House debates Motions
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Attorney-General and Prime Minister; Attempted Censure
Mr Tony Burke Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance
2:29 pm
I move:
That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Manager of Opposition Business moving the following motion forthwith:
That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Watson from moving the following motion forthwith—That the House censures the:.
(1) Minister for Foreign Affairs and Attorney-General for:
(a) misleading the Parliament over important questions relating to national security and the safety of Australia;
(b) breaching the Prime Minister's own Statement of Ministerial Standards by failing to:
(i) correct the record in the Parliament at the earliest opportunity in relation to matters of national security;
(ii) be honest in the conduct of public office; and
(iii) take all reasonable steps to ensure that the public or the Parliament is not misled; and
(2) Prime Minister for allowing his Ministers to:
(a) mislead the Parliament over serious and legitimate questions relating to national security and the safety of Australia; and
(b) breach his own Statement of Ministerial Standards.
The parliament has been misled today by the foreign minister.
Christopher Pyne Sturt, Liberal Party, Leader of the House
2:30 pm
I move:
That the member be no longer heard.
Mrs Bronwyn Bishop Speaker
The question is that the member be no longer heard.
Tanya Plibersek Sydney, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition
I second the motion. This is a cover-up of a cover-up—
Christopher Pyne Sturt, Liberal Party, Leader of the House
2:41 pm
I move:
That the member be no longer heard.
Mrs Bronwyn Bishop Speaker
The question is that the motion be agreed to.
Christopher Pyne Sturt, Liberal Party, Leader of the House
I move:
That the motion be now put.
Mrs Bronwyn Bishop Speaker
The question is that the motion be agreed to—that is, that the motion be put.