Division Description Changes — Motions — Universal Children's Day — 26th Nov 2018

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  • Motions — Universal Children's Day
  • Motions - Universal Children's Day - Children in detention

Description

  • <p class="speaker">Anne Urquhart</p>
  • <p>At the request of Senator Singh, I move:</p>
  • <p class="italic">That the Senate&#8212;</p>
  • The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2018-11-26.172.1) introduced by Labor Senator [Anne Urquhart](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/tasmania/anne_urquhart) (Tas), which means it succeeded. Motions like these don't make any legal changes on their own but are politically influential because they represent the will of the Senate.
  • ### Motion text
  • > *That the Senate—*
  • > *(a) observes that 20 November 2018 is Universal Children's Day, commemorating the UN General Assembly's same-day adoption of the 1958 Declaration of the Rights of the Child, and the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child ('Children's Convention');*
  • > *(b) acknowledges the work of UNICEF Australia and other stakeholders involved in the Australian Child Rights Taskforce's Children's Report and its recommendations;*
  • > *(c) notes:*
  • >> *(i) that Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children continue to experience disadvantage,*
  • >> *(ii) the report and recommendations of the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory,*
  • >> *(iii) that children in Australia face growing issues of intergenerational inequality,*
  • >> *(iv) that no child under Australia's care should suffer harm, and*
  • >> *(v) that refugee children under Australia's care have been languishing in indefinite detention on Nauru for over five years;*
  • > *(d) invites the Morrison Government to take steps to improve Australia's adherence to the Children's Convention; and*
  • > *(e) calls on the Morrison Government to accept New Zealand's resettlement offer and get the children off Nauru.*
  • <p class="italic">(a) observes that 20 November 2018 is Universal Children's Day, commemorating the UN General Assembly's same-day adoption of the 1958 Declaration of the Rights of the Child, and the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child ('Children's Convention');</p>
  • <p class="italic">(b) acknowledges the work of UNICEF Australia and other stakeholders involved in the Australian Child Rights Taskforce's Children's Report and its recommendations;</p>
  • <p class="italic">(c) notes:</p>
  • <p class="italic">(i) that Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children continue to experience disadvantage,</p>
  • <p class="italic">(ii) the report and recommendations of the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory,</p>
  • <p class="italic">(iii) that children in Australia face growing issues of intergenerational inequality,</p>
  • <p class="italic">(iv) that no child under Australia's care should suffer harm, and</p>
  • <p class="italic">(v) that refugee children under Australia's care have been languishing in indefinite detention on Nauru for over five years;</p>
  • <p class="italic">(d) invites the Morrison Government to take steps to improve Australia's adherence to the Children's Convention; and</p>
  • <p class="italic">(e) calls on the Morrison Government to accept New Zealand's resettlement offer and get the children off Nauru.</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Sue Lines</p>
  • <p>The question is that general business notice of motion No. 1226, standing in the name of Senator Singh, be agreed to.</p>