PROOF LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF VICTORIA VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS No 101 — Tuesday 4 May 2021 1 The House met according to the adjournment — The Speaker took the Chair, read the Prayer and made an Acknowledgement of Country. 2 ADDRESS TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN — Motion made, by leave, and question — That: (1) The following resolution be agreed to by this House: HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN: We, the Legislative Assembly of Victoria, in Parliament assembled, express our sympathy with Your Majesty and members of the Royal Family, in your sorrow at the death of His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh. We acknowledge and pay tribute to his many years of service, and his devoted support of his family. (2) That the following Address to the Governor be agreed to by this House: GOVERNOR: We, the Members of the Legislative Assembly of Victoria, in Parliament assembled, respectfully request that you communicate the accompanying resolution to Her Majesty the Queen (Mr Merlino) — put, after members addressed the House in support of the motion and, members rising in their place to signify their assent, agreed to unanimously. 3 QUESTION TIME — (Under Sessional Order 9). 4 EDUCATION AND TRAINING REFORM AMENDMENT (PROTECTION OF SCHOOL COMMUNITIES) BILL 2021 — Mr Merlino introduced ‘A Bill for an Act to amend the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 to provide for orders prohibiting or regulating certain conduct on school premises and school-related places and for other purposes’; and, after debate, the Bill was read a first time and ordered to be read a second time tomorrow. 5 GAMBLING REGULATION AMENDMENT (WAGERING AND BETTING TAX) BILL 2021 — Mr Pallas introduced ‘A Bill for an Act to amend the Gambling Regulation Act 2003 to increase the rate of wagering and betting tax and for other purposes’; and, after debate, the Bill was read a first time and ordered to be read a second time tomorrow. 2 Legislative Assembly of Victoria 6 CHILD WELLBEING AND SAFETY (CHILD SAFE STANDARDS COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT) AMENDMENT BILL 2021 — Mr Donnellan introduced ‘A Bill for an Act to amend the Child Wellbeing and Safety Act 2005 and the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 to provide for compliance with the Child Safe Standards and for other purposes’; and, after debate, the Bill was read a first time and ordered to be read a second time tomorrow. 7 DOCUMENTS UNIVERSITY OF DIVINITY — Report 2020 tabled by leave (Ms Allan). SCRUTINY OF ACTS AND REGULATIONS COMMITTEE — Ms Connolly tabled the Alert Digest No 5 of 2021 from the Scrutiny of Acts and Regulations Committee on the: Non-Emergency Patient Transport Amendment Bill 2021 Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Cross-boundary Greenhouse Gas Titles and Other Matters) Amendment Bill 2021 Transport Legislation Miscellaneous Amendments Bill 2021 Zero and Low Emission Vehicle Distance-based Charge Bill 2021 Order in Council — Revision of Animal Welfare Codes of Practice together with appendices. Ordered to be published. DOCUMENTS TABLED UNDER ACTS OF PARLIAMENT — The Clerk tabled the following documents under Acts of Parliament: Bendigo Kangan Institute — Report 2020 Box Hill Institute — Report 2020 Chisholm Institute — Report 2020 Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 — Order under s 17B granting a licence over University Square Reserve Deakin University — Report 2020 Federation University Australia — Report 2020 GOTEC Ltd (The Gordon) — Report 2020 Goulburn Ovens Institute of TAFE (GOTAFE) — Report 2020 Holmesglen Institute — Report 2020 Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission: Annual Plan 2020–21 Votes and Proceedings Tuesday 4 May 2021 3 Operation Meroo: An investigation into alleged corrupt conduct by a former CEO of a Victorian regional health service — Ordered to be published La Trobe University — Report 2020 Land Acquisition and Compensation Act 1986 — Certificate under s 7 Melbourne Polytechnic — Report 2020 Monash University — Report 2020 Ombudsman — Investigation into the Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions’ administration of the Business Support Fund — Ordered to be published Planning and Environment Act 1987 — Notices of approval of amendments to the following Planning Schemes: Ballarat — C228 Brimbank — C200 Part 2 Casey — C230, C279 Central Goldfields — C36 Glen Eira — C155 Golden Plains — C87 Greater Dandenong — C203 Hepburn — C85 Hume — C248, C254 Latrobe — C124 Melbourne — C305, C378 Melton — C190, C227 Mildura — C108, C109 Moreland — C203, C210 Port Phillip — C161 Part 1, C177, C186, C200 Victoria Planning Provisions — VC185, VC194, VC197 Wellington — C111 Public Accounts and Estimates Committee — Report on the 2020–21 Budget Estimates, together with transcripts of evidence — Report ordered to be published Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008: