Christopher Pyne (Sturt, Liberal Party, Minister for Education) Share this | Hansard source

The reason why the standing orders should not be suspended is that this side of the House would like to get on with the business of government. We have an infrastructure bill before the House. I have moved the contingency motion so that there will be a third reading on the bill, and I have moved that the bill be now read a third time. Unlike the government change deniers on the other side of the House, the government wants to get on with the business of the parliament. The House should have risen at 9.30, so standing orders should not be suspended, because this is a silly game—a very embarrassing, petulant display by the acting Manager of Opposition Business in the House, who is being run by the former Leader of the House.

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