SOUTH AUSTRALIA]

No. 64

 

 

MINUTES OF THE PROCEEDINGS

 

OF THE

 

 

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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THURSDAY  3  JULY  2008

 

 

 

   1.

Council met pursuant to adjournment.  The President (The Hon. R. K. Sneath) took the Chair.

                 The President read prayers.

 

Meeting of
Council.

 

   2.

The Minister for Police (The Hon. P. Holloway), by leave, without notice, moved - That the sitting of the Council be not suspended during the continuation of the Conference on the Legal Profession Bill.

                 Question put and passed.

 

Legal Profession
Bill.

   3.

The Minister for Police, without notice, moved - That the Standing Orders be so far suspended as to enable Petitions, the Tabling of Papers and Question Time to be taken into consideration at fifteen minutes past two o’clock.

                 Question put and passed, without a dissentient voice, there being present an absolute majority of the whole number of Members of the Council.

 

Suspension of
Standing Orders.

   4.

Ordered - That Orders of the Day (Government Business) No. 1 to No. 5 be postponed and taken into consideration after Order of the Day (Government Business) No. 6.

 

Postponement
of Business.

    5.

On the Order of the Day being read for the adjourned debate on the question - That the Training and Skills Development Bill be now read a second time:

                 Debate resumed.

                 Question put and passed.

                 Bill read a second time.

                 Ordered - That the Bill’s consideration in Committee be postponed and taken into consideration on motion.

 

Training and Skills
Development Bill.

   6.

Ordered - That Orders of the Day (Government Business) No. 1 and No. 2 be postponed and taken into consideration after Order of the Day (Government Business) No. 3.

 

Postponement
of Business.

   7.

On the Order of the Day being read for the adjourned debate on the question - That the Local Government (Superannuation Scheme) Amendment Bill be now read a second time:

                 Debate resumed.

                 Question put and passed.

                 Bill read a second time.

                 The President then left the Chair, and the Council resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole for the consideration of the Bill.

 

In the Committee

 

                          Clauses No. 1 to No. 4 agreed to.

                          Schedule agreed to.

                          Title agreed to.

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                 The President resumed the Chair, and reported that the Committee had considered the Bill and had agreed to the same without amendment; whereupon the Council adopted such report.

                 The Minister for Police, pursuant to contingent notice, moved - That the Standing Orders be so far suspended as to enable the Bill to pass through its remaining stages without delay.

                 Question put and passed.

                 Bill read a third time.

                 Resolved - That this Bill do now pass.

 

Local Government
(Superannuation
Scheme)
Amendment Bill.

   8.

Ordered - That Orders of the Day (Government Business) No. 1 and No. 2 be postponed and taken into consideration after Order of the Day (Government Business) No. 4.

 

Postponement
of Business.

   9.

On the Order of the Day being read for the adjourned debate on the question - That the Controlled Substances (Controlled Drugs, Precursors and Cannabis) Amendment Bill be now read a second time:

                 Debate resumed.

                 On motion of the Hon. R. P. Wortley, the debate was adjourned and ordered to be resumed on motion.

 

Controlled
Substances
(Controlled Drugs,
Precursors and
Cannabis)
Amendment Bill.

 

10.

Ordered - That Order of the Day (Government Business) No. 1 be an Order of the Day for next day of sitting.

 

Postponement
of Business.

11.

On the Order of the Day being read for the adjourned debate on the question - That the Environment Protection (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill be now read a second time:

                 Debate resumed.

                 Question put and passed.

                 Bill read a second time.

                 Ordered - That the Bill’s consideration in Committee be an Order of the Day for next day of sitting.

 

Environment
Protection
(Miscellaneous)
Amendment Bill.

12.

At nineteen minutes to one o’clock the sitting was suspended until the ringing of the bells.

                 At fifteen minutes past two o’clock the sitting was resumed.

 

Suspension and
Resumption of
Sitting.

 

  13.

Answers to Questions on Notice No. 130, No. 145, No. 180, No. 190, No. 209 and No. 210 received this day, were tabled by the President who directed that they be distributed and printed in Hansard.

 

Answers to
Questions.

 

  14.

The following Paper was laid upon the Table, viz.:

        By the Minister for Police -

                 Workers Compensation Tribunal Rules 2005 - Rule Eight A - Right of Representation and Assistance.

 

Paper.

15.

The Hon. R. P. Wortley brought up the Report of the Select Committee on the Selection Process for the Principal at the Elizabeth Vale Primary School, together with Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence.

                 Ordered - That the Report be printed.  (Paper No. 245)

 

Select Committee on
the Selection Process
for the Principal at
the Elizabeth Vale
Primary School.

 

  16.

