House debates

Tuesday, 16 October 2018

Motions

Racism

4:19 pm

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Members on my right aren't assisting. Whilst this is not normally done, given it's already in the Hansard and stated this morning and time has elapsed with the deferred division, I will. I would have presumed most members want to be able to vote in the division; even though the doors are locked, you can be excluded from voting. The question before the House is the motion moved by the member for Watson, which was:

That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Watson from moving the following motion immediately:

That the House rejects the resolution put to the Senate yesterday which included a white supremacist slogan that is also used by hate groups like the Ku Klux Klan.

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