Christopher Pyne (Sturt, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Health and Ageing) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

To present a Bill for an Act to amend the Aged Care Act 1997, and for related purposes. (Aged Care Amendment (Residential Care) Bill 2007)

Michael Danby (Melbourne Ports, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to move:

That the House:

(1)

notes statements by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran:

(a)

calling for the destruction of the State of Israel;

(b)

warning any Muslim who supports Israel that they will burn in the Umma of Islam; and

(c)

denying Nazi genocide against the Jews of Europe and demonising Jews;

(2)

calls on the Australian Government, Australia being a party to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, to:

(a)

refer the incitements to genocide by President Ahmadinejad and other Iranian leaders to the appropriate agencies of the United Nations for account;

(b)

initiate in the International Court of Justice an inter-state complaint against Iran for its criminal violation of the Genocide Convention; and

(c)

urge the United Nations to act against Iran’s threats to eliminate the State of Israel;

(3)

affirms the principle that no country should be allowed to call for the elimination of another; and

(4)

condemns the incitements to genocide by President Ahmadinejad and other Iranian leaders.

Jennie George (Throsby, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Environment and Heritage) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to move:

That the House:

(1)

condemns the Mugabe Government in Zimbabwe for the brutal bashings in police custody of Morgan Tsvangirai and other leaders and supporters of the Opposition Party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC);

(2)

expresses concern at the ongoing threat of violence as evidenced by the additional vicious beating of MP Nelson Chamisa in recent days;

(3)

notes that the Mugabe Government has clearly abandoned the rule of law and tolerates no dissent;

(4)

expresses its concern for the safety of former Australian passport holder Mrs Sekai Holland and her Australian husband Jim Holland, and urges the Australian Government to use its best endeavours to intervene to have Mrs Holland released from custody and safely transported out of Zimbabwe for urgent medical attention; and

(5)

calls on the Australian Government to have the Mugabe regime’s actions brought before the UN Security Council and, if appropriate, the International Criminal Court, and calls on Zimbabwe’s neighbours, particularly South Africa, to take action in support of human rights in Zimbabwe.

Kirsten Livermore (Capricornia, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Education) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to move:

That the House:

(1)

acknowledges that:

(a)

it is now 43 years since the HMAS Voyager and HMAS Melbourne disaster;

(b)

Australian defence force personnel who served on the HMAS Voyager and HMAS Melbourne have suffered ongoing psychological stress and trauma as a result of their experiences;

(c)

many survivors from HMAS Voyager and HMAS Melbourne have sought compensation for psychological stress and trauma that has manifested itself in later life;

(d)

the delays in settling these cases is causing further stress to survivors of the HMAS Voyager and HMAS Melbourne disaster; and

(e)

in some cases, the delays in settling the case have led to the cases being heard after the survivor of the HMAS Voyager and HMAS Melbourne collision has died; and

(2)

calls on the Government to do everything within its power to expedite the legal proceedings of the survivors of the HMAS Voyager and HMAS Melbourne.