4017 PROOF LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY 2019-20-21 FIRST SESSION OF THE FIFTY-SEVENTH PARLIAMENT _____________ QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS No. 95 TUESDAY 9 FEBRUARY 2021 _____________ The Questions and Answers Paper is published at the end of each sitting day and will contain, by number and title, all unanswered questions, together with questions to which answers have been received on that sitting day and any new questions. Consequently the full text of any question will be printed only twice: when notice is given; and, when answered. During any adjournment of two weeks or more a Questions and Answers Paper will be published from time to time containing answers received. 4018 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Tuesday 9 February 2021 Publication of Questions Answer to be lodged by Q & A No. 92 (Including Question Nos 4797 to 4839) 23 December 2020 Q & A No. 93 (Including Question Nos 4840 to 4931) 24 December 2020 Q & A No. 94 (Questions—Nil) - Q & A No. 95 (Including Question Nos 4932 to 5000) 16 March 2021 4019 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Tuesday 9 February 2021 18 NOVEMBER 2020 (Paper No. 92) 4816 GREATER CITIES AND REGIONAL SPORTS FACILITY FUND ANNOUNCEMENTS—Ms Lynda Voltz to ask the Minister for Sport, Multiculturalism, Seniors and Veterans— 9 FEBRUARY 2021 (Paper No. 95) 4932 PLACEMENT OF CHILD LIFE THERAPIST AT ORANGE—Mr Philip Donato to ask the Minister for Health and Medical Research— Will consideration be given to the allocation of a child life therapist or provision of child life therapy services at the Orange Health Service? 4933 ORANGE AMBULANCE STATION—Mr Philip Donato to ask the Minister for Health and Medical Research— Will the Orange Ambulance Station be considered for redevelopment and expansion in Round 2 of the Rural Ambulance Infrastructure Reconfiguration Program considering that it has now passed its twenty year life expectancy and size of which is limiting its capacity? 4934 BUDGET MEASURES: AGEING AND VOLUNTEERS STRATEGIES—Ms Jo Haylen to ask the Minister for Sport, Multiculturalism, Seniors and Veterans— (1) What is the total amount of funding attributed to the NSW Ageing Strategy 2020-2030? (2) What specific projects associated with the Ageing Strategy are funded? (3) When will the Ageing Strategy be released? (4) What consultation will be undertaken? 4935 SOCIAL HOUSING DWELLINGS—Ms Janelle Saffin to ask the Minister for Water, Property and Housing— (1) Considering the announcement of $400 million for 1,200 new social housing dwellings in New South Wales, how many social housing dwellings will be in rural New South Wales? (a) How many of these are going to be in the Lismore electorate? (2) Will local businesses be given priority in awarding the contracts to build these dwellings, creating extra jobs in the regions? 4936 HOUSING SECTOR APPRENTICES—Ms Janelle Saffin to ask the Minister for Water, Property and Housing— (1) Considering the announcement of $80 million for 300 apprentices in the housing sector, is this for social housing? (a) How many of these are going to be in the Lismore electorate? 4937 LAUREL LODGE—Ms Janelle Saffin to ask the Minister for Health and Medical Research— Considering the Lismore district's unacceptably high levels of homelessness and rental stress, will the Government consider keeping Laurel Lodge, a block of 12 units in central Lismore now surplus to NSW Health's needs, in public hands to be utilised as affordable or social housing? 4938 CENTRAL COAST COUNCIL PROJECTS—Ms Liesl Tesch to ask the Deputy Premier, Minister for Regional New South Wales, Industry and Trade— What amount of the funding promised by the Government for the upgrades of Woy Woy Wharf has been provided to Council? 4939 NEWCASTLE ALLOCATION ZONE SOCIAL HOUSING TRANSFERS—Ms Jodie Harrison to ask the Minister for Families, Communities and Disability Services— How many social housing transfers in the Newcastle allocation zone have been approved by Department of Housing in each financial year from 2009-10 to 2019-20? 4020 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Tuesday 9 February 2021 4940 LAKE MACQUARIE/EAST ALLOCATION ZONE SOCIAL HOUSING TRANSFERS—Ms Jodie Harrison to ask the Minister for Families, Communities and Disability Services— How many social housing transfers in the Lake Macquarie⁄East allocation zone have been approved by Department of Housing in each financial year from 2009-10 to 2019-20? 4941 SOCIAL HOUSING TENANT TRANSFERS—Ms Jodie Harrison to ask the Minister for Families, Communities and Disability Services— (1) As at 10 November 2020, how many social housing tenants are currently approved for, but are still awaiting, a transfer: (a) In the Lake Macquarie⁄East allocation zone; (b) In the Newcastle allocation zone; (c) Across the Hunter New England region; (d) Across New South Wales? 