That this House:

(1)   notes that:

(a)   mental illness afflicts more Australians than almost all other health disorders, only ranking behind cancer and heart disease in prevalence;

(b)   forty-five per cent of the nation’s population will experience a mental health disorder at some point in life;

(c)   younger Australians—those between 16 and 24—bear the brunt of mental illness, with prevalence of problems declining with age;

(d)   with early and targeted treatment, many people can overcome mental illness or lower the incidence of progression or relapse;

(e)   expansion of the headspace and Early Psychosis Prevention Intervention Centres (EPPIC) models could help an estimated 200 000 young Australians, and in doing so, free-up existing services for others with mental illnesses whilst alleviating pressures on public hospitals and emergency departments; and

(f)   the Government has moved to cut services in mental healthcare;

(2)   requires the Government to:

(a)   expand the number of headspace centres to a minimum of 90 nationally;

(b)   establish a national network of 20 EPPIC centres;

(c)   provide an additional 800 beds for mental health, associated with the EPPIC centres;

(d)   appropriate funds necessary to provide these critical steps to expanding mental health treatment facilities; and

(e)   immediately provide additional funds for existing headspace centres; and

(3)   sends a message to the Senate acquainting it of this resolution and requesting that it concur.

That:

(1)   a Joint Select Committee on Broadband be appointed to inquire into and report on all aspects of the business of the NBN Co. including its construction, operations, financing and any other matters related thereto;

(2)   the committee consist of 10 members, 2 Members of the House of Representatives to be nominated by the Government Whip or Whips, 2 Members of the House of Representatives to be nominated by the Opposition Whip or Whips and 1 by any non-aligned Member, 2 Senators to be nominated by the Leader of the Government in the Senate, and 2 Senators to be nominated by the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate and 1 Senator to be nominated by any minority group or groups or independent Senator or independent Senators;

(3)   every nomination of a member of the committee be notified in writing to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives:

(4)   the members of the committee hold office as a joint select committee until the House of Representatives is dissolved or expires by effluxion of time;

(5)   the committee will elect a chair;

(6)   the committee elect a member as its deputy chair who shall act as chair of the committee at any time when the chair is not present at a meeting of the committee, and at any time when the chair and deputy chair are not present at a meeting of the committee the members present shall elect another member to act as chair at that meeting.

(7)   the Chair and Deputy chair shall not both be from either the Government, Opposition or Crossbench members;

(8)   in the event of an equally divided vote, the chair, or the deputy chair when acting as chair, have a casting vote;

(9)   3 members of the committee constitute a quorum of the committee provided that in a deliberative meeting the quorum shall include 1 Government member of either House and 1 non-Government member of either House;

(10)   the committee have power to appoint subcommittees consisting of 3 or more of its members and to refer to any subcommittee any matter which the committee is empowered to examine;

(11)   the committee appoint the chair of each subcommittee who shall have a casting vote only and at any time when the chair of a subcommittee is not present at a meeting of the subcommittee the members of the subcommittee present shall elect another member of that subcommittee to act as chair at that meeting;

(12)   2 members of a subcommittee constitute the quorum of that subcommittee, provided that in a deliberative meeting the quorum shall include 1 Government member of either House and 1 non-Government member of either House;

(13)   members of the committee who are not members of a subcommittee may participate in the proceedings of that subcommittee but shall not vote, move any motion or be counted for the purpose of a quorum;

(14)   the committee or any subcommittee have power to call for witnesses to attend and for documents to be produced;

(15)   the committee or any subcommittee may conduct proceedings at any place it sees fit;

(16)   the committee or any subcommittee have power to adjourn from time to time and to sit during any adjournment of the Senate and the House of Representatives;

(17)   the committee may report from time to time;

(18)   the provisions of this resolution, so far as they are inconsistent with the standing orders, have effect notwithstanding anything contained in the standing orders; and

(19)   a message be sent to the Senate acquainting it of this resolution and requesting that it concur and take action accordingly.

That this House:

(1)   notes the:

(a)   19 September 2010 Declaration by the members of the Broadband Commission for Digital Development to world leaders attending the 2010 Millennium Development Goals Summit at the United Nations on the benefits of broadband as the transformational technology for employment generation, productivity growth and the long term economic competitiveness;

(b)   OECD report of December 2009 which makes the case for investment in a competitive, open-access national fibre network rollout based on benefits to four key sectors of the economy: electricity, health transportation and education;

(c)   the positive externalities of broadband in providing increased opportunities to access Australian health and education services, and the linkages between disparities in broadband access and social disadvantage; and

(d)   the technical limitations of non-fibre approaches to national broadband development, particularly in respect of video and other ‘real time’ applications used to deliver health and education services; and

(2)   recognises the merits of the development of universal broadband access in Australia with an emphasis on options for niche broadband delivered content and applications to provide immediate benefits to areas and groups of identifiable need.