Senator Payne to move on the next day of sitting:

That the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee be authorised to hold a public meeting during the sitting of the Senate on Monday, 16 October 2006, from 7.30 pm, to take evidence for the committee’s inquiry into the performance of the Australian Federal Police, adopted by the committee pursuant to standing order 25(2)(b).

Senator Heffernan to move on the next day of sitting:

That the time for the presentation of the report of the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee on Australia’s future oil supply be extended to 27 November 2006.

Senator Johnston to move on the next day of sitting:

(1)

That the time for the presentation of the report of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee on the provisions of the Defence Legislation Amendment Bill 2006 be extended to 27 October 2006.

(2)

That the committee may consider any proposed government amendments to the bill.

Senator Allison to move on the next day of sitting:

That the Senate—

(a)

notes:

(i)

the call last week by 135 respected global leaders, including former presidents, prime ministers, foreign and defence ministers, congressional leaders and heads of international organisations including Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Jimmy Carter, Mikhail Gorbachev, Bill Hayden, John Major and Mary Robinson, for a comprehensive settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict,

(ii)

that everyone has lost in this conflict except the extremists throughout the world who prosper on the rage that it continues to provoke,

(iii)

that every passing day undermines prospects for a peaceful, enduring solution and that, as long as the conflict lasts, it will generate instability and violence in the region and beyond,

(iv)

the need for United Nations (UN) Security Council resolutions 242 of 1967 and 338 of 1973, the Camp David peace accords of 1978, the Clinton Parameters of 2000, the Arab League Initiative of 2002, and the Roadmap proposed in 2003 by the Quartet (UN, United States of America, European Union and Russia) to be implemented in resolving the conflict, and

(v)

that the goal must be security and full recognition to the state of Israel within internationally-recognised borders, an end to the occupation for the Palestinian people in a viable independent, sovereign state and the return of lost land to Syria; and

(b)

calls on the Government to join these world leaders in pressing for a new international conference, held as soon as possible and attended by all relevant players, at which all the elements of a comprehensive peace agreement would be mapped, momentum generated for detailed negotiations and steps taken by the key players, including:

(i)

support for a Palestinian national unity government, with an end to the political and financial boycott of the Palestinian Authority,

(ii)

talks between Israel and the Palestinian leadership mediated by the Quartet and reinforced by the participation of the Arab League and key regional countries, on rapidly enhancing mutual security and allowing revival of the Palestinian economy,

(iii)

talks between the Palestinian leadership and the Israeli Government, sponsored by a reinforced Quartet, on the core political issues that stand in the way of achieving a final status agreement, and

(iv)

parallel talks of the reinforced Quartet with Israel, Syria and Lebanon, to discuss the foundations on which Israeli-Syrian and Israeli-Lebanese agreements can be reached.

Senator Bartlett to move on the next day of sitting:

That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to remove unfair impediments preventing holders of temporary protection visas from obtaining permanent protection visas, and for related purposes. Migration Legislation Amendment (Enabling Permanent Protection) Bill 2006.

Senator Allison to move on the next day of sitting:

That the Senate—

(a)

notes the resolution of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, on 10 September 2006 in Helsinki, calling for:

(i)

relevant governments to make public all information relevant to the health and environmental consequences of their nuclear test explosions, including opening their archives to independent researchers,

(ii)

long-term health and environmental effects of nuclear test explosions to be comprehensively and independently evaluated,

(iii)

underground and underwater nuclear test sites and related contaminated areas to undergo best practice clean-up to be secured as much as feasible against radioactive and chemical toxic leakage into the biosphere and to be subject to long-term monitoring, and

(iv)

responsibility for these public health measures to properly belong to the governments which conducted the nuclear test explosion;

(b)

urges the Government to initiate talks with nuclear weapons states that have conducted tests and those states that have hosted these tests with a view to developing a treaty between the parties to at least put in place the measures called for in paragraph (a);

(c)

encourages the Government to redouble efforts to encourage other countries to ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty and bring it into force; and

(d)

urges the Government to use its best diplomatic endeavours to dissuade North Korea from further nuclear weapons testing, and resist calls for military action against North Korea.

Senator Ellison to move on the next day of sitting:

(1)

That the time allotted for the remaining stages of the Broadcasting Services Amendment (Media Ownership) Bill 2006 and three related bills be as follows:

Committee stage     Thursday, 12 October 2006—commencing immediately, until 1.15 pm

Third reading           Thursday, 12 October 2006—until 1.45 pm.

(2)

That this order operate as an allocation of time under standing order 142.

Senator Crossin to move on the next day of sitting:

That the Senate—

(a)

notes that 12 October 2006 is World Sight Day;

(b)

recognises that approximately 500 000 Australians are blind or have low vision;

(c)

acknowledges that with Australia’s increasingly ageing population, it is likely that the number of Australians who are blind or have low vision will increase;

(d)

supports the commitment of the member organisations of Vision 2020 for raising awareness about conditions such as age-related macular degeneration, cataracts, diabetic eye disease, glaucoma, and refractive error and the serious level of trachoma in our Indigenous population; and

(e)

commends the work of the many support groups available for those people who are blind or have low vision.

Senator Milne to move on the next day of sitting:

That the Senate—

(a)

notes:

(i)

the deteriorating security situation in North Asia following North Korea’s nuclear test,

(ii)

that India is not a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT),

(iii)

that the India-United States of America (US) nuclear deal contravenes the NPT, and

(iv)

that any sale of Australian uranium would contravene the NPT; and

(b)

calls on the Government to use its position in the Nuclear Suppliers Group to block the India-US nuclear deal and reject any sale of uranium to India.

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

That the Senate—

(a)

condemns the shooting by Chinese guards of 17-year-old nun Kelsang Namtso and a 13-year-old boy in the Himalayas on 30 September 2006; and

(b)

calls on the Minister for Foreign Affairs (Mr Downer) to endeavour to establish the whereabouts and well-being of up to 30 Tibetan children, aged between 6 and 10 years, who were marched away by Red Army guards through the international climbers’ camp at Chu Oyu near Mt Everest.

Senator Milne to move on the next day of sitting:

That the Senate—

(a)

notes that:

(i)

the second week in October is National Weedbuster Week,

(ii)

weeds seriously deplete biodiversity and cost the Australian economy approximately $4 billion per year,

(iii)

climate change, as stated at the 15th Australian Weeds Conference, will make weed management increasingly more difficult, with sleeper weeds and warmer conditions leading to the habitat expansion of some weed species,

(iv)

funding for the Defeating the Weed Menace Programme ends in the 2007-08 financial year, and

(v)

the Weeds cooperative research centre ends its current term in 2008; and

(b)

calls on the Government to:

(i)

extend the Defeating the Weed Menace Programme beyond its current term with an increase in its scope and funding base, and

(ii)

fulfil it promise to fund a program to increase public awareness of the weed problem in Australia.