Simon Crean (Hotham, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to present a Bill for an Act to change the name of the National Film and Sound Archive and to transfer certain assets and liabilities of Screen Australia to the National Film and Sound Archive, and for related purposes.

Nicola Roxon (Gellibrand, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Health and Ageing) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to present a Bill for an Act to amend the Health Insurance Act 1973, and for related purposes.

to present a Bill for an Act to amend the Tobacco Advertising Prohibition Act 1992, and for related purposes.

Peter Garrett (Kingsford Smith, Australian Labor Party, Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to present a Bill for an Act to amend the Australian Research Council Act 2001, and for related purposes.

Robert McClelland (Barton, Australian Labor Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to present a Bill for an Act to validate certain parenting orders and amend the Family Law Act 1975, and for related purposes.

Greg Hunt (Flinders, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Climate Action, Environment and Heritage) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to move:

That this House:

(1)

notes that the Australian Government has not released figures for the full rate of defects discovered under both the Home Insulation Safety Plan and the Foil Insulation Safety Program;

(2)

calls on the Australian Government to release the full rate of defects discovered under both the Home Insulation Safety Plan and the Foil Insulation Safety Program, including the:

(a)

number and percentage of roofs:

(i)

found to be unsafe;

(ii)

found to be faulty or substandard;

(iii)

found to be flawed, unsafe or substandard in any way; and

(iv)

rectified;

(b)

cost of repairing the faulty, substandard or unsafe insulation; and

(c)

total amount of money paid by the Australian Government to insulation companies for faulty, substandard, flawed or unsafe insulation; and

(3)   calls on the Australian Government to release information on the asbestos problem discovered under the Home Insulation Program, in particular:

(a)

the number of roofs containing asbestos that received insulation;

(b)

any specific warnings of asbestos risk given to installers prior to fitting the insulation;

(c)

steps being taken to manage the asbestos risk for safety inspectors assessing roofs.

Chris Hayes (Fowler, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to move:

That this House:

(1)

notes that:

(a)

10 December 2010 is Human Rights Day;

(b)

Human Rights Day marks the anniversary of the United Nations General Assembly’s adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 and is the most important commemorative day of the human rights calendar;

(c)

the theme for Human rights Day 2010 is ‘human rights defenders who act to end discrimination’; and

(d)

human rights defenders act against discrimination, exclusion, oppression and violence, often at great personal risk both to themselves and their families;

(2)

acknowledges that:

(a)

there are Governments and regimes in the world which do not afford their citizens the fundamental human rights that we freely enjoy in Australia;

(b)

one such Government operates in Vietnam, where there are more than 400 people imprisoned for exercising their fundamental human rights and who have been accused of crimes such as supporting political groups not recognised by the state, criticising government policies, calling for democracy, giving interviews to foreign journalists and providing legal advice to other dissidents on trial;

(c)

as a nation we should be doing all that we can to urge the Vietnamese Government to adhere to the International Bill of Human Rights, which Vietnam ratified in 1982; and

(3)

calls on the Government to:

(a)

use the full weight of its diplomatic relations with Vietnam to strongly lobby for substantial reform when it comes to basic freedoms for its people; and

(b)

continue its commitment to lobby and advocate for human rights in all countries.

Sharman Stone (Murray, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to move:

That this House:

(1)

mourns the tragic loss of young Chase and Tyler Robinson, who died at Mooroopna on 30 May 2010 in a recently rented home;

(2)

notes that Chase and Tyler Robinson were the victims of a faulty gas wall heater emitting carbon monoxide; and

(3)

calls upon the Australian Government to work with the State and Territory governments through the Council of Australian Governments to:

(a)

urgently introduce legislation that requires:

(i)

approved carbon monoxide detectors to be fitted in all homes that have gas appliances; and

(ii)

landlords to arrange for suitably qualified contractors to biannually inspect all gas appliances and associated fittings in rental properties; and

(b)

institute a national safety awareness campaign alerting all Australians to the dangers and symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning and the need to regularly maintain gas appliances to ensure that they operate efficiently and safely.

Adam Bandt (Melbourne, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to move:

That this House:

(1)

notes that:

(a)

overwork is a significant problem for many Australian workers;

(b)

research by the Australia Institute has shown that the typical full-time employee works 70 minutes of unpaid overtime a day, which equates to six and a half standard working weeks a year, effectively meaning that Australian workers are ‘donating’ more than their annual leave entitlement back to their employers in the form of unpaid overtime;

(c)

excessive working hours can have negative consequences for physical and mental health, for relationships with loved ones, and for the broader community; and

(d)

to focus attention on the ongoing problem of work/life balance, Wednesday 24 November is National Go Home on Time Day, an initiative of the Australia Institute that is supported by beyondblue, VicHealth, the Australian Health Promotion Association, the Public Health Association of Australia, and many other organisations; and

(2)

acknowledges the positive and simple message behind Go Home on Time Day, and encourages employees and employers to take part on 24 November.