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

I present the revised report of the whips relating to the consideration of committee and delegation reports and private members’ business on Monday, 19 October 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, 19 October 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

Order of the day

1 CLEAN ENERGY SECURITY BILL 2009—Second reading (14 September 2009).

The Whips recommend all speeches to conclude by 7.05 pm.

Speech time limits—

Mr Tuckey—5 minutes.

Other Member—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.

Notices

1 MR RANDALL: To move:

That the House:

(1)

notes that in 2007, the Coalition Government initiated the National Schools Chaplaincy Program (NSCP);

(2)

acknowledges the important role of school chaplains in supporting the personal, spiritual and emotional wellbeing of students at schools throughout Australia;

(3)

recognises that school chaplains provide essential services to students of all ages, staff and the wider school community, assisting them resolve emotional, social and everyday issues and build relationships;

(4)

notes that the Government’s failure to renew existing contracts awarded under the NSCP will impact student welfare, personal and academic development and place additional pressure on school resources; and

(5)

calls on the Government to:

(a)

extend the NSCP beyond the life of the existing contracts due to expire in 2010;

(b)

support an extension of the program to make chaplains available to more schools; and

(c)

acknowledge that failing to renew funding for this widely accessed service will disadvantage students.

Time allotted—30 minutes.

Speech time limits—

Mr Randall—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 MR RIPOLL: To move:

That the House:

(1)

notes that:

(a)

a comprehensive and accessible rail transport system is an important link in the Australian transport chain that joins communities and strengthens industry; and

(b)

the Australian Government has invested an unprecedented $26.4 billion investment in road and rail infrastructure through the Nation Building Program over the six year period from 2008 09 to 2013 14; and

(2)

supports:

(a)

the Australian Government’s budget announcement of more than $25 billion for key road, rail and port projects;

(b)

fiscal strategies and major infrastructure projects that aim to create jobs and boost long term productivity; and

(c)

the continued encouragement of private involvement in delivering new infrastructure.

Time allotted—30 minutes.

Speech time limits—

Mr Ripoll—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.

3 MRS MOYLAN: To move:

That the House:

(1)

notes that:

(a)

substantial changes to air flight paths were made by Airservices Australia in November 2008 in relation to Perth Airport;.

(b)

Airservices Australia is a corporation which receives income from airlines and other corporate clients, and that it has control over the location of and changes to flight paths;

(c)

although the Perth Airport Noise Management Committee was advised that a Western Australian Air Route Review had commenced, the committee members were not advised of the commencement of the changes or the selection of the final flight paths;

(d)

Airservices Australia stated that the rationale for the changes to flight paths related to the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) Safety Review and were required due to the need to ‘maintain safety, reduce complexity and cope with the rapid and predicted continued increase in air traffic.’;

(e)

Perth Airport has already exceeded traffic levels not expected until 2015;

(f)

prior to the changes, the CASA Safety Review and the noise impact statements were not made available to the committee;

(g)

there is no evidence of an open, accountable and effective public consultation process by Airservices Australia prior to the changes occurring; and

(h)

there has been:

(i)

a high level of public disquiet about the changes that have been made and the lack of public consultation; and

(ii)

no revision of the Noise Abatement Procedures since 2004; and

(2)

calls on the Government to:

(a)

examine whether there is a conflict of interest in Airservices Australia’s roles that may impact on the public;

(b)

implement an inquiry into the legislative arrangements governing airports with particular reference to the establishment of an open and accountable public consultation process before changes are made to aircraft flight paths;

(c)

establish a nationally consistent approach to the management of increased air traffic and changes to air flight paths with reference to noise abatement issues; and

(d)

consider appointing an Airport Ombudsman to provide an independent agency to examine public grievances in the management of changes to airport operations and their effect on the public.

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

Mrs Moylan—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 PROCEDURE COMMITTEE

The display of articles – An examination of the practices of the House of Representatives.

The Whips recommend that statements on the report may be made—statements to conclude by 8.45 pm

Speech time limits—

Ms Owens (Chair)—5 minutes

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

PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS

Orders of the day

1 GEOTHERMAL AND OTHER RENEWABLE ENERGY (EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES) AMENDMENT BILL 2009—Second reading (14 September 2009).

The Whips recommend all speeches to conclude by 8.55 pm

Speech time limits—

Mrs B. K. Bishop—5 minutes.

Other Member—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.

Notices

1 MS OWENS: To move—That the House welcomes the news of recent progress toward the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), in particular:

(1)

recognises there has been a substantial decline in the proportion of people living on less than US$1 dollar a day and a substantial increase in the proportion of people with access to clean water;

(2)

acknowledges that despite some progress, a number of MDGs are off track and that a business as usual approach will mean the MDGs will not be met globally by 2015;

(3)

notes its concern that in a world of plenty there are still unacceptably high child and maternal mortality rates in the developing world;

(4)

recognises that progress toward the MDGs is being hampered by the global financial crisis, the global food crisis and the global effects of climate change;

(5)

welcomes Australia’s progress on developing a global partnership for development while recognising that our progress falls short of the aspirations we expressed when joining with the nations of the world to set the MDGs; and

(6)

acknowledges Australia needs to turn its aspirations into actions that draw us closer to achieving the MDGs by 2015.

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

Ms Owen—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.

The Hon L R S Price

Chief Government Whip

17 September 2009

I move:

That the report be adopted in lieu of the report presented on 16 September 2009

Question agreed to.