House debates Adjournment

Thursday, 3 September 2020 House of Representatives

Christian Porter

Christian Porter Pearce, Liberal Party, Attorney-General

5:41 pm

I move:

That the House do now adjourn.

Anthony Albanese

Anthony Albanese Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition

5:42 pm

The fact is that this has been a pointless exercise because—

Christian Porter

Christian Porter Pearce, Liberal Party, Attorney-General

I move:

That the question be now put.

Tony Smith

Tony Smith Speaker

The question is that the motion be put.

The question is that the House do now adjourn.

I'm going to table a document that expresses how the members for Melbourne and Clark would have voted on a range of motions. That's been presented to me by the Manager of Opposition Business.

House adjourned at 17:4 7

The DEPUTY SPEAKER (Mr Zimmerman) took the chair at 10:08, a division having been called in the House of Representatives.