Jon Sullivan (Longman, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to move:

That the House:

(1)

recognises the importance of the Australian Defence Force Reserves (ADFR) to Australia’s overall defence capability;

(2)

acknowledges that ADFR service requires significant sacrifices to be made on the part of Reservists, their families and their civilian employers;

(3)

values the contributions made by ADFR personnel during deployments with Army, Air Force and Navy colleagues; and

(4)

expresses appreciation to the Army Reserve personnel deployed in the Solomon Islands under Operation ANODE as part of Australia’s contribution to the Pacific Island Forum’s Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands.

Melissa Parke (Fremantle, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to move:

That the House:

(1)

recognises that 24 March is World Tuberculosis Day and notes that 9.4 million people developed tuberculosis in 2008 and that nearly 2 million people die each year from this preventable and curable disease;

(2)

notes that 50 per cent of new tuberculosis cases occur in the South East Asia and Western Pacific regions, and that these regions also contain half of the 22 high-burden countries for tuberculosis;

(3)

acknowledges the important work of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria which since its inception in 2002 has disbursed over $10 billion to combat these three diseases, including providing 63 per cent of all global aid resources for the fight against tuberculosis;

(4)

commends the Global Fund which, through 2009, provided treatment to 6 million people who had active tuberculosis and which has been critical to the decline of prevalence and incidence of tuberculosis in many countries;

(5)

notes that with continued and increased support for the Global Fund, the world will stay on track to meet the international target of halving tuberculosis prevalence by 2015; and

(6)

recommends that the Australian Government consider committing further significant funds to the Global Fund at its replenishment meeting to be held later this year, for its ongoing and vital work to fight tuberculosis as well as AIDS and malaria.

Kay Hull (Riverina, National Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to move:

That the House:

(1)

notes that:

(a)

before the 2007 election the Labor Government promised to the Australian people that if elected, it would provide fast broadband to 98 per cent of households;

(b)

ten per cent of the population has now been left out of the Labor Government’s current National Broadband Network (NBN) proposal, which equates to almost two million Australians, who largely live in the regions;

(c)

towns with less than 1000 residents will not have access to the same services as those from larger towns and cities;

(d)

if regional areas are consigned substandard access to new and emerging telecommunications options they will suffer serious economic and social impacts; and

(e)

small communities must be able to access internet services which allow for business and services to prosper; and

(2)

calls on the Government to immediately outline details of any planning for the provision of affordable and effective services for the 10 per cent of the population who are beyond the NBN footprint.