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

My understanding of what happened, which led to this division, is that the minister at the table stood up and, when it was asked, 'Is the motion seconded?' said that he seconded it and then immediately moved that the question be put. If that's what happened, it means the question was never stated by the chair, in which case right now we are voting that the question be put when there is in fact no question before the House.

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