Notices of Motion No. 31, Tuesday 12 December 1995

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NOTICES OF MOTIONS

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No. 31

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BUSINESS WITH PRECEDENCE

GOVERNMENT BUSINESS

That leave be given to bring in a bill for an Act to amend the Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Act 1980 with respect to the use and management of lands vested in the Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust; to divest the Trust of certain lands; to amend the Justices Act 1902 consequentially; and for other purposes.

(Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Amendment Bill.)

That leave be given to bring in a bill for an Act to amend the Police Service Act 1990 to allow for random breath testing of on-duty police officers and to enhance protection for police internal informants.

(Police Service Further Amendment Bill.)

GENERAL BUSINESS

That leave be given to bring in a bill for an Act to amend the Crimes Act 1900 in relation to self-defence.

(Home-owners Defence Bill.)

That leave be given to bring in a bill for an Act to amend the Trustee Act 1925 to increase the amount of trust money that trustees may spend on improvements or repairs relating to trust property without first obtaining the authority of the Supreme Court.

(Trustee Amendment Bill.)

"That this House condemns the government for failing to provide additional resources to the EPA to meet this State’s commitment to the National Environmental Protection Council. (from 7 December 1995 -- Mr Richardson--speaking).

That this House notes with concern proposals to raise the price of water from 65c a kilolitre and calls upon the Government to protect consumers consistent with its preelection pledge of no new taxes.

(1) That a Joint Select Committee be established to undertake a review of the Higher School Certificate and make recommendations having regard to:

(a) curriculum;

(b) the method of calculating both Board of Studies results and the Tertiary Entrance Score;

(d) other matters relating to the HSC as considered appropriate.

(2) That the committee call for formal submissions from the following groups:

(3) That the committee consist of ten members as follows:

(a) three members nominated by the Government Whip in the Legislative Assembly

(b) three members nominated by the Opposition Whip in the Legislative Assembly

(d) one member nominated by the Opposition Whip in the Legislative Council

(e) one member from minority groups and Independents in the Legislative Council.

(4) That the Chairman be a member of the Legislative Assembly appointed to the Committee as a supporter of the Government.

(5) That at any meeting of the Committee any 4 members shall constitute a quorum, provided that the Committee shall meet as a Joint Committee at all times.

(6) That the Committee have leave to sit during the sittings or any adjournment of either or both Houses; to adjourn from place to place; to have power to take evidence and send for persons and papers; and to report from time to time.

(7) That should either or both Houses stand adjourned and the Committee agree to any report before the Houses resume sitting:

(a) the Committee have leave to send any such report, minutes and evidence taken before it to the Clerk of the House.

(b) the documents shall be printed and published and the Clerk shall forthwith take such action as is necessary to give effect to the order of the House; and

That this House:

(1) Endorses the vision of Sydney as a culturally diverse city of over 140 ethnic groups.

(2) Acknowledges the fundamental right of each Australian to live where he or she chooses without Government restriction.

(3) Supports the development of strategies which will contain the environmentally damaging urban sprawl and allow a wide range of choice of dwellings to residents.

(4) Calls upon the State Government to cease its present anti-ethnic and anti-choice stance and introduce policies which will ensure Sydney remains a beautiful diverse city for the 21st century with a wide variety of housing.

That this House--

(1) Condemns the Federal Government proposals to allow the introduction of cooked chicken products into Australia as:

(a) it has the potential to allow the spread of Newcastle disease threatening the survival of our Australian native birds even to the point of extinction of whole species;

(b) it will severely impact upon the likelihood of the successful NSW chicken industry which employs directly and indirectly thousands of residents of this State and contributes millions of dollars to its economy;

(2) Requests the State Government to mount a vigorous public relations campaign to educate the NSW community to the dangers of the Federal proposal and to liaise with the industry and the environment movement to resist it.

That this House pursuant to Standing Order 310, orders to be laid before the House and made public without restricted access by 5 p.m. 24 October 1995 all documents relevant to the Government's decision to recentralise the Department of Education, and the resultant closure of Regional Offices, including Wagga Wagga, Tamworth and Lismore, including:

Any available discussion papers, research or reports which outlined inadequacies or flaws of the existing structure which were instrumental in reaching the decision that a radical restructuring of the Department was necessary;

•Any options papers which detail what other options were considered and why this restructuring became the preferred one;

•An economic analysis of each option considered;

•Any analysis of the educational impact of the changed structure on students and teachers;

•Any analysis on the impact of the restructure on administrative workload in schools;

•Any analysis of the economic impact of this restructuring on the Department of Education;

•Any analysis of the economic impact of the restructuring on communities where regional offices were formerly located;

•Any analysis of the social impact of the restructuring on regional centres;

•Any records of consultation with the then regional offices and the relevant Assistant Director-General about the restructuring;

•Evidence and minutes of all meetings and interviews with affected community and interest groups including, but not exclusively, Local Government, the NSW Teachers Federation, the NSW Parents and Citizens Association and the Public Service Association; and

•A list of dates when these meetings or interviews occurred.

