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Recycling and Waste Reduction Charges (Excise) Bill 2020; Third Reading

Monday, 26 October 2020 House of Representatives

Trevor Evans

Trevor Evans Brisbane, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Waste Reduction and Environmental Management

7:14 pm

I seek leave to read the third reading immediately.

Leave not granted.

I move:

That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the motion for the third reading being moved without delay.

Stephen Jones

Stephen Jones Whitlam, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Assistant Treasurer

7:15 pm

Time after time, members have come to the dispatch box or stood in their places and asked for the call to debate what is supposed to be a priority bill for the government.

Trevor Evans

Trevor Evans Brisbane, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Waste Reduction and Environmental Management

I move:

That the question be now put.

Tony Smith

Tony Smith Speaker

The question is that the question be put.

Tony Smith

Tony Smith Speaker

7:20 pm

The question now is that the motion moved by the minister to suspend standing orders be agreed to.

Trevor Evans

Trevor Evans Brisbane, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Waste Reduction and Environmental Management

7:22 pm

I move:

That the bill be now read a third time.

Peta Murphy

Peta Murphy Dunkley, Australian Labor Party

This bill is about waste, and do you know what's been a waste? The last seven years of this government, where they've done absolutely nothing to facilitate recycling. I move:

That the debate be adjourned.

Tony Smith

Tony Smith Speaker

The question is that the debate be not adjourned.

Tony Smith

Tony Smith Speaker

7:27 pm

The question before the House still is this bill be now read a third time. I call the member for Griffith.

Terri Butler

Terri Butler Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for the Environment and Water

Paying $33 million for a $3 million plot of land is—

Tony Smith

Tony Smith Speaker

I call the assistant minister.

Trevor Evans

Trevor Evans Brisbane, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Waste Reduction and Environmental Management

I move:

That the question be now put.

Tony Smith

Tony Smith Speaker

The question is that the question be now put.

Tony Smith

Tony Smith Speaker

7:29 pm

The question now is that this bill be read a third time.

Question agreed to.

Bill read a third time.