Senator Siewert to move on the next day of sitting:

That the Senate—

(a)

notes that:

(i)

the week beginning 1 September 2008 is National Landcare Week, a week in which we celebrate the contributions made to Australia’s environment by many thousands of Australians who voluntarily give their time to local Landcare, Bushcare, Rivercare and Coastcare groups and in Indigenous Landcare groups who continue a long tradition of ‘caring for country’, and

(ii)

the theme of Landcare Week 2008 is to recognise our ‘landcare heroes’;

(b)

recognises the importance of Landcare groups and activities in promoting community activities, engendering community spirit and in fostering and promoting engagement, respect and concern for Australia’s precious and unique ecosystems and landscapes;

(c)

notes that details of the delivery of the 2008-09 to 2011-12 National Landcare Program remain uncertain; and

(d)

calls on the Government to provide continuity and certainty to community Landcare groups, and to ensure that the integration of local landcare activities into regional natural resource management planning frameworks is not lost.

Senator Scullion to move on the next day of sitting:

That the following bills be referred to the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee for inquiry and report by 3 October 2008:

Horse Disease Response Levy Bill 2008

Horse Disease Response Levy Collection Bill 2008

Horse Disease Response Levy (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008.

Senator Minchin to move on the next day of sitting:

That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act concerning the provision of emergency assistance for the communities of the Lower Lakes and Coorong region of South Australia. Emergency Assistance Fund for the Lower Lakes and Coorong Region of South Australia Bill 2008 [No. 2].

Senator Ludlam to move on 18 September 2008:

That the Senate—

(a)

notes that:

(i)

on 7 September 2001, the United Nations General Assembly passed Resolution 55/282 declaring that the International Day of Peace should be observed annually on the fixed date of 21 September, as a day of global ceasefire and non-violence, and

(ii)

the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his predecessor, Kofi Annan, have urged member states to support the observance of global ceasefire on the day;

(b)

supports non-government organisations in Australia who intend to observe the day through vigils, concerts and walks;

(c)

calls on the Australian Government to actively support the observance of a ceasefire in Iraq, East Timor, Afghanistan, the Solomon Islands, Egypt (the Sinai Peninsula) and Sudan on Sunday, 21 September 2008, by ensuring that Australia’s armed forces:

(i)

do not engage in hostilities for the duration of 21 September, unless provoked to do so in self-defence, and

(ii)

promote the observance of a global ceasefire for the duration of 21 September; and

(d)

requests that the Australian Government encourage other nation states also to support the observance of a global ceasefire.