That this House:

(1) Expresses its concern at the closure of The Earth Exchange;

(2) Condemns the Government for the withdrawal of funding that has led to this closure;

(3) Calls on the Government to reconsider its decision to force the closure of The Earth Exchange;

(4) Calls on the Government to ensure the proper maintenance and display of the Chapman Collection;

(5) Calls on the Government to guarantee adequate funding for the collections currently held by The Earth Exchange wherever they may be relocated;

(6) Condemns the Government for the loss of an outstanding educational and tourist facility; and

(7) Condemns the lack of effort by the Minister for Mineral Resources to keep The Earth Exchange open.

That this House calls upon the Electoral Commissioner to provide every six months a report setting the details, nature and expenses of the habitation reviews carried out by that office.

That this House:

(a) acknowledge the principle that Ministers should tell the truth and behave honestly at all times in the performance of their public duties;

(b) notes that the NSW Police have requested the Minister for Public Works and Services, Minister for the Olympics and Minister for Roads to answer 133 questions in relation to matters of public duties, such questions being set forth on pages 2069 to 2075 of the Legislative Assembly Questions and Answers paper of Friday 2 December 1994;

That, pursuant to Standing Order 310, this House orders to be laid before it and made public without restricted access, by noon on Tuesday 24 October 1995, all:

•documents from all Government Departments and Ministerial Offices pertaining to the closure of the veterinary laboratory at Wagga.

•documents from all Government Departments and Ministerial Offices pertaining to the closure of the veterinary laboratory at Armidale.

•documents from all Government Offices and Ministerial Offices pertaining to the closure of the Biological and Chemical Research Institute at Rydalmere.

•documents relating to, and including, the Coopers and Lybrand report into the feasibility of the closure of the Biological and Chemical Research Institute at Rydalmere.

•minutes of all consultations and all options considered prior to the decision to close the two world standard veterinarian laboratories at Wagga and Armidale and the equally world standard Biological and Chemical Research Institute at Rydalmere.

That this House calls on the Government to minimise death and injury from Police pursuits by implementing immediately:

(a) mandatory reporting to the Ombudsman, of pursuits where injuries or death occur;

(b) random auditing of all police pursuits by the Ombudsman; and

That this House take note of the document tabled in the Legislative Council on 9 June 1995, a.m., entitled "Abuse of Power: NSW Labor in 1993".

That this House congratulates the Government for establishing a Council on Crime Prevention to advise on crime prevention initiatives.

That this House condemns the Minister for Land and Water Conservation and the Minister for Urban Affairs and Planning and Minister for Housing for the imposition of State Environmental Planning Policy 46 without proper consultation with affected groups and for the excessive, unduly restrictive and expensive controls it imposes on landholders.

That this House congratulates the Government for its decision to provide $50M for urgent road upgrading at the intersection of the Hume Highway, Roberts Road and Centenary Drive, Chullora.

That this House applauds the Government for the statewide extension of the Police Service Crime Prevention Workshops to foster better relationships between police and secondary school students.

That this House recognises the enormous health and social problems created by the distribution and abuse of narcotics in Cabramatta and supports the expansion and development of Government and non-government services to provide drug and alcohol counselling, detoxification and rehabilitation services and harm minimisation programs.

That this House calls for urgent action by the New South Wales Government to introduce increased screening procedures for all prisoners (including periodic detention detainees) upon entering jail and after contact visits including:

(a) regular use of modern electronic detection devices including ultra sound and/or x-ray (where not medically contra indicated);

(b) increased and regular use of drug detection dog squad patrols; and

That this House condemns the Minister for Transport for misleading the House on the record of the previous Coalition Government in reducing the operating costs of and Government contributions to State Rail and State Transit.

That this House:

(a) notes with grave concern the number of deaths and serious injuries to motorists travelling on the Pacific Highway;

(b) views with grave concern the New South Wales Government's decision to not proceed with the Motorway Pacific proposal;

(c) condemns the New South Wales Government's total lack of vision for the Pacific Highway as indicated by the insufficient level of funding in this year's budget; and

(d) calls on the State Government to immediately obtain Federal Government support for reclassifying the Pacific Highway as a road of national importance, and to provide additional state funding for the development of the new road.

PARLIAMENT OF NEW SOUTH WALES

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