Philip Ruddock (Berowra, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to present a bill for an act to amend the Age Discrimination Act 2004, and for related purposes. (Age Discrimination Amendment Bill 2006)

to present a bill for an act to amend the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979, and for related purposes. (ASIO Legislation Amendment Bill 2006)

to present a bill for an act to amend the Federal Magistrates Act 1999, and for related purposes. (Federal Magistrates Amendment (Disability and Death Benefits) Bill 2006)

to present a bill for an act to provide for the appointment of the Integrity Commissioner, to set out the functions and powers of the Integrity Commissioner, and for related purposes. (Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Bill 2006)

to present a bill for an act to amend laws in connection with the Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006, and for related purposes. (Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2006)

to present a bill for an act to amend the Australian Federal Police Act 1979, and for related purposes. (Law Enforcement (AFP Professional Standards and Related Measures) Bill 2006)

to present a bill for an act to amend the law relating to customs, and for related purposes. (Customs Legislation Amendment (Border Compliance and Other Measures) Bill 2006)

Kevin Andrews (Menzies, Liberal Party, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to present a bill for an act to amend the social security law, and for related purposes. (Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (Welfare to Work and Other Measures) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2006)

Jim Lloyd (Robertson, Liberal Party, Minister for Local Government, Territories and Roads) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to present a bill for an act to amend the Aviation Transport Security Act 2004, and for related purposes. (Aviation Transport Security Amendment Bill 2006)

to present a bill for an act to amend the law relating to the security of maritime transport and offshore facilities, and for other purposes. (Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Amendment (Security Plans and Other Measures) Bill 2006)

to present a bill for an act to amend the Protection of the Sea (Powers of Intervention) Act 1981, and for other purposes. (Protection of the Sea (Powers of Intervention) Amendment Bill 2006)

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

to move:

(1)   That standing order 11, up to and including paragraph (h), be amended to read:

       11   Election procedures

       When electing a Member to fill a vacant office the routine shall be as follows:

          Nominees proposed

       (a)   The Chair shall invite nominations for the vacant office.

       (b)  A Member shall propose the nomination of a Member to the vacant office by moving, without notice, that such Member ‘do take the Chair of this House as Speaker’. The Member nominated must be present and the motion must be seconded. The mover and seconder may speak in support of their nominated candidate for no more than 5 minutes each.

       (c)   The nominated Member shall inform the House whether he or she accepts the nomination.

       (d)  The Chair shall ask:

          Is there any further proposal?

and shall ask this again after any further proposal and acceptance.

           (e)      If no further proposal is made the Chair shall state:

          The time for proposals has expired

No further nominations may be made.

          If only one nominee—nominee elected

           (f)    If a nominee is unopposed, the Chair, without question put, shall declare the Member, who has been proposed and seconded, to have been elected to the vacant office.

          If two or more nominees—debate then ballot

       (g)  If there are two or more nominees, when the time for proposals has expired, Members who have not yet spoken as mover or seconder may speak on the election, however:

                 (i)    debate must be relevant to the election; and

                (ii)    no Member may speak for more than five minutes,

       (h)  At any time during debate, and whether any Member is addressing the Chair or not, a Minister may move without notice—

          That the ballot be taken now.

       The question shall be put immediately and resolved without amendment or debate. If the votes are equal the question shall be negatived, and debate may continue. If the question is carried, or when debate ends, the House shall proceed to a ballot.

(2)   That standing orders 141 and 142 be amended to read:

       141 First reading and explanatory memorandum

       (a)   When a bill is presented to the House, or a Senate bill is first received, the bill shall be read a first time without a question being put. A Member presenting a bill during private Members’ business may speak to the bill, before it is read a first time, for no longer than 5 minutes.

       (b)  For any bill presented by a Minister, except an Appropriation or Supply Bill, the Minister must present a signed explanatory memorandum. The explanatory memorandum must include an explanation of the reasons for the bill.

       142 Second reading

       (a)   If copies of the bill are available to Members, the Member presenting the bill may move immediately after the first reading, or at a later hour—

          That this bill be now read a second time.

       At the conclusion of the Member's speech the debate on the question must then be adjourned to a future sitting.

       After the first reading of a bill presented during private Members’ business, the motion for the second reading shall be set down on the Notice Paper for the next sitting.

       (b)  If copies of the bill are not available, a future sitting shall be appointed for the second reading and copies of the bill must then be available to Members.

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: Redevelopment of the Post 1945 Conflicts Galleries and Discovery Room for the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT.

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: Fit-out of an extension to leased premises for IP Australia in Woden, ACT.

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: Australian Institute of Police Management Redevelopment, North Head, Manly, NSW.

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: Fit-out of new leased premises for the Australian Securities and Investment Commission at 120 Collins Street, Melbourne, Vic.

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: Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Facilities Project, Enoggera, Qld.

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: Provision of facilities for Project Single LEAP – Phase 1.

Tony Windsor (New England, Independent) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to move:

That this House:

(1)

recognising the serious impact that increased fuel costs have had on Australian industries, families and individuals;

(2)

acknowledging the mounting evidence of the reality of global warming and its impact; and

(3)

noting that the introduction of renewable energy targets in 2001 by the current  Government has been seen by industry as a step in the right direction, but one that is not accompanied by sufficient authority to guarantee enforcement;calls on the Government to establish a Renewable Sustainable Energy Authority to advance the development of new energy sources and the development of existing energy sources for the future, and to equip the authority to:

to move:

That this House:

(1)

recognises the hardship faced by families who face significant losses with the withdrawal of water rights;

(2)

acknowledges that a similar problem confronts those whose livelihood is threatened by government imposed changes in the use of forest resources;

(3)

acknowledges that compensation is being made in recognition of the loss of property rights caused by such policies;

(4)

recognises that any benefit such compensation confers will be substantially negated unless the government changes its stated policy of treating such compensation as income and taxing it accordingly; and

(5)

calls for the introduction and passage without delay of amendments to the Income Tax Assessment Act to correct this anomaly.

Stephen Smith (Perth, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Industry, Infrastructure and Industrial Relations) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to move:

That the Workplace Relations Regulations 2006, as contained in Select Legislative Instrument 2006 No 52 and made under the Workplace Relations Act 1996 and the Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) Act 2005, be disallowed.. (Notice given 28 March 2006.)

Kevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and International Security) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to move:

That this House:

(1)

notes:

(a)

that the Government ignored 27 separate warnings between 1999 and 2004 concerning the abuse of the United Nations oil for food program;

(b)

that the Government ignored:

(i)

at least 8 separate intelligence warnings, including 3 specific intelligence warnings about the Jordanian company Alia;

(ii)

3 specific warnings from the UN about the AWB;

(iii)

2 cabled reports from Baghdad on kickbacks on Oil for Food contracts; and

(iv)

a formal Ministerial Submission advising the Foreign Minister and Trade Minister of Departmental concerns about what the AWB was up to;

(c)

that because of continued Government negligence, the wheat for weapons scandal continued for 18 months after the invasion of Iraq;

(d)

that the Government failed to provide full documentation and full cooperation with the Volcker Inquiry; and

(e)

that this scandal has damaged Australia's national security interests, Australia's export interests, as well as Australia's international standing.

(2)

calls on the Government to widen Commissioner Cole’s terms of reference as a matter of urgency so that Commissioner Cole can make findings on whether Ministers discharged their responsibilities under Australian domestic and international law to enforce UN sanctions against Saddam Hussein’s regime. (Notice given 28 March 2006.)