Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to move:

That:

(1)

the House invite the Right Honourable Tony Blair MP, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, to attend and address the House, on 28 March 2006, at a time to be notified by the Speaker;

(2)

at this sitting of the House:

(a)

the initial proceedings shall be welcoming remarks by the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition and an address by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, after which the Speaker shall immediately suspend the sitting until the ringing of the bells; and

(b)

the provisions of standing order 257(c) apply to the area of Members’ seats as well as the galleries; and

(3)

a message be sent to the Senate inviting Senators to attend the House as guests for the welcoming remarks by the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition and address by the Right Honourable Tony Blair MP, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

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, it is expedient to carry out the following proposed work which was referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works and on which the committee has duly reported to Parliament: Construction of a new chancery building for the Australian Embassy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

to move:

That, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Committee Act 1969, it is expedient to carry out the following proposed work which was referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works and on which the committee has duly reported to Parliament: Construction of a new chancery building for the Australian Embassy in Rangoon, Burma.

Ms Anna Burke (Chisholm, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to move:

That this House:

(1)

recognise the plight of the thousands of community-based asylum seekers in Australia who are denied income support, work rights and Medicare access as a result of the Government's unfair and inflexible immigration policy, making survival nearly impossible without the assistance of various church and charity groups;

(2)

acknowledge that in many cases this breaches the Refugee Convention and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child; and

(3)

call on the Government to:

(a)

abolish the 45 day rule, which prevents community-based asylum seekers who make visa applications outside that period from receiving any form of income or health benefits; and

(b)

give all community-based asylum seekers in Australia work rights and access to Medicare.

to move:

That this House:

(1)

note that it is estimated that around one in six Australian women will be sexually assaulted in their lifetime;

(2)

condemn the reported statement of Sheik Faiz Mohamad that a victim of rape has “no-one to blame but herself”;

(3)

acknowledge the trauma and suffering of victims of sexual assault and rape;

(4)

recognise the need for national leadership to combat these crimes; and

(5)

urge the Government to:

(a)

develop a national strategy to combat sexual assault and rape;

(b)

increase funding and resources to:

(i)

assist victims of sexual assault and rape; and

(ii)

educate the community about these crimes;

(c)

make sexual assault education mandatory in Australian schools; and

(d)

nationalise sexual assault laws—taking a ‘best practice’ approach—and create a central board to review these laws regularly.

28/02/2006 110Tuesday, 28 February 2006

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The DEPUTY SPEAKER (Hon. IR Causley) took the chair at 4.00 pm.