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NSW Legislative Council – 10 November 2026

10 November 2026

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Proceedings of the New South Wales Legislative Council sitting on 10 November 2026.

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NSW Legislative Council – 10 November 2026

01:00:10

Opening proceedings, prayer and Acknowledgement of Country

01:00:10

Presiding Officer – prayer and Acknowledgement of Country

01:00:10

Formal business and tabling of documents

01:01:11

Presiding Officer – communications, assents and tabling of reports

01:01:11

Call over of formal business – private members’ items 3654 to 3859

01:03:07

Presiding Officer – welcome to gallery and call for papers

01:05:10

Tabling of papers and Selection of Bills Committee motion agreed to

01:05:33

Portfolio Committee No. 3 – Redeemer Baptist School report

01:07:50

Abigail Boyd – tabling of Redeemer Baptist School report and take-note speech

01:07:50

Formal business and tabling of documents (cont.)

01:19:55

Clerk – announcement and tabling of reports and disallowable instruments

01:19:55

Select Committee on Fertility Support and Assisted Reproductive Treatment report

01:21:10

Sarah Mitchell – take-note speech on Fertility Support and Assisted Reproductive Treatment report

01:21:10

Formal business and tabling of documents (cont.)

01:27:06

Clerk – announcement and tabling of Football in Schools Program report

01:27:06

Select Committee into the Football in Schools Program report

01:27:46

Wes Fang – take-note speech on Football in Schools Program report and response to Macarthur FC legal letter

01:27:46

Formal business and tabling of documents (cont.)

01:31:40

Clerk – announcement of Privileges Committee Report No. 113

01:31:40

Privileges Committee report — Alleged unauthorised disclosures of Portfolio Committee No. 7 proceedings

01:32:08

Stephen Lawrence – motion to take note of Privileges Committee report and adjourn debate

01:32:08

NSW Legislative Council – 10 November 2026 (cont.)

01:32:18

Formal business and tabling of documents (cont.)

01:32:18

Clerk – announcement of Public Accountability and Works Committee report on Data Centres

01:32:18

Public Accountability and Works Committee report — Data Centres

01:32:45

Abigail Boyd – motion to take note of Data Centres report and adjourn debate

01:32:45

NSW Legislative Council – 10 November 2026 (cont.)

01:32:54

Formal business and tabling of documents (cont.)

01:32:54

Clerk – announcement of Social Issues Committee report on live music

01:32:54

Standing Committee on Social Issues report — State of live music in New South Wales

01:33:25

Sarah Kaine – take-note speech on live music report and adjournment motion

01:33:25

NSW Legislative Council – 10 November 2026 (cont.)

01:34:29

Formal business and tabling of documents (cont.)

01:34:29

Clerk – tabling of multiple government responses to committee reports

01:34:29

Presiding Officer – correspondence on delayed government response to Net Zero Future report

01:36:25

Clerk – government responses to petitions

01:36:39

Variation of orders for papers on development and Financial Assistance Grants

01:37:17

Clerk – tabling of returns, redacted documents and correspondence for multiple orders for papers

01:38:07

Presiding Officer – disputed claims of parliamentary privilege and legal arbiter appointments

01:40:03

Clerk – tabling of document from legal arbiter in Karen Webb matter

01:41:02

Petition on cannabis legalisation – received

01:41:23

Petition on brumby culling and Brumby Heritage Protection Bill – received

01:42:11

Presiding Officer – announcements on written answers and request for written motions; call for notices

01:44:00

Intervenant 31 – notices of motion on Thursday adjournment and long bell arrangements

01:44:59

Sarah Mitchell – Standing Order 52 notices on universal preschool funding and Hawkesbury-Nepean plan

01:45:14

Jeremy Buckingham – notice of motion on Calvary Health Care acquisition and reproductive health services

01:45:37

Jacqui Munro – notices of motion on STEM opportunities, Women for Election and shark drone surveillance

01:47:38

Intervenant 31 – notices of motion on first and valedictory speeches

01:48:36

Intervenant 39 – notice of motion on alleged frustration of Portfolio Committee No. 5 and referral to Privileges Committee

01:48:54

Questions without notice

01:59:48

Leader of the Opposition – reusable cup policy backflip and plastics reform

01:59:48

Bob Nanva – investment in domestic rail manufacturing

02:07:13

Sarah Mitchell – universal preschool funding model impacts on community preschools

