Mr OAKESHOTT (Lyne) (10:53): I move: That this House request the Prime Minister and Treasurer to: (1) direct the Commonwealth Grants Commission to allocate an annual fixed percentage of Goods and Services Tax (GST) revenue directly to the 654 local councils throughout Australia; (2) include this annual allocation as part of the GST Review currently underway and for implementation through any required legislative or executive government processes; and (3) consider constitutional recognition of local government only in the event of any successful legal challenge to the direct annual allocation of GST revenue to local councils within Australia. The SPEAKER: Is the motion seconded? Mr Katter: I second the motion and reserve my right to speak. Mr OAKESHOTT: I put this motion because local government in Australia is resource deprived, the local road network in Australia is failing—peak engineers groups throughout the country have identified that fact—and the revenue structure to support local government is a problem which needs to be fixed. This motion is just one suggestion to try to start the policy debate. It does not look like the vote is going to go well today, but I hope that we can pretty quickly do something to establish a better revenue flow to local government in Australia, particularly considering the significant failure of the local road network throughout the country.