Roger Price (Chifley, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

by leave—I present the report of the recommendations of the whips relating to committee and delegation reports and private members’ business on Monday, 15 June 2009. Copies of the report have been placed on the table.

The report read as follows—

Pursuant to standing order 41A, the Whips recommend the following items of committee and delegation reports and private Members’ business for Monday, 15 June2009. The order of precedence and allotments of time for items in the Main Committee and Chamber are as follows:

Items recommended for Main Committee (6.55 to 8.30 pm)

PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS

Notices

1 DR STONE: To move—

That the House:

(1)

notes that under section 417 of the Migration Act 1958, the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship may intervene personally making decisions in relation to individuals;

(2)

encourages the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship to urgently resolve his ambivalence about using these ministerial powers of intervention, given the consequences for individuals and families whose urgent requests for intervention remain unresolved, in some cases for nearly a year; and

(3)

requests that the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship responds to the report he commissioned analysing the use of ministerial powers (the Elizabeth Proust Report) which has been with him since 29 January 2008.

Time allotted—20 minutes.

Speech time limits—

Dr Stone—5 minutes.

First Government Member speaking—5 minutes.

Other Member—5 minutes each.

[Minimum number of proposed Members speaking = 4 x 5 mins]

The Whips recommend that consideration of this should continue on a future day.

2 MR SCOTT: To move—

That the House:

(1)

notes that the report of the Beale review of Australia’s quarantine and biosecurity arrangements, One Biosecurity: a working partnership, includes recommendation 59 relating to the importation, subject to strict conditions, of the live foot and mouth virus for use in research;

(2)

recognises that the risks associated with such importation far outweigh the possible benefits of research; and

(3)

calls on the:

(a)

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry to unequivocally and indefinitely reject recommendation 59 of the ‘Beale Report’; and

(b)

Government to indefinitely and wholly prohibit the introduction of any live culture sample of foot and mouth disease for research or any other purpose.

Time allotted—40 minutes.

Speech time limits—

Mr Scott—10 minutes.

First Government Member speaking—10 minutes.

Other Member—5 minutes each.

[Minimum number of proposed Members speaking = 2 x 10 plus 4 x 5 mins]

The Whips recommend that consideration of this should continue on a future day.

3 MR NEUMANN: To move—

That the House:

(1)

notes the Federal Government’s ‘Saving Lives in the Water’ measure announced in the 2008 09 Budget and the priorities identified in the Australian Water Safety Strategy 2008 2011;

(2)

calls on the Federal Government to:

(a)

create and implement an annual National Drowning and Prevention, Awareness and Memorial Day;

(b)

provide assistance to schools and other education facilities so they are fully resourced to provide Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and First Aid training, and better able to educate students on water safety;

(c)

establish a national code for pool compliance, legislating that all pool owners be trained, certified and up to date in CPR as part of their pool compliance;

(d)

devise and support programs to teach water safety to children and toddlers; and

(e)

implement a national rural and regional swimming program to better equip parents, carers and children in isolated communities.

Time allotted—remaining private Members’ business time prior to 8.30pm

Speech time limits—

Mr Neumann—5 minutes.

First Opposition Member speaking—5 minutes.

Other Member—5 minutes each.

[Minimum number of proposed Members speaking = 7 x 5 mins]

The Whips recommend that consideration of this should continue on a future day.

Items recommended for House of Representatives Chamber (8.40 to 9.30 pm)

COMMITTEE AND DELEGATION REPORTS

Presentation and statements

1 Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security

Review of the re-listing of Ansar al-Islam, AAA, IAA, IMU, JeM and LeJ as terrorist organizations.

The Whips recommend that statements on the report may be made—all statements to conclude by 8.50 pm

Speech time limits—

Mr Bevis (Chair)—5 minutes

Opposition Member—5 minutes

[Minimum number of proposed Members speaking =2 x 5 mins]

2 Joint Standing Committee on Treaties

Report 101: Treaties tabled on 3 February 2009.

The Whips recommend that statements on the report may be made—all statements to conclude by 8.55 pm

Speech time limits—

Mr K. Thomson (Chair)—5 minutes

[Minimum number of proposed Members speaking =1 x 5 mins]

3 Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs

Disability access standards.

The Whips recommend that statements on the report may be made—all statements to conclude by 9.05 pm

Speech time limits—

Mr Dreyfus (Chair)—5 minutes

Opposition Member – 5 minutes

[Minimum number of proposed Members speaking =2 x 5 mins]

PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS

Notices

1 MS RISHWORTH: To move—

That the House:

(1)

recognises the importance of sound urban planning for the long term future of our towns and cities;

(2)

acknowledges that:

(a)

planning new communities and regenerating older communities must maximise the ‘liveability’ of these communities;

(b)

local planning should ensure that:

(i)

local employment is available close to the local communities;

(ii)

transport options are well connected and integrated, including the availability of public transport and bike paths to reduce car dependency and promote healthy alternatives such as walking and cycling;

(iii)

housing and local infrastructure are designed to minimise the environmental footprint, including options to promote water and energy conservation;

(iv)

community services are available; and

(v)

local infrastructure facilitates a sense of community and place; and

(c)

urban planing of our communities must maximise the social, economic and environmental outcomes for local residents; and

(3)

urges all levels of government, industry, associated professions and the community to work together to ensure that we have healthy, happy, safe and sustainable communities.

Time allotted—remaining private Members’ business time prior to 9.30pm

Speech time limits—

Ms Rishworth—5 minutes.

First Opposition Member speaking—5 minutes.

[Minimum number of proposed Members speaking = 5 x 5 mins]

The Whips recommend that consideration of this should continue on a future day.

Report adopted.