Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

Mr Deputy Speaker, I didn't have the standing order in front of me before. When I queried that the debate could continue, I was referring to standing order 71, which reads as follows:

Reply closes debate

When the Member who moved the original motion replies—

in this case it was me, and I had checked that no-one else was standing—

the debate shall close except during consideration in detail of a bill—

which this is not—

or consideration of amendments to a bill—

which would be the next motion, not this one. I simply ask that standing order 71 be enforced.

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