Senate debates

Thursday, 16 February 2017

Bills

Parliamentary Entitlements Legislation Amendment Bill 2017; In Committee

6:36 pm

Photo of Cory BernardiCory Bernardi (SA, Australian Conservatives) Share this | Hansard source

by leave—I move Australian Conservative amendments (1) and (2) on sheet 8065 together.

(1) Schedule 1, item 8, page 6 (after line 23), after the definition of Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement, insert:

Prime Minister: see section 4AB.

(2) Schedule 1, item 9, page 7 (after line 5), after section 4AA, insert:

4AB Prime Ministers

For the purposes of this Act, a member is only taken to be the Prime Minister if the member has been the Prime Minister for a period of at least 4 consecutive years.

I will not delay the Senate.

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