House debates

Thursday, 13 October 2016

Questions without Notice

Turnbull Government

3:07 pm

Photo of Mr Tony BurkeMr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance) Share this | | Hansard source

My question is to the Leader of the House. Given that in the first week of this parliament the government became the first majority government in over 50 years to lose control of the House of Representatives and that last night, for the first time—not in 50 years but the first time ever—an opposition's second reading amendment was carried with the government voting against itself, how does the Leader of the House reckon it is going and is there anything he needs to fix?

Photo of Tony SmithTony Smith (Speaker) Share this | | Hansard source

No, that question is not in order.