“Your Parliament – Your Voice”
From
the Office of the Speaker
Matters brought before the Legislative Assembly on 11 July
2012
The Legislative
Assembly met at 10 am on
Wednesday 11 July. All Members were
present.
The House rose for a period of silence to
acknowledge the passing of Noel Joseph May
Answers were provided both to questions
without notice and on notice and the following papers were tabled:
1)
Chief
Minister – Australian Information
Commissioner – Privacy fact sheet
2)
Minister
for Tourism, Development and Industry – Civil
Aviation Safety Authority – Exemption
3)
Minister for Community Services – Traffic (General) (Amendment)
Regulations 2012
4)
Minister
for Community Services – Waste Management (Amendment) Regulations 2012
5)
Minister
for Community Services – Ministerial Direction to the Norfolk
Island Hospital Enterprise
6)
Chief Minister – Criminal
Code Regulations 2012
7)
Chief Minister - Waste Management
(Amendment) Regulations 2012
8)
Chief Minister - Postal Services (Amendment)
Regulations 2012
9)
Chief Minister -
Virement of Funds Advice
10)
Chief Minister - Norfolk Island Museum
11)
Chief
Minister – Customs Act 1913 – Approved Exemptions
12)
Minister
for Tourism, Development and Industry – Norfolk Island Gaming
Authority licence Bookmaker.com.au Pty Ltd
13)
Minister
for Tourism, Development and Industry – Norfolk Island Gaming
Authority licence Worldwide Wagering Pty Ltd
14)
Minister
for Tourism, Development and Industry –Gaming Act 1998 – Report
15)
Minister
for Tourism, Development and Industry –Bookmakers and Betting Exchange Act 1998 –
Reports
16)
Speaker – Cultural
Agreement between Isle of Man and Norfolk Island
– Your Parliament Your Voice Report on Tynwald Day dated 5 July 2012
Chief Minister – Immigration
Development Working Group
Speaker - Assessment
of the Norfolk
Speaker – Cultural
Agreement between Isle of Man and Norfolk Island – Report on Norfolk Island’s
recognition of Tynwald Day; the Speaker read the letters exchanged between the
Speaker and President Christian (see below for next of letters)
The Speaker read Message No 29 from the Administrator under section 21 of
the Norfolk Island Act 1979 advising that on 26 June 2012 he declared his
assent to the Supply Act 2012.
Outcomes for
matters on the Notice Paper which were debated are as follows:
1.
The motion titled “Preferred model of self government and
taxation for Norfolk Island ” was debated and
passed with Mrs Griffiths and Mr Snell dissenting, and Ms Adams advising her
abstention on the grounds that a referendum was required. The House resolved to:
a)
Endorse
the Norfolk Island Government’s commitment to participation in the Australian
taxation and social security systems to deliver a net benefit to its community
and to express a preference for the earliest introduction of those systems, and
b)
Affirms
the inclusion of the island into the Australian GST and transfer payment system
c)
Reaffirm
a preferred model for future self-governance as set out in the motion of the
Legislative Assembly dated 3rd August 2011, and
d)
Commit
to return core functions of Government through staged divestment of commercial
enterprises using the Competition Principles Agreement 1995 as a policy
framework
e)
Prepare
and commit to an itemised timetable for the reduction and/or removal of
barriers to investment and competition, reflecting a reasonable and balanced
approach to individual areas, and
f)
Commit
to supporting amendments to the Norfolk Island
Act 1979 necessary to achieve the outcomes set out in this motion.
2.
The House unanimously endorsed the appointment of Mr Rael
Donde as a member of the Norfolk Island Government Tourist Bureau Advisory
Board consequent on the resignation of Alistair John Unicomb as a member.
3.
The House unanimously endorsed exemption of payment of
customs duty as follows: wire cables for
fishing boat cranes imported by the Norfolk Island Fishing Association and an
electronic score board for the Norfolk Island Junior ‘Rugby League;
4.
A motion moved by Mr King to note the financial accounts and
audit report for the year 2010/11 tabled by the Chief Minister on 6 June
meeting of the House was agreed on the voices
5.
The Ombudsman Bill 2011 together with amendments dated 5
June 2012 and tabled at an earlier sitting was unanimously agreed to
6.
The Lighterage (Amendment) Bill 2012 was agreed to, Mr Snell
and Ms Adams dissenting
The Legislative
Assembly will next meet on 8 August 2012 at 10 am.
Tynwald
Day and the Isle of Man
In the 5 July edition of Your Parliament
Your Voice we reported on how Norfolk
acknowledged the Isle of Man ’s National Day –
Tynwald Day. Under our Cultural
Agreement with the Isle of Man we have agreed
that as each step is progressed under the Agreement that recognition should be
marked in the Hansard of both Parliaments.
Accordingly the Speaker read the following letters into Hansard at the
11 July sitting.
President of Tynwald
Legislative Buildings
Douglas … Isle
of Man .. IMI 3PW
Dear Madam President,
It
gives me great pleasure to extend best wishes to you, your Parliament and the
people of the Isle of Man as you come together
to celebrate your National Day, Tynwald Day, on 5 July 2012.
To
acknowledge and honour Tynwald Day here on Norfolk Manx music is being played
from 2 to 6 July 2012 on our local radio station VL2NI.
On 5
July 2012 the Manx Flag will be flying alongside the Norfolk
Island and Australian flags outside the Legislative Assembly
Buildings at Old Military Barracks and at 8 am that morning I am talking, live
to air, on our local radio station about your National Day.
It
gives me so much pleasure to reflect back on my visit to the Isle of Man as
your guest for last years Tynwald Day and to have participated in, and witnessed first hand the ancient ceremonies and
traditions in which your parliamentary practices and traditions are
steeped. The Cultural Agreement entered
into between our respective parliaments acknowledges our historical links and
encourages cultural activity to be developed between our two Islands
and it has for me been a most rewarding first twelve months with many
activities and links formed under this Agreement. I look forward to recording our future
accomplishments.
My
Assembly colleagues join me in sending you and your colleagues very warm wishes
from our side of the world for another wonderful Tynwald Day. May you be blessed with brilliant sunshine
and bright blue skies during the day’s proceedings.
Robin Adams JP MLA
Speaker
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The following response has been received
from the President of Tynwald, the Hon Clare Christian MLC
To read the Notice Paper, Programme, Minutes
of Proceedings and legislation tabled in the House go to www.info.gov.nf. Issued from the Office of the Speaker on 12 July 2012
and posted on the blog site http://yourparliamentyourvoice.blogspot.com
