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

I present the report of the recommendations of the whips relating to the consideration of committee and delegation reports and private members’ business on Monday, 23 November 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, 23 November 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

Notices

1 MR CIOBO: To present a bill for an act to change the administrative procedures for the Producer Offset, and for related purposes. (Tax Laws Amendment (Improving the Producer Offset) Bill 2009)

Time allotted—5 minutes.

Speech time limits—

Mr Ciobo—5 minutes.

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

2 MRS MIRABELLA: To move—

That the House:

(1)

recognises that Wednesday 25 November 2009 is the International Day for the elimination of Violence against Women, the symbol of which has become the White Ribbon;

(2)

applauds the work done by the White Ribbon Foundation of Australia to raise awareness amongst all Australians of the fact that many women and their children live with violence, or the threat of violence every day of their lives;

(3)

notes that approximately 350,000 women will experience some form of physical violence and 125,000 women will experience sexual violence each year;

(4)

encourages all Australians to speak out against all forms of violence and when necessary take action against violence that may be occurring within their community;

(5)

notes that violence against women costs the Australian people $13.6 billion annually;

(6)

notes that the Rudd Government has squandered $16.2 billion on the Deputy Prime Minister’s Building the Education Revolution program while committing less than one third of a per cent of that amount ($55.2 million) to address this insidious problem; and

(7)

condemns the Government for failing to commit any new money in response to the Time for Action Report while rebadging initiatives which were funded under the previous Coalition Government’s Women’s Safety Agenda.

Time allotted—20 minutes.

Speech time limits—

Mrs Mirabella—5 minutes.

Other Member—5 minutes each.

[Minimum number of proposed Members speaking = 4 x 5 mins]

The Whips recommend that consideration of this should continue on a future day.

3 MS REA: To move—

That the House:

(1)

applauds the Government’s increase of total health funding in the foreign aid budget and an increase in spending to maternal, newborn and child health, which is much needed when in our region, including South Asia, 200,000 mothers and 3.2 million children are dying every year from preventable causes;

(2)

notes that:

(a)

Australia still requires an increase in total health funding in the foreign aid budget to progress toward the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 4 and 5 by 2015;

(b)

Millennium Development Goal 4 to reduce child mortality by two thirds and MDG 5 to reduce maternal mortality by three quarters have made the slowest progress of all MDGs and are off track to being achieved by 2015;

(c)

Millennium Development Goal 5 has made virtually no progress globally and has reversed in most of sub Saharan Africa in the last 20 years—it is the only MDG not making progress of any significance;

(d)

the health MDGs are achievable but require increased effort and greater cooperation from all developing and developed countries; and

(e)

evidence indicates that successful proven, cost effective strategies exist that can reduce child deaths by at least 60 per cent and maternal deaths by 75 per cent, which would save the lives of 240,000 children and 26,000 mothers in our immediate region each year;

(3)

acknowledges the importance of the Australian Government increasing its support for health systems in the Asia Pacific region and in Africa (though coordinated mechanisms including the International Health Partnership) to ensure that adequate, coordinated, long term and predictable donor resources are available to support effective basic and reproductive health plans and systems in each developing country in our region; and

(4)

recognises that:

(a)

greater focus must be placed on training health professionals and midwives to ensure significant reductions in newborn, child and maternal mortality;

(b)

system strengthening must also be ensured to provide incentives for staff to be retained in countries and areas of need; and

(c)

an increase in Australian support for maternal and child health related spending is required to support the provision of basic health services and strengthened health systems; and that this will demonstrate Australia’s leadership and commitment to ending the preventable deaths of children and mothers globally.

Time allotted—20 minutes.

Speech time limits—

Ms Rea—5 minutes.

Other Member—5 minutes each.

[Minimum number of proposed Members speaking = 4 x 5 mins]

The Whips recommend that consideration of this should continue on a future day.

Orders of the day

1 ASSISTING THE VICTIMS OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM BILL 2009—Second reading (16 November 2009).

The Whips recommend all speeches to conclude by 8 pm.

Speech time limits—

Mr Abbott—10 minutes.

Other Member—10 minutes.

