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House of Assembly - Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)
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Waite Trust (Activities on and Use of Certain Trust Land) Bill

Second Reading

Adjourned debate on second reading (resumed on motion).

Mr PEDERICK (Hammond) (17:57): I want to make a brief contribution regarding this bill, noting that I am an old scholar of Urrbrae Agricultural High School, along with my brother, and some of my cousins from multi-generations—it is a great school.

I note in the past the vision of Peter Waite in 1913 to have a place of agricultural science at the Waite Institute and also a place of agricultural learning. It is my one wish in these very brief comments that we will see an outcome that not only gives benefits to the Sturt Football Club in what this Waite Trust bill is doing but also enriches the education experience at Urrbrae Agricultural High School. It was a school that I greatly enjoyed attending at the age of 15 and 16 when I was there.

I did not enjoy Adelaide that much, and I am still not that much in love with Adelaide, being a country boy, but it was a great school and still is a great school. I just hope that through the committee stage we can find how this enhances the education experience and is an opportunity for the Sturt Football Club and others to work together in an appropriate way regarding these changes to the Waite Trust.

Sitting suspended from 17:59 to 19:30.

The Hon. C.J. PICTON (Kaurna—Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (19:30): I thank members for their contributions on this important piece of legislation. I understand it will be a hybrid bill. Having served on a number of hybrid bill committees of the parliament before, it certainly adds to your CV on the parliament website being a member of one. That is probably the most important thing to be said about hybrid committees. I am sure this hybrid committee will serve the parliament well and I look forward to its deliberations.

Bill read a second time.

The DEPUTY SPEAKER (19:31): The Waite Trust (Activities on and Use of Certain Trust Land) Bill affects the interests of a local body; namely, the charitable trust referred to as the Waite Trust. The Waite Trust land was transferred to the government in 1914 as a gift with the objective to:

…advance the cause of education and, more especially, to promote the teaching and study of Agriculture and Forestry and allied subjects.

This bill will amend the terms of the Waite Trust to enable the upgrade of the Urrbrae Agricultural High School oval and supporting facilities by the Sturt Football Club and the establishment of a long-term shared use agreement between the Minister for Education, Training and Skills and the Sturt Football Club to make use of these facilities at specified times outside of school hours.

The purpose of this bill is to vary the terms of the trust for a purpose that is different to that envisaged when the land was transferred by the installation and construction of certain facilities and amenities, by or on behalf of the Sturt Football Club, on a portion of the Waite land comprising the site of the school oval and surrounding areas. As such, the interests of the local body are affected.

As such, the bill meets the criteria of a hybrid bill as defined by the joint standing orders (private bills) No. 2 because in accordance with the precedents established by the house in the application of the joint standing orders, the bill has been introduced by the government, the Waite Trust is a 'local body' and the bill does not promote the interests of local bodies generally. Therefore, based on precedents, I rule this bill to be a hybrid bill.

Referred to Select Committee

The Hon. C.J. PICTON (Kaurna—Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (19:32): I move:

That the bill be referred to a select committee pursuant to joint standing order (private bills) No. 2.

Motion carried.

The Hon. C.J. PICTON: I move:

That a committee be appointed consisting of Ms Clancy, Ms Hutchesson, Hon. D.G. Pisoni, Mr Whetstone and the Minister for Education, Training and Skills.

Motion carried.

The Hon. C.J. PICTON: I move:

That the committee have power to send for persons, papers and records, to adjourn from place to place and to report tomorrow.

Motion carried.

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