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The Legislative Council was back for the November sittings on Tuesday, the final two weeks of the sitting calendar for 2024. Over the course of the day the House passed four bills, of which one related to setting a long-duration storage infrastructure objective for 2034, and heard the introduction of another that will establish NSW … Continue reading In the House – Tuesday 12 November 2024

It was a legislation-packed day of government business on Thursday, with four bills introduced and four passing the Legislative Council, including one amending residential tenancies legislation and another changing how parking fines are issued. The House also debated a matter of public importance related to unsolved murders on the North Coast of NSW. Read on … Continue reading In the House – Thursday 24 October 2024

The Legislative Council debated nine general motions and agreed to four orders for papers on Wednesday. A bill that sought to remove restrictions on the consumption of alcohol in public places was also negatived, rounding out a busy private members’ business day in the House. Read on for more… NEGATIVED: ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION IN PUBLIC PLACES … Continue reading In the House – Wednesday 23 October 2024

The first day of the second October sitting week began with a President’s statement about the weekend’s visit to Parliament by His Majesty King Charles III. The House then passed a bill related to ‘vibrancy’ reforms aimed at boosting the night time economy and debated another which would allow the Health Insurance Levy to be … Continue reading In the House – Tuesday 22 October 2024

In a busy day of government business on Thursday the House passed three bills, including the Equality Legislation Amendment (LGBTIQA+) Bill, which originated as a private members’ bill in the Legislative Assembly in 2023 and was referred to committee before making its way to the Council. A matter of public importance related to the policing … Continue reading In the House – Thursday 17 October 2024 

The first private members’ day of the sitting fortnight saw the Legislative Council debate eleven general motions as well as another private members’ bill, related to pecuniary interests of local government councillors. Read on for more… PRESIDENT’S STATEMENT – BICENTENARY CONCERT SERIES At the beginning of the sitting day, the President made a statement regarding … Continue reading In the House – Wednesday 16 October, 2024

The Legislative Council was back on Tuesday for the first day of October sittings! The House saw two bills introduced and passed three others, related to the creation of an Agriculture Commissioner, the introduction of average speed cameras for light vehicles and water licences.  Interestingly, two of the bills passed originated as private member’s bills … Continue reading In the House – Tuesday 15 October 2024

It was a packed day of Government business on Thursday in the Legislative Council, with bills covering everything from parking fines to support for police officers and music festivals brought to the House. The Music Festivals Amendment Bill 2024 passed the Council, reducing regulatory burdens for festival event organisers, and the House took part in … Continue reading In the House – Thursday 26 September 2024

There was a total of 3 private members’ bills before the Legislative Council on Wednesday, with one related to the use of mobile phones as vehicle navigational aids passing the House. The House also debated more than ten general motions and agreed to four orders for papers. Read on for more… PRESIDENT’S STATEMENT – BICENTENARY … Continue reading In the House – Wednesday 25 September 2024

The Legislative Council was back for a busy day of Government business on Tuesday. The day commenced with the swearing in of new Nationals member, The Hon Scott Barrett, before the House went on to hear the introduction of a bill related to water management in NSW and debate another related to the creation of … Continue reading In the House – Tuesday 24 September 2024