House debates

Wednesday, 2 June 2021

Motions

Member for Bowman

9:31 am

Photo of Joanne RyanJoanne Ryan (Lalor, Australian Labor Party) Share this | | Hansard source

I move:

That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Lalor from moving the following motion immediately:

That the House

(1) notes

(a) it has now been two months since the Member for Bowman said he would resign from all parliamentary positions, yet he remains as chair of the Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training;

(b) government MPs, including the Prime Minister and members of that very committee, have voted to keep the Member for Bowman in his role; and

(c) the Member for Bowman is not fit to be a member of this parliament and it is about time the Prime Minister did something about that; and

(2) therefore calls on the Prime Minister to discharge the Member for Bowman from the Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training immediately.

The empathy training didn't work for the Prime Minister and it hasn't worked for the member for Bowman—

9:32 am

Photo of Michael SukkarMichael Sukkar (Deakin, Liberal Party, Assistant Treasurer) Share this | | Hansard source

I move:

That the Member be no longer heard.

Photo of Tony SmithTony Smith (Speaker) Share this | | Hansard source

The question is that the member for Lalor be no further heard.

9:40 am

Photo of Tony SmithTony Smith (Speaker) Share this | | Hansard source

Is the motion seconded? The member for Moreton.

Photo of Graham PerrettGraham Perrett (Moreton, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Education) Share this | | Hansard source

If the member for Bowman can't learn from his own mistakes—

Photo of Tony SmithTony Smith (Speaker) Share this | | Hansard source

The member for Moreton will resume his seat. The motion lapses for want of a seconder.