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Running Record (20 February 2025)

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​​​No. 91​

Thursday 20 February ​2025

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MEETING OF THE HO​US​E​​​​​​​​​​​
Commenced ​10.00 am
PRAYERS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT O​F COUNTRY
STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT - PHOTOGRAPHY OF PROCEEDINGS​

MESSAGES FROM THE ASSEMBL​​Y

The President reported receipt of the following messages:
​
BILL RETURNED FROM THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY​Commenced​ 10.01 am

​The President reported receipt of a message returning the following bill with amendment:

​To be co​nsidered later in committe​e of the whole
FORMAL BUSINESS​
ITEM NO.MEMBERTITLE​RESULT
PMB No.1576
Mr Murphy
80th anniversary of the International Court of JusticeObjected to, not considered as formal business
PMB No.1741Ms MertonSerbian Festival Sydney 2025Agreed to, as by leave amended
PMB No.1742Ms MertonVietnamese Tet Festival 2025Agreed to
PMB No.1744Ms BoydKurdish roundtable 2025Agreed to
PUBLICATION OF WRITTEN ANSWER TO SUPPLEMENTARY QUESTION WITHOUT NOTICEWritten answer for publication in Hansard​
NOTICES OF MOTIONS​​Notices given this day​
NOTICE OF M​OTION WITHDRAWN​

​Ms Sharpe withdrew Government business notice of no. 1​

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BUSINESS POSTPONED​
Business of the House notice of motion no. 1, postponed to a later hour
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PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (FOGO RECYCLING) BILL 2024​Commenced 10.19 am
Note: amendments are published via the bill webpage 
​
​​In committee
​
Motion of Ms Sharpe: That the amendment of the Legislative Assembly be agreed to​
​Agreed to
​
​Message sent to Assembly, advising agreement to amendme​nt​
​STATUTE LAW AMENDMENT (ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS TRIBUNAL​​​) BILL 2025
Commenced 10.22 am​
​Bill introduced, 1st read and published

​Statement of public interest tabled​
​
​2nd Reading: Motion of Mr Graham
Debate adjourned for 5 calendar days
TRANSPORT ADMINISTRATION AMENDMENT (SYDNEY METRO GOVERNANCE) BILL 2025​Commenced 10.27 am
​Bill introduced, 1st read and published

