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Senate Journal No. 143 - 21 March 2013
- 1 MEETING OF SENATE
- 2 FAIR WORK (REGISTERED ORGANISATIONS) AMENDMENT (TOWARDS TRANSPARENCY) BILL 2012
- 3 AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY (SELF-GOVERNMENT) AMENDMENT BILL 2013
- 4 EXPORT FINANCE AND INSURANCE CORPORATION AMENDMENT (FINANCE) E BILL 2013
- 5 HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPORT AMENDMENT (FURTHER STREAMLINING AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2013
- 6 ADVANCES UNDER THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATION ACTS—REPORT FOR 2011-12
- 7 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—GOVERNMENT RESPONSE—COMMONWEALTH CONTRIBUTION TO FORMER FORCED ADOPTION POLICIES AND PRACTICES
- 8 NATIONAL APOLOGY FOR FORCED ADOPTIONS
- 9 QUESTIONS
- 10 MOTIONS TO TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS
- 11 ECONOMICS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—REFERENCE
- 12 MULTICULTURALISM—HARMONY DAY—UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
- 13 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 14 FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES—NEWSTART
- 15 FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES—GRANDCARERS SUPPORT SCHEME
- 16 FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES—WORLD DOWN SYNDROME DAY
- 17 INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS—NATIONAL CLOSE THE GAP DAY
- 18 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—SRI LANKA
- 19 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—CHINA—ORGAN HARVESTING
- 20 RURAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT REFERENCES COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 21 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—SYRIA
- 22 CULTURE AND THE ARTS—LIVE MUSIC
- 23 SPORT—SPORTING CLUBS—FUNDING
- 24 ENVIRONMENT—COAL AND PASSENGER TRAINS—PARTICULATE EMISSIONS
- 25 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—WESTERN SAHARA
- 26 HEALTH—WORLD TUBERCULOSIS DAY
- 27 RURAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT REFERENCES COMMITTEE—INSTRUCTION TO COMMITTEE
- 28 NOTICES
- 29 SELECTION OF BILLS—STANDING COMMITTEE—REPORT NO. 4 OF 2013
- 30 LEAVE OF ABSENCE
- 31 SENATE—SENATOR EVANS—IMMINENT RESIGNATION—STATEMENT BY LEAVE
- 32 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
- 33 DOCUMENTS
- 34 INDEXED LISTS OF DEPARTMENTAL AND AGENCY FILES—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS—DOCUMENT
- 35 HEALTH INSURANCE—ANTI-COMPETITIVE PRACTICES—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS—DOCUMENT
- 36 IMMIGRATION—DETENTION CENTRES—NUMBER OF DETAINEES—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS—DOCUMENTS
- 37 ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—REFERENCE
- 38 ADJOURNMENT
- 39 ATTENDANCE
INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS—NATIONAL CLOSE THE GAP DAYSenator Siewert, also on behalf of Senator Moore, pursuant to notice of motion not objected to as a formal motion, moved general business notice of motion no. 1210—That the Senate— (a) notes that 21 March is National Close the Gap Day and that at least 900 community events are being held around the country, with an estimated 140 000 Australians expressing their support for continued investment to close the appalling gap in life expectancy between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and non-Indigenous Australians; (b) affirms its commitment to the Close the Gap campaign Statement of Intent as the blueprint for action to close the health equality gap; and (c) calls on the Government to continue: (i) the funding of the National Partnership Agreement on Indigenous Health and to work with the states and territories to ensure that they commit to ongoing funding and continued transparency and accountability, and (ii) to work in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their representatives to continue to drive the development, implementation and monitoring of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan. Question put and passed. | |