[Minimum number of proposed Members speaking = 2 x 10 mins]

The Whips recommend that consideration of this should continue on a future day.

Notices—continued

4 MR OAKESHOTT: To move—

That the House:

(1)

recognises that Wednesday 25 November 2009 is the International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women which is symbolised by the wearing of a White Ribbon;

(2)

calls on all men to actively participate in White Ribbon Day and speak out against violence against women;

(3)

recognises and applauds the recent work of the Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (AFPPD), to which the Australian Parliamentary Group on Population and Development is a member, for the establishment of the AFPPD Standing Committee of Male Parliamentarians on Prevention of Violence against Women and Girls on 7 September 2009;

(4)

acknowledges that the establishment of the AFPPD Committee is a significant step in bringing together male parliamentarians from across Asia as role models and outspoken activists for the prevention and elimination of violence against women and girls;

(5)

notes that one in three Australian women will experience physical or sexual violence in her lifetime; and

(6)

acknowledges that gender based violence costs the Australian economy over $15.1 billion each year, including health, work absenteeism, police and court related costs.

Time allotted—10 minutes.

Speech time limits—

Mr Oakeshott—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.

5 MR GEORGANAS: To move—

That the House:

(1)

notes the tragic loss of life to suicide which has taken an average of approximately 14 persons per 100,000 in Australia through most of the twentieth century—three quarters being male—and a disproportionately large number being in rural and regional areas;

(2)

notes the establishment of RU OK?, an important national initiative to raise awareness about suicide rates, the impact of suicide on our society, and how we can all help to prevent suicide by connecting with each other;

(3)

recognises and supports the inaugural RU OK? Day on 29 November 2009 that will bring Australians together to prevent suicide and raise the profile of organisations providing support for those affected by, or at risk of, suicide;

(4)

acknowledges that sector research shows that people at risk are helped by talking about their problems—that a single conversation could change a life; and

(5)

works to inspire and encourage all Australians to connect with friends and loved ones to prevent small problems from becoming big ones, by reaching out to anyone doing it tough and asking them ‘Are you OK?’.

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

Speech time limits—

Mr Georganas—5 minutes.

Other Members—5 minute each.

[Minimum number of proposed Members speaking = 4 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 PARLIAMENTARY JOINT COMMITTEE ON CORPORATIONS AND FINANCIAL SERVICES

Report on an inquiry into financial products and services in Australia.

The Whips recommend that statements on the report may be made—statement to conclude by 8.50 pm

Speech time limits—

Mr Ripoll (Chair)—5 minutes

Other Member—5 minutes

[Minimum number of proposed Members speaking = 2 x 5 mins]

2 STANDING COMMITTEE ON INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT, REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Report on the inquiry into the impact of the global financial crisis on regional Australia.

The Whips recommend that statements on the report may be made—all statements to conclude by 9 pm

Speech time limits—

Ms King (Chair)—5 minutes

Other Member—5 minutes

[Minimum number of proposed Members speaking = 2 x 5 mins]

3 STANDING COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND AGEING

Treating impotence. Roundtable forum on impotence medications in Australia.

The Whips recommend that statements on the report may be made—all statements to conclude by 9.10 pm

Speech time limits—

Mr Georganas (Chair)—5 minutes

Other Member—5 minutes

[Minimum number of proposed Members speaking = 2 x 5 mins]

4 STANDING COMMITTEE ON EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE RELATIONS

Making it Fair: Pay equity and associated issues related to increasing female participation in the workforce.

The Whips recommend that statements on the report may be made—statement to conclude by 9.20 pm

Speech time limits—

Ms Jackson (Chair)—5 minutes

Other Member—5 minutes

[Minimum number of proposed Members speaking = 2 x 5 mins]

5 STANDING COMMITTEE ON INDUSTRY, SCIENCE AND INNOVATION

Report on the inquiry into meteorological forecasting.

The Whips recommend that statements on the report may be made—remaining Committee and delegation reports time prior to 9.30 pm

Speech time limits—

Ms Vamvakinou(Chair)—5 minutes

Other Member—5 minutes

[Minimum number of proposed Members speaking = 2 x 5 mins]

Report adopted.

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