House debates
Wednesday, 2 November 2011
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum, and explanatory memorandums to the Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011, the Minerals Resource Rent Tax...
- Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. As the Treasurer would say, every Australian knows that the mining boom is delivering tremendous benefits to our nation. But the mining boom...
- Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Amendment Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum, and the explanatory memorandum to the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—General) Bill 2011, the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—Customs)...
- Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Amendment Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill is part of establishing a new way to tax Australia's valuable non-renewable resources. This bill extends the existing petroleum...
- Tax Laws Amendment (Stronger, Fairer, Simpler and Other Measures) Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Shorten. Bill read a first time.
- Tax Laws Amendment (Stronger, Fairer, Simpler and Other Measures) Bill 2011; Second Reading (2 speeches)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill contains long-term reforms that will bring benefits to small business and lift the superannuation savings of millions of low-income...
- Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Amendment Bill 2011; First Reading (1 speech)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Shorten. Bill read a first time.
- Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill presented by Mr Shorten. Bill read a first time.
- Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill is the second of five bills related to the imposition of the minerals resource rent tax that are being introducing to this session of...
- Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Imposition — General) Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill presented by Mr Shorten. Bill read a first time.
- Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Imposition — General) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The bill imposes minerals resource rent tax to the extent that it is neither a duty of customs nor a duty of excise. Minerals resource rent tax...
- Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Imposition — Customs) Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Shorten. Bill read a first time.
- Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Imposition — Customs) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The bill imposes minerals resource rent tax to the extent that it is a duty of customs. Minerals resource rent tax is payable under the Minerals...
- Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Imposition — Excise) Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Shorten. Bill read a first time.
- Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Imposition — Excise) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The bill imposes minerals resource rent tax to the extent that it is a duty of excise. Minerals resource rent tax is payable under the Minerals...
- Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (Imposition — General) Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Shorten. Bill read a first time.
- Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (Imposition — General) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The bill imposes a tax in respect of the profits of certain petroleum projects, so far as that tax is neither a duty of customs nor a duty of...
- Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (Imposition — Customs) Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Shorten. Bill read a first time.
- Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (Imposition — Customs) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The bill imposes a tax in respect of the profits of certain petroleum projects, so far as that tax is a duty of customs and sets that rate at 40...
- Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (Imposition — Excise) Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Shorten. Bill read a first time.
- Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (Imposition — Excise) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The bill imposes a tax in respect of the profits of certain petroleum projects, so far as that tax is a duty of excise and sets that rate at 40...
- Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011, Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011, Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Imposition — Customs) Bill 2011, Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Imposition — Excise) Bill 2011, Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Imposition — General) Bill 2011, Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (Imposition — Customs) Bill 2011, Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Amendment Bill 2011, Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (Imposition — General) Bill 2011, Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (Imposition — Excise) Bill 2011 (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That: (1) so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the resumption of debate on the second readings of the bills being called on together...
- Broadcasting Services Amendment (Review of Future Uses of Broadcasting Services Bands Spectrum) Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Albanese. Bill read a first time.
- Broadcasting Services Amendment (Review of Future Uses of Broadcasting Services Bands Spectrum) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Broadcasting Services Amendment (Review of Future Uses of Broadcasting Services Bands Spectrum) Bill 2011 introduces amendments to the...
- Telecommunications Universal Service Management Agency Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Albanese. Bill read a first time.
- Telecommunications Universal Service Management Agency Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
) ( ): I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Telecommunications Universal Service Management Agency Bill 2011 is the cornerstone of the package that I am introducing today to...
- Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Universal Service Reform) Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Albanese. Bill read a first time.
- Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Universal Service Reform) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Universal Service Reform) Bill 2011 forms part of a package of legislation that I am introducing...
- Telecommunications (Industry Levy) Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Albanese. Bill read a first time.
- Telecommunications (Industry Levy) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The Telecommunications (Industry Levy) Bill 2011 is one of three bills that together will reform the delivery of universal service and other...
- Defence Trade Controls Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Clare. Bill read a first time.
- Defence Trade Controls Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I introduce the Defence Trade Controls Bill 2011. The purpose of this bill is to: Treaty implementation This year marks the 60th anniversary of...
- Customs Amendment (Military End-Use) Bill 2011; First Reading (0 speeches)
Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by Mr Clare. Bill read a first time.
- Customs Amendment (Military End-Use) Bill 2011; Second Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be read a second time. I introduce the Customs Amendment (Military End-Use) Bill 2011. This bill complements the new powers included in the Defence Trade Control Bill, for...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (1 speech)
I move: That leave of absence for the remainder of the current period of sittings be given to Mr Ciobo on the ground of parliamentary business overseas. Question agreed to.