The Minister for Emergency Services (The Hon. C. Zollo), by leave, tabled a copy of a Ministerial Statement made by the Minister for Families and Communities (The Hon. J. W. Weatherill, M.P.) concerning Certain Families and the Child Death and Serious Injury Review Committee.

 

Ministerial
Statement Tabled.

  17.

The Minister for Environment and Conservation (The Hon. G. E. Gago), by leave, tabled a copy of a Ministerial Statement made by the Minister for Health (The Hon. J. D. Hill, M.P.) concerning the GP Plus Emergency Hospital Taskforce.

 

Ministerial
Statement Tabled.

18.

The Council, according to order, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole for the consideration of the Training and Skills Development Bill.

 

In the Committee

 

                          Clauses No. 1 to No. 3 agreed to.

                          Clause No. 4 read.

                 The Hon. D. W. Ridgway moved on page 6, lines 30 and 31, to leave out the definition of “Industrial Relations Commission”.

                 Question - That the amendment be agreed to - put.

Training and Skills
Development Bill.

 

             Committee divided:

Ayes, 9

The Hon. J.S.L. Dawkins

The Hon. A. L. Evans 

The Hon. D.G.E. Hood

The Hon. R. D. Lawson

The Hon. J.M.A. Lensink

The Hon. C. V. Schaefer

The Hon. T. J. Stephens

The Hon. S. G. Wade

The Hon. D. W. Ridgway (Teller)

 

      So it passed in the negative.

 

Noes, 10

The Hon. J. A. Darley

The Hon. B. V. Finnigan

The Hon. G. E. Gago

The Hon. J. M. Gazzola

The Hon. P. Holloway

The Hon. I. K. Hunter

The Hon. S. M. Kanck

The Hon. M. C. Parnell

The Hon. R. P. Wortley

The Hon. C. Zollo (Teller)

 

 

 

 

                          Clause No. 4 agreed to.

                          Clauses No. 5 to No. 79 agreed to.

                          Schedules I and II agreed to.

                          Title agreed to.

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                 The President resumed the Chair, and reported that the Committee had considered the Bill and had agreed to the same without amendment; whereupon the Council adopted such report.

                 The Minister for Emergency Services, pursuant to contingent notice, moved - That the Standing Orders be so far suspended as to enable the Bill to pass through its remaining stages without delay.

                 Question put and passed.

                 Bill read a third time.

                 Resolved - That this Bill do now pass.

 

 

  19.

The Minister for Environment and Conservation, by leave, tabled a copy of a Ministerial Statement made by the Minister for Water Security (The Hon. K. A. Maywald, M.P.) concerning the Adelaide Desalination Project.

 

Ministerial
Statement Tabled.

20.

Ordered - That the adjourned debate on the question - That the Controlled Substances (Controlled Drugs, Precursors and Cannabis) Amendment Bill be now read a second time - be now resumed.

                 Debate resumed.

                 On motion of the Hon. R. P. Wortley, the debate was adjourned until next day of sitting.

 

Controlled
Substances
(Controlled Drugs,
Precursors and
Cannabis)
Amendment Bill.

 

21.

Ordered - That the remaining Orders of the Day (Government Business) be Orders of the Day for next day of sitting.

 

Postponement
of Business.

22.

The Minister for Police, by leave, without notice, moved - That the Council, at its rising, do adjourn until Tuesday, 22 July 2008, at fifteen minutes past two o’clock.

                 Debate ensued.

                 Question put and passed.

 

Next Day
of Sitting.

 

23.

The following Message from the House of Assembly was received and read:

Message No. 111

                 MR. PRESIDENT - The House of Assembly has agreed to the amendments made by the Legislative Council in the Criminal Law Consolidation (Double Jeopardy) Amendment Bill 2008, without any amendment.

House of Assembly, 3 July 2008.                                                                         J. J. SNELLING, Speaker.

 

Criminal Law
Consolidation
(Double Jeopardy)
Amendment Bill.

24.

Council adjourned at nineteen minutes to six o’clock until Tuesday, 22 July 2008, at fifteen minutes past two o’clock.

 

Adjournment.

 

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Members present during any part of the sitting:

 

 

 

The Hon. J. A. Darley

The Hon. J.S.L. Dawkins

The Hon. A. L. Evans

The Hon. B. V. Finnigan

The Hon. G. E. Gago

The Hon. J. M. Gazzola

The Hon. P. Holloway

The Hon. D.G.E. Hood

The Hon. I. K. Hunter

The Hon. S. M. Kanck

The Hon. R. D. Lawson

The Hon. J.M.A. Lensink

The Hon. R. I. Lucas

The Hon. M. C. Parnell

 

The Hon. D. W. Ridgway

The Hon. C. V. Schaefer

The Hon. T. J. Stephens

The Hon. S. G. Wade

The Hon. R. P. Wortley

The Hon. C. Zollo