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NSW Legislative Council – 10 November 2026

10 November 2026

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The Council opens its sitting, records formal assents, tables extensive annual and oversight reports, deals with privilege rulings and petitions, and moves into wide‑ranging early notices of motion including a foreshadowed privilege dispute over the ODPP and a child‑identity inquiry.

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Opening of sitting, reports and early notices

53:46

Opening of sitting, annual reports and early committee business

53:46

Opening of sitting, Governor assent and annual reports

53:46

Formal business call‑over and private members’ motions

56:31

Tabling of delegated legislation, anti‑slavery response and selection of bills

58:09

Independent Complaints Officer report tabled

01:00:22

Redeemer Baptist School inquiry — tabling and historical background

01:00:50

Redeemer Baptist — coercive control and high‑control environment findings

01:03:13

Redeemer Baptist — staff exploitation and financial mismanagement risks

01:07:07

Redeemer Baptist — regulatory responses and survivor‑focused conclusions

01:10:18

Assisted reproductive treatment inquiry report tabled

01:12:20

Assisted reproductive treatment — access, cost and pregnancy loss support

01:13:16

Assisted reproductive treatment — surrogacy, donor limits and unresolved issues

01:15:27

Football in Schools Program — report findings and Macarthur FC legal pressure

01:19:02

Adjournment of debate and Privileges Committee report

01:23:11

Committee reports on data centres and live music

01:24:00

Tabling of multiple government responses to committee reports

01:25:53

Government delay on fossil fuel emissions report and responses to major petitions

01:27:42

Orders for papers: variations, returns and related correspondence

01:28:34

Disputed privilege claims and independent legal arbiter documents

01:31:06

Public petitions on cannabis legalisation and brumby culling

01:32:16

Notices of motion and ODPP privilege dispute foreshadowed

01:35:42

Notices of motion on adjournment, Standing Order 52 and health and representation issues

01:35:42

President calls Borsak and motion foreshadowed

01:39:13

Notice of motion – alleged frustration of PC5 inquiry

01:39:26

PC5 findings on ODPP media conduct and motive

01:43:13

President’s privilege ruling and Killoran’s response letter

01:46:33

Question Time and take‑note debate on government record

01:49:18

Question Time — environment, education, justice, transport and intergovernmental finance

01:49:18

Questions without notice begin – reusable cup policy backflip

01:49:18

Single‑use cups policy and 2GB interview controversy

01:52:17

Greens: broader plastic pollution failure; Government: defence of plastics plan

01:54:18

Domestic rail manufacturing — Government investment update

01:56:08

Universal Preschool Funding model — impact on community preschools

01:58:53

Opposition: preschools facing cuts and closures under new model

02:01:32

Greyhound Welfare and Integrity Commission inquiry — report secrecy and implementation

02:03:01

Racing transparency and SO 52 documents — defence of Minister Harris

02:07:12

National Parks — summer bushfire preparedness and hazard reduction

02:09:37

Disadvantaged schools and explicit teaching reforms

02:11:45

Powerhouse Parramatta — credit, funding and western Sydney priorities

02:16:02

Arts portfolio commitments — Parramatta and Ultimo Powerhouse

02:21:25

Treasurer — management quality, productivity and retention

02:22:36

LECC funding and police violence investigation — Sue Higginson vs Treasurer

02:24:40

Feral pig program cost-benefit analysis — availability dispute

02:29:44

Transport Minister — Western Sydney, Illawarra rail and buses

02:34:24

Queensland COVID quarantine debt — initial question and response

02:36:22

Queensland debt, GST relativities and political blame

02:38:53

Rising Tide protest at Port of Newcastle — use of government land

02:42:21

End of question time — written supplementaries on education, feral pigs and Rising Tide

02:46:25

Take‑note debate on answers and government economic record

02:48:05

Take note of answers — small business and Queensland debt criticisms

02:48:05

Opposition MLC: State economy and cups legislation

02:50:54

Former Education Minister: preschool funding model crisis

02:53:58

Government MLCs: rail manufacturing jobs and domestic industry

02:56:54

Opposition MLC: transparency failures, GWIC and Hazzard review

02:59:45

Government MLC: industrial policy and energy transition stance

03:03:36

Opposition MLC: reusable cups, Rising Tide and women’s terminology

03:06:38

Crossbench MLC: LECC Herzog protest inquiry and social cohesion

03:09:34

Crossbench MLC: Waste to Energy inquiry and call for waste agency

03:12:34

Leader of the Government: fiscal record and anti‑privatisation stance

03:15:14

President: adoption of take‑note motion and privilege dispute update

03:17:46

Electoral, workplace and oversight reform measures

04:58:41

Workplace Protection Orders and Electoral Legislation Amendment Bill — urgent handling and passage

04:58:41

Privilege dispute report and Workplace Protection Orders Bill introduced as urgent

