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“Your petitioners
therefore request the House…”
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No. of petitions
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Signatures
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
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To:
·
Prohibit
the establishment of a nuclear irradiation facility or X-Ray or Electron beam
irradiation facility at any location in Australia;
·
Ban
the import, export and sale of irradiated food in Australia
·
Call
on the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Council and the Australian New
Zealand Food Authority to amend Standards A-17 and 1.5.3—Irradiation of Foods
in the Food Standards Code to ban food irradiation outright in Australia and
New Zealand. 12 February 2007
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1
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225
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Arts and Sport
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To:
(a) Acknowledge the
need for any firearms legislation enacted by the State, Territory or Federal
Parliaments of the Commonwealth to be based upon robust, peer-reviewed
evidence and to incorporate the New Zealand consultative model.
(b) Recognise
international sports shooting events other than Olympic and Commonwealth
events.
(c) Ensure that legislation provides our sports people
are on a level playing field with international competitors.
18 June 2007
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1
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990
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Communications, Information Technology and
the Arts
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To investigate the need for an Australia Post outlet at
the Timbarra Shopping Centre in Berwick 12 February 2007
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1
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678
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To investigate the need for an Australia Post agency at
the Parkhill Shopping Centre in Berwick 12 February 2007
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1
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267
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To review Australia Post’s stance and support the
provision of a PostPoint merchandising unit in the premises of the Balmain
East Newsagency 26 February 2007
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1
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218
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To review the Telecommunications (Low-Impact
Facilities) Determination 1997 under which such telecommunications
infrastructure is erected 26 March 2007
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1
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34
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To oppose any further attempts by the Liberal Party and
Nationals to sell Telstra 26 March 2007
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1
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17
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To support the replacement of the CDMA base station to
provide mobile coverage in Buchan (Victoria) and district communities 26 March 2007
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1
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536
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To reject any further sale of the Commonwealth’s shares
in Telstra and that the annual profits be used for the benefit of all
Australians
21 May 2007
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1
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19
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To vote against any legislation to allow further
sale/privatisation or Private/Public/Partnership (PPP) of Telstra 28 May 2007
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1
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16
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Defence
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To retain the 16th Air Defence Regiment at
the Woodside Barracks in the Adelaide Hills 12 February 2007
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1
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1916
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To disengage from planned involvement in the
development, testing or operation of the United State’s Ballistic Missile
Defence system and ensure that the Pine Gap joint communication facility will
not be used in the Ballistic Missile Defence system. If this means closing
this base, so be it. 21 May 2007/28 May
2007
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3
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619
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·
To
put an end to the purchase and use of all uranium-containing weapons;
·
To
allow scientists to freely investigate the human and environmental costs of
the use of such weapons;
·
Immediately
commence an independent study of all civilians in conflict zones and
Australian combatants, to investigate the nature and extent of radiation and
heavy metal sickness;
·
Grant
immediate compensation for all combatants affected by radiation and heavy
metal;
·
Commence
an immediate clean up at the US, UK and Australian Government’s expense, of
all areas contaminated with depleted uranium (DU) residue;
·
Provide
information for the public on the sites were DU was used in Australia prior to 1990, and evidence of subsequent clean up efforts (if any);
·
Immediately
end negotiations over the use of Australian land for weapons testing. 21 May 2007/28 May
2007
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2
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143
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To persuade the Minister for Defence to reverse the
decision to disband the Richmond based Air Command Band by January 2008 21 May 2007/18 June 2007
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2
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90
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Employment and Workplace Relations
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To ensure that the Howard Government:
·
Guarantees
that no individual Australian employee will be worse off under proposed
changes to the industrial relations system
·
Allows
the national minimum wage to continue to be set annually by the independent
umpire, the Australian Industrial Relations Commission
·
Guarantees
that unfair dismissal law changes will not enable employers to unfairly sack
employees.
·
Ensures
that workers have the right to reject individual contracts and bargain for
decent wages and conditions collectively.