02:09:45

Question from Emma Hurst to John Graham on GWIC harassment inquiry report and publication

02:14:16

Question from Wes Fang to John Graham on disclosure of racing inquiries and Hasard review

02:18:58

Question from Stephen Lawrence to Penny Sharpe on preparing national parks for a hot summer

02:21:11

Question from Mark Latham to Courtney Houssos on extending explicit teaching reforms to all schools

02:23:47

Question from Chris Rath to John Graham on Labor’s stance and credit for Powerhouse Parramatta

02:28:45

Question from Mark Latham to John Graham on Powerhouse Parramatta priorities for Western Sydney

02:33:16

Question from Bernard Gaynor to Daniel Mookhey on management, productivity and staff retention

02:35:30

Question from Sue Higginson to Daniel Mookhey on funding LECC’s investigation into police violence at Sydney Town Hall

02:37:49

Question from Scott Barrett to Tara Moriarty on release of feral pig program cost–benefit analysis

02:42:54

Scott Barrett and Tara Moriarty — discussion time on feral pig program cost–benefit analysis

02:45:38

Question from Anthony D’Adam to John Graham on improving transport services

02:47:54

Question from Rod Roberts to Daniel Mookhey on recovering Queensland’s hotel quarantine debt

02:50:11

Question from Aileen MacDonald to John Graham on Rising Tide protest at Port of Newcastle

02:56:26

Supplementary written question from Mark Latham to Courtney Houssos on explicit teaching compliance checks

03:01:09

Supplementary written question from Scott Barrett to Tara Moriarty on feral pig program cost–benefit analysis

03:01:56

Supplementary written question from Aileen MacDonald to John Graham on Transport for NSW permissions

03:02:11

Take note of answers

03:02:55

Opposition member — take note of answers on reusable cup policy backflip and Queensland quarantine debt

03:02:55

Jacqui Munro — take note of answers on economic performance and cups legislation

03:06:08

Sarah Mitchell — take note of answers on community preschool funding crisis

03:09:17

Emily Suvaal — take note of answers on domestic rail manufacturing in the Hunter

03:12:24

Wes Fang — take note of answers on racing integrity transparency and alleged campaigning by Emily Suvaal

03:15:33

Mark Buttigieg — take note of answers on domestic manufacturing and energy transition

03:19:48

Rachel Merton — take note of answers on reusable cups, Rising Tide protests and women’s terminology in policy

03:22:51

Stephen Lawrence — take note of answers on LECC funding and public hearings into Town Hall protest

03:26:04

Opposition member — take note of answers on waste-to-energy inquiry and waste policy

03:29:10

Government member — take note of answers on economic management and fiscal responsibility

03:32:19

Vote on take-note motion — agreed to

03:35:22

NSW Legislative Council – 10 November 2026 (cont.)

03:35:29

Committee inquiry witness correspondence and proposed Privileges Committee referral

04:31:16

Member — reading Sally Killoran letter and proposed Privileges Committee reference

04:31:16

Formal business and tabling of documents (cont.)

04:38:09

Member — notices of motions on preschool funding, National Survivor Day and Independent Legal Arbiter report

04:38:09

Amanda Cohn — notice of motion on cybersecurity breaches and OpenAI incidents

04:41:19

John Ruddick — notices of motion on Operation Epic Fury, Wingecarribee Shire Council and withdrawal of disallowance

04:42:42

Sue Higginson — notices of motion on Uncle BJ Cruse redress and global progressive election gains

04:52:06

Mark Banasiak — SO 52 notices on Regentville battery project and key fish species

04:58:29

Rachel Merton — notice of motion on civics and citizenship education reform

04:58:55

Cate Faehrmann — notice of motion on methane emissions and mining projects

05:02:14

Closure of notices of motion, postponement of government and House business, and committee membership changes

05:05:32

Abigail Boyd — notification of extended reporting date for data centres inquiry

05:06:50

Matter of public importance — Reform to support victim-survivors of institutional child sexual abuse

05:07:55

Sue Higginson — motion of urgency on support for victim-survivors of institutional child sexual abuse

05:07:55

Tara Moriarty — Government opposes urgency of matter of public importance

05:17:52

Division on urgency of matter of public importance — negatived

05:19:21

Workplace Protection Orders Bill 2026

05:26:28

Workplace Protection Orders Bill 2026 — first reading, urgent bill declaration and programming

