Brendan O'Connor (Gorton, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Home Affairs) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to present a Bill for an Act to amend the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006, 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 amend the Electronic Transactions Act 1999, and for related purposes.

Andrew Leigh (Fraser, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to move:

That this House:

(1)

reaffirms this Government’s commitment to evidence-based policy making;

(2)

notes that:

(a)

the Productivity Commission has highlighted the importance of rigorous evaluation in assessing the impact of social, educational, employment and economic programs; and

(b)

randomised policy trials are increasingly being used as an evaluation tool in developed and developing nations; and

(3)

supports measures to increase the quality of evaluations, and calls on the Government to consider whether randomised policy trials may be implemented to evaluate future Government policies.

Stuart Robert (Fadden, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Defence Science, Technology and Personnel) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to move:

That this House:

(1)

notes that:

(a)

Defence Housing Australia (DHA) is the professional manager of Defence houses;

(b)

the Department of Defence still retains over 1650 homes that have not been handed over to DHA; and

(c)

the Government is using some of these 1650 homes, notably over 50 at Inverbrackie, as a detention facility to house Irregular Maritime Arrivals (IMA), rather than Defence families; and

(2)

calls on the Government to:

(a)

cease using Defence housing as an immigration detention facility;

(b)

hand over all houses managed by the Department of Defence to DHA; and

(c)

categorically state that it will not acquire the homes of Defence families for the purpose of housing the ever increasing number of IMA arriving in Australia as a result of the Government's soft border protection policies.

Maria Vamvakinou (Calwell, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to move:

That this House:

(1)

condemns the New Year’s Day attack on the Al-Qiddissin Church, the Church of the Two Saints, in Alexandria, Egypt;

(2)

acknowledges the historical role of the Coptic Orthodox community of Egypt;

(3)

expresses its condolences to all victims of violence and terrorism;

(4)

reaffirms the Australian Government's call for fundamental political reform in Egypt and the protection of the rights of all Egyptian citizens; and

(5)

recognises:

(a)

the contributions made by the Coptic Orthodox community of Australia under the leadership of His Grace Bishop Suriel of the Coptic Orthodox Church Diocese of Melbourne and Affiliated Regions;

(b)

the value and role of interfaith dialogue in building a diverse and harmonious society; and

(c)

the value of democratic rights and the right to freedom of religion and culture.

Mrs Bronwyn Bishop (Mackellar, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Seniors) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to present a Bill for an Act to amend the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992 to abolish the age limit on payment of the superannuation guarantee charge.

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

to move:

That this House:

(1)

notes that:

(a)

Sunday 20 February to Sunday 27 February 2011 is Donate Life Week, Australia's national awareness week to promote organ and tissue donation; and

(b)

organ donation is giving the gift of life, yet is a gift that most people do not know how to give;

(2)

acknowledges that:

(a)

one third of Australians do not know that family consent is needed for organs to be donated when someone dies;

(b)

there are more than 1000 people on organ donation waiting lists and were only 279 donations in 2009-10, despite the year being our highest annual donation rate in a decade; and

(c)

on average, every deceased organ donor in Australia may contribute to between three and ten transplants;

(3)

encourages all Australian men and women to:

(a)

set some time aside during the week to talk about organ and tissue donations with people closest to them; and

(b)

consider organ donations and sign up for the Australian Organ Donor Register; and

(4)   pays tribute to organ donors who have kindly given the gift of life.

to move:

That this House:

(1)

notes that:

(a)

for more than 2000 years religious groups such as Assyrians, Mandaeans, Chaldeans, Syriacs and other Aramaic speakers have called Iraq home;

(b)

in 2003, Australia was part of the ‘coalition of the willing’ that invaded Iraq in the belief that Iraq harboured weapons of mass destruction;

(c)

since 2003 there have been horrendous acts of persecution against these religious minorities in Iraq, including murders, bombings and extortion; and

(d)

the Catholic Church reports that one million Christians have fled Iraq since the 2003 invasion; and

(2)

recognises that:

(a)

thousands of people are sheltering in Syria, Egypt, Jordan and the northern regions of Iraq because they feel they cannot return to their homes for fear of death and persecution;

(b)

due to our part in the ‘coalition of the willing’, Australia has a moral responsibility to deal compassionately with these displaced people; and

(c)

it will be a damning critique on humanity and the Coalition forces, who have vowed to protect the people of Iraq, if religious groups with such a significant historical link to the region are forced out at the hands of terrorists.