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I present the report of the determinations made pursuant to the resolution of the House on 27 July 2022, relating to private members' business today, Monday 1 August 2022. Copies of the report have been placed on the table.

The report read as follows—

Report relating to the consideration of private Members' business

1. Pursuant to the resolution of the House of 27 July 2022, the Speaker, Chief Government Whip and Chief Opposition Whip determined the order of precedence and times to be allocated for consideration of private Members' business on Monday, 1 August 2022, as follows:

PRIVATE MEMBER S' BUSINESS

Notices

1 Mr Wilkie: To present a Bill for an Act to end the indefinite and arbitrary detention of people seeking asylum in Australia, and for related purposes. (Ending Indefinite and Arbitrary Immigration Detention Bill 2022)

(Notice given 26 July 2022.)

Presenter may speak to the second reading for a period not exceeding 10 minutes pursuant to standing order 41. Debate must be adjourned pursuant to standing order 142.

2 Mr Gosling: To present a Bill for an Act to amend the law in relation to the legislative powers of territories, and for related purposes. (Restoring Territory Rights Bill 2022)

(Notice given 26 July 2022.)

Presenter may speak to the second reading for a period not exceeding 10 minutes pursuant to standing order 41. Debate must be adjourned pursuant to standing order 142.

3 Mrs Andrews: To move:

That this House:

(1) recognises that since it was established by the previous Government in 2017 the Department of Home Affairs, as it was structured, has been important in keeping Australians safe and secure;

(2) acknowledges the vital work of the law enforcement and national security agencies that have worked very closely together under the Home Affairs portfolio;

(3) notes that the Department of Home Affairs was fundamentally changed by the current Government, as announced on 1 June 2022; and

(4) calls on the Government to ensure that these fundamental changes to the department will not reduce the operating budgets of our national security and law enforcement agencies.

(Notice given 26 July 2022.)

Time allotted 30 minutes.

Speech time limits

Mrs Andrews 5 minutes.

Other Members 5 minutes each.

[Minimum number of proposed Members speaking = 6 x 5 mins]

The Committee determin ed that consideration of this matter should continue on a future day.

4 Ms Swanson: To move:

That this House notes that:

(1) the Government is committed to taking real action to end family and domestic violence;

(2) women experiencing domestic violence should never have to choose between their safety and their wages;

(3) the Government will introduce the Fair Work Amendment (Paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2022 which will provide workers with ten days of paid leave to deal with the impacts of family and domestic violence, including for casuals; and

(4) this entitlement will be enshrined in the national employment standards, covering up to 11 million employees, and it will be a lifeline for workers, allowing them to take necessary steps to stay safe, while retaining their jobs and their income.

(Notice given 26 July 2022.)

Time allotted 30 minutes.

Speech time limits

Ms Swanson 5 minutes.

Other Members 5 minutes each.

[Minimum number of proposed Members speaking = 6 x 5 mins]

The Committee determined that consideration of this matter should continue on a future day.

5 Ms Sharkie: To move:

That this House:

(1) notes that:

(a) critical workforce shortages are being experienced, particularly in regional Australia;

(b) workforce participation among older Australians is lower than the OECD average;

(c) according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics there were 107,700 people aged 60 to 69 who were not in the labour force, not retired and not currently employed but wanted to work part-time or full-time;

(d) increasing workforce participation among older Australians will have positive impacts for gross domestic product; and

(e) a recent, unpublished, National Seniors Australia survey found that 19.8 per cent of pensioners would consider re-entering the workforce—even before the latest increases in inflation and cost of living; and

(2) calls on the Government to introduce an 'opt-in' scheme to increase the income test threshold for pensioners with limited savings, as an incentive to engage in paid work.

(Notice given 27 July 2022.)

Time allotted remaining private Members' business time prior to 12 noon.

Speech time limits

Ms Sharkie 5 minutes.

Other Members 5 minutes each.

[Minimum number of proposed Members speaking = 6 x 5 mins]

The Commi ttee determined that consideration of this matter should continue on a future day.

Items for Federation Chamber (11 am to 1.30 pm)

PRIVATE MEMBERS' BUSINESS

Notices

1 Mrs Andrews: To move:

That this House:

(1) recognises that 21 August 2022 is the International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism;

(2) remembers those Australians who have lost their lives in terrorism incidents, both abroad and on our shores, and their families who are forever impacted; and

(3) thanks the men and women of our law enforcement and national security agencies who work every day to keep Australians safe from the threat of terrorism.

