Mr DAVID SHOEBRIDGE ( 18:20 ): The Greens do not oppose the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017. It is one of those bills that regularly come to the House containing a number of essential tidying-up provisions to ensure that legislation keeps track with...
Mr DAVID SHOEBRIDG E ( 15:12 ): On behalf of The Greens, I indicate our support for the Civil Liability (Third Party Claims Against Insurers) Bill 2017. The bill repeals section 6 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946. I wonder if the Parliament which...
Mr DAVID SHOEBRIDGE ( 15:09 ): On behalf of The Greens I speak to the Tattoo Parlours Amendment Bill 2017. I note at the outset that The Greens do not support the bill but we note that one small element of it, the renewal aspect, is desperately needed by the industry...
Mr DAVID SHOEBRID GE ( 11:43 ): On behalf of The Greens, I indicate that we oppose the Government’s Fire and Emergency Services Levy Bill 2017. We oppose it because the Government’s legislation offers a billion-dollar gift to the insurance companies, which...
Mr DAVID SHOEBRIDGE ( 18:01 ): On behalf of The Greens I indicate that we support the Motor Accident Injuries Bill 2017. Some people might find The Greens support for this bill surprising, given the strong opposition The Greens have had to the two previous efforts by...
Mr DAVID SHOEBRIDGE ( 19:55 ): On behalf of The Greens, I indicate our strong opposition to the Local Government Amendment (Rates—Merged Council Areas) Bill 2017, which I think is effectively—if anyone can understand the drafting of the bill—the Government’s...
Mr DAVID SHOEBRIDGE: I note the offensive interjection from the former Government Whip. The object of the bill is to amend the Fines Act 1996 to allow the Commissioner of Fines Administration: (a)to take civil enforcement action against a fine defaulter who is an...
Mr DAVID SHOEBRIDGE ( 18:48 ): With gun ownership steadily on the rise in Australia, and with more and more pro-gun members in our State and Federal parliaments, we decided that it was time to take a trip to the land of the free and the home of the gun. At the end of...
Mr DAVID SHOEBRIDGE ( 12:44 ): I support the comments of my colleague Mr Justin Field in opposition to this bill. I have listened to the contributions of members of the Government, Labor and the balance of the crossbench about why this will be such a great thing for...
Mr DAVID SHOEBRIDGE ( 20:24 ): On behalf of The Greens, I indicate our support for the Aboriginal Land Rights Amendment (Local Aboriginal Land Councils) Bill 2016, noting that we are standing on Gadigal land. I pay my respects to the elders past and present of the...
This speech was delivered on 20.09.2016 in the NSW Upper House. You can read the full debate online here. The New South Wales Government has one hell of a problem and that is that the time to get a criminal trial in the District Court continues to blow out. As a...
This speech was delivered on 16.11.2016 in the NSW Upper House. You can read the full debate online here. Mr DAVID SHOEBRIDGE: Like my Greens colleagues, I oppose the Independent Commission Against Corruption Amendment Bill 2016. It is extraordinarily unfortunate that...
