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

to present a Bill for an Act to amend the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995, and for related purposes. (Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Amendment (Terrorist Material) Bill 2007)

Kevin Andrews (Menzies, Liberal Party, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to present a Bill for an Act to amend the Migration Act 1958 and the Taxation Administration Act 1953, and for related purposes. (Migration Amendment (Sponsorship Obligations) Bill 2007)

Peter McGauran (Gippsland, National Party, Deputy Leader of the House) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to present a Bill for an Act to amend the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999, and for related purposes. (Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Protecting Services for Rural and Regional Australia into the Future) Bill 2007)

Gary Nairn (Eden-Monaro, Liberal Party, Special Minister of State) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to present a Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to superannuation, and for related purposes. (Superannuation Legislation Amendment Bill 2007)

Andrew Robb (Goldstein, Liberal Party, Minister for Vocational and Further Education) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to present a Bill for an Act to amend the Higher Education Support Act 2003, and for related purposes. (Higher Education Support Amendment (Extending FEE-HELP for VET Diploma and VET Advanced Diploma Courses) Bill 2007)

Ms Julie Bishop (Curtin, Liberal Party, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women's Issues) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to present a Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to the provision of benefits to students, and for related purposes. (Social Security Legislation Amendment (2007 Budget Measures for Students) Bill 2007)

Chris Pearce (Aston, Liberal Party, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to present a Bill for an Act to amend certain laws relating to the financial sector, and for related purposes. (Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Discretionary Mutual Funds and Direct Offshore Foreign Insurers) Bill 2007)

to present a Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to banking, insurance, superannuation and other matters in the Treasury portfolio, and for related purposes. (Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Simplifying Regulation and Review) Bill 2007)

Peter Lindsay (Herbert, Liberal Party, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

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: Robertson Barracks redevelopment, Darwin, Northern Territory.

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: Airborne Early Warning and Control Facilities, RAAF Base Tindal, Northern Territory.

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: Refurbishment of staff apartments, Australian Embassy Complex, Tokyo, Japan.

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: Provision of facilities for Project Single LEAP-Phase 2.

Jill Hall (Shortland, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to move:

That the House:

(1)

notes that in a world of great wealth, hundreds of millions of people experience terrible poverty and that:

(a)

more than 800 million people are malnourished;

(b)

30,000 children die every day from preventable disease;

(c)

500 women die every day from treatable pregnancy-related complications; and

(d)

more than one billion people live on less than one dollar per day; and further,

(2)

believes that Australia should make a greater commitment to the achievable targets set out in the Millennium Development Goals in an attempt to eliminate world poverty. (Notice given 20 June 2007.)

Martin Ferguson (Batman, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Transport, Roads and Tourism) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to move:

That the House:

(1)

notes that:

(a)

legal deposit is a statutory provision found in the legislation of most countries requiring producers of publications to deposit gratis copies of their works in libraries, unusually the National Library;

(b)

in Australia, the Copyright Act 1968 requires Australian publishers to deposit one copy of every publication with the National Library of Australia;

(c)

the National Library Act 1960 mandates the National Library of Australia to develop and maintain a national collection of library material relating to Australia and the Australia people and that legal deposit is a major factor enabling the National Library to meet this requirement;

(d)

legal deposit has ensured that an outstanding collection of Australian publications in print form has been acquired by the National Library on behalf of the nation;

(e)

the National Library is seeking revision of the legal deposit section within the Copyright Act 1968 to encompass publications in non-print form due to the impact of new technologies and the Internet on the creation, publication and dissemination of information which has been profound in recent years;

(f)

a significant amount of our documentary heritage is now published in electronic form and unless the National Library is given a mandate through legal deposit to collect non-print publications, many of these works will be lost to future generations, especially as many electronic works have a very short life-span on the Internet; and

(g)

the National Library is collecting a very small proportion of Australian electronic publications, as this endeavour requires seeking permission on a publication-by-publication basis, which is very resource intensive and unsustainable into the future;

(2)

calls of Government, as a matter of urgency, to legislate the extension of legal deposit to non-print publications, as such legislation is of strategic importance to the National Library’s future collecting and preservation role; and

(3)

recognises that other countries have already recognised this and legal deposit legislation has been amended in the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, France, Japan and the Scandinavian countries.