Gary Nairn (Eden-Monaro, Liberal Party, Special Minister of State) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to move:

That, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Committee Act 1969, the following proposed work be referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works for consideration and report: Fitout of new leased premises for Centrelink at Greenway, ACT.

Annette Ellis (Canberra, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to move:

That this House:

(1)

recognises that building insurance is an essential service and must be regulated;

(2)

supports and encourages:

(a)

the principle for building insurance to be valued on either:

(i)

agreed value (a value agreed between the insurer and the insured and not less than the market value for special inclusions); and

(ii)

market value (the building cost based on figures from a quantity surveyor);

(b)

settlement policies that reflect market or agreed value at the date a rebuild contract is signed and that takes into account the delay between the period of the incident and the time the rebuild commences;

(3)

calls on the Government to expand the role of the Australian Valuation Office to set the market rates for building costs annually within regions for which insurance companies should base premiums and values and remove the CPI as an index;

(4)

calls on the insurance industry to implement terminology that is standardized and simplified industry wide; and

(5)

calls for Government and insurance industry funded prevention strategies, such as home fire risk reduction programs, in order to help keep insurance premiums low.

Alan Griffin (Bruce, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Veterans' Affairs) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to move:

That this House:

(1)

recognises that the atrocities that occurred in Rwanda between 1994 and 1995 were some of the most horrific and appalling crimes seen in recent history;

(2)

notes that between April and July 1994 up to one million Tutsi and moderate Hutus were killed at the hands of the militia;

(3)

notes that in response, Australia deployed 657 ADF members to Rwanda in 1994 and 1995 as part of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Rwanda (UNAMIR);

(4)

notes that the Australian contingent was largely a medical team whose key role was to provide medical care and health support for UNAMIR and, where possible, those injured by the massacres;

(5)

acknowledges that Australian troops came under direct fire in and around refugee camps and faced the daily threat presented by landmines and other explosive devices placed to maim or kill Australian soldiers;

(6)

acknowledges that these peacekeepers experienced the most horrible events such as the massacre of up to 8,000 men women and children at the Kibeyo refugee camp in April 1995;

(7)

notes with concern that many of these troops are now suffering serious mental and physical disabilities as the result of their service;

(8)

notes that despite the severe trauma and the danger faced by Australian Peacekeepers in Rwanda, their service is still not treated as warlike service under the Veterans’ Entitlement Act; and

(9)

calls on the Government to immediately reclassify this service from ‘hazardous’ to ‘warlike’ in recognition of the risk faced by these troops and the magnificent contribution they made to the protection of Rwandan citizens.

Chris Bowen (Prospect, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to move:

That this House:

(1)

notes that the Government had previously given a commitment that a decision on the future of the Badgerys Creek airport site would be made by the end of 2005;

(2)

notes that 2005 has come and gone; and

(3)

calls on the Government to rule out permanently the construction of a second Sydney airport at the Badgerys Creek site.

Don Randall (Canning, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to move:

That this House:

(1)

calls for the celebration of the Queen’s Birthday holiday, which is observed in the States and Territories of Australia on various days and dates, to be replaced by a truly national day and that this uniform national public holiday be observed on the first Tuesday in November each year;

(2)

calls for the Queens Birthday holiday to be observed in States and Territories in a form of their choice but not in the form of a public holiday; and

(3)

recognises that the Melbourne Cup has become a national event and is observed by the majority of Australians in some form and the fact that a large number of Australians take time during the day to observe and celebrate this event means it is highly appropriate that this annual event be made available to all Australians as it is observed in Melbourne.