·
Keeps
in place safety nets for minium wages and conditions.
·
Adopt
Federal Labor’s principles to a fair system based on the fundamental
principles of minium standards, wages and conditions, safety nets, an
independent umpire, the right to associate and the right to collectively
bargain.
12 February 2007/26 March 2007/21 May 2007
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4
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1207
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Environment and Heritage
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To call on the Government to take Japan to the International Court of Justice on behalf of our country and other smaller
countries in the South Pacific who are impacted by Japan’s slaughter. 12 February 2007
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1
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25
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To call on the Howard Government to:
·
Take
all steps to prevent an increase in Japan’s “scientific research” quota at
the International Whaling Commission meeting to be held in the Caribbean in June 2006;
·
Take
all necessary legal steps to ensure Australian laws creating an Australian
Whale Sanctuary in the Southern Ocean and making it an offence to kill or
injure whales in Australian waters;
·
Challenge
the legality of Japan’s abuse of the “scientific research” exemption to the
ban on commercial whaling by taking a case to the International Tribunal for
the Law of the Sea. 12 February 2007
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1
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18
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To heed our expectation that the National Government
will become proactive by way of legislation, example and international
leadership in achieving a major reduction in the production of CO2 and other
atmospheric pollutants; in requiring resource consumption compatible with
renewable certainties; and in countering the headlong drive for ‘economic
development’ which threatens our survival.
We further expect that the National Government
will devote its massive surplus to this end, rather than to transient
expedients and that it will join other nations committee to the survival of
the species, irrespective of the self indulgent stances adopted by less ethical
nations. 26 March 2007
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1
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34
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To establish one Federal body to control all inland
waters associated with, and including the Murray River. That this single body
will replace the Murray Darling Basin Ministerial Council. That this single
body will change the fundamental water sharing rules to increase the “Living
Murray” water flow to ensure that the yield and consumption of fresh water is
managed at a sustainable level across the entire Murray Darling Basin, and to
ensure that inefficiencies in the system are mitigated, and more economical
and water efficient solutions are instigated to minimise wasteful irrigation
practices. 26 March 2007
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1
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2403
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To reject any plans to send water from the Northern
Rivers of the State of New South Wales to Queensland 21 May 2007/28 May 2007/18
June 2007
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3
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329
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Legislate to commit Australia to the international
effort to cut greenhouse gases by Immediately ratifying the Kyoto Protocol/
and help preserve the environment for present and future generations
21 May 2007
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2
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66
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To put in place the necessary legislation and funding
to commence the Research and Development of Solar Power immediately 21 May 2007
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1
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12
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Families, Community Services and Indigenous
Affairs
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To increase Federal Government Supported Accommodation
Assistance Program funding so that services are able to meet unmet demand and
be better resourced to help homeless persons and persons at risk of
homelessness in and around Parramatta.
26 March 2007
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1
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2270
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To ensure that Centrelink is accountable for its
actions in relation to assisting rather than hindering clients and their families
who are seeking to establish their own small business while still on
Commonwealth benefits 21 May 2007
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1
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53
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To amend the laws of the Commonwealth of Australia to:
·
give
full legal recognition to the marriage of David Douglass Mills and Evan Peter Gallagher equal to that given to valid different sex marriages;
·
extend
full legal recognition to same sex marriages on the basis as that given to
valid different sex marriages; and
·
remove
all remaining distinctions between the recognition given to same sex couples and
that given to different sex couples
18 June 2007
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1
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81
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Foreign Affairs
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To initiate a resolution to:
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urge
the Chinese Communist Party to release all Falun Gong practitioners and to
give full access without impediment to the Coalition to Investigate
Persecution of Falun Gong in China (CIPFG) to conduct an independent
investigation into all jails 610 offices, labour camps, detention centres and
related hospitals in China;
·
establish
a Senate Committee into the allegation of organ harvesting;
·
inform
and discourage Australian citizens from travelling to China for organ transplants, and prevent companies, institutions and individuals providing
goods and services and training to China’s organ transplant programmes until
such time as the CIPFG is satisfied that no organs have been taken by force
against the will of the donor. 12 February 2007/26 March 2007
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4
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689
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To:
·
pay
close attention to the safety of Australians, including Falun Gong
practitioners, who face terrorist attacks by Jiang Zemin’s faction within the
Chinese Government to help prevent such terrorist activities.
