Minutes of the Proceedings

[SOUTH AUSTRALIA]

No. 2

MINUTES OF THE PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

_______

WEDNESDAY 2 OCTOBER 1995

Council met pursuant to adjournment. The President (The Hon. H.P.K. Dunn) took the Chair.

The President read prayers.

Meeting of

Council.

Answers to Questions on Notice last Session Nos. 45, 107, 111, 112, 114, 118, 123, 125, 127 to 129, 132, 134, 135, 138 and 141 to 147 received this day were tabled by the President who directed that they be distributed and printed in Hansard.

Answers to

Questions

on Notice.

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

By the Minister for Education and Children’s Services (The Hon. R. I. Lucas) -

Motor Accident Commission - Charter.

Paper.

The Minister for Education and Children’s Services tabled a copy of a Ministerial Statement made by the Deputy Premier (The Hon. S. J. Baker, M.P.) concerning the Motor Accident Commission Charter.

Paper

Tabled.

The Attorney-General (The Hon. K. T. Griffin) tabled a copy of a Ministerial Statement made by the Minister for Primary Industries (The Hon. R. G. Kerin, M.P.) concerning New Research Centre for Pig and Poultry Industries.

Paper

Tabled.

The Attorney-General, by leave and whilst making a Ministerial Statement, tabled a copy of a Report required under section 5 of the Criminal Law (Undercover Operations) Act 1995.

Paper

Tabled.

The Hon. R. D. Lawson brought up the First Report, 1996-97 of the Legislative Review Committee.

Legislative

Review

Committee -

First Report,

1996-97.

The Hon. R. D. Lawson brought up the Report, 1995-96 of the Legislative Review Committee.

Legislative

Review

Committee -

Report, 1995-96.

The Minister for Education and Children’s Services, without notice, moved - That the Standing Orders be so far suspended as to enable Question Time to be extended until fifteen minutes past four 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.

10.

The Minister for Transport tabled a copy of a Ministerial Statement made by the Minister for Health (The Hon. M. H. Armitage, M.P.) concerning Professor Mike Lane’s Report into the Recent Outbreak of Legionnaire’s Disease on Kangaroo Island, together with a copy of the Report.

Paper

Tabled.

11.

The Minister for Education and Children’s Services, without notice, moved - That the Standing Orders be so far suspended as to enable Question Time to be extended until twenty two minutes to five 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.

12.

In accordance with Sessional Standing Order, the President called on Members to make Statements on Matters of Interest.

And the Hon. P. Nocella having sought leave to table a document:

Leave refused.

Statements

on Matters

of Interest.

Leave to

Table Paper Refused.

13.

The Minister for Education and Children’s Services, according to order, from the Committee appointed to prepare a Draft Address-in-Reply to the Opening Speech of His Excellency the Governor, brought up the Draft Address, which was read by the Clerk as follows:

To His Excellency Sir Eric James Neal, Companion of the Order of Australia, Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Governor in and over the State of South Australia in the Commonwealth of Australia:

MAY IT PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCY -

1. We, the Members of the Legislative Council, thank your Excellency for the speech with which you have been pleased to open Parliament.

2. We assure Your Excellency that we will give our best attention to all matters placed before us.

3. We earnestly join in Your Excellency’s prayer for the Divine blessing on the proceedings of the Session.

The Hon. L. H. Davis moved - That the Address-in-Reply, as read, be adopted.

The Hon. J. C. Irwin having seconded the motion:

Debate ensued.

And the Hon. J. C. Irwin having obtained leave to conclude his remarks, the debate was adjourned and ordered to be resumed on motion.

Address-in-

Reply.

14.

Ordered - That Notice of Motion (Government Business) No. 1 be taken into consideration forthwith.

Ordering of

Business.

15.

The Minister for Transport, moved - That for this Session, Standing Order No. 14 be suspended.

Question put and passed.

Suspension

of Standing

Order No. 14.

16.

The Attorney-General, without notice, moved - That the Standing Orders be so far suspended as to enable him to move a motion without notice concerning the noting of the Report of the Auditor-General, 1995-96.

Suspension

of Standing

Orders.

