Ms Catherine King (Ballarat, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Treasury) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to move:

That this House:

(1)

acknowledges that the Millennium Development Goals are an important part of the global fight against poverty;

(2)

acknowledges that the Millennium Development Goals require Australia to make an increased contribution to the eradication of poverty, particularly in our region, which consistently ranks among the poorest in the world across the measures used by the Millennium Development Goals; and

(3)

notes:

(a)

Australia has committed to increasing its foreign aid budget to being 0.7% of GNI in 2015 in line with the UN Millennium Development Goals;

(b)

the Government will need to increase foreign aid allocated to future budgets in order to achieve the target 0.7% of GNI by 2015;and

(c)

debt relief for developing nations provides opportunities that are beneficial for the global community in allowing debt repayment funds to be re-allocated towards infrastructure development, food, health care and education funding. (Notice given 19 June 2006.)

Kim Beazley (Brand, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to move:

That this House:

(1)

notes that the Prime Minister has not made any contribution to the 20 Matters of Public Importance and Censure debates on the subject of industrial relations moved in the House of Representatives since October 2005;

(2)

notes that the Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal Pell, has expressed dislike for the Howard Government’s extreme industrial relations laws because they could be used to force down minimum wages;

(3)

notes that Cardinal Pell has described public debates such as the one on the Howard Government’s extreme industrial relations laws proposed by the Leader of the Opposition as always, always useful; and

(4)

calls on the Prime Minister to agree to a full and open public debate on the impact of his extreme industrial relations laws on the lives of working men and women and their families. (Notice given 19 June 2006.)

Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to move:

That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended to enable the following to occur during the periods set aside in standing order 34 for government business on Tuesday 20 June 2006:

(1)

in relation to proceedings on the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Bill 2006 at the conclusion of the second reading debate, not including a Minister speaking in reply, or at 6pm, whichever is the earlier, a Minister to be called to sum up (for a period not exceeding 5 minutes) the second reading debate and thereafter, without delay, the immediate question before the House to be put, then any question or questions necessary to complete the remaining stages of the Bill to be put without amendment or debate and any Government amendments that have been circulated for at least two hours shall be treated as if they have been moved together; and

(2)

in relation to proceedings on the Broadcasting Services Amendment (Subscription Television Drama and Community Broadcasting Licences) Bill 2006 at the conclusion of second reading debate, not including a Minister speaking in reply, or at 8.30pm, whichever is the earlier, a Minister to be called to sum up (for a period not exceeding 5 minutes) the second reading debate and thereafter, without delay, the immediate question before the House to be put, then any question or questions necessary to complete the remaining stages of the Bill to be put without amendment or debate; and

(3)

any variation to this arrangement to be made only by a motion moved by a Minister.