​Statement of public interest tabled​
​
​2nd Reading: Motion of Mr Graham
Debate adjourned for 5 calendar days​
Commenced 10.37 am
Note: circulated amendments are published via the bill webpage 
​
​​2nd Reading: Motion of Mr Buttigieg​
​Debate interrupted
Proceedings interrupted for Questions
QUESTIONS
Commenced 11.00 am
SUPPLEMENTARY QUESTIONS FOR WRITTEN ANSWER​Commenced 12.08 pm​
PAPER TABLED BY MEMBER​​
Mr Tudehope tabled Document entitled "Supply chain screening: Forced labour at battery and electric bus manufacturers in China"
​
TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS DEBATE
Commenced 12.10 pm
Lunch
12.40 pm until 2.00 pm​
RULING BY PRESIDENT -  TEXT OF AN ​ORDER FOR PAPERS AGREED TO 19 FEBRUARY 2025
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS AMENDMENT BILL 2025​Commenced 2.06 pm
Note: circulated amendments are published via the bill webpage 
​
​​2nd Reading: Motion of Mr Buttigieg​ (on behalf of Mr Mookhey)
​Agreed to
​In committee, bill taken as a whole
​
​GRNS amdt no. 1, sheet c2025-032A​: Motion of Ms Bo​yd
​Negatived, on division (Ayes: 5 / Noes: 27)
​Bill reported from committee without amendments
​
​​​3rd Reading: Motion of Mr Buttigieg
Agreed to, ​and returned to Assembly without amendment
CRIMES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (RACIAL AND RELIGIOUS HATRED) BILL 2025Commenced 2.30 pm
​Note: circulated amendments are published via the bill webpage 
​
​2nd Reading: Motion of Mrs Houssos​​ (on behalf of Mr Mookhey)
Agreed to, on division (Ayes: 30 / Noes: 7)​
​​In committee, bill taken as a whole
​
GRNS amdts nos 1 to 4, sheet c2025-030C​: Motion of Ms Higginson​
​​Negatived, on division (Ayes: 9 / Noes: 28​​​​)​
​​OPP amdts nos 1 to 5, sheet c2025-012F​: Motion of Mr Tudehope
​​​Negatived, on division (Ayes: 13 / Noes: 24​​​​)​​
​GRNS amdts nos 5 to 7, sheet c2025-030C​: Motion of Ms Higginson​
​
LP amdts nos 1 to 2, sheet c2025-037B​: Motion of Mr Ruddick​
​
​Question: GRNS amdts nos 5 to 7, sheet c2025-030C​
​Negatived, on division (Ayes: 9 / Noes: 28​)​​
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​​LP amdt no. 2 sheet c2025-037B lapsed
​​​Question: LP amdt​ no. 1, sheet c2025-037B​
Negatived, on division (Ayes: 8 / Noes: 2​9)​​
GRNS amdts nos 8 and 9, sheet c2025-030C​: Motion of Ms Higginson
Negatived, on division (Ayes: 8 / Noes: 2​9)​​
GRNS amdt no. 10, sheet c2025-030​C: Motion of Ms Higginson
​Negatived, on division (Ayes: 8 / Noes: 2​9)​​​
​Bill reported from committee without amendment
​
​​​​3rd Reading: Motion of Mr Mookhey
Agreed to, on division (Ayes: 30 / Noes: 7​)​​, and returned to Assembly without amendment
CRIMES AMENDMENT (PLACES OF WORSHIP) BILL 2025Commenced 5.30 pm
​Note: circulated amendments are published via the bill webpage 
​
​2nd Reading: Motion of​ Mrs Houssos​​ (on behalf of Mr Mookhey)
Agreed to, on division (Ayes: 28 / Noes: 7​​)​​

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​To be considered later in committee of the whole​
SUSPENSION OF THE HARD ADJOURNMENTCommenced 6.40 pm

