Report relating to the consideration of committee and delegation reports and private Members’ business on Monday, 5 December 2005

Pursuant to standing order 222, the Selection Committee has determined the order of precedence and times to be allotted for consideration of committee and delegation reports and private Members’ business on Monday, 5 December 2005. The order of precedence and the allotments of time determined by the Committee are as follows:

COMMITTEE AND DELEGATION REPORTS

Presentation and statements

1 AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION TO THE 113TH INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION ASSEMBLY IN GENEVA (16-20 OCTOBER 2005) AND TO THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE (23-27 OCTOBER 2005)

Report of the Parliamentary Delegation to the 113th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly in Geneva (16-20 October 2005) and a bilateral visit to the Republic of Singapore (23 27 October 2005).

2 STANDING COMMITTEE ON FAMILY AND HUMAN SERVICES

Overseas adoption in Australia.

3 STANDING COMMITTEE ON PROCEDURE

Inquiry into procedures relating to House committees.

4 JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON MIGRATION

Detention Centre Contracts: Review of Audit Report No. 1, 2005-2006, Management of the Detention Centre Contracts—Part B.

5 JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON THE NATIONAL CAPITAL AND EXTERNAL TERRITORIES

Norfolk Island financial sustainability—The challenge: sink or swim.

6 PARLIAMENTARY JOINT COMMITTEE ON ASIO, ASIS AND DSD

ASIO’s Questioning and Detention Powers—Review of the operation, effectiveness and implications of Division 3 of Part III in the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979.

7 JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON TREATIES

Report 69: Treaties tabled on 13 September and 11 October 2005.

PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS

Order of precedence

Notices

1 Ms Roxon to present a Bill for an Act to amend the Crimes Act 1914, to deal with threats and incitements because of race, colour, religion or national or ethnic origin. (Crimes Act Amendment (Incitement to Violence) Bill 2005) (Notice given 28 November 2005.)

2 Mrs Elliot to move:

That this House:

(1)   notes that petrol prices in regional areas have dramatically increased and are averaging well over $1.20 per litre;

(2)   recognises that these prices are becoming prohibitive for families and small businesses and are adversely impacting on tourism - an industry which many regional areas rely on; and

(3)   calls on the Government to direct the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to formally monitor prices under Part VIIA of the Trade Practices Act 1974. (Notice given 28 November 2005.)

3 Mrs May to move:

That this House:

(1)   recognises that:

(a)   good health is the single most important factor necessary for individuals to lead a happy and successful life;

(b)   what individuals think, eat and the amount of activity they undertake are important determinants of health and wellbeing;

(c)   Australians have a high incidence of preventable diseases that are influenced by lifestyle and behaviour including cardiovascular diseases, cholesterol, obesity and diabetes;

(d)   for many Australians, health is simply access to medical goods and services; and

(e)   once illness has taken hold, because of the mind/body connection, many do not have the mindset to better improve their health until they get a ‘scare’ which often comes too late; and

(2)   calls on the Australian Government to:

(a)   educate youngsters in schools about health and ways of preventing illness;

(b)   educate couples before starting a family on healthy lifestyles for children;

(c)   refocus the training of our doctors from ill health to good health with an emphasis on preventative care; and

(d)   implement a National Health Strategy with a strong focus on preventative health. (Notice given 9 November 2005.)