Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to move:

That:

(1)

paragraph (2) of the resolution of appointment of the Joint Select Committee on Cyber-Safely be amended to read:That the committee consist of 11 members, 4 Members of the House of Representatives to be nominated by the Government Whip or Whips, 2 Members of the House of Representatives to be nominated by the Opposition Whip or Whips, 2 Senators to be nominated by the Leader of the Government in the Senate, 2 Senators to be nominated by the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate and 1 Senator to be nominated by any minority group or groups or independent Senator or independent Senators; and

(2)

a message be sent to the Senate acquainting it of this resolution and requesting its concurrence.

to move:

That:

(1)

paragraph (6) of the resolution of appointment of the Joint Standing Committee on the Parliamentary Library be amended to read:That the committee shall elect 2 of its members to be joint chairs, 1 being a Senator or Member who is a member of the government party or parties, and 1 being a Senator or Member who is a member of the non-government parties, provided that the joint chairs may not be members of the same House. The joint chair nominated by the government party or parties shall chair meetings of the committee, and the joint chair nominated by the non-government parties shall take the chair whenever the other joint chair is not present; and

(2)

a message be sent to the Senate acquainting it of this resolution and requesting its concurrence.

Gary Gray (Brand, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service and Integrity) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to move:

That, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Committee Act 1969, the following proposed work be referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works for consideration and report: Proposed fit-out of new leased premises for Divisions of the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research at Buildings 2 and 3, Precinct Corporate Centre, 105 Delhi Road, Riverside Corporate Park, North Ryde, NSW.

Sid Sidebottom (Braddon, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to move:

That this House:

(1)

acknowledges the Government’s recent increased commitment to the replenishment of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, which

(a)

increased the previous commitment of $145 million in 2008-10, to $210 million for the 2011-13 period;

(b)

recognised the importance of the Global Fund in the treatment and prevention of AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the three major infectious diseases;

(c)

acknowledges the Global Fund as a highly effective funding mechanism for promoting global health and preventing 5.7 million deaths from AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in some of the world poorest countries; and

(d)

recognises the need to better fund the work of the Global Fund to deliver increases in the provision of antiretroviral therapy, tuberculosis treatment, long lasting insecticidal nets to prevent malaria, and treatment of women for mother-to-child transmission of HIV; and

(2)

urges all aid donor countries in the world to fund their fair share of the global amount required by the Fund, which is estimated to be $20 billion over the next three years.

Bruce Billson (Dunkley, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Small Business, Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to present a bill for an act to amend the Competition and Consumer Act 2010, and for related purposes.

John Murphy (Reid, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to move:

That this House acknowledges that climate change is:

(1)

real; and

(2)

human-induced.

Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to move:

That this House:

(1)

notes that:

(a)

Australia has a long and proud record of resettling more than 700,000 refugees since the Second World War;

(b)

there are 10.4 million refugees around the world and less than 1 per cent will be offered a resettlement place;

(c)

Australia’s current refugee and humanitarian program is set at 13,750 with 6,000 of those places going to refugees mandated by the UNHCR and referred to Australia for resettlement;

(d)

the current Government has lost control of our borders with more than 9000 irregular maritime arrivals to Australia since August 2008;

(e)

as a result of the failure to protect our borders, places in the offshore Special Humanitarian Program (SHP) are being taken up by onshore protection visa applicants and their families; and

(f)

women who have been identified by the UNHCR as being in danger of victimisation, harassment or serious abuse have been rejected by Australia because there are no longer any places left in our offshore SHP; and

(2)

calls for the Government to:

(a)

give priority processing to the following visa applications within the SHP:

(i)

offshore applications for subclass 201—In Country Special Humanitarian Program Visa which offers resettlement to people who have suffered persecution in their country of nationality and who have not been able to leave that country;

(ii)

offshore applications for subclass 202—Global Special Humanitarian Visa for those subject to substantial discrimination and human rights abuses in their home country and who are sponsored for entry by an Australian citizen or permanent resident who is not, and has never been, a subclass 866 visa holder;

(iii)

offshore applications for subclass 203—Emergency Rescue Visa for people who are referred to Australia by the UNHCR and whose lives or freedom depend on urgent resettlement; and

(iv)

offshore applications for subclass 204—Women at Risk Visa for women who are registered as being of concern to the UNHCR;

(b)

confine immediate family members of sub class 866 protection visas holders, that includes irregular maritime arrivals, to eligibility for sponsorship only through the primary visa holder as a secondary applicant for a sub class 866 protection visa; and

(c)

cap the number of visas available in the refugee and humanitarian program in the following ways:

(i)

6000 subclass 200 visas for people identified by the UNHCR and referred to the Australian Government as mandated refugees;

(ii)

3750 subclass 866 protection visas for primary and secondary applicants, including irregular maritime arrivals and their immediate families; and

(iii)

4000 subclass 201, 202, 203 and 204 visas.