Jonathon Duniam (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I seek leave to move general business notices of motion Nos 1031 and 1032 together and for the motions to be determined without amendment or debate.

Leave not granted.

I move:

That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent general business notices of motion nos 1031 and 1032 being moved together immediately and determined without amendment or debate.

Scott Ryan (President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The question is that the motion moved by Senator Duniam to suspend standing orders be agreed to.

Jonathon Duniam (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move general business notice of motion Nos 1031 and 1032 together:

GENERAL BUSINESS NOTICE OF MOTION NO. 1031

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

  (i) companies including SunRice and Manildra originated in regional Australia and are now global companies, and

  (ii) the importance of food and fibre manufacturing in regional Australia for providing employment; and

(b) commends the Modern Manufacturing Initiative as a first step to reinvigorating manufacturing in Australia.

GENERAL BUSINESS NOTICE OF MOTION NO. 1032

That the Senate—

(a) recognises that:

  (i) in October 2020 Australia celebrated 200 years of Catholic education,

  (ii) the celebration honours Fr John Therry who founded the first Catholic school in Hunter Street, Parramatta,

  (iii) Catholic education plays an integral role in our education system, having educated over 750,000 students over 200 years,

  (iv) 40% of Catholic schools are located in regional, rural, and remote communities, and

  (v) one in five schoolchildren attends a Catholic school; and

(b) congratulates Catholic education for its:

  (i) continued contribution to Australia's education system, and

  (ii) continued commitment to the faith-based education of Australians in the past, present, and future.

Mehreen Faruqi (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I seek leave to table a short statement on motion 1031.

Leave granted.

I table the statement and request that the two parts of motion 1031 be put separately.

Malcolm Roberts (Queensland, Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

by leave—I table a short statement on motion 1031.

Scott Ryan (President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The question is that clause (a) of general business notice of motion No. 1031 be agreed to.

Question agreed to.

The question is clause (b) of motion 1031 be agreed to.

Scott Ryan (President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The question now is that motion No. 1032, in the names of Senators Davey, McKenzie, Canavan, McDonald, McMahon, Molan and Rennick, be agreed to.

Question agreed to.