LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL NOTICE PAPER No. 67 Tuesday, 1 May 2012 The President takes the Chair at 2.00 p.m. GOVERNMENT BUSINESS NOTICES OF MOTION 22 MR HALL — To move — That this House notes the continuing unacceptable high levels of university offer deferral rates in regional and outer suburban areas and calls on the Federal Government to guarantee better income support for students required to live away from home. 205 MS LOVELL — To move — That this House notes that, during Question Time on 15 September 2011, the Member for Northern Victoria and former Minister for Housing, Ms Candy Broad MLC, made comments that led this House to believe that the position of Director of Housing is a Ministerial appointment, and further notes that — (1) on 15 April 2005, the Governor-in-Council declared, by Order, that the Director of Housing would be a Declared Authority under section 104 of the Public Administration Act 2004, and further specified that the Public Service body head in relation to the Declared Authority, is the Secretary of the Department of Human Services; and (2) the Minister for Housing at the time of the declaration was Ms Candy Broad MLC; and calls on Ms Candy Broad MLC to fully explain why she was unaware of this important change during her administration. 269 MS CROZIER — To move — That in relation to the illegal industrial action currently being undertaken by the Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) union, this House notes that in 2007, the then Minister for Health and now Leader of the Opposition, Mr Daniel Andrews, MP commented on a similar action undertaken by the ANF, stating, ‘what’s important here is that this is unlawful, unnecessary action, it is compromising the care of hundreds of thousands of patients right across our state’, and further — (1) notes the divergent views of the Shadow Minister for Health, Mr Gavin Jennings, MLC and his thinly disguised support for such illegal action on the part of the ANF, illegal action that is directly impacting on patient safety; and (2) calls on the Leader of the Opposition, Mr Daniel Andrews, MP to pull his Shadow Minister for Health, Mr Gavin Jennings, MLC into line and insist that he desist in every way from encouraging behaviour on the part of the ANF union that is not only illegal but is compromising the care of increasing numbers of Victorian patients. [Notice given on 28 February 2012 — Listed for 12 days]. 2 Legislative Council Notice Paper No. 67 289 MR ONDARCHIE — To move — That this House expresses its concern at the misuse of Question Time on 13 March 2012 by the Member for Northern Metropolitan Region, Ms Jenny Mikakos, MLC, noting that — (1) Ms Mikakos’ accusation against a Ministerial staff member was not substantiated and has subsequently been proven false; (2) the alleged activities towards the Acting Director of Housing did not occur; and (3) this misuse of privileges brings Ms Mikakos into disrepute; and calls on Ms Mikakos to unreservedly withdraw her outrageous statements. [Notice given on 14 March 2012 — Listed for 8 days]. 291 MR ELSBURY — To move — That this House calls on the Member for Eastern Metropolitan Region, Mr Brian Tee, MLC, to apologise for his flippant and offhand comment concerning pool safety for children during Question Time on 13 March 2012, and that he do so without reservation, both recognising that drowning is the number one cause of death in children under five, and the bipartisan nature of efforts to reduce the number of these tragedies. [Notice given on 14 March 2012 — Listed for 8 days]. 295 MR GUY — To move — That pursuant to section 46AH of the Planning and Environment Act 1987, Cardinia Planning Scheme Amendment C146 be ratified. [Notice given on 15 March 2012; 2 days remain for resolving∇]. 302 MR KOCH — To move — That this House congratulates the new LNP Government in Queensland and in particular Campbell Newman, the new Premier, on their historic win in the Queensland state election held on Saturday 25th March 2012. [Notice given on 27 March 2012 — Listed for 6 days]. 311φ MR ONDARCHIE — To move — That this House calls on the Labor Opposition to use a non-government business day to apologise to Victorians for their legacy of reckless mismanagement over 11 years and further, that they say sorry for — (1) mismanagement of the desalination project that will cost Victorians $2 million a day for the next 30 years; (2) the monumental mismanagement of the Melbourne Market Relocation Project that will see a cost blow-out of millions of dollars, as identified by the Auditor-General; (3) the $3 billion of revenue lost to Victorian taxpayers due to Labor’s bungling of the Gaming Machine License Auction; (4) the disastrous mismanagement of ICT projects such as the myki ticketing scheme which will cost Victoria $1.44 billion in blow-outs; (5) the ineptitude of the previous Labor Government which has seen a $1.1 billion blow-out in the cost of the Regional Rail Link; (6) blow-outs in the cost of roads of more than $360 million dollars such as the M1 upgrade; (7) the funding black holes left at the Olivia Newton-John Wellness Centre and Royal Children’s Hospital ICT which the Coalition had to fix in its first budget; ∇ Indicates sitting days remaining, including this day, for resolution of motion to be within statutory approval provisions. φ Notice amended pursuant to Standing Order 6.04. 