(Notice given 26 July 2022.)

Time allotted 40 minutes.

Speech time limits

Mrs Andrews 5 minutes.

Other Members 5 minutes each.

[Minimum number of proposed Members speaking = 8 x 5 mins]

The Committee determined that consideration of this matter should continue on a future day.

2 Mr Burns: To move:

That this House:

(1) notes that:

(a) the week of 1 to 7 August 2022 is National Homelessness Week, with the theme of 'To end homelessness we need a plan';

(b) National Homelessness Week aims to raise awareness of the impact of homelessness in Australia via national and local community events, including providing information on the importance of housing as a solution and educating communities on how they can make a difference;

(c) sadly, there were 116,427 people homeless on census night in 2016; and

(d) access to secure and affordable housing has significant social, economic and personal benefits; and

(2) acknowledges that the Government has committed to a reform agenda to address the challenges of homelessness including:

(a) establishing a $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund which will:

(i) build 30,000 social and affordable housing properties in its first five years;

(ii) provide $200 million for the repair, maintenance and improvements of housing in remote Indigenous communities;

(iii) fund $100 million for crisis and transitional housing options for women and children fleeing domestic and family violence and older women on low incomes who are at risk of homelessness; and

(iv) build more housing and fund specialist services for veterans who are experiencing homelessness or at-risk homelessness;

(b) introducing the National Housing Supply and Affordability Council to ensure the Commonwealth plays a leadership role in increasing housing supply and improving housing affordability; and

(c) developing a new national housing and homelessness plan with the support and assistance of key stakeholders.

(Notice given 26 July 2022.)

Time allotted 40 minutes.

Speech time limits

Mr Burns 5 minutes.

Other Members 5 minutes each.

[Minimum number of proposed Members speaking = 8 x 5 mins]

The Committee determined that consideration of this matter should continue on a future day.

3 Mr Stevens: To move:

That this House:

(1) notes that:

(a) after 6 years under the previous Labor Government only 51,000 premises were connected to the national broadband network (NBN) at a cost of $6 billion;

(b) today, after 9 years under a Coalition Government, there are over 12 million premises ready to connect to the NBN;

(c) Australians were only able to work from home during the COVID-19 pandemic due to the Coalition Government's rollout of the NBN;

(2) acknowledges that upgrades to the NBN were able to be made only because the Coalition Government adopted a policy of building the NBN quickly using the least cost technology;

(3) further notes that the Government has backflipped on their previous policy of fibre to every premises and adopted the Coalition's upgrade policy but cannot identify how it will be funded; and

(4) calls on the Government to explain how they will fund their NBN policy and whether this will include an added cost to Australians.

(Notice given 26 July 2022.)

Time allotted 30 minutes.

Speech time limits

Mr Stevens 5 minutes.

Other Members 5 minutes each.

[Minimum number of proposed Members speaking = 6 x 5 mins]

The Committee determined that consideration of this matte r should continue on a future day.

4 Mr Hill: To move:

That the House:

(1) welcomes the Government's commitment to abolish the previous Government's cruel cashless debit card scheme, an insidious form of privatised welfare;

(2) notes that the previous Government wasted over $170 million on its cruel privatised cashless debit card rather than on services that local communities need, despite there being no key performance indicators, evidence or evaluation conducted to support their scheme as the Auditor-General found in two independent reports to Parliament in 2018 and 2022;

(3) condemns the previous Government for its plans to make its cashless card permanent and extend it to all social security recipients including pensioners;

(4) further welcomes the impending liberation of thousands of Australians who were forced onto this cruel scheme in trial sites, and expresses relief that all social security recipients including pensioners will now avoid this fate;

(5) calls on the Liberal Party of Australia and The Nationals to apologise for the harm done to thousands of Australians forced onto this cruel card;

(6) welcomes the Government's commitment to return self-determination to Aboriginal communities, while noting that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were disproportionately targeted by the former Government in what amounted to a racist scheme;

(7) declares that the Government, not private corporations, should run the social security system and Centrelink for the benefit of social security recipients, including pensioners who worked hard and paid taxes all their lives; and

(8) affirms the Government's principles for income management—which are that any income management should be voluntary, non-privatised, supported by evidence and subject to ongoing evaluation.

(Notice given 26 July 2022.)

Time allotted remaining private Members' business time prior to 1.30 pm.

Speech time limits

Mr Hill 5 minutes.

Other Members 5 minutes each.

