Senator Siewert to move on the next day of sitting:

That the Senate—

(a)

notes the recent release of the Report of the International Panel of Independent Legal Experts on: Special Permit (“Scientific”) Whaling under International Law on 12 May 2006 in Paris, and the report Slaughtering Science: The case against Japanese whaling in the Antarctic on 25 May 2006; and

(b)

calls on the Government to immediately commence legal proceedings in the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and in the International Commission of Justice against this ‘unlawful’ whaling.

Senator Ian Macdonald to move on the next day of sitting:

That the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Crime Commission be authorised to hold a public meeting during the sitting of the Senate on Monday, 19 June 2006, from 5.45 pm, to take evidence for the committee’s inquiry into amphetamines and other synthetic drugs.

Senator Humphries to move on the next day of sitting:

That the Senate—

(a)

notes the reference by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion and Belief to a confidential document which shows that Iranian authorities continue to identify and monitor the lives of Bahá’ís living in Iran;

(b)

recognises the right of all people to worship freely without fear of persecution;

(c)

expresses its concern that the Government of the Islamic Republic is monitoring the activities of the Bahá’í community in Iran and that Iranian newspapers and radio stations have been conducting an intense anti-Bahá’í campaign, similar to those that occurred in 1955 and 1979 in the lead up to Government campaigns of persecution against the Bahá’í community; and

(d)

calls on the Government of the Islamic Republic to cease its monitoring of the Bahá’í community and to desist from any campaign of persecution against Iranian Bahá’ís.

Senator Conroy to move on Thursday, 17 August 2006:

That the following legislative instruments be disallowed:

(a)

the Telecommunications (Operational Separation—Designated Services) Determination (No. 1) 2005, made under subclause 50A(1) of Schedule 1 to the Telecommunications Act 1997; and

(b)

the Telecommunications (Requirements for Operational Separation Plan) Determination (No. 1) 2005, made under paragraph 51(1)(d) of Schedule 1 to the Telecommunications Act 1997.

Senator Allison to move on the next day of sitting:

That the Senate—

(a)

recognises that according to the recently released report, Counting the costs of tobacco and the benefits of reducing smoking prevalence in Victoria:

(i)

the total social costs of smoking in Victoria in the 1998-99 financial year were approximately $5.05 billion,

(ii)

of the total Victorian costs, approximately 45 per cent were avoidable,

(iii)

as a result of Victorian smoking, federal smoking-attributable expenditures exceeded smoking attributable revenues by approximately $160 million in the 1998-99 financial year, and

(iv)

under the most conservative method of estimation, the benefits of the reduction in smoking prevalence would be $2 034 million, or $10 291 for each person prevented from smoking by anti-smoking interventions; and

(b)

calls on the Government to increase the proportion of smoking-related revenue that is allocated to anti-smoking interventions.

Senator Stott Despoja to move on Thursday, 15 June 2006:

That the Senate—

(a)

notes:

(i)

the condemnation of the United States of America (US) military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay by British Attorney-General Lord Goldsmith and his call for the facility to be closed,

(ii)

Lord Goldsmith’s comments that the US military tribunal system does not offer ‘sufficient guarantees of a fair trial in accordance with international standards’,

(iii)

that a number of world leaders, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, have also called for the facility to be closed,

(iv)

that, in February 2006, a report by the United Nations (UN) condemned the operation of Guantanamo Bay as a military detention facility, and in May 2006 the UN Committee against Torture called for the facility to be closed as it breaches international law,

(v)

human rights groups including Amnesty International have repeatedly called for the facility to be closed,

(vi)

the recent suicide of three Guantanamo Bay inmates,

(vii)

the long history of the US Central Intelligence Agency’s use of invasive physiological and subtle psychological interrogation techniques against suspected national security threats as documented by American historian, Professor Alfred W McCoy, and

(viii)

that South Australian David Hicks has now been held at Guantanamo Bay for more than 4 years and is awaiting trial under the commission process, pending a ruling on the legality of the process by the US Supreme Court; and

(b)

calls on the Government to:

(i)

acknowledge the criticism of Guantanamo Bay by international leaders and jurists,

(ii)

join international calls for the Guantanamo Bay military facility to be closed, and

(iii)

seek the repatriation of citizen David Hicks.

Senator Stott Despoja to move on Thursday, 15 June 2006:

That there be laid on the table by the Minister Representing the Minster for Human Services (Senator Kemp), no later than the end of question time on 19 June 2006, the following documents:

(a)

the Government’s Privacy Impact Statement on its smartcard proposal; and

(b)

all privacy advice relating to the smartcard proposal obtained by the Government from Mr Nigel Waters (Pacific Privacy Consulting).

Senator Milne to move on the next day of sitting:

That the following matter be referred to the Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts References Committee for inquiry and report by 31 March 2007:

Australia’s future sustainable and secure energy supply, with particular reference to:

(a)

short-, medium- and long-term greenhouse gas abatement targets and energy emissions intensity goals;

(b)

relevant existing and emerging technologies that are likely to make a significant contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions following life-cycle analysis and benchmarked against biodiversity, safety and regional security considerations;

(c)

the mix of energy supply and energy use efficiency options that could feasibly meet Australia’s energy intensity requirements;

(d)

identification of preferred energy options taking into consideration factors including, but not limited to, cost, reliability, safety, security, regional development and sustainability;

(e)

identification of policy adjustments required to stimulate energy markets to develop the preferred options at least cost; and

(f)

any other related matters.

Senator Bartlett to move two sitting days after today:

That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to prevent unreasonable impediments to entry to detention centres, and for related purposes. Migration Legislation Amendment (Appropriate Access to Detention Centres) Bill 2006.

Senator Bartlett to move two sitting days after today:

That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to amend the Migration Act 1958 to make consequential provisions for returning excised offshore places to Australia’s migration zone, and for related purposes. Migration Legislation Amendment (Migration Zone Excision Repeal) (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2006.

Senator Milne to move on the next day of sitting:

That the Senate—

(a)

notes that:

(i)

in 2001, the United States (US) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established radiation standards for the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository, setting a dose limit of 15 millirem per year for the public outside the site for a period of 10 000 years after closure,

(ii)

the standards were challenged in the Federal Court which found the timeframe of the EPA’s standards was inconsistent with the recommendations of the US National Academy of Science,

(iii)

in 2005 the EPA proposed a revised rule of two dose standards that would apply after closure of the site, namely 15 millirem per year for the first 10 000 years and 350 millirem per year for the period between 10 000 to one million years, and

(iv)

the revised standards require the Department of Energy to demonstrate Yucca Mountain can safely contain wastes, considering the effects of earthquakes, volcanic activity, climate change and container corrosion, for over one million years;

(b)

recognises that establishing regulations that apply to the next one million years is absurd; and

(c)

opposes and condemns the development of such nuclear waste repositories on Australian soil.

Senator Bob Brown to move on the next day of sitting:

That the Senate—

(a)

notes the suicide of three prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, none of whom, despite years in captivity, had been charged or brought before a court;

(b)

recognises that Australian citizen David Hicks has been detained in the prison for more than 4 years without trial; and

(c)

calls on the Government to take active measures to influence the United States Administration to close Guantanamo Bay and return Mr Hicks to Australia.