Senator Stott Despoja to move on the next day of sitting:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

(I)   19 June 2008, marks the 63rd birthday of Nobel laureate and leader of the democracy movement in Burma, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi,

(ii)   Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has been held under house arrest since May 2003, and periodically before then since 1989,

(iii)   the Burmese military dictatorship has refused to acknowledge the results of the 1990 election, in which the National League for Democracy led by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi won an overwhelming majority, and

(iv)   Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has refused a number of opportunities to leave Burma, even to visit her dying husband, knowing that she would be denied the right to return to continue the struggle for democracy and human rights in Burma;

(b)   welcomes the Australian Government’s continued advocacy on behalf of democracy in Burma;

(c)   calls on the Government to continue to pressure the Burmese regime to immediately and unconditionally release Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and all political prisoners in Burma, including 18 members of Parliament, and to commence an inclusive national reconciliation process to restore genuine democracy in Burma; and

(d)   offers good wishes to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi for her birthday and for her continued efforts to campaign for human rights and democracy on behalf of the people of Burma.

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

That the Senate requests the Government to report by 1 September 2008 on:

(a)   the total amount of carbon sequestered in Australia’s:

(I)   native forests and woodlands,

(ii)   plantations, and

(iii)   planted and non-planted regrowth; and

(b)   the rate of loss of these stores.

Senator Fielding to move on the next day of sitting:

That the reporting date for the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters inquiry into the Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Political Donations and Other Measures) Bill 2008 be amended by omitting ‘report by 30 June 2009’ and substituting ‘report by 10 November 2008’.