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

I present the report of the recommendations of the whips relating to committee and delegation reports and private members’ business on Monday, 15 March 2010. 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, 15 March 2010. 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 LINDSAY: To move:

That the House:

(1)

recognises that Queensland teachers are dedicated educators who do their very best with limited resources and facilities provided by Education Queensland;

(2)

notes that the Queensland Minister for Education appears to be ignoring the concerns of teachers and parents in relation to staffing numbers and still uses 100-year-old buildings with facilities to match;

(3)

worries about the impact on students of classroom overcrowding, third world facilities, the ever increasing workload on our teachers, schools having to employ prisoners as groundsmen and the staff model used to allocate teaching positions to schools;

(4)

condemns the Queensland government over its continuing education budget cuts and apparent inaction over teacher concerns in relation to taking on the additional roles of parent, social worker, policeman, cleaner and information technology technician;

(5)

questions if the Queensland government can be serious about education noting its continuing comparison of private/public schools which have different teacher-to-student, budget-to-student and computer-to-student ratios; and

(6)

calls on the Queensland education minister to listen to teachers and accept their advice and counsel.

Time allotted—20 minutes.

Speech time limits—

Mr Lindsay—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.

2 MS PARKE: To move:

That the House:

(1)

recognises that International Women’s Day was celebrated on 8 March 2010;

(2)

notes that:

(a)

the Australian government is committed to the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which are the agreed targets set by the world’s nations to reduce poverty by 2015;

(b)

Australia’s closest neighbour, Papua New Guinea (PNG), is currently off track to meet any of the MDGs by 2015;

(c)

the maternal mortality rate in PNG is extremely high, having doubled since 1996, with a woman in PNG being 242 times more likely to die from pregnancy or childbirth related complications than an Australian woman;

(d)

there is a clear correlation between the high rate of maternal mortality and the high rate of child mortality in PNG;

(e)

the high maternal and child mortality rates in PNG are a reflection of the failure of access to, and the delivery of, quality health services over the last 15 years;

(f)

the challenges of reducing maternal and child mortality in PNG are many, including difficult terrain and weather conditions, fragile health systems, limited human resources, weak financial governance and management, and poor service delivery in many rural areas;

(3)

recognises that, despite these challenges, progress is being made by organisations like UNICEF working closely with the PNG Government, AusAID and other key development partners;

(4)

recognises that strengthening health systems and improving human resources for maternal and child health in PNG and the rest of the Asia Pacific are critical if the MDGs for maternal and child health are to be achieved;

(5)

acknowledges the Australian government’s concern about maternal mortality rates in PNG and its increased commitments towards PNG achieving MDGs 4 and 5; and

(6)

recommends that the Australian government support the PNG government to implement, as a matter of urgency, the recommendations outlined by the PNG National Department of Health’s Ministerial Taskforce on Maternal Health, including:

(a)

securing investments to achieve the ambitious but necessary targets required to turn around the current status of maternal health in PNG;

(b)

implementation of universal free primary education as a successful intervention to address maternal mortality in PNG;

(c)

urgent and sustained efforts to address the well-defined system’s problems in the health sector in PNG;

(d)

strengthening of access and coverage of quality voluntary family planning service provision for all Papua New Guineans as a primary intervention;

(e)

access for every woman in PNG to supervised delivery by a trained health care provider by 2030; and

(f)

access for all women in PNG to comprehensive obstetric care and quality emergency obstetric care if required.

Time allotted—40 minutes.

Speech time limits—

Ms Parke—10 minutes.

Next Member—10 minutes.

Other Member—5 minutes each.

[Minimum number of proposed Members speaking = 2 x 10 mins + 4 x 5 mins]

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

3 MRS HULL: To move:

That the House:

(1)

notes that:

(a)

many ageing parents and carers of disabled children are in:

(i)

crisis, or face crisis due to the lack of accommodation for their disabled children; and

(ii)

need of aged care accommodation for themselves;

(b)

ageing parents of a child with a lifelong disability are commonly required to provide care for the duration of the child’s life—in many cases over 50 years of care responsibility without a break;

(c)

due to limited available accommodation options for disabled people, many aged carers of disabled people are significantly disadvantaged;

(d)

there is an urgent need to assist ageing parents and carers of disabled children with accessing longer term accommodation options for their children;

(e)

families unable to provide financially for the future care of their child with a disability not be disadvantaged by their lack of financial capacity; and

(f)

in October 2005 the then Prime Minister the Hon. John Howard announced a $200 million package to assist parents establish private trusts for the future care of their disabled children;

(2)

calls on the government to advise the House on the action taken to progress the establishment of these private trusts; and

(3)

calls on the state, territory and federal governments to work together to urgently resolve these accommodation and care crises.

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

Speech time limits—

Mrs Hull—5 minutes.

Other Member—5 minutes.

[Minimum number of proposed Members speaking = 7 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 STANDING COMMITTEE ON PRIMARY INDUSTRIES AND RESOURCES

Impacts of climate change on Australian Farmers.

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

Speech time limits—

Mr Adams (Chair)—5 minutes.

Other Member—5 minutes.

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

2 JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON TREATIES

Report 110: Treaties tabled on 18, 25 (2) and 26 November 2009 and 2 (2) February 2010.

The Whips recommend that statements on the report may be made—all statements to conclude by 8.55 pm

Speech time limits—

Mr K. J. Thomson (Chair)—10 minutes.

[Minimum number of proposed Members speaking = 1 x 10 mins]

PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS

Notices

1 MR HARTSUYKER: To present a bill for an act to provide for the consideration of matters of public health and safety in the operation of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Act 1999, and for related purposes. (Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Public Health and Safety) Bill 2010)

Presenter may speak for a period not exceeding 5 minutes—pursuant to standing order 41.

2 MS JACKSON: To present a bill for an act to establish an Airport Development Ombudsman, and for related purposes. (Airport Development Ombudsman Bill 2010)

Presenter may speak for a period not exceeding 5 minutes—pursuant to standing order 41.

3 MR OAKESHOTT: To present a bill for an act to protect consumers against the risk of bovine spongiform encephalopathy being present in imported meat. (Imported Food Control Amendment (Bovine Meat) Bill 2010).

Presenter may speak for a period not exceeding 5 minutes—pursuant to standing order 41.

4 MR BRADBURY: To move:

That the House:

(1)

takes note of the 50th anniversary of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA);

(2)

recognises the important role of the RBA in Australia’s economic policy direction; and

(3)

reaffirms its support for the independence of the RBA.

The Whips recommend all speeches to conclude by 9.30 pm

Speech time limits—

Mr Bradbury—5 minutes.

Other Members—5 minutes each.

[Minimum number of proposed Members speaking = 3 x 5 mins]

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

Report adopted.

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