4942 ORTHOPAEDIC OPERATIONS AT NEW GRIFFITH BASE HOSPITAL—Mrs Helen Dalton to ask the Minister for Health and Medical Research— (1) Will the new operating theatres being built in the new Griffith Base Hospital be fully equipped to provide major orthopaedic operations? (a) If not, will St Vincent's Private Hospital in Griffith provide orthopaedic operations to public patients for free? 4943 PRIMARY PRODUCER CONCESSION STATUS—Mrs Helen Dalton to ask the Minister for Transport and Roads— (1) Why is self-reporting of primary producer status considered sufficient for Heavy Vehicle operators to obtain a Primary Producer Concession Registration? (2) Between 1 January 2019 and 1 January 2021, how many vehicles were assessed as having wrongly claimed a Primary Producer Concession? (3) What enforcement action is Transport for NSW undertaking in relation to those who wrongly claim a Primary Producer Concession registered heavy vehicle? 4944 FUNDING FOR MARCO POLO CLUB—Mrs Helen Dalton to ask the Deputy Premier, Minister for Regional New South Wales, Industry and Trade— Did you approve the Stronger Communities Fund grant to improve the Riverside Oval in 2016, which was administered by your Department? 4945 MIDWIFERY-LED CONTINUITY OF CARE—Mr Ryan Park to ask the Minister for Health and Medical Research— (1) What steps are being taken to expand on the evidence based and cost-effective model of midwifery- led continuity of care to all women in New South Wales? (2) What steps are being taken to expand this care in rural and remote New South Wales, considering the National Rural Health Commissioner's comments that in 2018, 8.4 per cent of births in major cities were premature compared with 13.5 per cent in rural, remote and very remote Australia? 4946 SPECIALIST MEDICAL OFFICERS SHORTAGE IN GRIFFITH—Mr Ryan Park to ask the Minister for Health and Medical Research— (1) What is the Government doing to address the shortage of specialist medical officers providing services in the Griffith community? (2) What are the reasons for specialists not providing services in Griffith? (3) What consideration has been given to addressing the concerns of local residents about these shortages? 4947 COMMENTS BY INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION—Mr Paul Lynch to ask the Attorney General, and Minister for the Prevention of Domestic Violence— In relation to LAQ 4286, and granted the nature of the comments by the Industrial Relations Commission, why is it not appropriate to comment? 4948 SCHOOL EXCURSIONS TO COURTS—Mr Paul Lynch to ask the Attorney General, and Minister for the Prevention of Domestic Violence— 4021 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Tuesday 9 February 2021 (1) Is it proposed that school excursions to courts run by Rule of Law, Australia's Magna Carta Institute will resume? (a) If so, what fees and charges will be imposed by those organisers? 4949 COURT EMPLOYEE POLICE CHECK—Mr Paul Lynch to ask the Attorney General, and Minister for the Prevention of Domestic Violence— In light of LAQ 4284, why did an employee of Waratah Commercial Air commence work at the Law Courts Building in Queen's Square on 26 November 2018 when his police check certificate was not given to that employer until 5 December 2018? 4950 BURNING DOWN OF LIVERPOOL COUNCIL CHAMBERS—Mr Paul Lynch to ask the Minister for Police and Emergency Services— What is the status of investigation into the burning down of the Liverpool Council Chambers in Hoxton Park Road? 4951 ACTING COMMISSIONER COTTER—Mr Paul Lynch to ask the Minister for Police and Emergency Services— Why did Acting Commissioner Cotter incorrectly, and repeatedly refer to himself as Commissioner of the Crime Commission in the Annual Report of the Crime Commission from 2019-20? 4952 MURDER OF SARIK ARIYAK—Mr Paul Lynch to ask the Minister for Police and Emergency Services— What progress has been made into the investigation of the murder of Sarik Ariyak on 17 December 1980 at Dover Heights? 4953 EMERGENCY STAND-BY DIESEL GENERATOR—Mr Paul Lynch to ask the Attorney General, and Minister for the Prevention of Domestic Violence— (1) Is the Emergency Stand-by Diesel Generator in the Level 24 plant area of the Supreme Court regularly maintained? (a) If so, by whom is it maintained? (b) How is this maintenance recorded, if at all? 4954 LOCAL COURT ANNUAL REVIEW—Mr Paul Lynch to ask the Attorney General, and Minister for the Prevention of Domestic Violence— (1) Has the Local Court Annual Review 2019-20 been tabled in the Legislative Assembly? (a) If so, when? (b) If not, why not? 4955 1 NICHOLLS STREET—Mr Paul Lynch to ask the Minister for Families, Communities and Disability Services— What was the outcome of the proceedings brought by your agency in the NSW Civil and Administration Tribunal