Christopher Pyne (Sturt, Liberal Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

Transparently, the Fair Work Amendment (Repeal of 4 Yearly Reviews and Other Measures) Bill 2017 is a substantial amendment of its own to the Fair Work Act. The amendments circulated by the member for Gorton are basically a repeat of his private member's bill before the House, which has no bearing on this bill. What the opposition is trying to do is get around the requirement for them to have 76 votes—an absolute majority—in order to have their private member's bill dealt with. Bills of the government that are there on different subjects should not be used to try and get around the standing orders, which require an absolute majority for a suspension of standing orders in order to deal with private member's business. The same pertains to the member for Melbourne's amendment when he moves his.

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