Report to Parliament on the Extension of the Declaration of a State of Emergency — 10th Report (in lieu of report previously tabled on Wednesday 3 February 2021) Report to Parliament on the Extension of the Declaration of a State of Emergency — 13th Report Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) — Report 2020 South West Institute of TAFE — Report 2020 4 Legislative Assembly of Victoria Statutory Rules under the following Acts: Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 — SR 22 Child Wellbeing and Safety Act 2005 — SR 30 City of Melbourne Act 2001 — SR 34 Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987 — SR 32 County Court Act 1958 — SR 28 COVID-19 Omnibus (Emergency Measures) Act 2020 — SR 19 Dangerous Goods Act 1985 — SR 27 Disability Service Safeguards Act 2018 — SR 40 Education and Training Reform Act 2006 — SRs 24, 25 Electronic Transactions (Victoria) Act 2000 — SR 38 Evidence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1958 — SR 39 First Home Owner Grant Act 2000 — SR 31 Local Government Act 2020 — SRs 33, 34 Magistrates’ Court Act 1989 — SRs 23, 41 Powers of Attorney Act 2014 — SR 37 Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008 — SR 15 Public Interest Monitor Act 2011 — SR 29 Residential Tenancies Act 1997 — SRs 20, 21 Road Safety Act 1986 — SRs 35, 36 Service Victoria Act 2018 — SR 26 Supreme Court Act 1986 — SRs 16, 17 Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998 — SR 18 Subordinate Legislation Act 1994: Documents under s 15 in relation to Statutory Rules 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 41 Documents under s 16B in relation to: Financial Management Act 1994 — Order to declare a class of entities as specified entities Road Safety Act 1986 — Notice under s 96A — Suspension of regulation 13(1)(a) of the Road Safety (Drivers) Regulations 2019 Sunraysia Institute of TAFE (SuniTAFE) — Report 2020 Swinburne University of Technology — Report 2020 TAFE Gippsland — Report 2020 University of Melbourne — Report 2020 Victoria University — Report 2020 William Angliss Institute of TAFE — Report 2020 Wodonga Institute of TAFE — Report 2020. Votes and Proceedings Tuesday 4 May 2021 5 DOCUMENTS TABLED UNDER STANDING ORDERS — Under standing orders the Clerk tabled the following documents: Government response to the Economy and Infrastructure Standing Committee’s Report on the Inquiry into sustainable employment for disadvantaged jobseekers Government response to the Legal and Social Issues Standing Committee’s Report on the Inquiry into early childhood engagement of culturally and linguistically diverse communities Proclamations fixing operative dates: Education and Training Reform Amendment (Regulation of Student Accommodation) Act 2020 — Remaining provisions — 18 June 2021 (Gazette S152, 30 March 2021) Environment Protection Amendment Act 2018 — Remaining provisions — 1 July 2021 (Gazette S124, 16 March 2021) Parks and Crown Land Legislation Amendment Act 2020 — Remaining provisions of Parts 3, 6 and 7 and Part 10 — 1 May 2021 (Gazette S189, 27 April 2021) Police and Emergency Legislation Amendment Act 2020 — Sections 3 and 4 — 7 April 2021 (Gazette S152, 30 March 2021) Transport Legislation Amendment Act 2020 — Sections 5, 7, 32(1), 32(3), 32(4), 33, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 45, 49 and 50 — 1 April 2021 (Gazette S152, 30 March 2021). 8 MESSAGES FROM THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL — Agreeing to the following bills without amendment: Industrial Relations Legislation Amendment Bill 2021 Planning and Environment Amendment Bill 2021 Spent Convictions Bill 2020. 9 MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR — ASSENT TO BILLS — Informing the Legislative Assembly that she had given the royal assent to the following bills, presented to her by the Clerk of the Parliaments: On 23 March 2021 Education and Training Reform Amendment (Miscellaneous) Bill 2020 Justice Legislation Amendment (System Enhancements and Other Matters) Bill 2021 Planning and Environment Amendment Bill 2021 On 30 March 2021 Spent Convictions Bill 2020. 10 MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR — Recommending appropriations for the purposes of the following bills: Transport Legislation Miscellaneous Amendments Bill 2021 Zero and Low Emission Vehicle Distance-based Charge Bill 2021. 6 Legislative Assembly of Victoria 11 COMMITTEE RESIGNATIONS — The Speaker announced that he had received the resignation of Ms Vallence from the Public Accounts and Estimates Committee, effective from today and the resignation of Mrs McArthur from the Scrutiny of Acts and Regulations Committee, effective from 3 May 2021. 12 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP — Motion made, by leave, and question — That: (1) Mr Newbury be a member of the Public Accounts and Estimates Committee; (2) Mr Rowswell be discharged from the Economy and Infrastructure Standing Committee and Mr Wakeling be a member in his place; and (3) Mr Smith