ADJOURNMENT ................................................................................................................................ 25201 AUDITOR-GENERAL'S REPORT ..................................................................................................... 25160 AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSE BATTLE OF BEERSHEBA ........................................................... 25201 AUSTRALIAN SERBIAN FILM FESTIVAL .................................................................................... 25158 BATTLE OF BROKEN HEARTS DOCUMENTARY ....................................................................... 25205 BUSHFIRES ASBESTOS REMOVAL ............................................................................................... 25191 BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE .............................................................. 25156, 25160, 25160, 25160, 25161 CARBON TAX REPEAL .................................................................................................................... 25199 CONDUCT OF VISITORS .................................................................................................................. 25161 DRINK-DRIVING PREVENTION ..................................................................................................... 25197 DROUGHT ASSISTANCE.................................................................................................................. 25199 FESTIVAL OF DIWALI ...................................................................................................................... 25156 FIRE STATION CLOSURES .............................................................................................................. 25193 GRAINCORP TAKEOVER PROPOSAL ........................................................................................... 25202 GREEK NATIONAL DAY SEVENTY-THIRD ANNIVERSARY .................................................... 25157 HUNTER VALLEY MINING OPERATIONS .................................................................................... 25196 LUCAS HEIGHTS NUCLEAR REACTOR SAFETY ........................................................................ 25194 MATTHEW DANIEL, FORMER DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND INFRASTRUCTURE EMPLOYEE .............................................................................................................................................................. 25161 MOREE ARTESIAN AQUATIC CENTRE ............................................................................ 25194, 25195 MR JOHN WILKINSON, PARLIAMENTARY RESEARCH SERVICE .......................................... 25156 MY CHOICE MATTERS DISABILITY SERVICES ......................................................................... 25193 NATIONAL DISABILITY INSURANCE SCHEME ......................................................................... 25192 NOTICES OF MOTIONS .................................................................................................................... 25201 PETITIONS .......................................................................................................................................... 25160 POLICE FIREARMS ........................................................................................................................... 25191 POLICE INTEGRITY COMMISSION................................................................................................ 25156 PRIVILEGES COMMITTEE ............................................................................................................... 25158 QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE ..................................................................................................... 25190 RACING INDUSTRY AND GAMBLING .......................................................................................... 25204 RESIDENTIAL (LAND LEASE) COMMUNITIES BILL 2013 ........................................................ 25156 SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BILL 2013 ................................................................................................. 25161 SCHOOL BULLYING ......................................................................................................................... 25203 SCHOOL ZONE SAFETY................................................................................................................... 25190 SITTING SCHEDULE 2014 ................................................................................................................ 25201 SPECIAL ADJOURNMENT ............................................................................................................... 25160 SPEED CAMERAS .............................................................................................................................. 25197 STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE HOME EMERGENCY PLAN ..................................................... 25194 STATE FINANCES ............................................................................................................................. 25206 WESTCONNEX DELIVERY AUTHORITY ...................................................................................... 25191 WESTCONNEX MOTORWAY .......................................................................................................... 25195 YARALLA ESTATE LIVESTOCK RESCUE .................................................................................... 25190 YOUNG PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES EMPLOYMENT .............................................................. 25198 25156 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL Thursday 31 October 2013 __________ The President (The Hon. Donald Thomas Harwin) took the chair at 9.30 a.m. The President read the Prayers. RESIDENTIAL (LAND LEASE) COMMUNITIES BILL 2013 Bill received from the Legislative Assembly, and read a first time and ordered to be printed on motion by the Hon. Michael Gallacher, on behalf of the Hon. John Ajaka. Motion by the Hon. Michael Gallacher, on behalf of the Hon. John Ajaka, agreed to: 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. Second reading set down as an order of the day for a later hour. POLICE INTEGRITY COMMISSION Report The President tabled, pursuant to the Police Integrity Commission Act 1996, the Annual Report of the Police Integrity Commission for the year ended 30 June 2013, authorised to be made public this day. Ordered to be printed on motion by the Hon. Michael Gallacher. Pursuant to sessional orders Formal Business Notices of Motions proceeded with. MR JOHN WILKINSON, PARLIAMENTARY RESEARCH SERVICE Motion by the Hon. LYNDA VOLTZ agreed to: That this House: (1) Notes that Mr John Wilkinson, who is the longest-serving member of the Parliamentary Research Service, commenced employment on 19 July 1993 as a Research Officer. (2) Notes that Mr Wilkinson has produced numerous briefing papers on the New South Wales economy and trade, Federal and State financial relations, tourism, small business, agriculture, regional development, commercial fishing, housing, gambling and coal production. (3) Congratulates Mr Wilkinson on 20 years of dedicated service to parliamentary research. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE Formal Business Notices of Motions Private Members' Business items Nos 1592 and 1594 outside the Order of Precedence objected to as being taken as formal business. FESTIVAL OF DIWALI Motion by the Hon. DAVID CLARKE agreed to: (1) That this House notes that: (a) on Friday 25 October 2013 the India Club Inc. held a successful function at Castle Hill to celebrate the Festival of Diwali; and 31 October 2013 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 25157 (b) those who attended as guests included: (i) the Consul General of India, Mr Arun Goel, and Mrs Goel; (ii) the Mayor of The Hills Shire Council, Councillor Dr Michelle Byrne, and Mr Matthew Fuentes; (iii) the Hon. Philip Ruddock, MP, Federal member for Berowra; (iv) the Hon. David Clarke, MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Justice, and Mrs Clarke; (v) Mr Dominic Perrottet, MP, member for Castle Hill; (vi) Mr David Elliott, MP, member for Baulkham Hills; (vii) Ms Julie Owens, MP, Federal member for Parramatta; and (viii) Dr Geoff Lee, MP, member for Parramatta. (2) That this House: (a) commends the India Club Inc. for its organising of this function to celebrate the Festival of Diwali; and (b) extends its greetings to the Indian-Australian community on the occasion of the 2013 Festival of Diwali. GREEK NATIONAL DAY SEVENTY-THIRD ANNIVERSARY Motion by the Hon. DAVID CLARKE agreed to: (1) That this House notes that: (a) on Monday 28 October 2013 the Greek Orthodox Community of NSW Ltd held a celebratory function at the Greek Orthodox Community Centre, Lakemba, to commemorate the seventy-third Anniversary of Greek National Day, which falls on 28 October each year; and (b) those who attended as guests included: (i) the Very Reverend Father Christodoulou Economou, representing His Eminence Archbishop Stylianos, Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church in Australia, and His Grace Bishop Seraphim of Apollonias; (ii) Senator Arthur Sinodinos, AO, Assistant Treasurer, representing the Hon. Tony Abbott, MP, Prime Minister of Australia; (iii) the Hon. Matt Thistlethwaite, MP, shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs and shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Immigration, representing the Hon. Bill Shorten, MP, Leader of the Federal Opposition; (iv) the Hon. David Clarke, MLC, Parliamentary Secretary for Justice, representing the Hon. Victor Dominello, MP, Minister for Citizenship and Communities,