COMMONWEALTH HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEETING 2011

That this House welcomes the decision taken at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2009, held in Trinidad and Tobago, to name Australia as the host of the 2011 conference; notes that Australia has successfully hosted the conference on two previous occasions, in Melbourne in 1981 and in Coolum in 2002; further notes that the 2011 host city, Perth, is one of Australia's fastest growing cities and an excellent example of an environmentally sustainable city within the Commonwealth; and congratulates Australia on its selection as the host of the 2011 conference.