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

to move:

That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Wentworth’s private Members’ business notice relating to the disallowance of the Public Works Committee Amendment Regulations 2010 (No. 1), as contained in Select Legislative Instrument 2010 No. 173 and made under the Public Works Committee Act 1969, being called on immediately.

to move:

(1)

that a Joint Committee on the National Broadband Network (NBN) be appointed to inquire into and report on the rollout of the NBN;

(2)

that every six months, commencing 31 August 2011, until the NBN is complete and operational, the Committee provide progress reports to both Houses of Parliament and to shareholder Ministers on:

(a)

the rollout of the NBN, including in relation to the Government’s objective for NBN Co. Limited (NBN Co.) to:

(i)

connect 93 per cent of Australian homes, schools and businesses with fibre-to-the-premises technology providing broadband speeds of up to 100 megabits per second, with a minimum fibre coverage obligation of 90 per cent of Australian premises; and

(ii)

service all remaining premises by a combination of next-generation fixed wireless and satellite technologies providing peak speeds of at least 12 megabits per second;

(b)

the achievement of take-up targets (including premises passed and covered and services activated) as set out in NBN Co.’s Corporate Plan released on 20 December 2010 as revised from time to time;

(c)

network rollout performance including service levels and faults;

(d)

the effectiveness of NBN Co. in meeting its obligations as set out in its Stakeholder Charter;

(e)

NBN Co.’s strategy for engaging with consumers and handling complaints;

(f)

NBN Co.’s risk management processes; and

(g)

any other matter pertaining to the NBN rollout that the Committee considers relevant;

(3)

that the Committee consist of 16 members, 4 Members of the House of Representatives to be nominated by the Government Whip or Whips, 4 Members of the House of Representatives to be nominated by the Opposition Whip or Whips, and one non-aligned Member, 3 Senators to be nominated by the Leader of the Government in the Senate, 3 Senators to be nominated by the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, and one Senator to be nominated by any minority group or groups or independent Senator or independent Senators;

(4)

that:

(a)

participating members may be appointed to the Committee on the nomination of the Leader of a Party in either House or of an Independent Member in either House;

(b)

participating members may participate in hearings of evidence and deliberations of the Committee and have all the rights of members of the Committee, but may not vote on any questions before the Committee; and

(c)

a participating member shall be taken to be a member of the Committee for the purpose of forming a quorum of the Committee if a majority of members of the Committee are not present;

(5)

that every nomination of a member of the Committee be notified in writing to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives;

(6)

that the members of the Committee hold office as a joint standing committee until the House of Representatives is dissolved or expires by effluxion of time;

(7)

that the Committee elect an independent (non-aligned) member as Chair;

(8)

that, in the event of an equally divided vote, the Chair have a casting vote;

(9)

that three members of the Committee constitute a quorum of the Committee provided that in a deliberative meeting the quorum shall include one Government Member of either House and one non-Government Member of either House;

(10)

that the Committee have power to call for witnesses to attend and for documents to be produced;

(11)

that the Committee may conduct proceedings at any place it sees fit;

(12)

that the Committee have power to adjourn from time to time and to sit during any adjournment of the Senate and the House of Representatives;

(13)

that the provisions of this resolution, so far as they are inconsistent with the standing orders, have effect notwithstanding anything contained in the standing orders; and

(14)

that a message be sent to the Senate acquainting it of this resolution and requesting that it concur and take action accordingly.

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

to move:

That this House:

(1)

notes that:

(a)

the importance of high school completion in equipping young people with the skills and education levels to translate into paid employment or further education opportunities;

(b)

the national rate of unemployment for persons aged 15 to 19 looking for full-time work was 24.2 per cent in January 2010; and

(c)

the current rate for Fairfield-Liverpool region is 33.5 per cent;

(2)

acknowledges that:

(a)

education and high school retention play a crucial part in improving youth employment opportunity;

(b)

in 2009, the Year 10 to 12 apparent national retention rate was 76.7 per cent; and

(c)

in South West Sydney the current retention rate is: 72.6 per cent;

(3)

calls on:

(a)

the Government to continue its efforts to ensure an above 90 per cent high school retention rate nationwide by 2015 in order to reduce the youth unemployment rate; and

(b)

local businesses to give, where possible, priority to the local youth searching for employment.