Claire Moore (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Women) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

At the request of Senator Wong, I move:

That the resolution of the Senate relating to the meetings of the Senate be varied by omitting paragraph (3), and substituting the following paragraph:

"(3) That the hours of meeting for Tuesday, 3 May 2016, be from 12.30 pm to 6.30 pm and 8.30 pm to adjournment, and for Wednesday, 4 May 2016, be from 9.30 am to 7.20 pm and 8 pm to adjournment, and that:

(a) the routine of business from 8.30 pm on Tuesday, 3 May 2016, shall be:

  (i) Budget statement and documents 2016-17, and

  (ii) adjournment; and

(b) the routine of business from 8 pm on Wednesday, 4 May 2016, shall be:

  (i) Budget statement and documents – party leaders and independent senators to make responses to the statement and documents for not more than 30 minutes each, and

  (ii) adjournment.".

Question agreed to.