Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for the Arts) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

On a matter involving the whips: a large number of members who have been paired have been raising that they wanted their names recorded in Hansard as pairs, as an indication that they wanted to be here. I think the whips had a fair bit of trouble stopping some members from being here and getting down to the required numbers.

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Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for the Arts) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

That's right; the reverse of what we normally expect whips to do. Members don't all need to stay for it, but, so that it gets recorded in Hansard, I wonder whether on indulgence you could allow the government whip and then the opposition whip to read the names of the pairs into Hansard, so that in good faith we've made that point clear to them.

Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I think that's a good course of action. I'll grant indulgence, first of all, to the Chief Government Whip.

Bert Van Manen (Forde, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

on indulgence—Firstly, I'd like to thank colleagues on both sides of the chamber, who have contributed to making the chamber work today by their absence. I'd like to acknowledge those members and put their names on the record: the member for Aston, the member for Hasluck, the member for Dickson, the member for Swan, the member for Forrest, the member for O'Connor, the member for Canning, the member for Moore, the member for Herbert, the member for Barker, the member for Hume, the member for Dawson, the member for Groom, the member for Grey, the member for Robertson, the member for Capricornia, the member for Sturt, the member for Lyne, the member for Moncrieff, the member for Bennelong, the member for Banks, the member for Flynn, the member for Parkes, the member for Mallee, the member for Leichhardt, the member for Mitchell, the member for Braddon, the member for Bass, the member for Monash and the member for Curtin. To all those colleagues I would like to say thanks for their cooperation and for assisting their colleagues in the House in general. I would also like to acknowledge the Chief Opposition Whip and the colleagues on the other side of the chamber, who also assisted in this process and thank them for their forbearance and assistance.

Chris Hayes (Fowler, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

on indulgence—I would like to thank the following members for their cooperation in allowing me to provide pairs to the government and to accommodate the social-distancing arrangements that applied in the House today. I name the following members: the member for Cowan, the member for Macnamara, the member for Barton, the member for Griffith, the member for Holt, the member for Spence, the member for Bendigo, the member for Corangamite, the member for Franklin, the member for Isaacs, the member for Richmond, the member for Cooper, the member for Eden-Monaro, the member for Burt, the member for Brand, the member for Lyons, the member for McEwen, the member for Dunkley, the member for Blair, the member for Parramatta, the member for Moreton, the member for Gilmore, the member for Sydney, the member for Kingston, the member for Greenway, the member for Lingiari, the member for Paterson, the member for Jagajaga, the member for Calwell, the member for Lilley and the member for Dobell.

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