·
Co-operate
with authorities in South Africa to thoroughly investigate [an] incident and
bring to justice those responsible for this attempted murder 12 February 2007
·
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1
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22800
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To order the Australian military command within East Timor to arrest two fugitives [Major Alfredo Reinado and Commander Vicente Railos] so that they can be brought to trial for their alleged crimes. 12 February 2007/26 February 2007
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2
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71
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To act immediately to bring David Hicks home to face an
Australian court/To have David Hicks repatriated to Australia to be dealt with in accordance with Australian law and jurisprudence/To bring David Hicks home 26 March 2007 & 21 May 2007
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3
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454
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To condemn the statements made by the Iranian
President; call on the Australian Government to:
·
Refer
the incitements to, genocide by President Ahamdinejad and other Iranian
leaders to the appropriate agencies of the United Nations for account;
·
Initiate
in the International Court of Justice an inter-state complaint against Iran, for its criminal violation of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the
Crime of Genocide; and
·
Urge
the United Nations to act against Iran’s threats towards the State of Israel;
and
·
Affirm
the principle that no country should be allowed to call for the elimination
of another. 26
March 2007/21
May 2007/18 June 2007
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3
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2044
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To support Taiwan’s efforts to participate in the WHA
and the WHO.
26 March 2007
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1
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4093
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Health and Ageing
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To vote no on the Prohibition of Human Cloning for
Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006
in order to protect the dignity of all human life and thus promote a humane,
ethical and civilised Australian society 12 February 2007
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1
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175
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To oppose the sale of Medibank Private
12 February 2007/21 May 2007
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2
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108
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To improve our health system by reintroducing the
Commonwealth Dental Scheme/to restore funding to public dental health; reduce
waiting times for public dental health services; and train more public
dentists.
12 February 2007/ 26 February 2007/26 March 2007/ 21 May 2007/28 May 2007/18 June 2007
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8
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7383
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To ensure that mammograms are free to all woman in Australia regardless of age or medical history. 26 March 2007/21 May 2007
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3
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70
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To ensure that Belmont Medicare Office is reopened as a
matter of urgency. 26 March 2007/ 21 May 2007
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2
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25
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To take immediate action to guarantee the replacement of
general practitioners/address the chronic shortage of doctors in the
Shortland electorate (including Lake Macquarie and Hunter region) 26 February 2007/26
March 2007/21 May 2007
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4
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162
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To:
·
Increase
the number of undergraduate university places for medical students;
·
Increase
the number of medical training places; and
·
Ensure
Australia trains enough doctors, nurses and other medical professionals to
maintain the quality of care provided by our hospitals and other health
services in the future 21 May 2007 /18 June 2007
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3
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3034
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To ensure that:
·
Australian
plasma is not shipped offshore for processing;
·
Blood
products will not become unaffordable or unavailable to those people in Australia with rare blood disorders;
·
Australia maintains
self-sufficiency in blood and blood products; and
·
Australia’s voluntary blood
donation system is not undermined. 21 May 2007/18 June
2007
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2
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2018
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To amend the Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986
so that:
·
Local
governments operating aged care facilities are able to qualify for fringe benefits tax exemptions granted to public benevolent institutions for employees involved in
the aged care facility; and
·
Fringe benefits exemptions applying to public employers delivering health services in
hospital-based settings also apply to public employers providing health
services in other settings. 21 May 2007
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1
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1021
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To oppose the Howard-Costello plan to increase the cost
of prescription drugs for Australians
21 May 2007
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1
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16
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To support affordable access to new treatments for
