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 Clerk announced that the following Petition had been lodged for presentation:

                 By the Hon. C. V. Schaefer from 135 residents of South Australia, concerning suicide and euthanasia.  The Petitioners pray that this Honourable House will reject proposals to legalise euthanasia as proposed by the Hon. Bob Such in the Voluntary Euthanasia Bill 2006.

Petition
No. 7 - Suicide
and Euthanasia.

    3.

The following Papers were laid upon the Table, viz.:

          By the President -

                 District Council of Mount Barker - Report, 2005-2006.

        By the Minister for Emergency Services (The Hon. C. Zollo) -

                 Reports, 2006 -

                          Flinders University.

                          The University of Adelaide.

                          The University of South Australia.

Papers.

   4.

The Minister for Police (The Hon. P. Holloway), by leave, tabled a copy of a Ministerial Statement made by the Premier (The Hon. M. D. Rann, M.P.) concerning a Visit to South Australia by a Member of the British Royal Family.

Ministerial
Statement Tabled.

   5.

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

Postponement
of Business.

   6.

On the Order of the Day being read for the adjourned debate on the question - That the Environment Protection (Site Contamination) 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 (Site
Contamination)
Amendment Bill.

   7.

Ordered - That Orders of the Day (Government Business) No. 3 and No. 4 be Orders of the Day for next day of sitting.

Postponement
of Business.

   8.

On the Order of the Day being read for the adjourned debate on the question - That the Marine Parks Bill be now read a second time:

                 Debate resumed.

                 On motion of the Hon. J. M. Gazzola, the debate was adjourned until next day of sitting.

Marine Parks Bill.

   9.

On the Order of the Day being read for the adjourned debate on the question - That the Statutes Amendment (Transition to Retirement - State Superannuation) Bill be now read a second time:

                 Debate resumed.

                 And the Minister for Police having obtained leave to conclude his remarks, the debate was adjourned until next day of sitting.

Statutes Amendment
(Transition to
Retirement - State
Superannuation) Bill.

10.

Ordered - That Order of the Day (Government Business) No. 7 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 West Beach Recreation Reserve (Boating Facilities) Amendment Bill be now read a second time:

                 Debate resumed.

                 On motion of the Hon. J. M. Gazzola, the debate was adjourned until next day of sitting.

West Beach
Recreation Reserve
(Boating Facilities)
Amendment Bill.

12.

Ordered - That Order of the Day (Government Business) No. 9 be an Order of the Day for next day of sitting.

Postponement
of Business.

13.

Ordered - That Orders of the Day (Government Business) No. 10 and 11 be postponed and taken into consideration after Order of the Day (Government Business) No. 12.

Postponement
of Business.

14.

The Minister for Police, according to order, moved - That the South Australian Ports (Disposal of Maritime Assets) (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill be now read a second time.

                 On motion of the Hon. S. G. Wade, the debate was adjourned until next day of sitting.

South Australian
Ports (Disposal of
Maritime Assets)
(Miscellaneous)
Amendment Bill.

15.

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

                 Debate resumed.

                 On motion of the Hon. S. G. Wade, the debate was adjourned until next day of sitting.

Collections for
Charitable Purposes
(Miscellaneous)
Amendment Bill.

16.

On the Order of the Day being read for the adjourned debate on the question - That the Penola Pulp Mill Authorisation Bill be now read a second time:

                 Debate resumed.

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

Penola Pulp Mill
Authorisation Bill.

17.

Ordered - That Order of the Day (Government Business) No. 13 be an Order of the Day for next day of sitting.

Postponement
of Business.

18.

Ordered - That the Council, at its rising, adjourn until Tuesday, 25 September 2007.

Next Day of Sitting.

19.

Council adjourned at nineteen minutes to five o’clock until Tuesday, 25 September 2007, at fifteen minutes past two o’clock.

Adjournment.

_________________________

Members present during any part of the sitting:

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 N. Xenophon

The Hon. C. Zollo