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I rise today to give tribute to the Reverend Robert Richardson Smith who died on the 12th of December 2009, at the age of 91.

The object of this Bill is to create a new indictable offence of failing to stop a vehicle and driving the vehicle recklessly, or at a speed or in a manner dangerous to others, after becoming aware that police officers are in pursuit of the vehicle. The Bill before the House also makes other consequential amendments including license disqualification.

The objective of the Housing Amendment (Community Housing Providers) Bill 2010 is to amend the Housing Act 2001 to make further provision in relation to community housing providers and to provide a means to transfer government-owned special housing to community housing providers.

On behalf of Family First I comment on the Sydney Olympic Park Authority Amendment Bill 2009. The purpose of this bill is to improve the operation of certain provisions within the original bill by making provision for the management of noise emissions in respect of major events held at Sydney Olympic Park.

I direct a question without notice to the Minister for State and Regional Development, Minister for Mineral and Forest Resources, and Minister for the Central Coast. Is the Minister aware of heightened concerns of Wyong residents about proposed coalmining in the Yarramalong and Dooralong valleys by the Korean resources corporation known as Kores?

I ask a question without notice of the Treasurer, and Special Minister of State. Is the Treasurer aware that the scrapping of the CBD metro will cost more than an estimated 350 jobs and will cost New South Wales taxpayers approximately $330 million?

The purpose of this Notice of Motion is to disallow clause 5(1)(a) of the Retirement Villages Regulation 2009 which deals with the split costs for capital maintenance between residents and operators of retirement villages.

On behalf of Family First I speak in support of the motion. I thank the Hon. Kayee Griffin and the Hon. Marie Ficarra for their passion and concern with respect to ovarian cancer.

This month marks the 200th anniversary of the swearing-in of Lachlan Macquarie as the fifth Governor of the colony of New South Wales. He served in that capacity from 1810 to 1821. Governor Macquarie was born in 1762 to a tenant farming family on a tiny island off the coast of Scotland, where he eventually was buried. At 14 he left his family to join the Army.

Reverend the Hon. Dr Gordon Moyes: I direct a question without notice to the Minister for Primary Industries, representing the Minister for Ageing and Disability Services. Is the Minister aware of the Auditor-General’s report to Parliament that found that the Department of Ageing and Disability Services has issued $48 million of grants to non-government organisations [...]