Motion of Ms Sharpe: Business of the House no. 1

Agreed to​​
Dinner
6.45 pm until 8.00 pm
CRIMES AMENDMENT (PLACES OF WORSHIP) BILL 2025Commenced 8.00 pm
​Note: circulated amendments are published via the bill webpage 
​
​Instruction to committee to consider amendments outside the long title ​of the bill.
Agreed to​
​​​In committee, bill taken as a whole
​
​GRNS amdt no. 1, sheet c2025-029B​: Motion of Ms Higginson
​Negatived, on division (Ayes: 9 / Noes: 26)​
​GRNS amdts nos 2, 4, 5, and 8, sheet c2025-029B​: Motion of Ms Higginson
​Negatived, on division (Ayes: 8 / Noes: 25)​​
​​GRNS amdts nos 3 and 23, sheet c2025-029B​: Motion of Ms Higginson
​Negatived, on division (Ayes: 8 / Noes: 23​)​​
​GRNS amdts nos 1 and 2, sheet c2025-035B: Motion of Ms Higginson
​​Negatived, on division (Ayes: 8 / Noes: 24)
​GRNS amdts nos 6 and 7, sheet c2025-029B​: Motion of Ms Higginson
​​​Negatived, on division (Ayes: 8 / Noes: 24)​
​The committee reported progress 
​
​​Instruction to committee to defer divisions until after debate on all amendments has occurred
​Agreed to
​In committee​
​
​GRNS amdt no. 9, sheet c2025-029B​: Motion of Ms Higginson
​Division deferred
​GRNS amdt no. 10, sheet c2025-029B: Motion of Ms Higginson
​Division deferred
​LP amdt no. 6, sheet c2025-040B: Motion of Mr Ruddick
Division deferred​
​GRNS amdt no. 11, sheet c2025-029B: Motion of Ms Higginson
​Division deferred
​​GRNS amdts nos 12, 13, 14, 17, 18 and 19, sheet c2025-029B: Motion of Ms Higginson
​Division deferred​
​GRNS amdts nos 15, 16, 20 and 21, sheet c2025-029B: Motion of Ms Higginson
Division deferred​
​GRNS amdts nos 22 and 24, sheet c2025-029B: Motion of Ms Higginson
​Division deferred​
​GRNS amdt no. 4, sheet c2025-035B​: Motion of Ms Higginson
​​Division deferred​
​OPP amdts 1 to 5, sheet OPP c2025-021E​: Motion of Mr Tudehope
​Division deferred​​
​​Question: ​GRNS amdt no. 9, sheet c2025-029B​​
​​​Negatived, on division (Ayes: 8 / Noes: 20)
​​​Question: ​GRNS amdt no. 10, sheet c2025-029B​
​​​​Negatived, on division (Ayes: 8 / Noes: 22)​
​Question: LP amdt no. 6, sheet c2025-040B
​Negatived, on division (Ayes: 8 / Noes: 22)​​
​Question: ​GRNS amdt no. 11, sheet c2025-029B​
​​Negatived, on division (Ayes: 9 / Noes: 21)​​
​Question: ​​​GRNS amdts nos 12, 13, 14, 17, 18 and 19, sheet c2025-029B
​​Negatived, on division (Ayes: 9 / Noes: 21)​​​
​​Question: ​​​GRNS amdts nos 15, 16, 20 and 21, sheet c2025-029B
​Negatived, on division (Ayes: 9 / Noes: 21)​​​​
​Question: ​​​GRNS amdts nos 22 and 24, sheet c2025-029B
​Negatived, on division (Ayes: 8 / Noes: 22)​​
​​Question:​ GRNS ​amdt no. 4, sheet c2025-035B
​Negatived, on division (Ayes: 8 / Noes: 22)​​​
​Question:​ OPP amdts 1 to 5, sheet OPP c2025-021E
​Negatived, on division (Ayes: 10 / Noes: 20)​​​​
​Bill reported from committee without amendments​
​
​3rd Reading: Motion of Mr Mookhey​
​Agreed to, on division (Ayes: 23 / Noes: 6​)​​, and returned to Assembly without amendment
PAPER TABLED BY MINISTER  (Mrs Houssos)​​​
CRIMES AMENDMENT (INCITING RACIAL HATRED) BILL 2025
Commenced 12.05 am
​Note: circulated amendments are published via the bill webpage 
​
​2nd Reading: Motion of Mrs Houssos​​
​Agreed to, on division (Ayes: 20 / Noes: 9​)​​​
In committee, bill taken as a whole​
​GRNS amdt no. 1, sheet c2025-036A: Motion of Ms Higginson
​​Division deferred​​
​GRNS amdt no. 2, sheet c2025-036A: Motion of Ms Higginson
​​Division deferred​​
​​GRNS amdt no. 3, sheet c2025-036A​: Motion of Ms Higginson
​​Division deferred​​​
​​IND amdt no. 1, sheet c2025-041​: Motion of Ms Mihailuk
​Division deferred​​​
​OPP amdt no. 1, sheet c2025-038A: Motion of Mr Tudehope
​​Division deferred​​​​
Question: ​GRNS amdt no. 1, sheet c2025-036A: Motion of Ms Higginson
​Negatived, on division (Ayes: 5 / Noes: 23)
​Question: GRNS amdt no. 2, sheet c2025-036A: Motion of Ms Higginson​
​Negatived, on division (Ayes: 9 / Noes: 19)
​Question: GRNS amdt no. 3, sheet c2025-036A​: Motion of Ms Higginson​
​Agreed to, on division (Ayes: 18 / Noes: 10)
Question: ​​​IND amdt no. 1, sheet c2025-041​: Motion of Ms Mihailuk
​Agreed to, on division (Ayes: 18 / Noes: 10)
Question: ​OPP amdt no. 1, sheet c2025-038A: Motion of Mr Tudehope
​Agreed to, on division (Ayes: 18 / Noes: 10)​
​Bill reported from committee with amendments​
​
​3rd Reading: Motion of Mrs Houssos
​Agreed to, on division (Ayes: ​19 / Noes: 9​)
ADJOURNMENT DEBATE​
The House adjourned at 4.00 am until Tuesday, 18 March 2025 at 12.30 pm

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