Christopher Pyne (Sturt, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Education, Apprenticeships and Training) Share this | Hansard source

The opposition is grateful that the Leader of the House has agreed to ensure that the motion on the murder of the Israeli athletes at Munich 40 years ago is voted on before the Olympics actually begin. It has bipartisan support. I understand that the member for Isaacs and the member for Melbourne Ports as well as coalition MPs will speak on this motion to support it. The Leader of the House and I and many other MPs have jointly signed advertising to support this particular motion because this kind of issue should be well above partisan politics.

We have also agreed between us that we sit from 9 am to 2 pm tomorrow in unusual circumstances given it is the last week of this session and sometimes it can spill over to the last day. We are all working and we hope the Senate will also see, within their infinite wisdom, the benefits of finishing on Thursday rather than sitting on Friday.

Question agreed to.

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