The following notices were given:

Mr Reith to move:

That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the introduction and passage through all stages this sitting without delay of a Bill for an Act to amend legislation relating to coal mining, and for related purposes.

Mr Slipper to present a bill for an act to appropriate the Consolidated Revenue Fund for certain purposes, and for other purposes.

Mr Slipper to present a bill for an act to appropriate the Consolidated Revenue Fund for certain purposes relating to the environment, and for other purposes.

Mr Slipper to move:

That, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Committee Act 1969, it is expedient to carry out the following proposed work which was referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works and on which the committee has duly reported to Parliament: Construction of replacement nuclear research reactor, Lucas Heights. NSW.

Mr Beazley to move:

That:

(1) recalling the Australian people's overwhelming decision in the 1967 Referendum to confer upon the Commonwealth Parliament responsibility for enhancement of the rights and well being of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people;

(2) reaffirming the abhorrence of racism shared by the Australian people and their Federal and State Governments;

(3) reaffirming Australia's recognition of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and the International Convention on the Prevention of All Forms of Racial Discrimination;

(4) recalling the Parliament's commitment in October 1996 to the principles of racial tolerance; and;

(5) recognising the profound economic and social disadvantage suffered by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people—

this House:

(a) affirms that the tabling of "Bringing them Home", the Report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal

and Torres Strait Islander Children from their Families, presents the nation with an unprecedented historical opportunity to render justice and restitution to Indigenous Australians, for the good of all Australians;

(b) acknowledges the immense trauma inflicted upon the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia as a result of the separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families under past government policies in place from before the time of Federation until the early 1900s;

(c) affirms that these racially discriminatory policies and their continuing consequences are a matter of national shame;

(d) affirms that current and future Federal and State governments are responsible for assisting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to rectify the ongoing effects of those policies;

(e) affirms its commitment to a just and proper settlement of the grievances of people adversely affected by those policies; and

on behalf of the nation—

(f) unreservedly apologises to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians for the separation policies;

(g) calls upon Federal and State Governments to establish, in consultation with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community, appropriate processes to provide compensation and restitution, including assistance for the reunification of families and counselling services;

(h) calls on the Federal and State Governments to establish appropriate education programs to enhance community awareness of the history and continuing consequences of past practices and policies of racial discrimination; and

(i) calls upon the Federal Government to declare a National Day in recognition and remembrance of the great suffering which flowed from the separation policies, and to affirm our nation's commitment to justice for Indigenous Australians, today and for the future.

Mr Bevis to present a bill for an act to amend the Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave Funding) Act 1992 to allow funds to be used to pay entitlements for certain employees.