Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

If you'd rather I simply move that the question be put, the option is always there. But that would mean, once again, while speeches would continue until 10 pm, after 6.30 pm, there would be no further divisions. While the standing orders do permit that a motion can still be moved by a minister, I can assure the House that will not occur.

The following day during this fortnight we want to get the climate bills through, so it is our intention that on Wednesday the climate bills will go through the House. There has been a request that that not be done by the bill being declared urgent, and on that basis I will circulate to the opposition later today a proposed debate management bill that I intend to put on the Notice Paper for either Tuesday or Wednesday to manage the debate of that bill. Once again, we're trying to draw a balance between providing the best opportunity we can when legislation needs to get across to the Senate for people to speak, while also being very conscious of the issues of sitting hours around the Jenkins report.

With that said, the only question in front of us right now is the suspension of standing orders to allow the private member's bill to be able to be brought on immediately and then to go to the Federation Chamber for the rest of the week.

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