Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the following from occurring on Wednesday, 5 November 2025:

(1) standing order 33 (limit on business after normal time of adjournment) being suspended for the sitting;

(2) at 8 pm, notwithstanding standing order 31, the adjournment debate being interrupted and government business having priority until:

(a) business concludes, if earlier than 10 pm; or

(b) 10 pm; or

(c) a later time specified by a Minister prior to 10 pm;

at which point, the debate being adjourned and the House immediately adjourning until Thursday, 6 November at 9 am;

(3) in the Federation Chamber, government business being given priority until the Federation Chamber adjourns at approximately 9.30 pm; and

(4) any variation to this arrangement being made only on a motion moved by a Minister.

For the information of members, what this means is that we schedule another late sitting tonight through to 10 o'clock. We've also got a late sitting scheduled in the Federation Chamber, but I expect, with the way we've been tracking, that we'll get through government business well in advance of the times that are speculated there. It's just to make sure we get through what we need to today. The usual thing—there'll still be an adjournment debate for the people who are scheduled for it. At the end of the adjournment debate, though, we won't adjourn and we'll return to government business. The normal principle that, after 6.30 pm, there'll be no divisions or quorums that will be counted at the time will continue.

Question agreed to.