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Reverend the Hon. Dr Gordon Moyes: My question without notice is directed to the Minister for Police. Is the Minister aware that illegal handguns are becoming the weapon of choice for firearm-related crime in Australia? Is the Minister aware of a recent study conducted by the Australian Institute of Criminology that found that the proportion of handgun use has increased?

Reverend the Hon. Dr Gordon Moyes: My question is addressed to the Hon. John Della Bosca on behalf of the Minister for Primary Industries. Is the Minister aware that the development of biomass, or second- generation biofuels, produces more environmental and economic benefits than ethanol?

Reverend the Hon. Dr Gordon Moyes: My question is directed to the Attorney General, on behalf of the Minister for Education and Training. Is the Minister aware of a recent report by the Australian Institute of Family Studies which found that sexual assault between school students is being ignored because it is seen as part of normal high school life?

My question is directed to the Treasurer on behalf of the Hon. Tony Stewart, Minister Assisting the Minister for Health (Cancer). Is the Minister aware of a recent case involving a 57-year-old woman who found her own advanced breast cancer after not being called back by BreastScreen NSW despite her breast abnormalities being apparent on several consecutive mammograms?

My question is directed to the Attorney General, representing the Minister for Climate Change and the Environment. Is the Minister aware that the Environmental Protection Authority is responsible for monitoring the use of only two of a dozen hazardous chemicals at Fox Studios, including some styrene-based resins and certain clothes dyes?

direct my question without notice to the Minister for Health. Is the Minister aware that an estimated 4,600 Australian children under the age of 16 have juvenile arthritis and that almost 22,000 adults were diagnosed with arthritis in childhood?

Reverend the Hon. Dr Gordon Moyes: My question without notice is directed to the Minister for Police. Is the Minister aware of recent recorded crime statistics that 380 cases of abduction and kidnapping have occurred in New South Wales in the past 12 months ending 30 June 2008? In particular, is the Minister aware of 15 abduction attempts of children aged between 8 to 16 since August this year?

Reverend the Hon. Dr Gordon Moyes: My question is directed to the Attorney General. Is the Attorney General aware of recent findings by the Australian Bureau of Statistics showing that indigenous Australians are incarcerated more than 13 times more frequently than non-indigenous prisoners?

Reverend the Hon. Dr Gordon Moyes: My question is directed to the Minister for Police, representing the Minister for Health. Is the Minister aware of the sharp rise in the number of boys and young men starving themselves, bingeing and purging?

Reverend the Hon. Dr Gordon Moyes: My question is directed to the Minister for Police, whom I congratulate on his appointment. Is he aware that one of the most common forms of violence against women is that perpetuated by a husband or an intimate male partner?