House debates Notices

Tuesday, 15 September 2009 House of Representatives

The following notices were given:

Julia Gillard

Julia Gillard Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Prime Minister

to present a Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to long service leave, and for related purposes.

Robert McClelland

Robert McClelland Barton, Australian Labor Party, Attorney-General

to present a Bill for an Act to amend various Acts relating to the enforcement of the criminal law, and for other purposes.

to present a Bill for an Act to amend the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979, and for related purposes.

Kate Ellis

Kate Ellis Adelaide, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare and Youth

to present a Bill for an Act to amend the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Act 2006, and for related purposes.

Jenny Macklin

Jenny Macklin Jagajaga, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

to present a Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to family assistance, and for related purposes.

Brendan O'Connor

Brendan O'Connor Gorton, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Home Affairs

to present a Bill for an Act to amend the Customs Act 1901, and for related purposes.

Jamie Briggs

Jamie Briggs Mayo, Liberal Party

to move:

That the House:

(1)
notes that:
(a)
the young people detained in the Megill Youth Training Centre in South Australia are being held in degrading conditions; and
(b)
in the assessment of Australia’s United Nations Youth Representative, Mr Chris Varney, this represents a breach of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of a Child;
(2)
recognises that:
(a)
in 2006, the South Australian Labor Government acknowledged that the centre was in need of replacement as it breached modern building codes and occupational health and safety requirements; and
(b)
the South Australian Government is yet to keep its election promise; and
(3)
calls on the Federal Youth Minister to intervene in this urgent matter and ensure that a new centre is built as promised by the South Australian Labor Government.

Greg Hunt

Greg Hunt Flinders, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Environment and Water

to move:

That the inclusion of ecological communities in the list of threatened ecological communities (Lowland Native Grasslands of Tasmania), made on 18 June 2009 under section 181 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, be disallowed.