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I present the report of the Selection Committee relating to the consideration of committee and delegation reports and private members’ business on Monday, 19 June 2006. The report will be printed in today’s Hansard and the items accorded priority for debate will be published in the Notice Paper for the next sitting.

The report read as follows—

Report relating to the consideration of committee and delegation reports and private Members’ business on Monday, 19 June 2006

Pursuant to standing order 222, the Selection Committee has determined the order of precedence and times to be allotted for consideration of committee and delegation reports and private Members’ business on Monday, 19 June 2006.  The order of precedence and the allotments of time determined by the Committee are as follows:

COMMITTEE AND DELEGATION REPORTS

Presentation and statements

1             AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION VISIT TO THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA AND THE 114TH INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION ASSEMBLY IN NAIROBI

Report of the Parliamentary Delegation on a Bilateral visit to the Republic of South Africa (28 April – 4 May 2006) and the 114th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly in Nairobi (5-12 May 2006)

The Committee determined that statements on the report may be made—all statements to conclude by 12:40pm

Speech time limits —

Each Member —5 minutes.

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

2             JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON THE NATIONAL CAPITAL AND EXTERNAL TERRITORIES

Current and future governance arrangement for the Indian Ocean Territories

The Committee determined that statements on the report may be made—all statements to conclude by 12:50pm

Speech time limits —

Each Member —5 minutes.

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

3             STANDING COMMITTEE ON ECONOMICS, FINANCE AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Improving the superannuation savings of people under 40

The Committee determined that statements on the report may be made—all statements to conclude by 1:00pm

Speech time limits —

Each Member—5 minutes.

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

4             STANDING COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND INNOVATION

Pathways to Technological Innovation

The Committee determined that statements on the report may be made—all statements to conclude by 1:10pm

Speech time limits —

Each Member—5 minutes.

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

PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS

Order of precedence

Notices

1 Mr Katter to present a Bill for an Act to amend the Trade Practices Act 1974. (Trade Practices Legislation Amendment Bill 2006) (Notice given 22 May 2006.)

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

2 Mrs Hull to present a Bill for an Act to amend the Snowy Hydro Corporatisation Act 1997. (Snowy Hydro Corporatisation Amendment Bill 2006). (Notice given 30 May 2006.)

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

3 Mr Keenan to move:

That this House reaffirms that:

(1)

every Australian is entitled to the full protection of Australian law;

(2)

cultural practices in any community do not lessen that protection; and

(3)

human rights override cultural rights.  (Notice given 24 May 2006.)

Time allotted—remaining private Members’ business time prior to 1.45 p.m.

Speech time limits—

Mover of motion—5 minutes.

First Opposition Member speaking—5 minutes.

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

The Committee determined that consideration of this matter should continue on a future day.

4 Mr Beazley to move:

That this House:

(1)

recalls and records the solemn commitment given by the Prime Minister to Alan Jones on Radio 2GB on 4 August 2005 that “I mean some people are going to have to work public holidays…it would be absurd and unfair and unreasonable if somebody has to work on a public holiday that that person isn’t compensated by being paid whatever it is, the double time or the time and a half…those arrangements are going to continue…”;

(2)

notes that appropriate compensation includes things like penalty rates and public holiday leave loadings;

(3)

notes that since the Government’s extreme industrial relations changes commenced on 27 March 2006, a single sentence in an Agreement can remove all entitlements to public holiday pay, penalty rates and overtime pay, and that the Government’s own statistics show:

(a)

64 per cent of assessed AWAs have removed penalty rates;

(b)

63 per cent have removed leave loadings;

(c)

52 per cent have removed shiftwork loadings; and

(d)

41 per cent did not contain gazetted public holidays, and

(4)

affirms its support for the Prime Minister’s August 2005 commitment that employees should receive adequate compensation for working on public holidays; and

(5)

calls on the Government to immediately restore adequate compensation for Australian employees who work on public holidays, thereby holding the Prime Minister to his solemn promise to Alan Jones and the Australian people. (Notice given 13 June 2006.)

Time allotted—30 minutes.

Speech time limits—

Mover of motion—5 minutes.

First Government Member speaking—5 minutes.

[Minimum number of proposed Members speaking = 6 x 5 mins]

The Committee determined that consideration of this matter should continue on a future day.

5 Mr Johnson to move:

That this House:

(1)

recognise and honour marriage as an exclusive union between a man and a woman;

(2)

celebrate the importance of marriage as an indispensable institution in Australian society; and

(3)

encourage the Australian Government to enact policies that promote and strengthen marriage in our society. (Notice given 13 June 2006.)

Time allotted—remaining private Members’ business time.

Speech time limits—

Mover of motion—5 minutes.

First Opposition Member speaking—5 minutes.

[Minimum number of proposed Members speaking = 6 x 5 mins]

The Committee determined that consideration of this matter should continue on a future day.