Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for the Arts) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

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:

(1) allow debate on the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Streamlining Environmental Approvals) Bill 2020 before the House to continue until every member wishing to speak on the second reading has done so;

(2) notes that this will allow members to explain

  (a) the government's attempt to rehash a failed Abbott-era environment bill; and

  (b) that the bill is inconsistent with the interim report of the Samuel Review commissioned by the government.

We've got members of parliament on the list wishing to speak. They should be allowed to do so. We're elected by the Australian community. We have a right to speak in this place.

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