ABSENCE OF THE SPEAKER .......................................................................................................... 22891 ARTIST MAY JAMIL WOOD POWER EXHIBITION ..................................................................... 22919 BUDGET ESTIMATES AND RELATED PAPERS ........................................................................... 22958 BULAHDELAH LIONS CLUB ........................................................................................................... 22967 BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE ...................................... 22891, 22922, 22922, 22931, 22935, 22937, 22937 CABRAMATTA LEAGUES CLUB.................................................................................................... 22920 COMMUNITY RECOGNITION STATEMENTS .............................................................................. 22919 CONSIDERATION OF MOTIONS TO BE ACCORDED PRIORITY .............................................. 22935 DAFFODIL DAY ................................................................................................................................. 22968 DEATH OF THE HONOURABLE GERALD BERESFORD PONSONBY PEACOCKE, A FORMER MINISTER OF THE CROWN AND MEMBER FOR DUBBO ......................................................... 22891 DECENTRALISATION STRATEGY ................................................................................................. 22926 DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES CASEWORKER VACANCIES22923, 22924, 22927, 22928, 22931 EDUCATION WEEK .......................................................................................................................... 22969 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT POLICIES ............................................................................................. 22938 FRINGE BENEFITS TAX IMPACTS ................................................................................................. 22928 GARDEN ISLAND NAVAL BASE .................................................................................................... 22923 GOULBURN ELECTORATE WINTER EVENTS ............................................................................. 22966 GREYSTANES COMMUNITY CENTRE .......................................................................................... 22922 HEAVY VEHICLE (ADOPTION OF NATIONAL LAW) AMENDMENT BILL 2013 ................... 22909 HUNTER NEW ENGLAND HEALTH AWARDS FINALIST PAT PARRY ................................... 22921 ICE SKATING AUSTRALIA .............................................................................................................. 22921 JOHN AND SALLY RITCHIE SIXTIETH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY ........................................ 22919 LAKE MACQUARIE AIR QUALITY ................................................................................................ 22930 LAMBTON-NEW LAMBTON LIONESS CLUB .............................................................................. 22919 MANCHESTER UNITED AND SPECIAL OLYMPICS NEW SOUTH WALES ............................. 22963 MARINE PARKS AMENDMENT (MORATORIUM) BILL 2013 .................................................... 22934 MINISTRY ........................................................................................................................................... 22922 MIRANDA LOCAL AREA COMMAND POLICE MEDALS AND AWARDS ............................... 22919 MULGOA ELECTORATE AWARD RECIPIENTS .......................................................................... 22921 NEWPORT PUBLIC SCHOOL MUMS FOR MUMS ........................................................................ 22920 NGIOKA HORTICULTURE EDUCATION AND THERAPY CENTRE ......................................... 22920 NRMA INSURANCE COMMUNITY GRANTS PROGRAM ........................................................... 22921 ORANGE BASE HOSPITAL AUXILIARY ....................................................................................... 22922 ORANGE TIGERS AFL CENTRAL WEST GRAND FINAL WINNERS ........................................ 22962 PETITIONS .......................................................................................................................................... 22934 PORT MACQUARIE STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE .................................................................. 22921 PRIVATE MEMBERS' STATEMENTS ............................................................................................. 22962 PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT OPERATIONS AMENDMENT (ILLEGAL WASTE DISPOSAL) BILL 2013 ............................................................................................................................................ 22934 QUESTION TIME ............................................................................................................................... 22923 REPRESENTATION OF MINISTERS ABSENT DURING QUESTIONS ....................................... 22922 RESIGNATION OF MINISTER FOR SPORT AND RECREATION ................................................ 22932 ROAD TRANSPORT AMENDMENT (ELECTRONIC TRAFFIC INFRINGEMENT NOTICES TRIAL) BILL 2013 ...................................................................................................................................................... 22934 STATE ECONOMY ............................................................................................................................. 22927 STATE EMERGENCY AND RESCUE MANAGEMENT AMENDMENT (CO-ORDINATION AND NOTIFICATION OF RESCUES) BILL 2013 ......................................................................... 22914, 22942 TEENAGE BINGE DRINKING .......................................................................................................... 22930 TOTALIZATOR AMENDMENT (EXCLUSIVITY) BILL 2013 ....................................................... 22962 TRIBUTE TO JUNE CAUSLEY ......................................................................................................... 22964 VIETNAM VISION PROJECT AUSTRALIA .................................................................................... 22965 VILLAWOOD NAIDOC FESTIVAL.................................................................................................. 22919 WEAR IT PURPLE DAY .................................................................................................................... 22920 22891 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Wednesday 28 August 2013 _______________ ABSENCE OF THE SPEAKER The Clerk announced the absence of the Speaker. The Deputy-Speaker (The Hon. Thomas George), in the absence of the Speaker, took the chair at 10.00 a.m. The Deputy-Speaker read the Prayer and acknowledgement of country. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE Notices of Motions General Business Notices of Motions (General Notices) given. DEATH OF THE HONOURABLE GERALD BERESFORD PONSONBY PEACOCKE, A FORMER MINISTER OF THE CROWN AND MEMBER FOR DUBBO The ASSISTANT-SPEAKER (Mr Andrew Fraser): I acknowledge in the gallery Mr Duncan Beresford Peacocke and his sister, Mrs Jane Beresford Lynch nee Peacocke, son and daughter of the late Gerald Beresford Ponsonby Peacocke, a former member for Dubbo. I also extend the condolences of the House to his family who are unable to be here today and who are spread across the State and the world: wife, Nancy Mabel Peacocke, and children Samuel Beresford Peacocke, Catherine Beresford Peacocke, Benjamin Beresford Peacocke and Angus Beresford Peacocke. Mr ANDREW STONER (Oxley—Deputy Premier, Minister for Trade and Investment, and Minister for Regional Infrastructure and Services) [10.08 a.m.]: I move: That this House extends to the family the deep sympathy of members of the Legislative Assembly in the loss sustained by the death, on 23 May 2013, of the Honourable Gerald Beresford Ponsonby Peacocke, a former Minister of the Crown. As Parliamentary Leader of the New South Wales Nationals, I wish to speak of Gerald Beresford Ponsonby Peacocke, a great Country Party and National Party warrior. As Deputy Premier in a reformist Government, I will also speak of a policy innovator whose contribution in a variety of roles over his many years of public life made a significant difference to many of his fellow citizens. Most importantly, as a husband and father, I offer my deepest condolences to his wife, Nancy; his children and their families—Sam and Helen, Catherine, Duncan, Ben, Angus and Alex, Jane and Stephen; his 11 grandchildren; his great granddaughter, Tabitha; and his brothers and sister, Peter, Margaret and Gareth, and Sylvia. I acknowledge the presence in the gallery of Duncan and Jane. Gerry, as he was known to all of his friends, was born in Warren on 2 June 1931 and died not that far down the road in Dubbo almost 80 years later. In those intervening years he travelled around the world many times, but I think it is true to say that, for Gerry, nowhere compared to the Central West and Western Plains of New South Wales. Indeed, that terrific region of our State was at the heart of his public service. I outline the many elected positions he held in that area as proof of that: deputy mayor of Bathurst City Council 1965; alderman of Dubbo City Council from 1970 to 1976; mayor of Dubbo City Council in 1999; and, of course, the member for Dubbo for 17 years, five months and 15 days from 19 September 1981 to 5 March 1999. My colleague Troy Grant, Gerry's Nationals successor in the great seat of Dubbo, will speak shortly about some of his many achievements for his electorate. Colleagues from both sides of the House no doubt will recall some of the many amusing