 69, 89, 99, Governor’s speech 124, 125, 126, 136, 142, 143, 150, 152, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, Address-in-reply, 993 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 166, 220, 222, 223, 227, 229, 266, 267, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 330, 331, 355, 356, 359, 379, 381, 382, Petitions 384, 385, 386, 387, 388, 389, 390, 391, 392, 393, 441, 444, 445, 447, 448, 457, 491, 492, 494, 495, 532, 543, 545, 546, 548, 549, Food: genetic modification, 163 561, 592, 593, 594, 595, 596, 597, 611, 624, 626, 628, 629, 631, 632, 633, 634, 686, 720, 721, 722, 723, 724, 725, 726, 777, 778, Small business: costs, 936 780, 781, 786, 823, 824, 825, 826, 828, 829, 850, 851, 852, 853, 854, 904, 915, 916, 917, 919, 920, 923, 924, 928, 929, 956, 957, 1013, 1014, 1017, 1018, 1053, 1054, 1056, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1061, 1062, 1088, 1089, 1090, 1091, 1092, 1093, 1095, 1139, STENSHOLT, Mr (Burwood) 1142, 1144, 1146, 1147, 1149, 1178, 1181, 1182, 1183, 1184, 1186, 1187, 1188, 1189, 1190, 1235, 1270, 1271, 1272, 1273, Bills 1274, 1275, 1276, 1277, 1301, 1302, 1303, 1305 Gas Industry (Amendment) Bill, 1207 Temporary chairmen of committees, 144 Rail Corporations and Transport Acts (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, 1285 (See also Rulings by the Chair in GENERAL) LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (39)

Governor’s speech Chairman of Committees, 50 Address-in-reply, 1178 Drugs: safe injecting facilities, 232 Questions without notice Election of Speaker, 2 Major projects: contracts, 1182 Grievances THOMPSON, Mr (Sandringham) Burwood: Liberal candidate, 464 Health Services Commissioner Adjournment Annual report, 1241 Sandringham and District Memorial Hospital, 147 Members statements Bills Liberal Party: fundraising functions, 923 Audit (Amendment) Bill, 584 Essential Services (Year 2000) Bill, 421 Notices of motion, 33 Legal Practice (Amendment) Bill, 531 Points of order, 158, 272, 381, 387, 854, 923 Business of the house Sessional orders, 118 Questions without notice AIDS: care unit, 723 Condolences Burwood: Liberal candidate, 495 Frederick Peter McLellan, 21 Drugs Legal aid: funding, 711 government strategy, 157 steroids, 957 Members statements Food: regulation, 1275 Police: Sandringham station, 228 HIV: blood contamination, 1055 Sir Robert Jackson, 1097 Hospitals cleanliness, 824 Points of order, 152, 391, 393 networks, 357 Knox hospital, 624 THWAITES, Mr (Albert Park) (Deputy Premier, Minister for Mildura Base Hospital, 956 Health and Minister for Planning) Planning HMAS Lonsdale site, 958 Adjournment medium-density development, 850 Berwick hospital, 221 ministerial intervention, 1185 Casterton Memorial Hospital, 687 Upper Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges Regional Central Gippsland Health Service, 1080 Strategy Plan, 1021 Drugs expert committee, 382 safe injecting facilities, 1238 TREZISE, Mr (Geelong) Essendon hospital site, 151 Goulburn Valley Highway: Shepparton bypass, 220 Adjournment Preston integrated health care centre, 1080 Bellarine Peninsula: tourism, 679 Sandringham and District Memorial Hospital, 151 Geelong: tourism, 439 Walwa Bush Nursing Hospital, 383, 1012 Housing: Geelong East estate, 1075 Occupational health and safety: aluminium processing, 1232 Bills Port of Geelong, 323 Freedom of Information (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, Powercor: Geelong office, 617 905, 908 Health Practitioners (Special Events Exemption) Bill, 252, 361, Bills 362, 507, 510, 511, 512 Regional Infrastructure Development Fund Bill, 821, 829 Business of the house Water (Waterway Management Tariffs) Bill, 1122

Sessional orders, 98 Governor’s speech Address-in-reply, 200 (40) LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

Members statements Members statements CFA: Geelong West firefighters, 786 Dogs in utes world record, 692 Melbourne–Geelong road: accident, 1242 Non-government schools: integration funds, 554 Ministry: community cabinet, 396

Petitions WELLS, Mr (Wantirna) Grace McKellar Centre, 451 Adjournment Points of order, 617 Election: ALP commitments, 915 Housing: loan schemes, 542 Questions without notice Knox hospital, 322 Bushfires: firefighter safety, 822 Roads: Wantirna upgrades, 1235 Casino: bidding process, 493 Scoresby freeway, 51 Melbourne–Geelong road: upgrade, 855 Bills Small business: costs, 943 Audit (Amendment) Bill, 604, 673 Gas Industry (Amendment) Bill, 1204 VINEY, Mr (Frankston East) Health Practitioners (Special Events Exemption) Bill, 500

Governor’s speech Adjournment Address-in-reply, 281 Pines Preschool Centre, 325 Members statements Bills Knox hospital, 166 Audit (Amendment) Bill, 647 Scoresby freeway, 555 Freedom of Information (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, 896 Stud Road: upgrade, 229 Legal Practice (Amendment) Bill, 538 Waverley Park, 787 Local Government (Best Value Principles) Bill, 732 Points of order, 33, 57, 753, 829, 915 Governor’s speech Address-in-reply, 182 Small business: costs, 933

Members statements

Frankston WILSON, Mr (Bennettswood) aquatic centre, 857 Hospital, 347 Adjournment Pines community art project, 1244 Distance Education Centre, 1236 Gaming: machines, 679 Questions without notice Orchard Grove Primary School, 914 Burwood: Liberal candidate, 494 Food: regulation, 1275 Bills Hospitals: cleanliness, 824 Public Prosecutions (Amendment) Bill, 1027

