Steve Georganas (Hindmarsh, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

to move:

That this House:

(1)

notes the alarming and ongoing increase in fuel prices in Adelaide’s western suburbs and across Australia;

(2)

recognises the severe implications of exorbitant fuel prices for family budgets, and both community groups and the volunteers on whose efforts they depend;

(3)

acknowledges residents’ concerns about reported instances of possible price gouging practices within the petroleum refining and distribution industry; and

(4)

asks the Treasurer to direct the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to formally monitor prices under Part VIIA of the Trade Practices Act 1974. (Notice given 24 May 2006.)

to move:

That this House condemn the Federal Government for:

(1)

failing to adequately fund healthcare in Australia;

(2)

its role in causing the current doctor and nurse shortage in Australia; and

(3)

Failing to adequately address this shortage. (Notice given 24 May 2006.)

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