Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That, on Tuesday, 14 October 2008:

(a)

the hours of meeting shall be 12.30 pm to 6.30 pm and 7 pm to 11.10 pm;

(b)

that from 7 pm, any question in respect of which a senator requires a division, and any questions consequent on the outcome of that division, shall stand postponed until the next day of sitting at a time fixed by the Senate;

(c)

the routine of business from 7 pm shall be government business only; and

(d)

the question for the adjournment of the Senate shall be proposed at 10.30 pm.

I understand that this matter has support within the chamber and it will include no divisions and no quorums. Not having quorums is really a chamber management issue, so I thank the Senate for that. It will include those people who want to make contributions during the second reading debate on the two bills which have had wide interest, so it will facilitate the sitting for this week to ensure that we can get through the legislative agenda that we have. In addition, as we do not sit next week, I wanted to express my thanks to the chamber to allow us to use this evening for second reading debates, because estimates will take up next week and we do have only a short number of sitting periods before the end of the year and significant legislation that we do need to get through.

Ian Macdonald (Queensland, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Northern Australia) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Where is the motion?

Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The motion was circulated yesterday in the chamber, and it is also in the Notice Paper for those who want to look at it.

Question agreed to.