Questions & Answers Paper No. 158 - Parliament of New South ...

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LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
MONDAY 12 OCTOBER 2009
(1) What numbers and how many in each hospital in NSW for 2005 to 2007 inclusive?
(2) What numbers and how many in each hospital in NSW for 2008?
Answer—
NSW Health supports the provision of separate accommodation for children and young people in
hospital.
In outpatient settings, it is not uncommon for children and young people and adults to wait together for
clinics in the same area. There are also times when either, due to physical location constraints, or due to
service delivery issues (such as workforce) that co-location may be necessary.
Area Health Services have reported that they have developed local policies, underpinned by a risk
minimisation framework and compliant with relevant legislation, to protect the safety of children in
hospital settings. Where co-location does need to occur, Area Health Services have developed processes
to ensure that patients are moved to appropriate environments as soon as possible.
The NSW Department of Health does not routinely collect data on children placed in adult wards. To
provide the level of detail sought by the Member would, on this occasion, unjustifiably divert the
resources of the Department of Health and Area health Services away from the exercise of their core
functions.
*7455 LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN—Mr Kevin Humphries asked the Minister for Planning, and
Minister for Redfern Waterloo—
(1) How long has the Moree Plains Shire Council been engaged in the Local Environmental Planning
process?
(2) How many times has the LEP been submitted to the Department of Planning for approval?
(3) Why has the process taken so long?
(4) What timeframe is expected for the release of the Moree Plains Shire LEP?
Answer—
(1) The Department of Planning received formal notification from Moree Plains Shire Council on 22
November 2005 of its resolution to prepare a new Comprehensive LEP for the Local Government Area.
(2) and (3) Moree Plains Shire Council has submitted the Draft Comprehensive LEP to the Department
once. It was submitted in March 2009, but it was returned as it did not satisfy the Standard Instrument
(LEP) Order, and Council's Growth Management Strategy which is meant to underpin and inform the
LEP had not been completed.
(4) It is anticipated that Council will resubmit the draft Plan to the Department before the end of 2009
seeking approval for its public exhibition. It is hoped that the LEP will be on public exhibition before the
end of 2009, or early 2010, depending upon when a suitable draft Plan is submitted by Council.
*7456 WIND FARM PRECINCTS—Mr Kevin Humphries asked the Deputy Premier, Minister for Climate
Change and the Environment, and Minister for Commerce—
(1) What are the proposed "wind farm precincts" and what are the designated areas across the State?
(2) Is Coolah district a nominated area?
Answer—
(1) and (2) Six Renewable Energy Precincts are being established across NSW in areas with strong wind
resources. These include: New England Tablelands; Upper Hunter; Central Tablelands; NSW⁄ACT
border areas; South Coast; and Cooma⁄Monaro.
The objective of the precincts is to provide help to local leaders and the community to maximise the
economic opportunities of wind power, and to ensure development is appropriately located and
designed.
The Coolah district is located in the Upper Hunter Wind Precinct.
*7457 BREACHES OF AVOS—Mr Malcolm Kerr asked the Minister for Transport, and Minister for the
Illawarra representing the Attorney General, Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for Health,
Minister for the Central Coast, Vice President of the Executive Council—
In relation to AVOs in the Miranda Local Area Command, how many AVOs were breached in the
following periods:
(a) 2007;
(b) 2008;
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