Craig Emerson (Rankin, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to move:

That the House:

(1)

notes the scientific evidence linking trans fatty acids to increased concentrations in the blood of low-density lipoprotein (LDL, or ‘bad cholesterol’) and reduced levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL, or ‘good cholesterol’);

(2)

expresses its alarm at the adverse health effects of trans fats used in the cooking of takeaway foods;

(3)

notes international scientific evidence suggesting that reduced intakes of trans fats could reduce the incidence of heart disease by up to 19 percent;

(4)

notes the experience in other countries, which indicates that such fats can largely be replaced by unsaturated fats without increasing the cost or reducing the quality or availability of foods;

(5)

notes that Denmark has regulated maximum levels of trans fats that can be contained in cooking oils;

(6)

urges takeaway food chains to reduce the levels of trans fats in cooking oils to the Danish levels; and

(7)

in the absence of voluntary compliance, considers requesting the relevant authorities to regulate for maximum permissible levels of trans fats in the cooking of takeaway foods. (Notice given 9 October 2006.)

Kerry Bartlett (Macquarie, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to move:

That the House:

(1)

expresses its concern at the tragically high incidence of extreme poverty in the world;

(2)

supports the Australian Government’s commitment to the Millennium Development Goals;

(3)

recognises recent increases in Australia’s commitment to overseas aid; and

(4)

urges continued efforts towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals and the halving of world poverty by 2015. (Notice given 9 October 2006.)

Robert McClelland (Barton, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Defence) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to move:

That the House:

(1)

notes that:

(a)

six of the nine young Australian citizens arrested in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia and charged with drug-related offences on 17 April 2006 have now been sentenced to death by the Indonesian Supreme Court;

(b)

four of those Australian citizens have been sentenced to death by the Indonesian Supreme Court, even though they were sentenced only to terms of imprisonment by lower courts and the prosecution did not seek the imposition of the death penalty at their trial or on appeal;

(c)

the right to life is a fundamental human right recognised in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) and the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights (1966);

(d)

the Australian Parliament passed the Death Penalty Abolition Act 1973, which was assented to by the Governor-General on 18 September 1973;

(e)

Australia is party to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Convention of Civil and Political Rights aiming at the abolition of the death penalty;

(f)

Article 28 A of the Indonesian Constitution recognises the right to life; and

(g)

there may be further extraordinary judicial review proceedings and a constitutional challenge brought in the courts of Indonesia by the six Australian citizens; and

(2)

records:

(a)

its opposition to the imposition of the death penalty on any Australian citizen;

(b)

its abhorrence of all drug-related crime and the importance of international police cooperation in the detection of illicit drug-related crime;

(c)

the importance to Australia of its continuing excellent relationship with our near neighbour, the Republic of Indonesia; and

(d)

its expectation and confidence that all remaining legal process in Indonesia involving the six condemned Australian citizens will be fair and impartial; and

(3)

accordingly requests:

(a)

that the President and the people of Indonesia note and understand Australia’s position strongly opposing the imposition of the death penalty; and

(b)

in the event that the remaining legal process fails, that the President of Indonesia extend clemency to the six young Australians sentenced to death and that he commute their sentences. (Notice given 9 October 2006.)

Michael Hatton (Blaxland, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to move:

That the House:

(1)

deplores the totally inadequate nature of Australia’s current broadband communications infrastructure;

(2)

denounces the Howard Government’s piecemeal dithering with broadband over the past ten years;

(3)

declares that Australia should be a world leader in broadband communications along with the Netherlands and South Korea, rather than one of the last to take up fast broadband; and

(4)

demands a modern, 21^st Century, national broadband communications infrastructure for Australia, as set out in federal Labor’s broadband plan to build a fast network for the whole of Australia. (Notice given 9 October 2006.)

Michael Ferguson (Bass, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to move:

That the House

(1)

notes as unacceptable Australia having eight different, and often inconsistent, sets of school curriculum;

(2)

calls on the Commonwealth to work cooperatively with the State and Territory governments for greater consistency in both school curricula and standards for every Australian school student; and

(3)

supports initiatives which will improve the education standards and accountability of educational authorities across the country, both government and non-government. (Notice given 9 October 2006.)