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Early Childhood Education (1 speech)
For some time now I have been warning the government that, if they do not change the universal access policy for four-year-old kinders, then three-year-old kinders across Victoria would have to...
- Anglicord (1 speech)
During the last parliamentary sitting I attended a function organised by Anglicord, an Anglican overseas aid agency, which is raising money to fund breast cancer clinics in the Gaza Strip. As I...
- Petition: Supply of PBS Medicines (1 speech)
I rise to present a petition which has been found to be in order by the House of Representatives Petitions Committee. The petition read as follows— To the Honourable The Speaker and...
- Radioactive Waste Management Facility (1 speech)
The O'Farrell government's decision to break its promise and dump radioactive waste in Lidcombe in my electorate of Reid is totally unacceptable to me and to the people I represent in this place....
- Waddington Primary School (1 speech)
I take this opportunity to speak of an outstanding school in Cowan, the Waddington Primary School in the suburb of Koondoola. Challenged by lower than average socioeconomic circumstances and with...
- Favelle, Mr Liam (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about another Canberra legend and a very special constituent of mine—St Anthony's Parish Primary School year 2 student Liam Favelle. A couple of weeks ago Liam helped...
- Defence Properties (1 speech)
As I have previously said in this place, in the lead-up to the 2010 federal election I campaigned to allow the empty RAAF base houses in Darwin to be used for the community and to prevent their...
- Mining (1 speech, 3 comments)
This House has heard many times me and other people speak about the clean energy corridor. The clean energy corridor is a copper string proposal to build a transmission line effectively from...
- Western Suburbs District Junior Rugby League (1 speech)
On Saturday, 29 October I had the pleasure of attending the Western Suburbs District Junior Rugby League presentation night. Today I would like to honour all of the players involved, especially...
- Greenway Electorate: RF Industries (2 speeches)
I rise to mention the grand opening of RF Industries' corporate headquarters and central distribution centre in Seven Hills in my electorate. RF Industries is the largest distributor of solar...
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that the Prime Minister will be absent from question time today and tomorrow as she is representing Australia at the G20 meeting. My voice permitting, I will answer questions...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Asylum Seekers (6 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. I remind him that, since the present government reversed the previous border protection laws, there have been 12,942 boat arrivals on more than 250...
- Mining (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Resources and Energy and Minister for Tourism. Will the minister update the House on the pipeline of investment in the resources sector and how the government...
- Asylum Seekers (7 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. Will the Acting Prime Minister finally admit that, if the government supports the coalition's amendments to the migration bill, it could establish...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon members of a parliamentary delegation from Laos led by the Vice-President of the Lao National Assembly, Dr Xaysomphone. On...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Economy (11 speeches)
My question is to the Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation. How will the government's minerals resource rent tax and superannuation guarantee benefit the...
- Asylum Seekers (5 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. Will the Acting Prime Minister confirm that the government has received the same advice provided to the opposition at CHOGM last week that both Nauru...
- Health and Hospitals (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Minister, Tasmania's public health system is in crisis due to the low tax base, spiralling costs, poor performance on health and social...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon 41 officers, Australian and international, from the Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies at the Australian Defence...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Qantas (252 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport. Would the minister advise the House on the circumstances leading up to the decision of Qantas to lock out its workforce and to...
- Workplace Relations (10 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development, and Local Government and Minister for the Arts, representing the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and...
- Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. Is the Acting Prime Minister aware that the 800-person cap on asylum seekers to be transferred to Malaysia by the people swap deal has already been...
- Business (0 speeches)
- Rearrangement (19 speeches)
I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the member for Warringah moving immediately—That this House immediately bring on the...
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (15 speeches)
I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present the report of the Selection Committee, No. 37, relating to the consideration of committee and delegation business and private members' business on Monday, 21 November 2011. The report...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
Firstly, I table the 7.30 transcript from last night entitled 'Hockey comments on Qantas grounding'. Documents are presented as listed in the schedule circulated to honourable members. Details of...
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- Border Protection (31 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for Cook proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government’s failure...
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Commonwealth Ombudsman (2 speeches)
by leave—I rise today to make this ministerial statement to the House in order to put before the House information relating to the recent resignation of the Commonwealth Ombudsman, Mr Allan...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Regional Education (1 speech)
I rise in the adjournment this evening to speak about two very important issues dealing with education in rural and remote parts of Australia. Educating children can be tough at the best of...
- Parramatta Electorate: Health Reform (1 speech)
Today I rise to speak about the wide range of health reforms the Gillard government has delivered in Parramatta. Since Labor gained government in 2007 it has been committed to the continued...
