Joanna Gash (Gilmore, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Tourism) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to move—

That the House:

(1)

calls on the Australian Parliament to adopt a bipartisan approach to improving the provision and delivery of disability support and care to Australians living with severe and permanent disability, their families and/or their carers;

(2)

considers that for too long the ball of responsibility for the funding and delivery of disability support and care has been kicked between Federal and State governments and that game has to end; and

(3)

considers that the Federal Parliament must address the need for improved disability funding, support and services to see progress is continued beyond the individual terms of governments and is coordinated at such a level that inter-governmental disability service provision is clear, concise and indisputable. (Notice given 21 February 2008.)

Jason Clare (Blaxland, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to move—

That the House:

(1)

notes:

(a)

the pain being felt by Australian families struggling to pay off mortgages due to rising interest rates;

(b)

the failure of the previous government to heed the warnings of the Reserve Bank; and

(c)

the need for low cost home ownership and reduced entry costs for home buyers as well as a range of rental options for moderate to low income households;

(2)

supports the Government’s commitment to tackling this problem by appointing a Minister for Housing and by making it a key priority for COAG in 2008; and

(3)

welcomes the Government’s plan to help first homebuyers break into the housing market with the first-home saver account scheme. (Notice given 21 February 2008.)