House debates Bills
Criminal Code Amendment (Firearms Trafficking) Bill 2022; Second Reading
Brendan O'Connor Gorton, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs (House)
12:48 pm
' CONNOR () (): I rise to speak to the Criminal Code Amendment (Firearms Trafficking) Bill 2022. Late last night, the government introduced this proposed legislation into the parliament. Clearly, there's a pressing need to increase penalties for firearm trafficking. What is interesting, though, is that, although the government introduced this bill into the parliament last night, there are no members of the government, it would appear, willing to speak to this bill, and, indeed, there's been no process engaging with stakeholders, there's been no referral to any parliamentary committee—
Andrew Wallace Speaker
The Leader of the House. The member for Gorton will resume his seat.
Peter Dutton Dickson, Liberal Party, Minister for Defence
I move:
That the question be put.
Andrew Wallace Speaker
The motion is that the question be put.
Question agreed to.
Original question agreed to.
Bill read a second time.