Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the House) | 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 in relation to business for Monday, 17 August 2026:

(1) the House adjourning at 4.30 pm to enable the Address in Reply to be presented to Her Excellency the Governor-General;

(2) the Federation Chamber adjourning at 1.30 pm; and

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

For the information of members, particularly new members—well, no-one would feel new anymore; it's been a while now—who might not have been through this procedure before, when parliament first resumed after the election, we heard the address in the other place from the Governor-General. Then the Prime Minister moved a resolution establishing a committee to organise the address in reply. Everyone's first speech was given as part of the address in reply, and the two people to lead that committee were the member for Dickson and the member for Melbourne, and that's why their first speeches occurred before any of the others.

Having completed all the first speeches and every member who wanted to speak on the address-in-reply having done so, we are now ready to present that to the Governor-General. What will happen on Monday of next week is that the House will adjourn at 4.30 pm. The Federation Chamber will have adjourned at 1.30 pm, and people will then get in cars to go across to Yarralumla to meet with the Governor-General. The member for Dickson and the member for Melbourne on all of our behalf will present the address-in-reply to the Governor-General.

I'd remind members that we'll adjourn at 4.30. Cars will be going from five o'clock. Everyone will be pooling in cars. The special vehicles at the front will be for the Speaker and quite properly for the member for Dickson and the member for Melbourne, and then the clerks and the rest of us get across. But, because there are so many going across, please don't leave it late. It'll start at 5.30 pm. Transport will be kicking off at five o'clock. For everyone's diaries, just remember. Once the event with the Governor-General has concluded, parliament won't be resuming that night.

Question agreed to.

I move:

That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the following from occurring in relation to proceedings on the Interactive Gambling Amendment (Gambling Reform) Bill 2026 and the National Self-exclusion Register (Cost Recovery Levy) Amendment Bill 2026:

(1) on Wednesday, 12 August when the order of the day relating to the second reading debate on the Interactive Gambling Amendment (Gambling Reform) Bill 2026 is called on, a cognate debate taking place with the National Self-exclusion Register (Cost Recovery Levy) Amendment Bill 2026;

(2) after the discussion of a matter of public importance, when called on, debate on the Interactive Gambling Amendment (Gambling Reform) Bill 2026 and related bill continuing without interruption until the commencement of the adjournment debate at 7.30 pm;

(3) at 8 pm, notwithstanding standing order 31, the adjournment debate being interrupted, and debate on the Interactive Gambling Amendment (Gambling Reform) Bill 2026 and related bill having priority until:

(a) no further Members rise to speak; 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 9 am on Thursday, 13 August;

(4) on Thursday, 13 August or Monday, 17 August, if called on, debate on the second reading continuing but not proceeding beyond the summing up by the mover of the motion for the second reading;

(5) on Tuesday, 18 August when the order of the day for the resumption of debate on the Interactive Gambling Amendment (Gambling Reform) Bill 2026 is called on, the questions on any second reading amendment[s] and on the second reading being put immediately; and

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

For the information of members, this is about doing a couple of things—firstly, making sure we do a late night sitting tonight to try to get through. There are a lot of people who want to speak, and people want these speeches to happen in the House, not the Federation Chamber. That will have a late night tonight through to 10 o'clock, but the resolution also makes sure that, if we were to finish, we would not immediately go to the vote and that the vote on this won't happen until Tuesday of next week. If we don't finish the speeches tonight, then the government will continue to list the bills with the intention still that we would be listing it for the vote on Tuesday.

Question agreed to.