multiple sclerosis by the inclusion of Tysabri in the Pharmaceutical Benefits
Scheme as a matter of urgency. 21 May 2007
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1
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161
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To ensure the Howard Government opposes the extension
of pharmacies to major retail supermarkets and note that a failure to do so
would:
·
Lead
to the closure of many community pharmacies, the majority of whom are hard
working small businesses;
·
The
loss of jobs among the 30,000 assistants currently employed in community
pharmacies;
·
Put
at risk the 80 million free services provided by community pharmacies to the
Australian community, many of who cannot afford the cost of going to the
doctor due to the decline in bulk billing; and
·
The
reduction in training and career opportunities for people who have chosen
pharmacy as their career. 21 May 2007
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1
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2886
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To ensure no changes are made to current Medicare
funding of In-Vitro Fertilisation treatments as proposed by the Howard
Government
28 May 2007
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1
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8
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To reject any attempt to limit Medicare coverage of
abortion 28
May 2007
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1
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319
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To introduce a National Dental Health Scheme, as a
matter of urgency, to be funded by a 1% levy of taxable income, this amount
to be added on to the Medicare Levy. 28 May 2007
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2
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2382
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Immigration and Multicultural and
Indigenous Affairs
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To support the motion of the 1998 Synod of the Anglican
Diocese of Melbourne that regrets the Government’s adoption of procedures for
certain people seeking political asylum in Australia which exclude them from
all public income support while withholding permission to work, thereby
creating a group of beggars dependent on the Churches and charities for food
and the necessities of life; and calls upon the Federal government to review
such procedures immediately 12
February 2007/26 February 2007/ 21 May 2007
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3
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61
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To:
·
Review
our Commonwealth Immigration Policy to ensure the priority for Christians
from all races and colours, especially from persecuted nations, as both
immigrants and refugees.
·
Adopt
a ten-year moratorium on Muslim immigration, so an assessment can be made on
the social and political disharmony currently occurring in the Netherlands,
France and the UK, so as to ensure we avoid making the same mistakes; and
allow for a decade for the Muslim leadership and community in Australia to
reassess their situation so as to reject any attempt to establish an Islamic
nation within our Australian nations. 21
May 2007/28 May 2007/18 June 2007
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39
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1520
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To draw to the attention of the Minister for
Immigration and in turn the federal government the need to use the currently
mothballed Port Hedland Detention Centre as residential accommodation 28 May 2007
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1
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145
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To implement the National Strategies to Advance Reconciliation
to help put right the legacy of the past by:
·
Recognising
that pre 1778 Australia was owned, occupied and ruled for many thousands of
years by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
·
Recognising
that since 1778 Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander people have suffered
removal of their sovereignty, dispossession and dispersal from their land and
the forcible removal of their children.
·
Leading
that part of the nation which needs to do so to ‘apologise and express its
sincere regret for the injustices of the past’ so that the other part may
‘accept the apologies and forgive’;
·
Re-invigorating
the strategy to redress the notorious disadvantage of Aboriginal and Tones
Strait Islander people in areas such as health, education and employment
opportunities, and imprisonment rates;
·
Renewing
national commitment to the appreciation of and respect for, Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander cultural practices;
·
Re-affirming
support for the reconciliation process as outlined in The Australian
Declaration Towards Reconciliation and the Roadmap for Reconciliation;
·
Re-committing
the nation to eradicating racism, injustice and inequality from our
communities. 18 June 2007
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2
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297
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Industry, Tourism and Resources
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To reject any nuclear reactors or high level nuclear
waste dumps being built in the Wide Bay region 12 February 2007
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1
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18
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To urge Government members to:
·
Table
all environmental evidence and other studies supporting the proposal to build
a nuclear reactor in Western Australia;
·
Identify
which bodies in Western Australia have been consulted over such a proposal;
·
Advise
on what consultation has taken place with the community in Western Australia
over the proposal;
·
Identify
all the sites in Western Australia under consideration for the construction
of this nuclear reactor; and
·
Advise
what safeguards will be put in place to prevent terrorist attacks against
nuclear facilities in Western Australia.
