House debates Resolutions of the Senate
Asylum Seekers; Consideration of Senate Message
Mr Tony Burke Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance
4:55 pm
Mr Speaker, I put it to you that the standing order requires that you can only have the vote again if there was confusion, and there was no confusion; if there has been an error concerning the numbers, and there has been no error concerning the numbers of who was here; or if it has been miscarried through misadventure caused by a member being accidentally absent or some similar incident. The fact that a member is doing a television interview is not covered by misadventure.
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