2067 PROOF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL FIRST SESSION OF THE FIFTY-SEVENTH PARLIAMENT MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS No. 81 WEDNESDAY 24 MARCH 2021 wa Contents 1 Meeting of the House ................................................................................................................. 2069 2 Vacancy in the Office of President............................................................................................. 2069 3 Election of President .................................................................................................................. 2069 4 Prayers ........................................................................................................................................ 2074 5 Presentation of President to Her Excellency the Governor ........................................................ 2074 6 Death of His Royal Highness the Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh ......................................... 2074 7 Assent to Bills ............................................................................................................................ 2074 8 Resignation of The Honourable john George Ajaka MLC ......................................................... 2075 9 Messages from the Legislative Assembly .................................................................................. 2075 (1) Local Government Amendment Bill 2021 ........................................................................ 2075 (2) Real Property Amendment (Certificates of Title) Bill 2021 ............................................. 2075 (3) Heavy Vehicle Legislation Amendment (National Regulator) Bill 2021 ......................... 2076 (4) Mutual Recognition (New South Wales) Amendment Bill 2021...................................... 2076 (5) COVID-19 Recovery Bill 2021 ........................................................................................ 2076 (6) Liquor Amendment (Right to Play Music) Bill 2020 ....................................................... 2076 (7) State Insurance and Care Governance Amendment (Employees) Bill 2020 ..................... 2077 10 Conduct of Business—Question Time ....................................................................................... 2077 11 Register of Disclosures by Members—Pecuniary Interests and Other Matters ......................... 2077 12 Law Enforcement Conduct Commission—Reports ................................................................... 2077 13 Inspector of Custodial Services—Report ................................................................................... 2077 14 Small Business Commissioner—Report .................................................................................... 2078 15 Ministerial Statement—Parliamentary Secretary ....................................................................... 2078 16 Order for Papers—Sale of TAFE NSW campuses (Formal Business) ....................................... 2078 17 Percy Brookfield ........................................................................................................................ 2079 18 Michael Gudinski (Formal Business) ......................................................................................... 2079 19 Motion to Table Report of the Independent Legal Arbiter—Dam Infrastructure Projects (Formal Business) .................................................................................................................................... 2080 20 Paper—Tabled by Minister ........................................................................................................ 2080 21 Tabled Papers Not Ordered to be Printed ................................................................................... 2080 2068 Legislative Council Minutes No. 81—Wednesday 24 March 2021 22 Legislation Review Committee—Report ................................................................................... 2080 23 Tabling of Report of the Independent Legal Arbiter—Dam Infrastructure Projects .................. 2080 24 Auditor-General—Reports ......................................................................................................... 2080 25 Portfolio Committee No. 1 - Premier and Finance—Report ...................................................... 2081 26 Public Accountability Committee—Report ............................................................................... 2081 27 Selection of Bills Committee—Report....................................................................................... 2081 28 Portfolio Committee No. 7 - Planning and Environment—Report ............................................ 2082 29 Joint Select Committee on the Anti-Discrimination Amendment (Religious Freedoms and Equality) Bill 2020—Report ...................................................................................................................... 2082 30 Select Committee on the High Level of First Nations People in Custody and Oversight and Review of Deaths in Custody—Report ................................................................................................... 2082 31 Portfolio Committee No. 3 - Education—Report ....................................................................... 2082 32 Portfolio Committee No. 5 - Legal Affairs—Report .................................................................. 2082 33 Standing Committee on Law and Justice—Report .................................................................... 2083 34 Standing Committee on Law and Justice—Report .................................................................... 2083 35 Mandatory Disease Testing Bill 2020 ........................................................................................ 2083 36 Standing Committee on Social Issues—Report ......................................................................... 2083 37 Standing Committee on Social Issues—Government Response ................................................ 2084 38 Regulation Committee—Government Response ....................................................................... 2084 39 Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters—Government Response ................................. 2084 40 Returns to Orders ....................................................................................................................... 2084 (1) Biorefinery project in Muswellbrook Shire ...................................................................... 2084 (2) Gregory Hills Primary School project .............................................................................. 2084 (3) Narrandera to Tocumwal Rail Line Reopening Feasibility Study .................................... 2085 (4) SINSW 2019/20 Works in Progress Summary - Further order ......................................... 2085 (5) Western Sydney Airport rail links .................................................................................... 2085 (6) Water projects and cap modelling .................................................................................... 2085 (7) Water Management (General) Amendment (Emergency Workers Exemption) Regulation 2021 2085 (8) 2019-2020 bushfire season grants ..................................................................................... 2086 (9) Monaro Farming Systems ................................................................................................. 2086 (10) Performance of current department secretaries ............................................................... 2087 (11) Isolation hotels ............................................................................................................... 2087 (12) Strike Force Wyndarra .................................................................................................... 2087 (13) Ministerial Directive on tree clearance zones ................................................................. 2087 (14) Before and after school care and vacation care ............................................................... 2088 (15) Interests and Representations of Mr Daryl Maguire ....................................................... 2088 41 Parramatta Light Rail Project ..................................................................................................... 2088 42 Receipt of Report of the Independent Legal Arbiter—Revenue NSW Investigations ............... 2089 43 Irregular Petition ........................................................................................................................ 2089 44 Statutory Rules and Instruments—Tabled by Clerk ................................................................... 2089 45 Papers—Presented to Parliament Out of Session ....................................................................... 2091 46 Notices of Motions ..................................................................................................................... 2092 47 Business Postponed .................................................................................................................... 2092 48 Ministerial Statement—Changes in Administration .................................................................. 2092 49 Public Works Committee—Reference ....................................................................................... 2092 50 Regulation Committee—Reference ........................................................................................... 2093 51 Portfolio Committee No. 4 - Industry—Reference ...................................................................