Mrs Bronwyn Bishop (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Order! It being 7.30 pm, I propose the question:

That the House do now adjourn.

Kevin Andrews (Menzies, Liberal Party, Minister for Social Services) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Madam Speaker, I require that the question be put immediately without debate.

Mrs Bronwyn Bishop (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The question is that the House do now adjourn.

Could members take their seats very quickly because we are being a trifle disorderly.

Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

) ( ): (In division) Madam Speaker, on a point of order.

Mrs Bronwyn Bishop (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Are you seeking to be disorderly even more?

Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I have a point of order, Madam Speaker.

Mrs Bronwyn Bishop (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Yes, the Manager of Opposition Business.

Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Before you took the chair, there was a question about people moving within the chamber while the doors were locked. We have now had a situation where the government members realised they were voting the way they did not intend and, after the doors were locked, every member of parliament changed their position. What is the ruling on the disorderly nature of people moving within the chamber after the doors are locked, given that government members have been given an opportunity to correct their mistake when every one of them was going to vote for the House to adjourn immediately?

Mrs Bronwyn Bishop (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

It seems to me that everybody has been a trifle disorderly, but there is no penalty on this occasion.