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House Votes and Proceedings
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House
- 1 MEETING OF THE HOUSE
- 2 DOCUMENT
- 3 MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE
- 4 AUSTRALIA’S COMMITMENT TO AFGHANISTAN—MINISTERIAL STATEMENT—MOTION TO TAKE NOTE OF DOCUMENT—REPORT FROM MAIN COMMITTEE
- 5 SUSPENSION OF STANDING AND SESSIONAL ORDERS—PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS
- 6 NATIONAL BROADBAND NETWORK FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY BILL 2010—REPORT FROM MAIN COMMITTEE
- 7 SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
- 8 ASBESTOS—REPORT FROM MAIN COMMITTEE
- 9 REGIONAL AUSTRALIA—STANDING COMMITTEE—MEMBERSHIP
- 10 INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY—PARLIAMENTARY JOINT COMMITTEE—MEMBERSHIP
- 11 PROPOSED JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE PARLIAMENTARY BUDGET OFFICE
- 12 PUBLIC WORKS—PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE—REFERENCE OF WORK—PROPOSED FIT OUT OF NEW LEASED PREMISES FOR DIVISIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION, INDUSTRY, SCIENCE AND RESEARCH AT BUILDINGS 2 AND 3, PRECINCT CORPORATE CENTRE, 105 DELHI ROAD, RIVERSIDE CORPORATE PARK, NORTH RYDE, NSW
- 13 THE WESTERN CAPE RESIDENTIAL CAMPUS, WEIPA, QLD—APPROVAL OF WORK
- 14 HIGHER EDUCATION LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (STUDENT SERVICES AND AMENITIES) BILL 2010
- 15 CRIMINAL CODE AMENDMENT (CLUSTER MUNITIONS PROHIBITION) BILL 2010—REPORT FROM MAIN COMMITTEE
- 16 FAMILIES, HOUSING, COMMUNITY SERVICES AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (BUDGET AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2010
- 17 MEMBERS’ STATEMENTS
- 18 MINISTERIAL ARRANGEMENTS
- 19 QUESTIONS
- 20 AUDITOR-GENERAL’S REPORT
- 21 DOCUMENTS
- 22 DOCUMENTS—MOTION TO TAKE NOTE OF DOCUMENTS
- 23 DISCUSSION OF MATTER OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE—NATIONAL BROADBAND NETWORK
- 24 ADJOURNMENT
- DOCUMENT
- ATTENDANCE
- Main Committee
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8 ASBESTOS—REPORT FROM MAIN COMMITTEE
The Speaker reported that the order of the day relating to the private Members’ motion on asbestos had been debated in the Main Committee and returned to the House, and presented a certified copy of the motion, viz.: Mr Murphy—That this House:
(1) notes that the Bernie Banton Foundation estimates that by 2020, some 40,000 Australians will have contracted asbestos related cancer;
(2) recognises the role governments, the trade union movement and individuals, such as Bernie Banton, have played in raising awareness about the dangers of asbestos and in banning the sale and use of asbestos and asbestos products in Australia;
(3) expresses concern that:
(a) countries, such as Canada, continue to export asbestos to India and many other countries in South Asia; and
(b) international efforts to list chrysotile asbestos under the Rotterdam Treaty, which requires importing countries to be warned of the risks associated with hazardous substances and products, have been blocked by countries, such as Canada; and
(4) leads international efforts to ban the sale, mining and use of all forms of asbestos, such as chrysotile asbestos, throughout the world—
Question—That the motion be agreed to—put and passed.