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Running Record (23 December 2025)

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​​​No. 1​35

Tuesday 23 December 2025

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​
MEETING OF THE HO​US​E​​​​​​​​​​​
Commenced 10.00 am
PRAYERS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT O​F COUNTRY

​BILL FORWARDED FROM THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY​Commenced 10.02 am
​​The President reported receipt of message forwarding theTerrorism and Other Legislation Amend​ment Bill 2025​  for concurrence​
​
​​Bill 1st read and published
​
​Statement of public interest tabled
​
​​​Bill declared urgent​
​
​2nd reading
​​To be considered later 
PAPERS TABLED
Commenced 10.03 am

​The Clerk announced receipt of a government response to an ePetition signed by 500 or more persons relating to proposed cuts by the University of Technology Sydney to postgraduate palliative care courses, which was presented on 26 November 2025, received out of session on 22 December 2025.

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RETURNS TO ORDERSCommenced 10.04 am​

The Clerk announced receipt of the following returns to orders presented out of session: 

  1. Medowie High School,
  2. Meetings with lobbyists and clients, and
  3. Workplace psychological injuries.

STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT - ​HARD ADJOURNMENT ON 23 DECEMBER 2025
Commenced 10.05 am​
The President made a statement regarding the hard adjournment.​
​
​Mr Latham took a point of order. 
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​The President ruled that the hard adjournment did not apply to the sitting for the recall by special adjournment of the House today.
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​​Mr Latham dissented from the ruling. ​
Negatived, on division (Ayes: 4 / Noes: 34)
​​
​The hard adjournment does not apply to the sitting for the recall by special adjournment​ of the House today.
TERRORISM AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2025​
Commenced 10.39 am​
Note: any ​circulated amendments are published via the bill webpage 
​
​​2nd Reading: Motion of Ms Sharpe
​Debate interrupted
Lunch
2.00 pm​ until 3.00 pm

TERRORISM AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2025​Commenced 3.01 pm​
Note: any ​circulated amendments are published via the bill webpage 
​
​​2nd Reading: Motion of Ms Sharpe​
Agreed to, on division (Ayes: 29 / Noes: 11)​
​​Mr Ruddick moved an amendment
​Negatived
​Mr Banasiak moved an amendment to the amendment of Mr Ruddick 
​Negatived, on division (Ayes: 7/ Noes: 33)​
Dinner
7.01 pm ​unt​il 8.00 pm



TERRORISM AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2025​Commenced 8.00 pm​
Note: any ​circulated amendments are published via the bill webpage 
​
​Ms Higginson moved an instruction to committee of the whole
​Negatived, on division (Ayes: 8 / Noes: 26)
​In committee, bill taken as a whole​
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​LP amdts nos 1, 2 ,3 and 4, sheet LP c2025-334C: Motion of Mr Ruddick
​Negatived, on division (Ayes: 2 / Noes: 35)​
​​LP amdt no 5, sheet LP c2025-334C: Motion of Mr Ruddick
​Negatived, on division (Ayes: 2 / Noes: 31)​​
​​​Opp amdts nos 1 to 5, sheet OPP c2025-357: Motion of Mrs Carter
​Negatived​
IND (ML) amdt no 1, sheet IND 25: Motion of Mr Latham
​Negatived​
​IND (ML) amdt no 2, sheet IN​D 25: Motion of Mr Latham​
​Negatived
​IND (ML) amdt no 3, sheet IN​D 25: Motion of Mr Latham
Negatived​​
​​NAT amdts nos 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, sheet NAT c2025-358: Motion of Mrs Mitchell
​​Negatived, on division (Ayes: 8 / Noes: 28)​​
​​​NAT amdt no 3, sheet NAT c2025-358: Motion of Mrs Mitchell
​Negatived, on division (Ayes: 13 / Noes: 23)
​NAT amdts no 1, sheet NAT c2​025-359A: Motion of Mrs Mitchell
​​​Negatived, on division (Ayes: 8 / Noes: 26)​​
​NAT amdt no 1 sheet NAT c2025-360: Motion of Mrs Mitchell
​​​Negatived, on division (Ayes: 8 / Noes: 28)​​
​​​​LP amdts nos 6 to 53, sheet LP c2025-334C: Motion of Mr Ruddick
​Negatived​
​AJP amdts nos 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 10, sheet AJP c2025-332D: Motion of Ms Hurst
​Negatived​
​AJP amdts nos 2, 5 and 9, sheet AJP c2025-​332D: Motion of Ms Hurst
​Negatived
​GRNS amdts nos 1 and 4, sheet GRNS c2025-353C: Motion of Ms Higginson
​​Negatived
​GRNS amdt​ no 2, sheet GRNS c2025-353C: Motion of Ms Higginson
​​Negatived​
​GRNS amdt​ no 1, as by leave amended, sheet GRNS c2025-363B: Motion of Ms Higginson
​Agreed to​
​SFF amdt no 1, sheet SFF c2025-352B: Motion of Mr Banasiak
​Negatived​
​​SFF amdt no 2, sheet SFF c2025-352B: Motion of Mr Banasiak
​Negatived​
​​​SFF amdts nos 3 and 4, sheet SFF c2025-352B: Motion of Mr Banasiak
​Negatived​
​SFF amdt no 5, sheet SFF c2025-352B: Motion of Mr Banasiak
​Negatived, on division (Ayes: 7 / Noes: 2​7)​​
​SFF amdt no 6, sheet SFF c2025-352B: Motion of Mr Banasiak
​​Negatived, on division (Ayes: 3 / Noes: 22​)​​
​SFF amdts nos 1 and 3, sheet  SFF c2025-338C: Motion of Mr Banasiak
​Negatived​
​SFF amdt no 2, sheet SFF c2025-​: Motion of Mr Banasiak

