Bob Brown (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the following matter be referred to the Procedure Committee for inquiry and report by 25 October 2010:

Consideration of the following amendments to Senate standing order 104 and recommendations for their implementation:

Standing order 104, relating to the correction of divisions, be amended to read as follows:

104  Correction of divisions

(1)

If there is misadventure, or in case of confusion or error concerning the numbers reported (unless it can be otherwise corrected), the Senate shall proceed to another division.

(2)

A division under this standing order must be taken as early as is convenient.