05:26:28

Electoral Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous) Bill 2026

05:27:44

Chris Rath (Liberal Party) — Opposition support for the bill and concerns on signage caps

05:27:44

Cate Faehrmann (The Greens) — Greens support and calls for stronger governance tools

05:33:56

John Graham (Australian Labor Party) — Reply to second reading debate and commendation of the bill

05:44:28

Second reading — agreed to

05:50:20

Committee of the whole — Electoral Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous) Bill 2026

05:50:36

House resolves into committee of the whole and bill taken as a whole

05:50:36

Government amendment No. 1 on sheet C2026-322A — exclusion of defence for AI offences — agreed to

05:51:28

Bill, as amended, agreed to in committee of the whole

05:59:23

Third reading and final passage — Electoral Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous) Bill 2026

05:59:33

Third reading of the Electoral Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous) Bill 2026 — agreed to

05:59:33

Standing Committee on Law and Justice report — 2026 Review of the Workers Compensation Scheme

06:01:02

Anthony D'Adam (Australian Labor Party) — Health and safety representatives and SafeWork’s role in the workers compensation review

06:01:02

Take-note motion on 2026 Review of the Workers Compensation Scheme — agreed to

06:12:13

Portfolio Committee No. 4 – 2025 inquiry into the operation of approved charitable organisations under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1979

06:12:32

Mark Banasiak (Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party) — Reply on POCTA charities inquiry and protections for wildlife carers

06:12:32

Take-note motion on POCTA approved charitable organisations inquiry and government response — agreed to

06:17:00

NSW Legislative Council – 10 November 2026 (cont.)

06:17:13

Postponement of several committee report items and calling on item 5

06:17:13

Portfolio Committee No. 5 – Identity protections for proceedings involving children

06:18:00

Robert Borsak (Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party) — Criticism of ODPP conduct and government response to identity protections report

06:18:00

NSW Legislative Council – 10 November 2026 (cont.)

06:23:45

Delegated Legislation Committee report — Consolidation of delegated legislation framework

06:23:45

Natasha Maclaren-Jones (Liberal Party) — Consolidation of delegated legislation framework and committee thanks

06:23:45

Government committee member — Support for comments on delegated legislation report

06:34:13

Take-note motion on Delegated Legislation Committee consolidation report — agreed to

06:34:21

Joint Standing Committee on Road Safety report — Interventions to reduce regional road trauma

06:34:35

Take-note motion on regional road trauma report — agreed to

06:34:35

Electoral Funding Amendment (Advance Payments) Bill 2026

06:35:07

John Graham (Australian Labor Party) — Second reading speech on Electoral Funding Amendment (Advance Payments) Bill 2026

06:35:07

Chris Rath (Liberal Party) — Opposition position on Electoral Funding Amendment (Advance Payments) Bill 2026

06:36:55

Second reading of Electoral Funding Amendment (Advance Payments) Bill 2026 — agreed to

06:37:48

Third reading and final passage of Electoral Funding Amendment (Advance Payments) Bill 2026 — agreed to

06:38:18

Criminal Procedure and Other Legislation Amendment (Victim Experience Reforms) Bill 2026

06:39:11

Rose Jackson (Australian Labor Party) — Second reading speech on victim experience reforms bill

06:39:11

Chris Rath (Liberal Party) — Initial outline of reforms in victim experience bill

06:41:18

Susan Carter (Liberal Party) — Opposition response on victim experience reforms bill

06:43:12

Abigail Boyd (The Greens) — Greens perspective on victim experience reforms bill (part 1)

06:53:08

Abigail Boyd (The Greens) — Greens critique and proposed amendments on victim experience reforms bill (part 2)

08:30:05

Stephen Lawrence (Australian Labor Party) — Support for victim experience reforms and fair trial safeguards

08:45:03

Emma Hurst (Animal Justice Party) — Conditional support and concerns on pre‑recorded evidence and counselling records

09:02:32

Rose Jackson (Australian Labor Party) — Minister’s reply on victim experience reforms bill

09:09:50

Second reading of Criminal Procedure and Other Legislation Amendment (Victim Experience Reforms) Bill 2026 — agreed to