The Attorney-General then moved - That the Report of the Auditor-General, 1995-96 be noted.

On motion of the Hon. J. C. Irwin, the debate was adjourned until Wednesday next.

Report of the Auditor-General,

1995-96 to

be noted -

Motion re.

17.

The Hon. C. A. Pickles, pursuant to notice, moved - That the Equal Opportunity (Application of Sexual Harassment Provisions) Amendment Bill 1996 be restored to the Notice Paper as a lapsed Bill, pursuant to section 57 of the Constitution Act 1934.

Question put and passed.

Ordered - That the Bill be an Order of the Day for Wednesday, 16 October 1996.

Equal

Opportunity

(Application of

Sexual

Harassment

Provisions)

Amendment

Bill.

18.

Ordered - separately - That Notices of Motion (Private Business) No. 2 and No. 3 be Orders of the Day for Wednesday, 16 October 1996.

Postponement

of Business.

19.

The Hon. B.S.L. Pfitzner, pursuant to notice, moved - That the Report of the Social Development Committee on an Inquiry into Prostitution, be noted.

And the Hon. B.S.L. Pfitzner having obtained leave to conclude her remarks, the debate was adjourned and ordered to be resumed on next day of sitting.

Social

Development Committee -

Report on an

Inquiry into Prostitution

to be noted -

Motion re.

20.

The Attorney-General, without notice, moved - That the Standing Orders be so far suspended as to enable the sitting of the Council to be extended beyond 6.30 p.m.

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.

21.

Ordered - That Notices of Motion (Private Business) No. 5 and No. 6 be Orders of the Day for Wednesday, 16 October 1996.

Postponement

of Business.

22.

The Attorney-General, pursuant to notice, moved - That he have leave to introduce a Bill for an Act to transfer certain business of ANZ Executors & Trustee Company (South Australia) Limited to ANZ Executors & Trustee Company Limited; to amend the Trustee Companies Act 1988; and for other purposes.

Question put and passed.

Bill introduced and read a first time.

The Attorney-General then moved - That this Bill be now read a second time.

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

ANZ

Executors

& Trustee

Company

(South

Australia)

Limited

(Transfer of Business) Bill.

23.

Ordered - That Notice of Motion (Government Business) No. 3 be an Order of the Day for next day of sitting.

Postponement

of Business.

24.

The following Messages from the House of Assembly were received and read:

Message No. 1

MR. PRESIDENT - The House of Assembly has appointed a Standing Orders Committee consisting of the Speaker and Messrs. Atkinson, Brindal, De Laine and Meier, with power to act during the recess and to confer or sit as a Joint Committee with any Standing Orders Committee of the Legislative Council.

House of Assembly, 1 October 1996. G. M. GUNN, Speaker.

Messages from

House of

Assembly:

Standing Orders Committee.

Message No. 2

MR. PRESIDENT - The House of Assembly has appointed a Printing Committee consisting of the Hon. F. T. Blevins and Messrs. Brokenshire, Clarke, Rossi and Venning, with power to act during the recess and to confer or sit as a Joint Committee with any Printing Committee of the Legislative Council.

House of Assembly, 1 October 1996. G. M. GUNN, Speaker.

Printing

Committee.

25.

Council adjourned at twenty-one minutes to seven o’clock until tomorrow at fifteen minutes past two o’clock.

Adjournment.

Members present during any part of the sitting:

The Hon. T. G. Cameron

The Hon. T. Crothers

The Hon. L. H. Davis

The Hon. M. J. Elliott

The Hon. K. T. Griffin

The Hon. P. Holloway

The Hon. J. C. Irwin

The Hon. S. M. Kanck

The Hon. D. V. Laidlaw

The Hon. R. D. Lawson

The Hon. J.A.W. Levy

The Hon. R. I. Lucas

The Hon. P. Nocella

The Hon. B.S.L. Pfitzner

The Hon. C. A. Pickles

The Hon. A. J. Redford

The Hon. R. R. Roberts

The Hon. T. G. Roberts

The Hon. C. V. Schaefer

The Hon. J. F. Stefani

The Hon. G. Weatherill