26 February 2007
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1
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30
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To consider reversing the decision to close the Court House Museum (at the Steiglitz Historic Park) and to restore the associated
funding for on-going tourists works in the township 28 May 2007
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1
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533
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To exclude Lake Macquarie and the Hunter region as
potential nuclear power station sites as these would be high risk generators
with disastrous consequences should an accident occur. To oppose the proposal
to build 25 nuclear power plants in Australia. 26 March 2007 & 21 May 2007
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2
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377
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Local Government, Territories and Roads
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To:
·
Require
the National Capital Authority (NCA) to withdraw Amendment 53.
·
Require
the NCA to work with the ACT government to guarantee existing access for
community and cultural groups to the Albert Hall.
·
Require
the NCA to protect and maintain the heritage value of Albert Hall and its
precinct and conduct a heritage study of the area.
·
Require
the NCA to consult directly with residents local and national cultural groups
about options for any future development of the Albert Hall Precinct.
·
Require
the NCA to wait for the traffic study before making changes to Flynn Drive
and Commonwealth Avenue.
21
May 2007/28 May 2007
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2
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3374
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To examine the measures that can improve the condition
of Main North Road [between Clare and Gawler, South Australia], install
overtaking lanes, seal the road shoulders and incorporate edge lines. 18 June 2007
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1
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3957
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Prime Minister
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To take legislative action to protect the dignity and
values of the Australian National Flag by making it an offence to burn or
desecrate the National Flag or to sell flag burning kits. 18 June 2007
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1
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100
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Speaker
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During any time that there is a Commonwealth
Exceptional Circumstances declaration of drought in place for any region
within the Commonwealth, the following be added to the prayers said under
standing order 38: “Lord God, we pray that during this period of exceptional
circumstances and need, you would send rain on this land.”
28 May 2007
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1
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58
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Special Minister of State
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To move the following motion: that this petition be
referred to a committee for consideration to take necessary steps by the
members to renounce their allegiance jointly to a foreign power or the
validity of the upcoming election will be absolutely void within the meaning of
s.44(i) and s.44(ii) if the Constitution 12 February 2007
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1
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1
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Transport and Regional Services
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To establish an Airport Development and Aviation Noise
Ombudsman who will:
·
Investigate
residents’ complaints fairly and impartially;
·
Communicate
with residents promptly and honestly;
·
See
that airport companies abide by the law. 28 May 2007
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1
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137
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To reject the unsolicited proposal of a land swap of
valuable Commonwealth land (at Jandakot Airport, Western Australia) hosting a
metro community airport for a rural swampy paddock
26 March 2007
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1
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15
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Veterans’ Affairs
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To:
·
Administer
and pay Carer’s Allowance to Carers of Veterans through the Department of
Veterans’ Affairs.
·
Provide
a health programme for carers of Veterans to cover all aspects of their well being.
·
Provide
transport assistance to veteran’s carers for their return trip home when the
veteran is hospitalised and does not return with them.
·
Provide
relief from parking fees for Carers when visiting hospitalised veterans.
·
Subsidise
accommodation to enable the carers to stay nearby the veteran if their
veteran is hospitalised away from their home town.
·
Increase
the amount of respite available to Carers of disabled veterans.
·
Remove
the abolition of payment of the Carer’s Allowance which ceases after a period
of six weeks if the Carer’s veteran is required to stay in care outside of
his home.
12 February 2007/26 March 2007/ 18 June 2007
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4
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121
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To overturn the original decision not to award the
Victoria Cross to Private John Simpson Kirkpatrick who is a symbol of the
self-sacrifice, mateship and all those values that Anzacs now stand for and
Australians treasure. 21 May 2007
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1
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414
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