Mrs Bronwyn Bishop Speaker
7:32 pm
Order! It being 7.30 pm, I propose the question:
That the House do now adjourn.
Kevin Andrews Menzies, Liberal Party, Minister for Social Services
Madam Speaker, I require that the question be put immediately without debate.
Mrs Bronwyn Bishop Speaker
7:33 pm
The question is that the House do now adjourn.
Could members take their seats very quickly because we are being a trifle disorderly.
Mr Tony Burke Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance
7:35 pm
) ( ): (In division) Madam Speaker, on a point of order.
Mr Tony Burke Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance
I have a point of order, Madam Speaker.
Mr Tony Burke Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance
Before you took the chair, there was a question about people moving within the chamber while the doors were locked. We have now had a situation where the government members realised they were voting the way they did not intend and, after the doors were locked, every member of parliament changed their position. What is the ruling on the disorderly nature of people moving within the chamber after the doors are locked, given that government members have been given an opportunity to correct their mistake when every one of them was going to vote for the House to adjourn immediately?
Mrs Bronwyn Bishop Speaker
It seems to me that everybody has been a trifle disorderly, but there is no penalty on this occasion.