Dana Wortley (SA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

On behalf of the Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances, I give notice that 15 sitting days after today I shall move:

That the Aviation Transport Security Amendment Regulations 2009 (No. 1), as contained in Select Legislative Instrument 2009 No. 24 and made under the Aviation Transport Security Act 2004, be disallowed. [F2009L00695]

I seek leave to incorporate in Hansard a short summary of the matter raised by the committee.

Leave granted.

The summary read as follows—

Aviation Transport Security Amendment Regulations 2009 (No. 1), Select Legislative Instrument 2009 No. 24

These Amendment Regulations amend provisions in the principal Regulations to restrict the class of persons who are allowed to enter and remain in the cockpit of an aircraft fitted with a cockpit door, during flight and clarify cockpit offences on aircraft. The Committee has written to the Minister seeking further information on the consultation undertaken during the development of these Regulations.

Senator Abetz to move on the next day of sitting:

That the Senate—

(a)

notes:

(i)

the bipartisan commitment to an unconditional reduction in CO emissions of 5 per cent from 2000 levels by 2020, and a reduction of up to 25 per cent in the event of a comprehensive global agreement,

(ii)

the importance of ensuring that the Obama Administration’s intentions on an emissions trading scheme are clarified before Australia implements any emissions trading scheme including the Government’s proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS), and

(iii)

the importance of awaiting the outcomes of the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in relation to targets before any scheme is legislated in Australia;

(b)

calls on the Government to refer the proposed CPRS to the Productivity Commission so that it may conduct a 6-month review, and make public its findings, before the legislation is finalised to:

(i)

assess the national, regional and industry sectoral impact of the CPRS in light of the global financial crisis,

(ii)

assess the economic impact of the CPRS in light of other countries either not imposing a price on carbon comparable to that proposed in Australia or imposing such a price after different assumed periods of delay, and

(iii)

conceptually and empirically examine the relative costs and benefits (including emissions reductions) of the key alternative scheme designs against the CPRS; and

(c)

therefore, calls on the Government to defer further consideration of the following bills until after the conclusion of the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen:

Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009

Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009

Australian Climate Change Regulatory Authority Bill 2009

Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges—Customs) Bill 2009

Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges—Excise) Bill 2009

Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges—General) Bill 2009

Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) Bill 2009

Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009

Excise Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill 2009

Customs Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill 2009

Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Amendment (Household Assistance) Bill 2009

or any other related bill or bills to implement the proposed CPRS.

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

That the Government furnish the Senate with a considered response to reports in The Age that firms associated with the Reserve Bank of Australia may have been involved in corrupt practices by 25 June 2009.

Senator Fielding to move on the next day of sitting:

That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to amend the Banking Act 1959 to keep banks accountable in setting mortgage interest rates, and for related purposes. Banking Amendment (Keeping Banks Accountable) Bill 2009.

Senator Hanson-Young to move on the next day of sitting:

That the Senate—

(a)

supports the call by the Deputy Prime Minister (Ms Gillard) on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation program Lateline, 16 June 2009, to support:

(i)

a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict, and

(ii)

a halt to Israel’s settlement activity in contested areas; and

(b)

calls on the Australian Government to endorse the speech by the United States President, Mr Barack Obama, given in Cairo on 4 June 2009, specifically:

(i)

rejecting the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements, and

(ii)

affirming that continued Israeli settlements in contested areas violate previous agreements and undermine efforts to achieve peace.