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

BURKE (—) (): For the information of members, I've confirmed that the Senate still has on foot its scheduled sitting tomorrow. At the rate they've been going on amendments, they will certainly require it. That means that when I suspend sittings later today, which will be shortly after the MPI—and the normal 4.30 cut-off won't apply; we suspended that standing order earlier today so the MPI will run its full course—the sittings will suspend with the intention that the bells ring for us to resume at 9 am on Saturday.

It's also the case that the Senate have amended the sitting program that we previously adopted, so I present the revised program of sittings for 2023. Copies of the revised program have been placed on the table, and I ask leave of the House to move that the program be agreed to.

Leave granted.

I move:

That the revised program of sittings be agreed to.

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