Roger Price (Chifley, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I present the report of the recommendations of the whips relating to the consideration of private members’ business on Friday, 22 February 2008. Copies of the report have been placed on the table.

The report read as follows—

Pursuant to standing order 41A, the Whips recommend the following items of private Members’ business for Friday, 22 February 2008. The order of precedence and allotments of time are as follows:

PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS

Order of precedence

Notices

1     Ms Parke: to move:

That the House:

(1)

expresses concern about the shortage of organs available in Australia for life saving operations;

(2)

notes that where a donor is available, Australia has one of the best records in transplantation outcomes;

(3)

supports the efforts of the Minister for Health and Ageing and the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister to increase the rate of organ donation in Australia;

(4)

congratulates the organisers of Australian Organ Donor Awareness Week across the country for drawing attention to the need for more Australians to become registered organ donors and to discuss their choice with their families;

(5)

notes that the report of the National Clinical Taskforce on Organ and Tissue Donation sets out a number of directions for improvement in Australian policies and practices; and

(6)

encourages Members actively to encourage organ donation in their electorates.

Time allotted—40 minutes.

Speech time limits—

Mover of motion—10 minutes.

First Opposition Member speaking—10 minutes.

Other Members—5 minutes each.

[Minimum number of proposed Members speaking = 2 x 10 mins + 4 x 5 mins]

The Whips recommend that consideration of this matter should continue on a future day.

2    Mr Lindsay: to move:

That the House:

(1)

supports the provision of the highest quantity health services to Australians;

(2)

notes the continuing advances in medical science, making available new diagnostic tools; and

(3)

recognises the need to extend the availability of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanning to regional Australia.

Time allotted—40 minutes.

Speech time limits—

Mover of motion—10 minutes.

First Government Member speaking—10 minutes.

Other Members—5 minutes each.

[Minimum number of proposed Members speaking = 2 x 10 mins + 4 x 5 mins]

The Whips recommend that consideration of this matter should continue on a future day.

3    Mr Bradbury: to move:

That the House:

(1)

notes:

(a)

the recent increases in interest rates;

(b)

the impact that rising interest rates are having on families, particularly in western Sydney; and

(c)

the Reserve Bank of Australia’s warnings in its latest Statement on Monetary Policy of the risks to the Australian economy of continued inflation; and

(2)

supports the Government’s five-point plan to fight inflation.

Time allotted—40 minutes.

Speech time limits—

Mover of motion—10 minutes.

First Opposition Member speaking—10 minutes.

Other Members—5 minutes each.

[Minimum number of proposed Members speaking = 2 x 10 mins + 4 x 5 mins]

The Whips recommend that consideration of this matter should continue on a future day.

4    Mr Johnson: to move:

That the House:

(1)

acknowledges its support for the advancement of democracy around the world, including Pakistan; and

(2)

recognises the importance of ministerial accountability in our Westminster system of government.

Time allotted—30 minutes.

Speech time limits—

Mover of motion—10 minutes.

First Government Member speaking—10 minutes.

Other Members—5 minutes each.

[Minimum number of proposed Members speaking = 2 x 10 mins + 2 x 5 mins]

The Whips recommend that consideration of this matter should continue on a future day.

5    Mr Danby: to move:

That the House:

(1)

notes that 2007 marks the 75th anniversary of the Great Ukrainian Famine—Holodomor—of 1932–33, caused by the deliberate actions of Stalin’s communist Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics;

(2)

recalls that an estimated 7 million Ukrainians starved to death as a result of Stalinist policies in 1932–33 alone, and that millions more lost their lives in the purge that ensued for the remainder of the decade;

(3)

notes:

(a)

that this constitutes one of the most heinous acts of genocide in history;

(b)

that the Ukrainian Famine was one of the greatest losses of human life in one country in the 20th century; and

(c)

that it remains insufficiently known and acknowledged by the world community and the United Nations as an act of genocide against the Ukranian nation and its people, but has been recognised as such by the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament of Ukraine);

(4)

honours the memory of those who lost their lives;

(5)

joins the Ukrainian people throughout the world, and particularly in Australia, in commemorating these tragic events; and

(6)

submits that the Australian Government supports a resolution to the General Assembly of the United Nations, which may be submitted by the Government of Ukraine, that the Holodomor in Ukraine in 1932–33 be recognised as an act of genocide against the Ukrainian nation and its people.

Time allotted—20 minutes.

Speech time limits—

Mover of motion—5 minutes.

First Opposition Member speaking—5 minutes.

Other Members—5 minutes each.

[Minimum number of proposed Members speaking = 4 x 5 mins]

The Whips recommend that consideration of this matter should continue on a future day.

6    Mr Hartsuyker: to move:

That the House condemns the Federal Labor Government for its decision not to proceed with the planned expansions of existing Centrelink call centres in Coffs Harbour, Launceston, and Hobart.

Time allotted—remaining private Members’ business time (approx 30 mins)

Speech time limits—

Mover of motion—10 minutes.

First Government Member speaking—10 minutes.

Other Members—5 minutes each.

[Minimum number of proposed Members speaking = 2 x 10 mins + 2 x 5 mins]

The Whips recommend that consideration of this matter should continue on a future day.

I point out to honourable members that the Chief Opposition Whip, with the assistance of the National Party Whip and other whips, has arrived at these decisions and they enjoy the support of the Chief Opposition Whip and me.

Report adopted.