Senator Margetts to move, on the next day of sitting:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

(i) Friday, 18 June 1999, was `J18', an international day of action against the corporate tyranny and the negative impacts caused by the excesses of global capital,

(ii) Australians joined other communities in at least 80 cities around the world in this protest, which marked the opening of the G8 Summit in Cologne, Germany, and

(iii) that the protestors were calling for governments to take action such as:

(a) the cancellation of third world debt,

(b) the elimination of tax havens,

(c) the restructuring of international financial institutions and of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and the World Trade Organization,

(d) the taxation of speculative financial transactions, for example, a Tobin Tax,

(e) implementing global capital gains tax,

(f) implementing a tax on direct foreign investments,

(g) implementing eco-taxes, and

(h) the dismantling of multilateral free-trade agreements which grant investors rights to the detriment of nations and their citizens; and

(b) calls on the Australian Government to listen to these community concerns and transparently advocate these concerns in international fora, such as the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, and the upcoming millennium round of the World Trade Organization.

Senator Brown to move, on 30 June 1999:

That the Senate—

(a) notes the majority of public opinion against the proposed internal freeway through Albury, which would cut the city in half; and

(b) calls on the Government to opt for the alternative external freeway, west of the city.

Senator Colston to move, on the next day of sitting:

That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to amend the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 to provide for the division of States into Wards for the purpose of choosing senators, and for related purposes.

Electoral Amendment (Senate Elections) Bill 1999 .

Senator Cook to move, on the next day of sitting:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that 24 days after the Government and the Australian Democrats reached agreement on a goods and services tax (GST) deal:

(i) the Democrats are reported to have promised to pass the GST by 30 June 1999,

(ii) two Democrat Senators, Senators Bartlett and Stott Despoja, have vowed to vote against the GST deal in the interests of all Australians,

(iii) no GST amendments have yet been tabled by the Government or the Democrats for the scrutiny of the Parliament,

(iv) the GST bills are listed for debate in the Senate on 22 June 1999, and

(v) there are reports that the Government has made available to the Democrats the revised GST amendments, but has not made them available to other parties; and

(b) calls on the Government and the Australian Democrats to immediately make available their GST amendments for appropriate public scrutiny and consideration in sufficient time to enable proper debate.

Senator Schacht, at the request of Senator Bolkus, to move, on the next day of sitting:

That there be laid on the table by the Leader of the Government in the Senate (Senator Hill), no later than immediately after question time on the next day of sitting, the following documents:

(a) `Analysis of the impact of the proposed taxation changes on alternative fuel use and the alternative fuel market', prepared by the Bureau of Transport Economics; and

(b) any other modelling commissioned by the Government of the environmental impacts of the goods and services legislation as introduced or as proposed to be amended.

Senator Brown to move, on 29 June 1999:

That the following instruments, be disallowed:

(a) Amendment of section 82.0, 82.3 and 82.5 of the Civil Aviation Orders, dated 28 April 1999 and made under the Civil Aviation Act 1998 ; and

(b) Exemptions Nos CASA 14/1999, CASA 15/1999 and CASA 17/1999, made under regulation 308 of the Civil Aviation Regulations.