- APN News and Media Ltd, Day for Daniel (1 speech)
Tonight I wish to address two topics: the importance of the Parliamentary Day for Daniel tomorrow and the predatory pricing discounts being given by the Sunshine Coast Daily. I raise today the...
- Werriwa Electorate: Hume Community Housing Association (1 speech)
This evening I wish to make mention of the efforts of the Hume Community Housing Association, which essentially covers the Liverpool and Fairfield municipalities, although it has some coverage in...
- Commercial Airline Pilots (1 speech)
As we all recover from the bruising Qantas dispute and as the minister reassures us that the government's 'swift and decisive action' has put the planes 'back in the air', I wish to draw his...
- Marine Resources (1 speech)
On 13 September I was proud to co-host, together with my WA parliamentary colleagues Dr Mal Washer, the Liberal member for Moore, and Greens senator, Senator Rachel Siewert, the launch of...
- Egypt: Coptic Christians, Iran: Baha'i Faith (1 speech)
I rise to condemn in the strongest possible terms the attack by the Egyptian military forces on unarmed Coptic Christians. We have known that Coptic Christians, essentially Orthodox Christians,...
- Lyons Electorate: Health Services (1 speech)
I would like to discuss the importance of primary health care in my electorate of Lyons. Firstly, I congratulate the government and the minister on understanding that the key to a healthy...
- Live Animal Exports (1 speech)
I rise this evening to bring to the attention of the House some changes in the live animal exports saga. We have become very knowledgeable about the plight of pastoralists in Northern Australia...
- Newcastle Electorate: Youth Mental Health Services (1 speech)
I rise to update the House on the government's historic mental health reforms and the recent announcement that Newcastle will be the site for a new headspace centre to support young people in my...
- Flinders Electorate: Westernport (1 speech)
I rise to address the issue of care, protection and maintenance of Westernport and the associated lands nearby on the Mornington Peninsula. Let me begin with a little bit of history. Westernport...
- Poker Machines (1 speech)
Observing the pokies industry's campaign against the government's poker machine reforms leaves me feeling like I have stumbled into the pages of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four. It is a...
- Gippsland: Boolarra South Landcare Group (2 speeches)
In the brief time that is available to me I would like to congratulate the Boolarra South Landcare Group for the extraordinary work that they have been doing in the rehabilitation of the old mill...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (7 speeches)
to present a bill for an act to amend the Building and Construction Industry Improvement Act 2005, and for related purposes.
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Parkes Electorate: Telecommunications (1 speech)
Telecommunications in 2011 should be seen as one of the basic tenets of life. It should be seen as something that is available to all Australians. Indeed a mobile phone is the first point of call...
- Chisholm Electorate: Human Rights (1 speech)
I rise to talk about something that we outlawed, for which we put sanctions in place, over 200 years ago—that is, slavery and human trafficking. Tragically, human trafficking and slavery...
- Gilmore Electorate: Gilmore Youth Leadership Forum (1 speech)
Two weekends ago, we had our Gilmore Youth Leadership Forum, which is based on the original concept of a former colleague, Alan Cadman. Seven years ago, there was little in the way of leadership...
- Franklin Electorate: Geeveston (1 speech)
I want to talk about a visit I made a week or so ago to a small town in my electorate south of Hobart: the town of Geeveston. Geeveston is a small community that has really been struggling with...
- Wentworth Electorate: Every Australian Counts Campaign (1 speech)
I am speaking today to add my voice, together with many of my constituents' voices, to the Every Australian Counts campaign for the introduction of a National Disability Insurance Scheme—a...
- One Laptop Per Child Program (1 speech)
Climate change is not the moral challenge of our time; access and participation rates in education is. We have a shameful entrenched policy failure in Australia where poorer students, Indigenous...
- Hasluck Electorate: Parks (1 speech)
I rise to speak today on the parks in Wattle Grove. Wattle Grove is a major growth area within my electorate and sits within the jurisdiction of the Shire of Kalamunda. As with any area, the...
- Learn Earn Legend! Work Experience in Government (1 speech)
I was pleased recently to host a student as part of the Learn Earn Legend! Work Experience in Government program, which brings together Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander senior high school...
- Lindfield Community Bank (1 speech)
On Friday, 7 October, I was pleased to attend and speak at the opening of the new Lindfield Community Bank. The brand-new bank branch looked extremely shiny and impressive. I was joined by other...
- Hockey (2 speeches)
On Saturday, 24 September this year, I attended the South Australian men's and women's hockey finals at the South Australian State Hockey Centre as I have on other occasions in recent years....
