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Minutes of Proceedings for Meeting 85 on Wednesday 8 May 2019

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Title

Minutes of Proceedings for Meeting 85 on Wednesday 8 May 2019

Other title

Parliamentary Record 19

Collection

Minutes of Proceedings for 13th Assembly 2016 - 2020; ParliamentNT; Parliamentary Record; 13th Assembly 2016 - 2020

Date

2019-05-08

Notes

Made available by the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory

Language

English

Subject

Minutes of Proceedings

Publisher name

Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory

Place of publication

Darwin

File type

application/pdf

Use

Attribution International 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)

Copyright owner

Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory

License

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/307373

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/805330

Page content

MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS: Wednesday 8 May 2019 7. NOTICES The following notices were given: 1. Ms Manison (Treasurer) will present on the next Meeting Day a Bill entitled Revenue Legislation Amendment Bill 2019 (Serial 89). 2. Ms Manison (Treasurer) will present on the next Meeting Day a Bill entitled Property Activation Bill 2019 (Serial 90). 8. VISITORS The Speaker advised Honourable Members of the presence in the gallery of NT Cattlemen's Association - 2019 Future Group. On behalf of all Members the Speaker welcomed the visitors. 9. QUESTIONS 14.00 Mr Higgins to Ms Manison 14.04 Mr Higgins to Mr Gunner 14.09 Mr Higgins to Ms Lawler 14.13 Mrs Finocchiaro to Ms Uibo 14.16 Mr Wood to Ms Fyles 14.21 Mr McConnell to Mr Kirby 14.24 Mr Mills to Mr Gunner 14.28 Mr Mills to Mr Gunner - Supplementary 14.29 Mr Guyula to Ms Lawler 14.33 Mrs Lambley to Mr Gunner 14.37 Mr Higgins to Ms Lawler 14.41 Mrs Finocchiaro to Ms Wakefield 14.44 Mr Wood to Ms Lawler 14.48 Mr McConnell to Ms Manison 14.51 Mrs Lambley to Mr Gunner 14.55 Mr Higgins to Ms Manison 14.59 Mr Wood to Ms Lawler Ms Fyles (Leader of Government Business) asked that further questions be placed on the Written Question Paper. 10. SPEAKER'S STATEMENT The Speaker made a statement regarding the resolution of the Assembly on 14 March 2019, permitting any Member to speak in a language other than English in the Assembly with the assistance of an interpreter and advised Mr Guyula would do so. 11. MOTION: COMMUNITY-LED SCHOOLS Mr Guyula, pursuant to notice, moved: That this Assembly: urge Government to discontinue its policy of using truancy officers to fine parents in communities where children have not attended school; and urge the Government to implement its policy of community-led schools and work with community members to identify what barriers exist for children in attending school and implement changes identified by communities to remove barriers to education for all children. Mr Mills, Ms Uibo. 534