House debates Bills

Future Drought Fund Bill 2019; Second Reading

Monday, 22 July 2019 House of Representatives

Mr Tony Burke

Mr Tony Burke Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for the Arts

9:07 pm

On a point of order: if I could refer to standing order 47, which deals with motions for the suspension of standing orders, the normal occurrence that we're used to in the House is where suspensions basically only occur between items, because most suspensions are irrelevant to the debate that's in front of us. The suspension that I have moved is different from that and is covered by standing order 47 because it is entirely about the debate that is in front of us. It in no ways varies from the clauses in what was carried by the House. In fact, it specifically asks a minister to act in the precise terms in which that resolution was carried.

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