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 committee and delegation reports and private members’ business on Monday, 7 September 2009. 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 committee and delegation reports and private Members’ business for Monday, 7 September 2009. The order of precedence and allotments of time for items in the Main Committee and Chamber are as follows:

Items recommended for Main Committee (6.55 to 8.30 pm)

PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS

Notices

1 MS PARKE: To move—

That the House:

(1)

notes that:

(a)

over 2,000 nuclear weapons tests have been conducted between 1945 and 2009;

(b)

the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) bans all nuclear test explosions in all environments, for military or civilian purposes;

(c)

the sixth Article XIV (Entry Into Force) Conference of the CTBT will be held 24 25 September 2009;

(d)

for more than half a century, countless scientific experts, political leaders and community organisations have pursued the goal of a more secure world free of the dangers of nuclear weapons test explosions;

(e)

the CTBT is important to all states because it stigmatizes nuclear testing, halts the qualitative and quantitative nuclear arms race and the development of increasingly more destructive weapons, and protects human health and the global environment from the devastating effects of nuclear weapons production and testing; and

(f)

nine states required for the entry into force of the treaty have not yet ratified the treaty; and

(2)

calls on the Government to:

(a)

renew and sustain dialogue with those nine states that have not ratified the CTBT, urging them to do so without delay, most notably those states possessing nuclear weapons, the United States, China, India, Pakistan, Israel and the Democratic People’s Republic on Korea;

(b)

call on all states possessing nuclear weapons to refrain from research and development efforts that could lead to new warheads and the possibility of the resumption of nuclear testing;

(c)

participate in the Article XIV Conference at the highest level; and

(d)

continue to participate and support the development of the CTBT verification regime, including the international monitoring system.

Time allotted—30 minutes.

Speech time limits—

Ms Parke—5 minutes.

First Opposition Member speaking—5 minutes.

Other Member—5 minutes each.

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

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

2 MR HARTSUYKER: To move—

That the House:

(1)

condemns the Government’s decision to allow the importation of bananas from the Philippines in view of the direct threat such imports pose to the disease free nature of the Australian banana growing industry; and

(2)

expresses concern that:

(a)

there is a high prevalence of banana pests and diseases in the Philippines;

(b)

the decision has apparently been taken in disregard of previous failings by the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service to secure our borders against damaging infections and diseases; and

(c)

the health of the Australian banana growing industry will now depend on the inspection regime in the Philippines.

Time allotted—30 minutes.

Speech time limits—

Mr Hartsuyker—10 minutes.

First Government Member speaking—10 minutes.

Other Member—5 minutes each.

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

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

3 MS COLLINS: To move—

That the House:

(1)

strongly objects to recent announcements by corporations, such as Telstra, that they will charge an administrative fee for payment of accounts by cash in person;

(2)

notes this fee for payment of accounts impacts adversely on those people that can least afford it; and

(3)

calls on the:

(a)

Australian Competition and Consumer Protection Commission to investigate the impact on consumers of these type of charges; and

(b)

Treasurer to review whether it is necessary to amend the Currency Act 1965 or the Reserve Bank Act 1959 to ensure that all Australians are able to make payments in legal tender in person if they choose.

Time allotted—35 minutes.

Speech time limits—

Ms Collins—5 minutes.

First Opposition Member speaking—5 minutes.

Other Member—5 minutes each.

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

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

Items recommended for House of Representatives Chamber (8.40 to 9.30 pm)

COMMITTEE AND DELEGATION REPORTS

Presentation and statements

1 PARLIAMENTARY JOINT COMMITTEE ON CORPORATIONS AND FINANCIAL SERVICES

Report on an inquiry into agribusiness managed investment schemes.

The Whips recommend that statements on the report may be made—statement to conclude by 8.50 pm

Speech time limits—

Mr Ripoll (Chair)—5 minutes

Opposition Member – 5 minutes

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

2 PARLIAMENTARY JOINT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY

Review of Administration and Expenditure No. 6.

The Whips recommend that statements on the report may be made—all statements to conclude by 9 pm

Speech time limits—

Mr Bevis (Chair)—5 minutes

Opposition Member – 5 minutes

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

PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS

Orders of the Day

1 RENEWABLE ENERGY AMENDMENT (FEED-IN-TARIFF FOR ELECTRICITY) BILL 2009—Second reading (18 August 2009).

The Whips recommend all speeches to conclude by 9.10 pm

Speech time limits—

Mr Oakeshott—5 minutes.

First Government Member speaking—5 minutes.

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

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

Notices

1 MR KATTER: To move—

That, recognising the necessity to preserve manufacturing in Australia to address rising unemployment and the plight of people about to be dismissed at Pacific Brands, the House:

(1)

calls on the Government to:

(a)

introduce ‘an emergency measure under WTO rules’ to provide an interim 15 per cent tariff on goods that are imported to replace textile clothing and footwear (TCF) items such as those produced at Pacific Brands; and

(b)

abandon its intention to abolish the existing TCF tariff regime; and

(2)

directs the Government to finance a loan to allow Pacific Brands workers to purchase significant shareholdings in the company through salary sacrifice arrangements in order to purchase a share issue made to provide the refinancing funds needed to enable continued manufacturing by Pacific Brands in Australia.

Time allotted—remaining private Members’ business time prior to 9.30 pm

Speech time limits—

Mr Katter—5 minutes.

First Government Member speaking—5 minutes.

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

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

Report adopted.