The following notices were given:

Ms Corcoran to move:

That this House:

(1)   recognises that tomorrow, 31 May 2005, is World No Tobacco Day;

(2)   recognises that 19,000 Australians die each year due to tobacco related diseases;

(3)   acknowledges the untold trauma of these diseases and the impact they have on families and communities; and

(4)   recognises that tobacco use kills more Australians every year than alcohol, illicit drugs and the yearly Australian road toll combined.

Mrs Irwin to move:

That this House:

(1)   supports the decisions of the Government to allow the great majority of East Timorese refugees to remain in Australia;

(2)   notes that more than 50 East Timorese including families with school aged children who have been in Australia for an average of 10 years have not had applications for protection visas approved;

(3)   notes that the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs has indicated her intention to reconsider the cases of East Timorese refugees previously refused protection visas; and

(4)   calls on the Minister to compassionately reconsider the applications of the remaining East Timorese refugees in Australia.

Mr Baird to move:

That this House:

(1)   notes with concern the Victorian Racial and Religious Tolerance Act 2001and:

        (a)   moves to introduce similar legislation into NSW;

        (b)  its effect of limiting freedom of speech, especially religious discussion, for fear of legal action;

        (c)   its creation of religious tension, where there was none before; and

        (d)  that it makes no distinction between ‘religion’ and ‘race’ when clearly one is a personal choice and the latter is inherited; and

(2)   affirms:

        (a)   the need to protect all people from vilification and to promote racial and religious tolerance;

        (b)  its commitment to Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and Article 18 of the Declaration of Human Rights; and

        (c)   that the Commonwealth Racial Discrimination Act 1975 adequately meets Australia’s international obligations and that the Victorian model of racial and religious tolerance legislation is unnecessary.

Mr Beazley to move:

That this House:

(1)   notes the statement by the Treasurer that families who are paying off a mortgage and have children would be struggling on $40,000 to $50,000;

(2)   notes that the 2005-06 budget offers a tax cut of only $6 to those struggling families;

(3)   notes that the alternative tax package proposed by the Opposition would provide these same families a tax cut of $12; and

(4)   calls on the House to adopt Labor’s tax package as the best means of helping Australian families.

Mr Garrett to move:

That this House:

(1)   notes that:

        (i)    26 May 2005 was National Day of Healing, and that this date commemorates the anniversary of the handing down of the Bringing Them Home report on 26 May 1997;

        (ii)   National Day of Healing offers an opportunity for all Australians to acknowledge and help heal the wounds of the many Indigenous people and their families who suffered as a result of the forced removal policies of successive Australian Governments between 1910 and the 1970s; and

        (iii)  National Day of Healing recognises that the journey of healing for the stolen generations depends on and contributes to healing within the wider Indigenous community and between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians; and

(2)   congratulates those who held events across the country aimed at enlisting the Australian community in this healing process;

(3)   recognises that a crucial aspect of healing is improving Indigenous health and that Australia could experience the dramatic improvements in Indigenous health which Canada, New Zealand and the United States have experienced in recent decades;

(4)   acknowledges the extra $42.5 million per year over four years allocated by the Government for Indigenous health in the recent budget while noting that this is less than 10% of the $450 million per year which the AMA and Access Economics estimate is needed to overcome the Indigenous health tragedy;

(5)   recognises that Australia’s Indigenous people, from 1 July, will be the only Indigenous people in the Western world without a representative body and that many Indigenous people see this as a humiliation and an attempt to silence their voice;

(6)   acknowledges that, despite the efforts of many individuals, communities and community organisations, Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians remain far from reconciled; and

(7)   urges the Government to encourage the reconciliation process by:

        (i)    implementing the recommendations of the Bringing Them Home report;

        (ii)   establishing benchmarks for improvements in Indigenous health and providing funding adequate to meet these benchmarks; and

        (iii)  facilitating the development of a new Indigenous representative body.