[Minimum number of proposed Members speaking = 8 x 5 mins]

The Committee determined that consideration of this matter should continue on a future day.

Items for Federation Chamber (4.45 pm to 7.30 pm)

PRIVATE MEMBERS' BUSINESS

Notices—continued

5 Mr Littleproud: To move:

That this House:

(1) recognises that Australia faces a foot and mouth disease (FMD) biosecurity crisis on its borders;

(2) notes that:

(a) to date, Indonesia has recorded hundreds of thousands of FMD cases during the uncontrolled outbreak of this disease;

(b) an outbreak of FMD in Australia would inflict catastrophic damage on Australia's $80 billion livestock industry, decimate the agriculture sector, significantly hurt the Australian economy, and increase the everyday cost of food;

(c) since FMD was detected in Bali on 5 July 2022, it took more than three weeks of indecision and delay for the Government to introduce disinfectant footbaths at international Australian airports; and

(d) the Government has failed to respond quickly and decisively to this biosecurity threat, and has failed in its responsibility to introduce critical biosecurity protections to keep Australia safe from FMD; and

(3) calls on the Government to:

(a) immediately offer a 3D X-ray screening program with Indonesia, so that organic and plant matter in luggage can be effectively identified;

(b) immediately enforce a ban on all passengers from Indonesia bringing any food products into Australia; and

(c) immediately confirm the current biosecurity risk level and at what point, predicated on scientific data, the international border with Indonesia would need to be temporarily closed, in order to protect Australia from the threat of FMD.

(Notice given 27 July 2022.)

Time allotted 55 minutes.

Speech time limits

Mr Littleproud 10 minutes.

Next Member speaking 5 minutes.

Other Members 5 minutes each.

[Minimum number of proposed Members speaking = 1 x 10 mins + 9 x 5 mins]

The Committee determined that consideration of this matter should continue on a future day.

6 Ms Murphy: To move:

That this House:

(1) commends the Government for delivering on its commitment to address doctor shortages in rural, regional and outer metropolitan areas by updating the distribution priority area classification to support communities in need of general practitioners;

(2) acknowledges that practices in these areas will now be able to recruit from a larger pool of doctors, including international medical graduates and overseas trained doctors; and

(3) notes the Government's continuing support of access to quality, affordable healthcare through its commitment to establish 50 Medicare urgent care clinics across the country, making it easier to see a doctor for minor emergencies and taking pressure off hospital emergency departments.

(Notice given 26 July 2022.)

Time allotted 50 minutes.

Speech time limits

Ms Murphy 5 minutes.

Other Members 5 minutes each.

[Minimum number of proposed Members speaking = 10 x 5 mins]

The Committee determined that consideration of this matter should continue on a future day.

7 Dr Haines: To move:

That this House calls on the Government to:

(1) act urgently to address housing affordability and availability in regional Australia; and

(2) establish a dedicated fund to build critical infrastructure to unlock more housing supply in regional Australia.

(Notice given 27 July 2022.)

Time allotted 30 minutes.

Speech time limits

Dr Haines 5 minutes.

Other Members 5 minutes each.

[Minimum number of proposed Members speaking = 6 x 5 mins]

The Committee determined that consideration of this matter should continue on a future day.

8 Ms Thwaites: To move:

That this House:

(1) acknowledges the most recent research from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency showing that the gender pay gap in Australia impacts women across every industry, in every occupation, and at every age and life stage;

(2) recognises that Australian women continue to be left behind in relation to the gender pay gap;

(3) commends the Government's commitment to closing the gender pay gap, including:

(a) establishing an independent Women's Economic Security Taskforce to help inform budget investments in advancing economic equality;

(b) making gender pay equity an object of the Fair Work Act 2009;

(c) requiring large companies to publish their gender pay gaps; and

(d) backing a real pay rise for aged care workers, who are overwhelmingly women, and look to provide backing for similar industries; and

(4) notes that there remains significant work to do to end gender inequality, and that initiatives such as reform to paid parental leave are worthy of consideration in pursuit of this aim.

(Notice given 26 July 2022.)

Time allotted remaining private Members' business time prior to 7.30 pm.

Speech time limits

Ms Thwaites 5 minutes.

Other Members 5 minutes each.

[Minimum number of proposed Members speaking = 6 x 5 mins]

The Committee determined that consideration of this matter should continue on a future day.

THE HON D. M. DICK MP

Speaker of the House of Representatives

1 August 2022