09:11:40

House resolves into committee of the whole on victim experience reforms bill

09:11:56

Committee of the whole — Criminal Procedure and Other Legislation Amendment (Victim Experience Reforms) Bill 2026

09:13:04

Greens amendments nos 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 9 (sheet C298I) — victim-survivor consent, review period and domestic violence terminology — agreed to

09:13:04

Greens amendments nos 7 and 10 (sheet C298I) — legal representation for victim-survivors — negatived on division

09:17:34

Greens amendment no 11 (sheet C298I) — rape myth questioning in ground rules hearings — negatived

09:27:36

Committee vote on the bill as amended — agreed to

09:28:59

Third reading of Criminal Procedure and Other Legislation Amendment (Victim Experience Reforms) Bill 2026 — agreed to

09:29:10

Electricity Supply Amendment (Renewable Fuel Schemes) Bill 2026

09:31:04

Rod Roberts (Independent) — critique of green hydrogen schemes and advocacy for Redbank biomass project

09:31:04

John Ruddick (Libertarian Party) — opposition to Renewable Fuel Scheme and biomass/hydrogen subsidies

09:38:58

Mark Latham (Independent) — Critique of hydrogen, methane and "miracle" renewable schemes; defence of Eraring coal power

09:43:01

Wes Fang (The Nationals) — concerns about Eraring closure and hydrogen strategy viability

09:52:51

Minister — second reading reply on Renewable Fuel Scheme and biomethane

10:05:54

Second reading of Electricity Supply Amendment (Renewable Fuel Schemes) Bill 2026 — agreed to on division

10:09:43

House resolves into committee of the whole on the bill

10:17:05

Committee of the whole — Electricity Supply Amendment (Renewable Fuel Schemes) Bill 2026

10:18:23

Greens amendments nos 1–3 and Government amendments nos 1–3 to Greens amendment no 2 — gas mixing, cost pass-through and biomethane limits — partial agreement

10:18:23

Third reading of Electricity Supply Amendment (Renewable Fuel Schemes) Bill 2026 — agreed to

10:28:17

NSW Legislative Council – 10 November 2026 (cont.)

10:29:41

Adjournment debate

10:29:41

Waste management, landfill capacity and PFAS pollution

10:29:41

Sarah Kaine (Australian Labor Party) — Sydney landfill capacity and PFAS pollution risks

10:29:41

Arts and cultural infrastructure projects in Western Sydney and Ultimo

10:34:35

Chris Rath (Liberal Party) — Powerhouse Parramatta and arts infrastructure legacy

10:34:35

Minns Government record on cost of living, energy, firearms and regional policy

10:39:37

Robert Borsak (Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party) — Critique of Minns Government on cost of living, firearms and regional policy

10:39:37

Populism, One Nation and lessons from US politics

10:44:04

Cameron Murphy — US midterm elections, populism and rise of One Nation

10:44:04

Wes Fang (The Nationals) — Response to Cameron Murphy on populism and elections (introduction)

10:49:07

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NSW Legislative Council – 10 November 2026

10 November 2026

NSW Legislative Council Mon, 9 Nov 2026 Parliament of New South Wales

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Speaker 1

Almighty God, we humbly beseech thee to vouchsafe thy blessing upon this parliament, direct and prosper our deliberations to the advancement of thy glory and the true welfare of the people of our state and Australia. Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever.

Amen.

I acknowledge the Gadigal clan of the Eora Nation and its elders and thank them for their custodianship of this land. I report to the House that I've received a communication from the Official Secretary to the Governor notifying that on the 5th of November 2026, Her Excellency approved the amended standing rules and orders adopted by the House on the 16th of September 2026. I inform honorable members that the amended standing rules and orders will be published in due course along with updates to chamber resources.

I report the receipt of messages from Her Excellency the Governor notifying Her Excellency's assent to bills which are shown in the list available to members. I advise honourable members that a photographer from the Sydney Morning Herald will be present in the chamber this morning to take this after early this afternoon, I should say, to take photographs. According to the Constitution (Disclosures by Members) Regulation 2026, I table a copy of the first interest disclosure return by the Honourable Bernard Govind as at the 20th of October 2026, furnished to me by the Clerk. Following the recent change to the Parliamentary Budget Officer Act 2010, I table the revised Parliamentary Budget Officer Operational Plan 2026-27 dated October 2026.

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