Small business: costs, 940 Governor’s speech Address-in-reply, 178

VOGELS, Mr (Warrnambool) Members statements Coalition: achievements, 1244 Adjournment Helen Newton, 635 Fun 4 Kids, 1007 Orchard Grove Primary School, 859 Port Campbell National Park, 840, 1142 Warrnambool courthouse, 438 WYNNE, Mr (Richmond) Bills Local Government (Best Value Principles) Bill, 763 Adjournment Housing: Richmond estate, 218 Governor’s speech Multicultural resource centre, Richmond, 376 Address-in-reply, 198 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (41)

Bills Drugs Crimes at Sea Bill, 1136 government strategy, 157 Federal Courts (State Jurisdiction) Bill, 966 safe injecting facilities, 155, 266, 267 Freedom of Information (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, 871 steroids, 957 Legal Practice (Amendment) Bill, 519 Eastern Freeway: extension, 271 Local Government (Best Value Principles) Bill, 736 Election: ALP commitments, 1087 Public Prosecutions (Amendment) Bill, 1026 Employment and training: ALP commitment, 1274 Drugs: safe injecting facilities, 244 Federation Square, 268 Festival of Sail, 592 Governor’s speech Food: regulation, 1275 Address-in-reply, 175 Forest industry: regional agreements, 1188 Legal aid: funding, 699 Futures for Young Adults, 493 Gaming: football tipping competition, 724 Members statements Great Western races, 1059 Yarra Primary School, 1019 HIV: blood contamination, 1054 Questions without notice Hospitals cleanliness, 824 Federation Square, 268 Planning: ministerial intervention, 1185 funding, 494 Vocational education and training: review, 725 networks, 357 Housing ALP commitment, 1055 QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE crisis accommodation, 161 Port Melbourne estate, 595 AIDS: care unit, 723 Human Services: focus, 824 ALP: fundraising dinner, 849, 954, 955, 956, 959, 1054, 1056, 1087 Independents charter Auditor-General ALP response, 28, 354 office, 266 freedom of speech, 267 powers, 29 Industrial relations Australian Automotive Week 2000, 358 liaison officers, 1181 Australian Gallery of Sport and Olympic Museum, 491 workplace agreements, 353 Budget: ALP commitment, 31 Intergraph: royal commission, 954 Burwood Knox hospital, 624 by-election, 851 Latrobe Valley: employment, 722 Liberal candidate, 494 Latrobe Valley energy park, 849 suburban boundaries, 726 Livestock: national identification system, 1090 Bushfires: firefighter safety, 822 Local government: rates, 1188 Business Club Australia, 594 Major projects: contracts, 1182 Casino: bidding process, 387, 389, 493 Manufacturing: leather chairs, 828 Catchment management authorities: levy, 353 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, 1276 Central Gippsland Institute of TAFE, 269 Melbourne–Geelong road: upgrade, 855 CFA: paid firefighters, 491 Member for Chelsea Province: discrimination, 721, 827 City Link Mildura Base Hospital, 955 contract, 271 Mildura courthouse, 355 tolls, 1183 Northern Mallee pipeline, 354 County Court complex, 1272 Nursing homes Crime: prevention programs, 1273 commonwealth certification, 1057 Dairy industry: deregulation, 29, 268, 357, 594, 726, 1057, 1089, funding, 628 1182 Ovine Johne’s disease, 160 Davis Cup, 1053 Parentline, 492 Disability services: commonwealth–state agreement, 827 (42) LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

Parks Victoria Vocational education and training rangers, 627 registered organisations, 627, 828, 853, 855, 1092 restructure, 596 review, 725 Parliament: ALP commitment, 29, 59 Water: irrigation allocations, 1184 Planning Waverley Park, 61 HMAS Lonsdale site, 957 Wilsons Promontory National Park, 62 medium-density development, 850 Workcover ministerial intervention, 1185 administration, 60, 356 Police common-law rights, 492 chief commissioner, 267 industrial safety, 596 force motif, 1053 premiums, 62, 595, 1276 Political donations, 1088 Y2K: government compliance, 826 Port Phillip Bay: environmental management, 959 Youth: residential placements, 1056 Preschools: subsidy, 394 Public sector senior executive service, 1270, 1272 waste and mismanagement, 156 Racing: Bart Cummings, 61 Rail ALP commitment, 591 Hillside Trains, 852 regional infrastructure, 1271 Regional Infrastructure Development Fund, 1189 Rural Victoria coalition policy, 31 government policy, 28, 30 wages, 1091 Schools class sizes, 157, 385, 386, 388, 593, 723, 823 funding, 853 learning assessment project, 958 maintenance, 158 self-governance, 159, 356, 385, 390, 392, 1088 Snowy River, 593, 626, 1273 Swifts Creek timber mill, 492 TAFE: funding, 391 Taxation: ALP commitment, 490 Taxis: New Year’s Eve, 1186 Teachers contracts, 160, 161 freedom of speech, 625 Tourism international visitors, 1092 regional Victoria, 724 Unemployment: ALP election promise, 60 Unions membership, 623, 625, 722, 822 payroll deductions, 1090 Virgin Airlines, 623 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (43)

QUESTIONS ON NOTICE

Questions on notice answered during period covered by this index

Qn Portfolio and subject matter Asked by Page 1 Premier: questions on notice 30-day rule Mr Wilson 1307 2 Agriculture: egg producers Mr Wilson 1083 4 Environment and Conservation: rivers and catchment restoration Mr Wilson 1083 7 Education: school computers Mr Wilson 1084 11 Housing: people with disabilities Mr Wilson 1084