04:58:41

Electoral Bill — Opposition support focusing on signage limits

05:00:15

Electoral Bill — Opposition on party governance and funding reforms

05:03:31

Electoral Bill — Greens support for signage reform and polling‑place management

05:05:45

Electoral Bill — Greens on party codes, declarations and funding rules

05:10:58

Minister’s reply — consensus on signage and linking funding to governance

05:15:04

Electoral reform bill — minister’s second reading summation

05:17:20

Committee of the whole — AI offences amendment to Electoral Act

05:20:56

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

05:28:08

Committee reports and minor electoral funding reform

05:30:23

Work Health and Safety scheme review — HSRs, SafeWork and key recommendations

05:30:23

Animal welfare enforcement charities inquiry — Banasiak’s reply and wildlife carers

05:40:18

Identity protections for proceedings involving children — Borsak on DPP and judicial oversight

05:44:56

ODPP inquiry report — criticism of Government response

05:46:29

Delegated legislation framework — committee report findings

05:51:16

House takes note of delegated legislation report

05:59:42

Regional road safety report — formal adoption

06:00:23

Electoral Funding Amendment (Advance Payments) Bill — passage through Council

06:01:25

Justice for victims and renewable fuel scheme realignment

06:05:14

Victim Experience Reforms Bill — second reading, Greens concerns and committee outcomes

06:05:14

Victim Experience Reforms Bill — minister’s objectives

06:05:14

Opposition interim response — outline of key reforms

06:07:05

Victim Experience Reforms Bill — detailed Opposition position

06:09:01

Closing remarks on court directions pilot

06:15:41

Greens’ response — scope of victim-survivor reforms

06:17:53

Failure to deliver full pre-record framework

06:20:49

Unidentified intervention – unclear remark

07:49:12

Greens: opposition to expanded recorded police statements

07:49:17

Pilot ground rules hearings — design, limits and legal representation

07:52:22

Sexual assault communications privilege — technical fixes vs systemic reform

07:55:01

Extending protections to domestic violence proceedings and DVEC risks

07:59:28

Implementation, police training and Greens amendments commitment

08:02:21

Government member: support for bill, ground rules hearings and recorded interviews

08:03:15

Historical and political context of sexual offence law reform

08:07:59

Lawrence — presumption of innocence and bill title concerns

08:12:27

Lawrence — false allegations, mental health and support for bill

08:15:26

Hurst — support for reforms but criticism on evidence and counselling records

08:19:50

Minister — government priorities, thanks to stakeholders, and second reading agreed

08:26:32

Committee of the Whole — Greens amendments on language, reviews and police interviews adopted

08:29:34

Committee — Greens push for legal representation rights for victim‑survivors rejected

08:33:48

Division on Greens amendments 7 and 10

08:35:57

Procedural wrap‑up — Victim Experience Reforms Bill

08:42:54

Electricity Supply Amendment (Renewable Fuel Scheme) Bill — hydrogen strategy retreat and biomethane focus

08:46:40

Roberts — Hydrogen scheme underperformance and bill redesign

08:46:40

Roberts — Biomass, Redbank and planning rule changes

08:50:49

Ruddick — Opposition to Renewable Fuel Scheme and subsidies

08:54:04

Latham (part 1) — Critique of hydrogen economics and subsidy history

08:57:44

Latham (part 2) — Baseload coal, Eraring and ‘miracle’ renewables

09:01:03

Fang (part 1) — Eraring closure risks and grid reliability

09:06:30

Fang (part 2) — Hydrogen concept and role in NSW energy plan

09:10:06

Opposition critique of hydrogen strategy and Eraring closure risk

09:11:46

Eraring profitability argument and political self-promotion

09:15:54

Minister’s second reading reply — scheme costs, biomethane and climate rationale

09:18:48

Second reading division and passage of the bill

09:22:19

House resolves into committee of the whole

09:28:58

Greens amendments on gas use, consumer costs and biomethane constraints

09:30:51

Opposition position on amendments and energy cost impacts

09:35:27

Committee voting, report to the House and third reading

09:38:16

Adjournment statements on waste, culture and public ownership

09:40:23

Adjournment debate — waste, cultural projects, guns, populism, multiculturalism and public ownership

09:40:23

Adjournment debate commences; bill listed

09:40:23

Waste policy and 2030 landfill shortfall

09:41:09

Powerhouse Parramatta — Liberal arts legacy vs Labor

09:45:39

Cost-of-living pressures, koala park and firearms laws

09:50:35

US 2026 midterms, populism and One Nation

09:54:55

Nationals member’s valedictory on multiculturalism

09:59:52

Greens critique of neoliberalism and public ownership agenda

10:04:56

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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53:45 - 55:42

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,

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 honorable 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 Honorable Following the recent change to the Parliamentary Budget Officer Act 2010, I table the revised Parliamentary Budget Office operational plan 2026-27 dated October 2026.

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