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

I present the report of the recommendations of the whips relating to committee and delegation reports and private members’ business on Monday, 14 September 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, 14 September 2009. 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 MS HALL: To move—

That the House:

(1)

notes that:

(a)

National Stroke Awareness Week is 14 to 20 September 2009;

(b)

60,000 people in Australia will suffer a stroke this year;

(c)

stroke is the second most prevalent cause of death, and leading cause of disability, in Australia;

(d)

one in seven people will suffer a stroke in their lifetime;

(e)

twenty per cent of all strokes occur in people under fifty years of age;

(f)

stroke costs Australia $2.14 billion a year, and is preventable; and

(g)

education plays an important role in reducing the occurrence of stroke; and

(2)

acknowledges the:

(a)

role played by the families and carers of stroke victims; and

(b)

National Stroke Foundation’s launch of its new Face, Arms, Speech, Time Campaign.

Time allotted—30 minutes.

Speech time limits—

Ms Hall—5 minutes.

First Opposition Member speaking—5 minutes.

Other Member—5 minutes each.

[Minimum number of proposed Members speaking = 6 x 5 mins]

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

2 DR STONE: To move—

That the House:

(1)

recognises the crisis now facing the dairy industry supplying export markets, as they are forced to take prices close to or below the costs of production; and

(2)

calls on the Government to:

(a)

provide the immediate assistance needed to ensure these dairy farmers are not forced to sell their herds or their water, destroying the prospects for recovery of this industry when export markets recover; and

(b)

remember how swiftly it responded to the crisis in Australia’s automotive and retail sectors, as it considers support of the multi-billion dollar dairy export sector which employs some 30,000 workers.

Time allotted—40 minutes.

Speech time limits—

Dr Stone—10 minutes.

First Government Member speaking—10 minutes.

Other Member—5 minutes each.

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

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

3 MR CHAMPION: To move—

That the House:

(1)

notes with concern that the incidence of problem gambling has increased since the introduction of electronic gaming machines in communities around Australia, particularly due to the design and structural features of the electronic gaming machines;

(2)

recognises that the current legislation and regulation of electronic gaming machines do not provide adequate protection to consumers;

(3)

notes with deep concern that the availability of treatment services for problem gamblers is inadequate;

(4)

acknowledges that problem gambling associated with the use of electronic gaming machines causes financial and emotional damage to individual gamblers and their families; and

(5)

calls upon State governments and the gambling industry to work together to limit the harm caused to problem gamblers from electronic gaming machines.

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

Speech time limits—

Mr Champion—5 minutes.

First Opposition Member speaking—5 minutes.

Other Member—5 minutes each.

[Minimum number of proposed Members speaking = 5 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 CORPORATIONS AND FINANCIAL SERVICES

Statutory oversight of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.

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

Speech time limits—

Mr Ripoll (Chair)—5 minutes

Opposition Member—5 minutes

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

2 JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON TREATIES

Report 105: Treaties tabled 13 May and 25 June 2009.

The Whips recommend that statements on the report may be made—all statements to conclude by 9 pm

Speech time limits—

Mr K. J. Thomson (Chair)—5 minutes

Opposition Member—5 minutes

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

3 AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION TO MALAYSIA, THE PHILIPPINES AND CAMBODIA

Report on the Parliamentary delegation to Malaysia, the Philippines and Cambodia.

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

Speech time limits—

Ms Owens (Delegation Leader)—5 minutes

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

4 AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION TO CANADA AND MEXICO

Report on the Parliamentary delegation to Canada and Mexico.

The Whips recommend that statements on the report may be made—all statements to conclude by 9.10 pm

Speech time limits—

Mr Baldwin (Deputy Delegation Leader)—5 minutes

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

PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS

Notices

1 MRS B. K. BISHOP—To present a bill for an Act to amend the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000 in connection with emerging technologies. (Geothermal and other Renewable Energy (Emerging Technologies) Amendment Bill 2009)

The Whips recommend all speeches to conclude by 9.15 pm

Speech time limits—

Mrs B. K. Bishop—5 minutes.

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

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

2 MR TUCKEY—To present a bill for an Act to amend the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000 and for related purposes. (Clean Energy Security Bill 2009)

The Whips recommend all speeches to conclude by 9.20 pm

Speech time limits—

Mr Tuckey—5 minutes.

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

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

Orders of the Day

1 RENEWABLE ENERGY AMENDMENT (FEED-IN-TARIFF FOR ELECTRICITY) BILL 2009—Second reading (18 August 2009).

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

Speech time limits—

Mr Oakeshott—5 minutes.

First Government Member speaking—5 minutes.

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

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

Report adopted.