Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

I will not speak for long, but I do think it is important to note a couple of things. First of all, the motion on the Notice Paper would have had this debate concluding in less than 15 minutes time. As to the idea that there has been a change, we have now been made aware of it for the first time. Certainly, there was no way we were going to give leave to the motion on the Notice Paper, going forward.

I would also note that my speech earlier today about standing orders has become somewhat redundant. I complained about the adjournment debate being knocked down from one hour to 30 minutes, but it has now gone to zero.

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