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Motion: Gun control

Lee Rhiannon 13 Apr 2018
Gun Control

Tuesday, 27 March 2018

Senator RHIANNON (New South Wales) (16:10): I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

   (i) former Prime Minister, Mr John Howard, and former Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Tim Fischer, led the introduction of the National Firearms Agreement (NFA) in 1996,

   (ii) a 2016 study, Association Between Gun Law Reforms and Intentional Firearm Deaths in Australia, found that in the 20 years since the NFA was implemented, there have been no mass shootings in Australia, and

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Motion: Homelessness

Lee Rhiannon 13 Apr 2018
Housing

Thursday, 22 March 2018

Senator RHIANNON (New South Wales) (11:50): I, and also on behalf of Senator Cameron, move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

(i) according to data from the 2016 Census, the number of homeless Australians has increased by 13.7% since 2011,

(ii) on Census night, more than 116,000 people were experiencing homelessness, and

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