House debates Bills
Medicare Guarantee (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2017; Third Reading
Mr Tony Burke Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance
5:32 pm
The motion that the minister has just moved is once again another example of this government preventing—
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Government Member:
A government member interjecting—
Mr Tony Burke Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance
No, it is a suspension of standing orders; I am allowed to speak.
Tony Smith Speaker
No, it is not a suspension of standing orders. Just to be clear—the Manager of Opposition Business can just resume his seat for a second—this is a contingent motion that the minister has moved, and debate may ensue, so the Manager of Opposition Business has the call.
Mr Tony Burke Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance
The mover had already sat down.
Tony Smith Speaker
The Manager of Opposition Business will resume his seat.
Mr Tony Burke Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance
He had already sat down.
Tony Smith Speaker
The Leader of the House has now moved that the Manager of Opposition Business—
Christopher Pyne Sturt, Liberal Party, Leader of the House
No, I moved the motion be put.
Christopher Pyne Sturt, Liberal Party, Leader of the House
5:41 pm
I move:
That this bill be now read a third time.
Tony Smith Speaker
The question is that this bill be now read a third time.
Christopher Pyne Sturt, Liberal Party, Leader of the House
I move:
That the motion be put.
Tony Smith Speaker
5:45 pm
The question now is that this bill be read a third time.
Question agreed to.
Bill read a third time.