Dick Adams (Lyons, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

to move:

That this House:

(1)

recognises that the forestry industry is an important part of the Australian economy but is currently in crisis;

(2)

understands that it is necessary to secure the viability of forestry dependent communities and to create well paid, high skilled jobs by value adding to our natural resource;

(3)

supports the process whereby the forestry unions, government, industry, environment and community groups working together will allow a complete restructure of the industry that will determine that any transition is fair and just for workers, their families and communities; and

(4)

calls on the House to ensure that interim payments to those facing hardships because of the transition, and those exiting the industry, can be assisted in a timely manner.

to move:

That this House:

(1)

notes that pensioners have difficulty in keeping up with living costs;

(2)

understands that when there is a Commonwealth pension rise, most of it is taken up by States and Territories lifting housing rents and power costs;

(3)

notes that all low income people are becoming further impoverished by changes to the pensions;

(4)

recommends to the Treasurer to enact legislation so that States and Territories are limited in passing on such rises in full to their instruments; and

(5)

puts into place a more useful poverty measurement than is currently used.

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