Terri Butler (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for the Environment and Water) Share this | Hansard source

I seek leave to move the following motion:

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

That the House:

notes that the member for Bowman is unfit to be a member of parliament and the government needs to act to show that it has listened to women; and

calls on the Prime Minister to discharge the member for Bowman from the Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training immediately.

Obviously, the member for Bowman needs to resign from the committee position that he holds. He should stop drawing the extra salary, and the government should take action—

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