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

to present a Bill for an Act to make various amendments of the statute law of the Commonwealth, to repeal certain obsolete Acts, and for related purposes.

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

to present a Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to elections and referendums, and for related purposes.

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: Integrated fit-out of new leased premises for the Australian Taxation Office in Albury, NSW.

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: Facilities for the introduction into service of Land 121 vehicles at RAAF Base Amberley and Damascus Barracks, Meeandah, Queensland and at Gaza Ridge Barracks, Victoria.

to move:

That, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Committee Act 1969, it is expedient to carry out the following proposed work which was referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works and on which the committee has duly reported to Parliament: Integrated fit-out of new leased premises for the Australian Taxation Office at 12-26 Franklin Street, Adelaide, SA.

to move:

That, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Committee Act 1969, it is expedient to carry out the following proposed work which was referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works and on which the committee has duly reported to Parliament: Proposed development and construction of housing for the Department of Defence at Largs North (Bayriver), Port Adelaide, SA.

to move:

That, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Committee Act 1969, it is expedient to carry out the following proposed work which was referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works and on which the committee has duly reported to Parliament: HMAS Penguin and Pittwater Annexe Redevelopment, Mosman and Clareville, NSW.

to move:

That, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Committee Act 1969, and by reason of the urgent nature of the works, it is expedient that the following work be carried out without having been referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works: Infrastructure and upgrade works at the Immigration Detention Centre at Northam, WA.

Shayne Neumann (Blair, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to move:

That this House:

(1)

notes that in 2006, the Howard Government made sweeping changes to the Family Law Act 1975 in parenting matters, and that these changes:

(a)

elevated the rights of parents above the need to protect children; and

(b)

have been analysed and criticised in the following reports:

(i)

‘Family Courts violence review’ by Professor Richard Chisolm, former Justice of the Family Court;

(ii)

‘Evaluation of the family law reforms’ by the Australian Institute of Family Studies; and

(iii)

‘Improving responses to family violence in the family law system’ by the Family Law Council;

(2)

acknowledges that on 11 November 2010, the Hon. Robert McClelland, Attorney-General, released a draft bill Family Law Amendment (Family Violence) Bill 2010 (the Bill) for public consultation open to 14 January 2011, proposing amendments to the Family Law Act 1975 to provide better protection for children and families at risk of violence;

(3)

supports the Federal Labor Government in taking steps to protect children from abuse, neglect and family violence; and

(4)

urges the Federal Labor Government to proceed with the Bill to ensure that the best interest of the child is the paramount consideration in all court proceedings in relation to children.

Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to present a Bill for an Act to establish a process for assisting victims of overseas terrorist acts.

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

to move:

That this House:

(1)

supports the principle of equal pay for equal work;

(2)

notes that the:

(a)

Social and Community Services (SACS) sector equal remuneration case is currently before Fair Work Australia;

(b)

Heads of Agreement made between the Government and the Australian Services Union (ASU), signed by the Prime Minister when she was Minster for Workplace Relations, includes an acknowledgment of the potential budgetary impacts of the case and the agreement of the ASU to a gradual phase-in of any wage increase that results; and

(c)

anger, disappointment and concern in the SACS sector that the Government’s submission to Fair Work Australia shows the Government backtracking on its commitment to pay equity; and

(3)

calls on the Government to re-commit to the principle of pay equity and acknowledge that given the SACS sector provides many essential services on behalf of the Government, the Government has the primary responsibility to fund any pay increases necessary to achieve pay equity in the sector.

John Cobb (Calare, National Party, Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Food Security) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to move:

That this House:

(1)

requires the responsible Minister to:

(a)

commission the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), with the assistance of ABARE, to prepare an information database on the foreign ownership of agricultural land and agribusiness, which should:

(i)

show the level of foreign ownership for Australia as a whole, by state and for key regions, and for particular agribusinesses;

(ii)

include an annual formal statistical release; and

(iii)

recommend what steps need to be taken to establish and maintain a public register of foreign ownership of agricultural land and agribusiness;

(b)

task the Productivity Commission, on the receipt of the initial ABS data, to:

(i)

review foreign ownership of agricultural land and agribusiness, with an evaluation of its contribution to the national interest in terms of economic development, food and water security, and agricultural sustainability; and

(ii)

recommend how the foreign investment policy on agricultural land and agribusiness should be modified, if necessary, to ensure the optimum outcomes for economic development and the national interest, including whether the Government needs to:

• lower the threshold for notification to the Foreign Investment Review Board for rural land and agribusiness acquisitions;
• introduce a national interest test for food security; and
• ensure that foreign entities do not establish monopoly or near monopoly positions in key sectors.

(2)

commit to establishing a Joint Parliamentary Committee to consider the information provided by the ABS, ABARE and the, Productivity Commission, taking into account public concern in this area.