Andrew Wilkie (Denison, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

( ) ( ): I seek leave to move the following motion :

That this House:

(1) express its deep concern that there are now more than 50 million endangered people displaced or on the move globally, including more than four million Syrians on account of the current conflict;

(2) call on the government to act immediately to quickly resettle in Australia 30,000 affected Syrians, all in addition to the current humanitarian intake of 13,750; and

(3) further calls on the government to permanently double Australia’s humanitarian intake from its current figure of 13,750 to 28,000.

Leave not granted.

I move:

That so much of standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the member for Denison from moving the following motion:

That this House:

(1) express its deep concern that there are now more than 50 million endangered people displaced or on the move globally, including more than four million Syrians on account of the current conflict;

(2) call on the government to act immediately to quickly resettle in Australia 30,000 affected Syrians, all in addition to the current humanitarian intake of 13,750; and

(3) further calls on the government to permanently double Australia’s humanitarian intake from its current figure of 13,750 to 28,000.

The parliament must suspend standing orders and deal with this matter urgently. The scale of this humanitarian crisis cannot be underestimated. There are now more than 50 million people displaced or on the move around the world. This is the largest number since the end of World War II. There are now—

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