House debates Business
Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders
Mr Tony Burke Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance
2:50 pm
I move:
That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Watson from moving the following motion forthwith:
The House calls on the Deputy Prime Minister to stand aside from Cabinet immediately.
Immediately! Who would have thought that the High Court was just being given an opportunity—
Tony Smith Speaker
The Manager of Opposition Business will resume his seat. The Leader of the House has the call.
Christopher Pyne Sturt, Liberal Party, Leader of the House
Mr Speaker, they've got to build some momentum before they do this suspension motion.
Tony Smith Speaker
The Leader of the House will go to his point of order.
Christopher Pyne Sturt, Liberal Party, Leader of the House
They haven't got any momentum, so I move:
That the Member be no longer heard.
Tony Smith Speaker
The question is that the Manager of Opposition Business be no longer heard.
Mark Dreyfus Isaacs, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Attorney General
I second the motion. The Prime Minister and this government are showing contempt—
Tony Smith Speaker
The member for Isaacs will resume his seat. The Leader of the House?
Christopher Pyne Sturt, Liberal Party, Leader of the House
I move:
That the Member be no longer heard.
Tony Smith Speaker
The question is that the member for Isaacs be no longer heard.
Tony Smith Speaker
3:03 pm
The question is that the motion moved by the Manager of Opposition Business be agreed to. I call the member for Hunter.
Joel Fitzgibbon Hunter, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Agriculture
Mr Speaker, the Deputy Prime Minister—
Tony Smith Speaker
The member for Hunter will resume his seat. The Leader of the House?
Christopher Pyne Sturt, Liberal Party, Leader of the House
I move:
That the question be now put.
Tony Smith Speaker
3:06 pm
The question now is that the motion moved by the Manager of Opposition Business be agreed to.