​Negatived, on division (Ay​es: 7 / Noes: 23​)​​
​SFF amdt no 6, sheet SFF c2025-337D: Moti​on of Mr Banasiak
​Negatived
​​SFF amdt no 7, sheet SFF c2025-337D: Moti​on of Mr Banasiak
​​Negatived, on division (Ay​es: 7 / Noes: 23​)​​
​​​SFF amdts no  8 and 9, sheet SFF c2025-337D: Moti​on of Mr Banasiak
​Negatived
​SFF amdts no 10 and 11, sheet SFF c2025-337D: Moti​on of Mr Banasiak
​Negatived​
​SFF amdt no 1, sheet SFF c2025-350B: Moti​on of Mr Banasiak
​Negatived​
​SFF amdts nos 2 and 3, sheet SFF c2025-350B: Moti​on of Mr Banasiak
​Negativ
ed
​​SFF amdt no 4, sheet SFF c2025-350B: Moti​on of Mr Banasiak
​Negatived​
​​SFF amdts nos 5 to 8, sheet SFF c2025-350B: Moti​on of Mr Banasiak
​Negatived
​​SFF amdt no 9, sheet SFF c2025-350B: Moti​on of Mr Banasiak
​Negatived, on division (Ay​es: 7 / Noes: 21​)​​​
​SFF amdts nos 1, 3 and 4, sheet SFF c2025-347E: Moti​on of Mr Banasiak
​Negatived
​​SFF amdts nos 2 and 5, sheet SFF c2025-347E: Moti​on of Mr Banasiak
​Negatived, on division (Ay​es: 7 / Noes: 20​)​​​
​SFF amdts nos 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11, sheet SFF c2025-347E: Moti​on of Mr Banasiak
​Negatived
​​​SFF amdt no 2, sheet SFF c2025-349C: Moti​on of Mr Banasiak
​Negatived
​​​​​SFF amdt no 1, sheet SFF c2025-348C: Moti​on of Mr Banasiak​
Negatived, on division (Ay​es: 7 / Noes: 21)​​​
​SFF amdts nos 1 and 2, sheet SFF c2025-341C: Moti​on of Mr Banasiak
​Negatived
​​SFF amdts nos 1, 2 and 3 sheet SFF c2025-355B: Moti​on of Mr Banasiak
​Negatived​
​GRNS amdt no 1, sheet GRNS c2025-333B: Motion of Ms Higginson
​Negatived, on division (Ay​es: 6 / Noes: 26)​​​
​GRNS amdt no 2 to 13, sheet GRNS c2025-333B: Motion of Ms Higginson
​Negatived

​GRNS amdt no 1, 3, 5 to 16 sheet GRNS c2025-339D: Motion of Ms Higginson
​Negatived
​GRNS amdt no 4 sheet GRNS c2025-339D: Motion of Ms Higginson
​Negatived
​GRNS amdt no 2 sheet GRNS c2025-339D: Motion of Ms Higginson
​Negatived
​GRNS amdt no 17 and 18 sheet GRNS c2025-339D: Motion of Ms Higginson
​Negatived
​OPP amdts 6 to 11 sheet OPP c2025-357: Motion of Mrs Carter
​Negatived
​Bill reported from committee with an amendment
​
​3rd Reading: Motion of Ms Sharpe

​Agreed to on division and returned to Assembly with amendment
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PAPERS TABLED
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ADJOURNMENT​
​The House adjourned at 3.00 am until Tuesday, 3 February 2026 at 12.30 pm

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