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

That the Senate—

(a) notes the findings of a national report, released on 10 August 1999, that indigenous Australians, as a group, are still the most disadvantaged in almost every area, including housing, education, employment, and morbidity and mortality rates;

(b) expresses deep concern that the findings of this report include:

(i) the fact that many indigenous men and women will die before their 50th birthday,

(ii) twice as many indigenous babies will die at birth,

(iii) death rates for indigenous Australians in the 35 to 54 year old age bracket are six to eight times higher than for non-indigenous people,

(iv) the unemployment rate for indigenous people is 23 per cent, compared to 9 per cent for non-indigenous people, and

(v) indigenous people are still vastly over-represented in prison; and

(c) calls on federal, state and territory governments to take immediate steps to rectify the current disadvantage suffered by indigenous people.

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

That the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Securities be authorised to hold a public meeting during the sitting of the Senate, on 23 August 1999, from 7.30 pm to take evidence for the committee's inquiry into matters arising from the Company Law Review Act 1998 .

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

That the Senate—

(a) notes, with the gravest concern, the recent Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS) decision to allow the importation of uncooked and partly processed salmon product into Australia;

(b) in noting the AQIS decision, believes that it ignores the very real risk of exotic fish diseases finding their way into the Australian freshwater marine environment with disastrous consequences for Australia's recreational fisheries, native fish populations and currently disease-free salmon farming industry;

(c) seriously questions the AQIS decision, given the lack of scientific research on the potential for these diseases to afflict resident fish populations in Australia;

(d) considers the risk placed on Australia's natural water environs as unacceptable; and

(e) calls on the Government to reject the AQIS recommendations to lift the quarantine restrictions.