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 Monday, 17 March 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 Monday 17 March 2008. The order of precedence and allotments of time for items in the Main Committee and Chamber are as follows:

PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS

Notices recommended for Main Committee (6.55 to 8.30 pm)

1  Ms Hall: to move:

That the House:

(1)

recognises that epilepsy is the most common serious brain disorder and is the most universal of all medical disorders;

(2)

acknowledges that 200,000 people live with epilepsy at any one time in Australia and that up to three times as many Australians will have epilepsy at some time in their lives;

(3)

that people living with epilepsy are disadvantaged by lack of research into the disorder and by the lack of a national plan for epilepsy or deeming it a disorder that is a national priority;

(4)

acknowledges the impact that epilepsy has on the lives of people living with it;

(5)

calls on the Australian Government to fund greater research into epilepsy; and

(6)

calls on the Australian Government to establish a nationwide educational strategy on epilepsy modelled on the World Health Organisation’s global campaign.

Time allotted—30 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 = 6 x 5 mins]

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

2  Mr Broadbent: to move:

That the House consider what action should be taken by the Australian Government in response to the humanitarian tragedy that is Darfur.

Time allotted—30 minutes.

Speech time limits—

Mover of motion—5 minutes.

First Government Member speaking—5 minutes.

Other Members—5 minutes each.

[Minimum number of proposed Members speaking = 6 x 5 mins]

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

3  Mrs Gash: 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.

Time allotted—35 minutes.

Speech time limits—

Mover of motion—5 minutes.

First Government Member speaking—5 minutes.

Other Members—5 minutes each.

[Minimum number of proposed Members speaking = 7 x 5 mins]

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

Notices recommended for House of Representatives Chamber (8.30 to 9.30 pm)

1  Mr Georgiou: to present a Bill for an Act to appoint an independent reviewer of terrorism laws, and for related purposes. (Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Laws Bill 2008.)

Presenter may speak for a period not exceeding 5 minutes—pursuant to standing order 41.

2  Mr Clare: 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.

Time allotted—30 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 = 6 x 5 mins]

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

3  Mr Abbott: To move—That the House:

(1)

calls on the Government to end the permit system preventing access to remote Northern Territory townships;

(2)

calls on the Government to restore the pornography bans put in place by the former Government; and

(3)

urges the Government to not further water-down the Northern Territory intervention.

Time allotted—25 minutes.

Speech time limits—

Mover of motion—5 minutes.

First Government Member speaking—5 minutes.

Other Members—5 minutes each.

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

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

In moving that the report be adopted, may I apologise to honourable members. This ordinarily would have occurred much earlier but it awaited the passage of the new standing orders. I also place on record my appreciation of the Chief Opposition Whip. We needed to negotiate somewhat blind as to what the actual standing orders were and I very much appreciate his cooperation. I point out to all honourable members that, of course, the Chief Opposition Whip, the honourable member for Fairfax, concurs with this report.

Report adopted.