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

I move:

That:

(1) standing order 31 (automatic adjournment of the House) and standing order 33 (limit on business) be suspended for the sitting on Tuesday, 9 May 2023;

(2) so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent, on Thursday, 11 May 2023:

  (a) the meeting of the House commencing at 12 noon, to enable the Address-in-Reply to be presented to His Excellency the Governor-General; and

  (b) the Federation Chamber not meeting; and

(3) standing order 31 (automatic adjournment of the House) be suspended for the sitting on Thursday, 11 May 2023 and at that sitting, after the Leader of the Opposition completes his reply to the Budget speech, the House automatically to stand adjourned until 10 am on Monday, 22 May 2023, unless the Speaker or, in the event of the Speaker being unavailable, the Deputy Speaker, fixes an alternative day or hour of meeting.

For the information of members, this is the normal resolution that we have on a budget week to allow for the budget speech to be given and for the necessary legislation and appropriations to be introduced immediately after the budget speech. We have added the principle of the no divisions or quorums after 6.30 pm, so it's different in that regard. There are the normal principles for the address-in-reply from the Leader of the Opposition on Thursday night.

The House, on each occasion, will be suspended between roughly 6 pm and 7.30 pm. This motion is also different from the normal one in the sense that on Thursday we will not start until midday to be consistent with the information from the Governor-General which the Speaker has just reported to the House.

I commend the resolution.

Question agreed to.

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