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- Start of Business
- MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS
- DEFENCE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2003
- NATIONAL HEALTH AMENDMENT (PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE LEVIES) BILL 2003
- PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE (ACAC REVIEW LEVY) BILL 2003
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ENERGY GRANTS (CREDITS) SCHEME BILL 2003
ENERGY GRANTS (CREDITS) SCHEME (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) BILL 2003 - ENERGY GRANTS (CREDITS) SCHEME (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) BILL 2003
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- INDUSTRY, TOURISM AND RESOURCES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2002
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- MIGRATION LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (FURTHER BORDER PROTECTION MEASURES) BILL 2002 [NO. 2]
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- WORKPLACE RELATIONS AMENDMENT (PROHIBITION OF COMPULSORY UNION FEES) BILL 2002 [NO. 2]
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- BUSINESS
- AUSTRALIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE ORGANISATION LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (TERRORISM) BILL 2002 [NO. 2]
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- ADJOURNMENT
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Main Committee
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- INDUSTRY, TOURISM AND RESOURCES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2002
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CORPORATIONS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2002
CORPORATIONS (FEES) AMENDMENT BILL 2002
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CORPORATIONS (FEES) AMENDMENT BILL 2002 - CORPORATIONS (FEES) AMENDMENT BILL 2002
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Transport: Roads of National Importance Program
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Education, Science and Training: Program Funding
(Burke, Anna, MP, Nelson, Dr Brendan, MP) -
Centrelink: Overpayments
(Danby, Michael, MP, Anthony, Larry, MP) -
Transport: Roads to Recovery Program
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Nuclear Energy: Lucas Heights Reactor
(McClelland, Robert, MP, McGauran, Peter, MP) -
Education: Islamic Schools
(Danby, Michael, MP, Nelson, Dr Brendan, MP) -
Social Welfare: Age Pensions
(Jenkins, Harry, MP, Anthony, Larry, MP) -
Shipping: Foreign Seafarers
(Danby, Michael, MP, Anderson, John, MP) -
Shipping: Foreign Seafarers
(Danby, Michael, MP, Vale, Danna, MP) -
Health: Suicide Prevention
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Taxation: Family Payments
(McFarlane, Jann, MP, Anthony, Larry, MP)
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Transport: Roads of National Importance Program
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Mr ZAHRA (9:52 AM)
—There is a growing crisis in unmet demand for outside school hours care. New statistics which have been released this week reveal that, in Cardinia Shire, 60 places are in need of funding; in La Trobe Shire, 15 places are in need of funding; and, in South Gippsland Shire, 30 places are in need of funding. The federal government are aware of the crisis in unmet demand for outside school hours care, yet for the last three budgets they have not added any places at all to outside school hours care. This means that, in the three municipalities that I have just mentioned, families have to go without those important services.
There are substantial waiting lists in a number of these municipalities. In Cardinia Shire, in particular, where a total of 60 unfunded places are needed by the community, families are having to go without services and are missing out on the support that other parts of Australia enjoy. Cardinia Shire, which is chock-a-block with young families, has a growing population and is forecast to be one of the fastest growing areas in Australia. The government needs to try and stay ahead of the demand rather than getting itself into a situation, which it is in now, where it is massively behind the needs of the local community.
I also want to raise today the important issue of the risk of ethanol in boat motors. Alan Griffin, the shadow minister for consumer protection, and I met with a local marine mechanic, Peter Studd, to hear first hand of the risks associated with high levels of ethanol in petrol. I will read into Hansard some of the things that he said:
The main issue for marine motors is that they're not used regularly and if they're sitting around full of fuel with a high ethanol content, you start to get a process where the ethanol mixes with water from condensation and then separates from the petrol. This means that when you start the motor next it gets a surge of water and ethanol instead of petrol—and this can cause all sorts of potentially dangerous problems.
He went on to say.
If you were out on the water, for example, and your motor started running very poorly, or even failed completely, you'd have to be towed back or rescued.
This is a very important issue, which affects a large number of boat owners. Figures produced by the Parliamentary Research Office this week show that the Bass Coast Shire has 1,672 boat registrations; Baw Baw Shire, 1,368; Cardinia Shire, 1,906; Latrobe City, 3,460 and South Gippsland Shire, 1,482. A large number of boat owners in my electorate have been placed at risk by the federal government's failure to regulate and properly indicate to people whether there is ethanol in fuel.