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

I've had conversations with the opposition and those of the crossbench who are here, just to explain what the process will be. There is one message which might result in a division, but I can't be sure. So once we deal with that, if there is no division there, I will then advise the House that we don't expect there are going to be any further divisions. Once messages have all been reported—because the others are just being reported—I will then at that point move that the House adjourn. Once I have moved that, rather than deal with it immediately, there are some people who have prepared adjournment speeches, so we'll let that run in the normal way for half an hour. The moment I move that, everyone can be very safe in knowing there will be no quorum or division calls for the rest of the night. But we're not there yet; we're still waiting for the message. We'll deal with the messages first, where I don't think there will be divisions but I just can't give a guarantee because it's not something I'm in complete control of.

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