Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, on a point of order: with regard to the motion that has been moved and now seconded before the chair, in the past motions have been ruled out of order because they were overly lengthy. This is a motion that took the mover some four minutes to read into Hansard.

Honourable members interjecting—

The member for Sturt concedes that he is slow, but it is not the case that the standing orders should be subverted by an overly long motion. I ask you, Mr Speaker, to rule it out of order.

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