Legislative Council - Fifty-First Parliament, Third Session (51-3)
2009-06-03 Daily Xml

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FOREIGN AID

Order of the Day, Private Business, No. 27: Hon. J.M.A. Lensink to move:

That this council calls upon Australia's Foreign Minister, the Hon. Stephen Smith, MP, to lift the ban on Australian foreign aid being spent on abortion services and counselling following the lifting of the 'global gag' by the President of the United States of America, Barack Obama, on 23 January 2009.

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (17:55): I move:

That this order of the day be discharged.

Motion carried.