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

I move:

That:

(1) the House invite The Right Honourable Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada, to attend and address the House on Thursday, 5 March 2026;

(2) unless otherwise ordered, at the sitting on 5 March:

(a) the House shall meet, at the ringing of the bells, at no earlier than 10.30 am and the proceedings shall be welcoming remarks by the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition and an address by the Prime Minister of Canada;

(b) at the conclusion of the address by the Prime Minister of Canada the House shall suspend until the ringing of the bells, when business shall proceed in accordance with standing order 34;

(c) the provisions of standing order 257(c) relating to good order shall apply to the areas of Members' seats as well as the galleries for the period set out at (3); and

(d) the Federation Chamber shall not meet;

(3) a message be sent to the Senate inviting Senators to attend the House as guests for the welcoming remarks by the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition and address by the Prime Minister of Canada; and

(4) any variation to the arrangement be made only by an action by the Speaker or by a motion moved by a Minister.

People are aware that the Prime Minister will be here to address us on Thursday. For the information of members, it means that on Thursday morning the bells will ring at 10.30, not before; the front of the chamber will have been reconfigured to allow for the speech, and the senators will be invited to join us.

Question agreed to.