House debates Bills

Higher Education Support Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2012; Third Reading

Thursday, 15 March 2012 House of Representatives

Sharon Bird

Sharon Bird Cunningham, Australian Labor Party, Parliamentary Secretary for Higher Education and Skills

9:49 am

I ask leave of the House to move the third reading immediately.

Leave granted.

Tony Smith

Tony Smith Casey, Liberal Party, Deputy Chairman , Coalition Policy Development Committee

On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker: you just requested that members not mill about in the chamber. I would have thought the Leader of the House would—

Bruce Scott

Bruce Scott Maranoa, National Party

The Leader of the House is being very disorderly. He is defying the chair. He might excuse himself from the chamber so we can get on with the business before the chair.

Sharon Bird

Sharon Bird Cunningham, Australian Labor Party, Parliamentary Secretary for Higher Education and Skills

I move:

That this bill be now read a third time.

Question agreed to.

Bill read a third time.