Peter Dutton (Dickson, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, to assist you and to assist the House, I'm happy to provide a copy of the motion, but I'd appreciate from you an understanding of the precedent for such an act to take place. I have read out word for word the motion that I have put before the House. Under the standing orders, the longstanding standard practice of this House, practised by the Prime Minister when he was the Leader of the Opposition and a shadow minister in opposition, is that I can move a motion, which is what I've done. I have read verbatim what it is I'm proposing by way of this motion. The motion is seconded. The standing orders provide for you, Mr Speaker, as you're well aware, to ask whether leave is granted. That's the question before the House, and that is the question the Prime Minister refuses to answer. Has he got the guts to have the conversation or not?

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