Tuesday, 5 April 2022

Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation

The PRESIDENT (12:42): I have a message from the Assembly:

The Legislative Assembly has agreed to the following resolution—

That this House meets the Legislative Council for the purpose of sitting and voting together to:

(1) choose a person to hold the place in the Senate rendered vacant by the death of Senator Kimberley Kitching; and

(2) elect a member of Parliament to the Board of the Responsible Gambling Foundation—

and proposes that the time and place of such meeting be the Legislative Assembly Chamber on Wednesday 6 April 2022 at 6.00 pm—

which is presented for the agreement of the Legislative Council.

Ms SYMES (Northern Victoria—Leader of the Government, Attorney-General, Minister for Emergency Services) (12:43): I move, by leave:

That the Assembly’s message be taken into consideration forthwith.

Motion agreed to.

Ms SYMES: I move, by leave:

That this house meets with the Legislative Assembly for the purpose of sitting and voting together to:

(1) choose a person to hold the place in the Senate rendered vacant by the death of Senator Kimberley Kitching;

(2) elect a member of Parliament to the board of the Responsible Gambling Foundation;

and, as proposed by the Assembly, the time and place of such a meeting be the Legislative Assembly chamber on Wednesday, 6 April 2022, at 6.00 pm.

Mr DAVIS (Southern Metropolitan—Leader of the Opposition) (12:43): The opposition will support this motion of course. We believe the tradition of the house of swiftly and without rancour appointing people to the Senate or indeed this chamber should be upheld. I do want to place on record the swiftness with which the coalition has supported this move and at the same time counterpose that with the uncertainty that existed over the replacement of Mr O’Donohue and the days that that stretched out. I just want to put that on the record clearly and in doing so also make the point that I think we were all saddened by what occurred with Senator Kitching.

Motion agreed to.

The PRESIDENT: A message will be sent to the Assembly informing them of the Council’s resolution.