Extract from Hansard Legislative Council 28 July 1999
Mike Elliott Leader Australian Democrats Member of the Legislative Council		Parliament Index 1999 Budget Session Index Browse by Subject About the SA Parliament Hansard on line

In Committee.

Clauses 1 to 4 passed.

Clause 5.

The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY: I move:

Page 2, lines 22 to 26—Leave out all words in these lines and insert:

the Minister—

(c) must give written notice of the details of the proposal to each local council likely to be interested in the proposal, inviting them to make written submissions to the Minister in relation to the proposal within one month of receipt of the notice; and

(d) must cause to be published in the Gazette and in a newspaper circulating in the neighbourhood of that place a notice that—

(i) gives details of the proposal; and

(ii) invites interested persons to make written submissions to the Minister in relation to the proposal within one month of the publication of the notice.

I indicated the reasons for this amendment during my second reading contribution, and the Minister just foreshadowed, in a way entirely consistent with Standing Orders, that the Government was likely to support such an amendment if it arose. I thank the Government for that.

The Hon. M.J. ELLIOTT: I indicated during the second reading stage that the Democrats had been approached by the Local Government Association, but being aware that amendments were being prepared by the Labor Party we did not proceed and we are quite happy to support the amendment on file.

The Hon. R.D. LAWSON: The Government will support this amendment, which is in our view one that is merely a precautionary measure. Many parties are consulted in the course of a geographical name change, for example, emergency services, the police department, Australia Post and the like; and local residents invariably are consulted. The Local Government Association took the view that, although none of those parties are specifically mentioned in the legislation, some mention should be made of the local government authority. It was thought that that was not entirely necessary but, as the honourable member has moved the amendment and it is supported by the Australian Democrats, the Government is quite happy to accept it.

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