Senator Stott Despoja to move on the next day of sitting:

That the Senate—

(a)

notes:

(i)

that 19 June 2006 is Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s 61st birthday,

(ii)

that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has spent more than 10 years in detention and that on 27 May 2006 her house arrest was extended by the Burmese military junta for another year, and on her 61st birthday she is no closer to freedom,

(iii)

the continued suffering of the Burmese people at the hands of the Burmese military regime, and

(iv)

that so long as Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s house arrest continues, Burma’s development toward democracy will remain critically constrained; and

(b)

urges the Government to maintain pressure on the regime.

Senator Bob Brown to move on the next day of sitting:

That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to abolish the power of the Commonwealth executive government to disallow any Act of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian Capital Territory, and for related purposes. Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Amendment (Disallowance Power of Governor-General) Bill 2006.