Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Manager of Opposition Business in the House) Share this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, I refer to your ruling of yesterday, where you said:

Given the withdrawals by the Leader of the House, the motion was a valid motion. I also note that the House endorsed the ruling by the Deputy Speaker to this effect, by negativing the motion of dissent from that ruling.

I ask you to reflect on what has occurred this morning and what occurred yesterday and, so that the parliament can move on, that this be taken in the form of a question so that you can report back after question time on the nature of exactly how withdrawals will be considered to be effective. If not, every time the Minister for Health and Ageing gets to his feet, it is possible that this motion will be moved.

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