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

to move:

That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended to enable proceedings as specified below to occur during government business on Monday 19 June 2006:

(1)

in relation to proceedings on the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment Bill 2006—at the conclusion of the second reading debate, not including a Minister speaking in reply, or at 8.30p.m., whichever is the earlier, a Minister to be called to sum up (for a period not exceeding 5 minutes) the second reading debate and thereafter, without delay, the immediate question before the House to be put, then any question or questions necessary to complete the remaining stages of the Bill to be put without amendment or debate and any Government amendments that have been circulated for at least two hours shall be treated as if they have been moved together; and

(2)

any variation to this arrangement to be made only by a motion moved by a Minister.

to move:

That the House, at its rising, adjourn until 12.30 p.m. Tuesday, 13 June 2006, unless the Speaker or, in the event of the Speaker being unavailable, the Deputy Speaker, fixes an alternative day or hour of meeting, and for government business to take precedence from 12.30 p.m. until 2 p.m. on that Tuesday.

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

to present a bill for an act to require annual reports of departments and agencies to report on the payment of accounts. (Payment of Accounts by Government Bill 2006) (Notice given 15June 2006.)

Bruce Baird (Cook, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to move:

That the House:

(1)

notes the serious discrimination that exists in Iran towards Bahá’ís, Assyrians, Chaldeans and Serbo Mandaeans;

(2)

calls on Iran to recognise the legitimate rights of minorities involving their access to university training and enrolment in professions; and

(3)

requests the United Nations Human Rights Commission to undertake dialogue with Iran over their continued human rights concerns in that country. (Notice given 15 June 2006.)

Peter Garrett (Kingsford Smith, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Reconciliation and the Arts) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to move:

That this House.

(1)

notes that:

(a)

microcredit is a particularly effective and sustainable means of eradicating poverty;

(b)

microcredit borrowers, particularly women, generate income that allows them to feed, clothe, educate and care for the health of their children;

(c)

to date 66.6 million people in the world have been reached with microcredit services;

(d)

Goal 1 of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) seeks to eradicate poverty, while its 2015 target is to reduce by half the number of people living on less than $1 per day;

(e)

if the new Microcredit Summit goal of having 175 million of the world’s poorest families receiving microcredit were reached by 2015, then nearly half the MDG target would be met;

(f)

Australia spent $14.5 million on microcredit in the 2005-06 Aid Budget, which is 0.6%of the Aid Budget; and

(g)

the USA, which funded microcredit longer than most donor countries, has established an international benchmark for microcredit spending, being 1.25% of the aid budget;

(2)

urges the Australian Government to agree to support the new Microcredit Summit goal of having 175 million of the world’s poorest people receiving microcredit by 2015 as a means of achieving the MDG; and

(3)

urges the Australian Government to increase the proportion of money it allocates to microcredit to 1.25% of the aid budget. (Notice given 15 June 2006.)