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Questions in Writing (0 speeches)
- AusAID: Business Class Flights (Question No. 340) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs, in writing, on 24 March 2011: How many overseas business class flights were taken by Canberra-based AusAID staff in each calendar year from 2005 to 2010.
- AusAID: Travel Destinations (Question No. 341) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs, in writing, on 24 March 2011: What were the top 10 countries visited by Canberra-based AusAID staff in each calendar year from 2005 to 2010.
- AusAID: Contracts (Question No. 344) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs, in writing, on 24 March 2011: How many AusAID contracts with service providers were terminated due to corruption or project mismanagement in each calendar...
- Australia Network (Question No. 530) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, in writing, on 18 August 2011: On what date did the Minister or staff of the Minister's office...
- Australia Network (Question No. 531) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, in writing, on 18 August 2011: Did the Minister or staff of the Minister's office receive a...
- Australia Network (Question No. 532) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, in writing, on 18 August 2011: Did the Minister or staff of the Minister's office receive a...
- Australia Network (Question No. 533) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, in writing, on 18 August 2011: Did the Minister or staff of the Minister's office receive a...
- Australia Network (Question No. 534) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, in writing, on 18 August 2011: Has the Minister or staff of the Minister's office been given a...
- Australia Network (Question No. 535) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, in writing, on 18 August 2011: On what date was the Minister's department first notified of the...
- Australia Network (Question No. 536) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, in writing, on 18 August 2011: Has the Minister, any staff of the Minister's office and/or the...
- Australia Network (Question No. 537) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, in writing, on 18 August 2011: Has the Minister, any staff of the Minister's office and/or the...
- Australia Network (Question No. 538) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, in writing, on 18 August 2011: Has the Minister or any staff of the Minister's office received...
- Australia Network (Question No. 539) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, in writing, on 18 August 2011: Has the Minister or any staff of the Minister's office received...
- Australia Network (Question No. 540) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, in writing, on 18 August 2011: Has the Minister or any staff of the Minister's office received...
- Carbon Pricing (Question No. 588) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, in writing, on 12 September 2011: In respect of the proposed carbon price, is he able to indicate (a) how many self-funded retirees...
- Superclinics (Question No. 594) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Health and Ageing, in writing, on 14 September 2011: In respect of the 64 clinics under the GP Super Clinics Program, how many (a) funding agreements have (i) concluded,...
- Superclinics (Question No. 595) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Health and Ageing, in writing, on 14 September 2011: In respect of the GP Super Clinics Program and the funding agreements for such clinics, on how many occasions have...
- Superclinics (Question No. 596) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Health and Ageing, in writing, on 14 September 2011: In respect of the Deliverables and Milestone Schedule in Annexure A of the funding agreement template for the GP Super...
- Superclinics (Question No. 597) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Health and Ageing, in writing, on 14 September 2011: In respect of the GP Deliverables and Milestone Schedule in the funding agreement template for the GP Super Clinics...
- Superclinics (Question No. 598) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Health and Ageing, in writing, on 14 September 2011: In respect of the GP Super Clinics Program, how many clinics (a) have provided to the Commonwealth a commencement of...
- Superclinics (Question No. 599) (2 speeches, 1 comment)
asked the Minister for Health and Ageing, in writing, on 14 September 2011: In respect of the GP Super Clinics Program, how many (a) GP presentations were made at the operational clinics in June...
- Trade Training Centres In Schools (Question No. 605) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth, in writing, on 15 September 2011: (1) How many (a) trade training centres in schools are currently operational, and (b)...
- General Practice After Hours Care (Question No. 607) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Health and Ageing, in writing, on 15 September 2011: (1) What total sum of funding has been allocated to general practice after hours care in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13, (c)...
- Practice Incentive Program (Question No. 608) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Health and Ageing, in writing, on 15 September 2011: In respect of the Practice Incentive Program, (a) how many different types of practice incentive payments are available...
- Superclinics (Question No. 622) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Health and Ageing, in writing, on 21 September 2011: In respect of the GP Super Clinics Program, (a) how does her department assess the level of Chronic Disease Management...
- Health Workforce Fund: Specialist Training Programs (Question No. 626) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Health and Ageing, in writing, on 22 September 2011: In respect of the Specialist Training Program: (a) what sum has been allocated to the program over the forward...
- Avoidable Blindness Initiative (Question No. 634) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs, in writing, on 22 September 2011: How many eye clinics have been established in the Asia-Pacific region as part of the Avoidable Blindness Initiative.
