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

by leave—I move:

That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the following from occurring in relation to proceedings on the Safeguard Mechanism (Crediting) Amendment Bill 2022:

(1) notwithstanding standing order 31, if the second reading debate has not concluded earlier, at 8 pm on Tuesday, 21 March, the bill being called on for further consideration, with the second reading debate continuing until either:

(a) no further Members rise to speak; or

(b) 10 pm; at which point, debate being adjourned and the House immediately adjourning until Wednesday, 22 March at 9 am;

(2) from 6.30 pm on Tuesday, 21 March until the adjournment of the House:

(a) any division called for being deferred until the first opportunity on Wednesday, 22 March; and

(b) if any Member draws the attention of the Speaker to the state of the House, the Speaker announcing that he will count the House at the first opportunity on Wednesday, 22 March, if the Member then so desires; and

(3) any variation to this arrangement being made only on a motion moved by a Minister.

In short, the impact of this motion is exactly as I explained to the House earlier. You'll all still have the same speaking time; none of that has changed. This action will facilitate getting through as many speeches as possible tonight, taking it through until 10 o'clock. There will be no votes or quorums tonight after 6.30, and debate on the bill will continue tomorrow.

At the moment, in terms of the number of speakers on the bill, we will get to consideration in detail tomorrow and be able to have a consideration in detail process of a decent length. It may even spill over into Thursday. Obviously, I'm aware that we could end up in a situation which will mean that more people add themselves to the speaking list. If we have to deal with that, we'll deal with that tomorrow. For the moment, hopefully, this means that we'll be able to deal with the bill in the normal way.

I want to thank in particular the Manager of Opposition Business and the opposition for their cooperation in making sure that this course was available.

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