That this House:

(1)   recognises the important and critical role that Australian nurses have played in active service as part of Australia’s wartime effort;

(2)   recognises that Australian nurses have cared for the sick, wounded and dying during wartime for over a century starting with the Boer War of 1889;

(3)   acknowledges the courage and compassion that these nurses displayed with some making the ultimate sacrifice; and

(4)   congratulates the Port Noarlunga/Christies Beach RSL for its efforts in commemorating Australian wartime nurses by establishing the first RSL based memorial dedicated to nurses killed during wartime.

That this House:

(1)   expresses:

(a)   the gratitude of the Australian nation to the service personnel and civilians in Rabaul and the New Guinea Islands for their services in the defence of Australia during World War II; and

(b)   its regret and sorrow for the sacrifices that were made in the defence of Rabaul and the New Guinea Islands and in the subsequent sinking of the Montevideo Maru on 1 July 1942; and

(2)   conveys its:

(a)   condolences to the relatives and loved ones of the people who died in this conflict; and

(b)   thanks to the relatives for their forbearance and efforts in ensuring that the nation remembers the sacrifices made.

That this House reaffirms our pledge, first made in the year 2000, that we will spare no effort to free our fellow men, women and children from the abject and dehumanising conditions of extreme poverty, to which more than a billion are currently subjected.