The SPEAKER ( Hon. Tony Smith ) took the chair at 12:00, made an acknowledgement of country and read prayers.
Road Safety Remuneration Repeal Bill 2016
That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent:
(1) the Selection Committee:
(a) meeting on or after today, to determine the order of consideration of matters and the times allotted for debate on each item and for each Member speaking, for private Members' business and committee and delegation business, for Monday, 2 May 2016;
(b) communicating its determinations to all Members of the House prior to 2 May 2016; and
(c) reporting its determinations to the House following the Acknowledgement of country and prayers on 2 May 2016; and
(2) the Selection Committee's determinations being shown in the Notice Paper for 2 May 2016 under 'Business Accorded Priority' for the House and Federation Chamber.
That the House:
(1)notes that:
(a) the House of Representatives is in the extraordinary position of a Government having called a new session of Parliament only to run out of legislation to debate within 12 hours of the Governor-General opening a new session; and
(b) this is just more evidence that the Government has lost all interest in trying to govern, the only thing they are interested in is trying to stay in Government; and
(2) in the absence of any legislative agenda, suspend standing orders to accord priority over all other business at this sitting to the following motion to be moved immediately by the Leader of the Opposition: That the House calls on the Prime Minister to request His Excellency the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia issue Letters Patent to establish a Royal Commission to inquire into misconduct in the banking and financial services industry.
That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the Leader of the Opposition from moving the following motion forthwith:
That the House:
(1)notes that:
(a) the House of Representatives is in the extraordinary position of a Government having called a new session of Parliament only to run out of legislation to debate within 12 hours of the Governor-General opening a new session; and
(b) this is just more evidence that the Government has lost all interest in trying to govern, the only thing they are interested in is trying to stay in Government; and
(2) in the absence of any legislative agenda, suspend standing orders to accord priority over all other business at this sitting to the following motion to be moved immediately by the Leader of the Opposition: That the House calls on the Prime Minister to request His Excellency the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia issue Letters Patent to establish a Royal Commission to inquire into misconduct in the banking and financial services industry.
That the Member be no longer heard.
The House divided. [12:09]
(The Speaker—Hon. Tony Smith)
That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent private Members' business No. 1 relating to the High Speed Rail Planning Authority Bill 2016, standing in my name, being called on immediately and being given priority over all other business for passage through all stages.
That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent private Members' business No. 1 relating to the High Speed Rail Planning Authority Bill 2016, standing in my name, being called on immediately and being given priority over all other business for passage through all stages.
That the Member be no longer heard.
The House divided. [12:35]
(The Speaker—Hon. Tony Smith)
That the Member be no longer heard.
The House divided. [12:42]
(The Speaker—Hon. Tony Smith)
That the proceedings on the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Bill 2016 and the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2016, which lapsed on 15 April 2016, to be resumed forthwith at the point where they were interrupted.
That the Member be no longer heard.
The House divided. [12:48]
(The Speaker—Hon. Tony Smith)
That the motion be put.
The House divided. [12:53]
(The Speaker—Hon. Tony Smith)
That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the passage through all stages without delay of the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Bill 2016 and the Northern Australian Infrastructure Facility (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2016.
Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Bill 2016
Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2016
The law will be changed so that registered organisations and their officials are held to the same rules and standards as companies and their directors.
The Northern Territory public education system will lose the equivalent of 200 teachers and $309 million under a new federal funding arrangement to come into effect in 2017/18.
I would just like to take the time to thank you for the support and effort you and your colleagues afforded the transport industry in getting rid of the RSRT. It does not go unnoticed and it is widely appreciated amongst us small transport operators.
… I'm not averse to that at all …
From a personal view, I certainly support change in weekend penalty rates …
Are you familiar with many other instances where very senior officials or secretaries have been directed by ministers around advertising campaigns during caretaker periods?
I cannot recall any … I have certainly not come across it myself in the past.
So unique and exceptional in your experience?
Indeed.
Unprecedented, even?
For me, yes.
If it goes through, it will affect me and my family … We've got a huge chance we'd end up bankrupt. We're a family with four children, we don't need to be uprooting all of that. We just want fair rates.
That the House:
(1) notes that:
(a) the House of Representatives is in the extraordinary position of a Government having called a new session of Parliament only to run out of legislation to debate within 12 hours of the Governor-General opening a new session;
(b) this is just more evidence that the Government has absolutely no plan for the future of this country beyond the extreme cuts of the Abbott Government’s 2014 Budget, including its plans for $100,000 university degrees, cuts to family payments, cuts to pensions, cuts to Medicare and cuts to schools and hospitals;
(c) large parts of the Government’s Budget have been leaked to media outlets because of the chaos and division at the heart of this Government, with members of the Prime Minister’s backbench actively trying to undermine the Prime Minister; and
(d) the Government is colluding with the banks to protect them from a Royal Commission; and
(2) censures the Prime Minister for being out of touch and leading a chaotic and divided Government with no positive plan for Australia’s future.
That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Maribyrnong from moving the following motion forthwith—That the House:
(1) notes that:
(a) the House of Representatives is in the extraordinary position of a Government having called a new session of Parliament only to run out of legislation to debate within 12 hours of the Governor-General opening a new session;
(b) this is just more evidence that the Government has absolutely no plan for the future of this country beyond the extreme cuts of the Abbott Government’s 2014 Budget, including its plans for $100,000 university degrees, cuts to family payments, cuts to pensions, cuts to Medicare and cuts to schools and hospitals;
(c) large parts of the Government’s Budget have been leaked to media outlets because of the chaos and division at the heart of this Government, with members of the Prime Minister’s backbench actively trying to undermine the Prime Minister; and
(d) the Government is colluding with the banks to protect them from a Royal Commission; and
(2) censures the Prime Minister for being out of touch and leading a chaotic and divided Government with no positive plan for Australia’s future.
That the Member be no longer heard.
The House divided. [15:07]
(The Speaker—Hon. Tony Smith)
That the member be no longer heard.
The House divided. [15:12]
(The Speaker—Hon. Tony Smith)
The House divided. [15:15]
(The Speaker—Hon. Tony Smith)
The division and disarray of the Government putting Australia's future at risk.
That the business of the day be called on.
The House divided. [15:22]
(The Speaker—Hon. Tony Smith)
The House divided. [15:28]
(The Speaker—Hon. Tony Smith)
The House divided. [15:32]
(The Speaker—Hon. Tony Smith)
That the House do now adjourn.