1 May 2012 3 (8) the Leader of the Opposition, Mr Daniel Andrews’ own personal “myki” of the health system, Healthsmart, which has blow-outs of $243 million and the Auditor General found had no business case; (9) the failure of appropriate rigour in relation to the north-south pipeline project; (10) spending more than $1 billion in taxpayer funds for blatant political advertising for the previous Labor Government; (11) failing Victorian students with run down schools and overcrowded classrooms; (12) failing to plan for the growing of the population by not investing diligently in road and rail infrastructure; (13) failing to plan for the growth and ageing of the population by using out of date and inaccurate data to determine health planning; (14) $25 million blow-outs in State sports facilities; (15) the 11 years of mismanagement of ambulance services including Mr Andrews’ botched merger of the ambulance services as well as declining operational and financial performance as identified by the Auditor-General in October 2010; and (16) the systematic neglect and mismanagement of public housing. [Notice given on 29 March 2012 — Listed for 4 days]. ORDERS OF THE DAY 1 AUSTRALIAN CONSUMER LAW AND FAIR TRADING BILL 2011 — (from Assembly — Mr Guy) — Second reading — Resumption of debate (Mr Pakula). 2 JUSTICE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2012 — (from Assembly — Mr Dalla-Riva) — Second reading — Resumption of debate (Mr Pakula). 3 DISABILITY AMENDMENT BILL 2012 — (from Assembly — Ms Lovell) — Second reading — Resumption of debate (Mr Drum). 4* HEALTH PROFESSIONS REGISTRATION (REPEAL) BILL 2012 — (from Assembly — Mr D.M. Davis) — Second reading — Resumption of debate (Mr Jennings). 5* LAND (REVOCATION OF RESERVATIONS) BILL 2012 — (from Assembly — Mr Guy) — Second reading — Resumption of debate (Mr Jennings). 6 STATUTE LAW REVISION BILL 2012 — (Mr D.M. Davis) — Second reading — Resumption of debate (Mr Lenders). 7* ROYAL WOMEN’S HOSPITAL LAND BILL 2012 — (from Assembly — Mr Guy) — Second reading — Resumption of debate (Mr Jennings). 8 CARBON TAX IMPACT ON HEALTH SERVICES — Motion calling on the Commonwealth Government to provide compensation to Victorian health services and health providers for the significant cost impacts in public and community health services by the introduction of the Carbon Tax — (Mr Guy) — Resumption of debate (Mr D.M. Davis). 9 OMBUDSMAN’S REPORTS, 2011 — Motion to take note of the reports tabled by the Ombudsman in 2011 (Mr D.M. Davis) — Resumption of debate (Mrs Peulich). * Indicates new entry. 4 Legislative Council Notice Paper No. 67 GENERAL BUSINESS NOTICES OF MOTION 230 MR LENDERS — To move — That this House — (1) notes that Ms Cindy McLeish, Member for the electoral district of Seymour, said in a media release on 16 November 2011 that she welcomed the closing of the North-South Pipeline and that “it was common sense for Melbourne to meet its own water needs and for water north of the divide to stay north of the divide”; (2) notes that Ms McLeish went on to say that “it is now time to put the North-South Pipeline saga behind us and get on with enjoying life”; (3) notes that closing down this billion dollar asset means that constituents in the southern 30 per cent of Ms McLeish’s electorate will have less long-term water security and will need to rely on more expensive water from recycling, storm water and the desalination plant; (4) notes that the Baillieu-Ryan Government remains committed to drawing water out of the north of the State when Melbourne has Stage 4 water restrictions in place; and (5) calls on Ms McLeish to explain to the northern portion of her electorate how it is “common sense” to draw water from the northern irrigation areas during drought but not at times when Lake Eildon is full. [Notice given on 24 November 2011 — Listed for 19 days]. 232 MR LEANE — To move — That this House agrees that the Baillieu Government will never actually build a heavy railway line to Doncaster, despite the Premier’s pre-election bluster in stating “we intend to plan it, find the funds, and then build it”, and the Member for Doncaster stating the same commitment in her election material. [Notice given on 6 December 2011 — Listed for 18 days].