1631 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS No. 139 WEDNESDAY 1 MAY 2013 Contents 1 Meeting of the House ............................................................................................................................. 1632 2 Message from the Legislative Assembly—Health Legislation Amendment Bill 2013 .......................... 1632 3 Father Superior Antoine Tarabay OLM (Formal Business) ................................................................... 1632 4 Assyrian, Armenian and Greek genocides (Formal Business) ............................................................... 1633 5 Vietnam Sydney Radio (Formal Business) ............................................................................................ 1634 6 Baroness Thatcher (Formal Business) .................................................................................................... 1634 7 Mememe Productions (Formal Business) .............................................................................................. 1635 8 Premier’s Multicultural Community Medals (Formal Business) ........................................................... 1635 9 Order for Papers—Heritage order on “Peroomba”, Warrawee—Further Order (Formal Business) ...... 1636 10 National Festival of Ukrainian Australians (Formal Business) .............................................................. 1636 11 Exhibition of Latvian Australian artists (Formal Business) ................................................................... 1637 12 Joint Standing Committee on Road Safety—Membership (Formal Business) ...................................... 1638 13 Chrissy Amphlett (Formal Business) ..................................................................................................... 1638 14 Printing of Tabled Papers ....................................................................................................................... 1639 15 Irregular Petitions ................................................................................................................................... 1639 16 Notices of Motions ................................................................................................................................. 1640 17 Notice of Motion Withdrawn ................................................................................................................. 1640 18 Business Postponed ................................................................................................................................ 1640 19 Small Business Commissioner Bill 2013 ............................................................................................... 1640 20 Questions ................................................................................................................................................ 1640 21 Message from the Legislative Assembly—Powers of Attorney Amendment Bill 2013 ........................ 1640 22 Small Business Commissioner Bill 2013 ............................................................................................... 1641 23 Law Enforcement and National Security (Assumed Identities) Amendment Bill 2013 ......................... 1642 24 State Emergency and Rescue Management Amendment (Co-ordination and Notification of Rescues) Bill 2013 ................................................................................................................................. 1642 25 Road Transport Amendment (Obstruction and Hazard Safety) Bill 2013 .............................................. 1642 26 Racing Legislation Amendment Bill 2013 ............................................................................................. 1643 27 Parliamentary Budget Officer Amendment Bill 2013 ............................................................................ 1643 28 Adjournment .......................................................................................................................................... 1643 29 Attendance ............................................................................................................................................. 1644 1632 Legislative Council Minutes No. 139—Wednesday 1 May 2013 1 MEETING OF THE HOUSE The House met at 11.00 am according to adjournment. The President took the Chair and read the prayers. 2 MESSAGE FROM THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY—HEALTH LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2013 The President reported the following message from the Legislative Assembly: Mr PRESIDENT The Legislative Assembly having this day passed a Bill with the long title “An Act to make miscellaneous amendments to various Acts that relate to health and associated matters” presents the bill to the Legislative Council for its concurrence. Legislative Assembly SHELLEY HANCOCK 30 April 2013 Speaker Bill, on motion of Mr Gallacher, read a first time and ordered to be printed. Mr Gallacher moved, according to contingent notice: That standing orders be suspended to allow the passing of the bill through all its remaining stages during the present or any one sitting of the House. Question put and passed. Ordered: That the second reading of the bill stand an order of the day for a later hour of the sitting. 3 FATHER SUPERIOR ANTOINE TARABAY OLM (Formal Business) Mr Ajaka moved, according to notice: 1. That this House notes the appointment by the Holy Father, Pope Francis, of Father Superior Antoine Tarabay O.L.M. (Lebanese Maronite Order) as Bishop of the Diocese of St Maroun (Maronites) in Australia. 2. That this House notes that: (a) Father Superior Tarabay was born in Northern Lebanon in 1967 and was ordained a priest in 1993, (b) Father Superior Tarabay graduated with a major in Theology at Holy Spirit University in Kaslik, Lebanon in 1993, and continued his studies in Rome in Moral Theology, in which he would later be awarded a Doctorate from the Alfonsiana Academy of the Lateran University, (c) Father Superior Tarabay completed his Licentiate in 1996, and was awarded a Masters in Bioethics in 1998 in Rome, and a Diploma in Human Rights Studies in 1999 at the Institute of Human Rights in the Catholic University of Lyon, France, (d) Father Superior Tarabay was first appointed as Principal of St Charbel’s College in Punchbowl, New South Wales in 2002, serving in the position until he returned to Lebanon in 2005 to take the post of Director of Student Affairs at Holy Spirit University, and (e) Father Superior Tarabay returned to St Charbel’s in 2007, where he currently serves as Rector, incorporating the roles of Parish Priest, Principal of the College and Superior of the Monastery. 1633 Legislative Council Minutes No. 139—Wednesday 1 May 2013 3. That this House acknowledges that: (a) the President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has welcomed the appointment of Father Superior Tarabay as Bishop of the Diocese of St Maroun (Maronites) in Australia, (b) the Australian Lebanese Maronite Community has welcomed the appointment of Father Superior Tarabay as Bishop of the Diocese of St Maroun (Maronites) in Australia, and (c) Father Superior Tarabay possesses immense expertise in Moral Theology, Bioethics and business studies as well as ample pastoral experience and monastic leadership. 4. That this House acknowledges Father Superior Tarabay’s great level of service and dedication to the Maronite Catholic and greater community of New South Wales. Question put and passed. 4 ASSYRIAN, ARMENIAN AND GREEK GENOCIDES (Formal Business) Revd Mr Nile moved, according to notice: 1. That this House notes that: (a) on 5 May 1998, the Legislative Council passed a motion recognising and condemning the Genocide of the Armenians, and (b) Assyrians and Greeks were subjected to qualitatively similar genocides by the then Ottoman Government between 1914 and 1923. 2. That this House: (a) joins the Assyrian, Armenian and Greek communities of New South Wales in honouring the memory of the innocent men, women and children who fell victim to the first modern genocides, (b) condemns the genocides of the Assyrians, Armenians and Greeks, and all other acts of genocide as the ultimate act of intolerance, (c) recognises the importance of remembering and learning from such dark chapters in human history to ensure that such crimes against humanity are not allowed to be repeated, (d) condemns and prevents all attempts to use the passage of time to deny or distort the historical truth of the genocides of the Assyrians, Armenians and Greeks, and other acts of genocide, (e) recalls the testimonies of ANZAC prisoners-of-war and other servicemen who were witness to the genocides of the Assyrians, Armenians and Greeks, (f) recalls the testimonies of ANZAC servicemen who rescued Assyrians, Armenians and Greeks genocide survivors, (g) acknowledges the significant humanitarian relief contribution made by the people of New South Wales to the victims and survivors of the Assyrians, Armenians and Greeks, and (h) calls on the Commonwealth Government to condemn the genocides of the Assyrians, Armenians and Greeks. Question put and passed. 1634 Legislative Council Minutes No. 139—Wednesday 1 May 2013 5 VIETNAM SYDNEY RADIO (Formal Business) Mr Clarke moved, according to notice: 1. That this House notes that, on 1 March 2013, Vietnam Sydney Radio marked the twelfth anniversary of its launching at a celebration held at Canley Heights, which was attended by several hundred members of the Vietnamese-Australian community, as well as guests from the wider community. 2. That this House acknowledges that those