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

I seek leave to move the following motion:

That the House:

(1) notes that:

(a) moments ago, this government sought to prevent any debate on the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment (Ensuring Integrity No.2) Bill 2019;

(b) this is a chamber made up of people's representatives and it is constituted for the purposes of discussion, scrutiny and debate of legislation and other important matters;

(c) preventing any debate on a bill proposed for passage through this House is anti-democratic;

(d) this is a prime ministerial tantrum with the Prime Minister of Australia behaving like a juvenile schoolyard bully just because he didn't get his way last week.

(2) Therefore the House condemns the Prime Minister for:

(a) his petulance, intemperance, contempt for democracy and disdain for anyone who disagrees with him;

(b) thinking none of the usual rules of integrity and accountability apply to him.

Leave not granted.

I move:

That so much of standing orders be suspended as would prevent the Manager of Opposition Business from moving the following motion immediately:

That the House:

(1) notes that:

(a) moments ago, this government sought to prevent any debate on the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment (Ensuring Integrity No.2) Bill 2019;

(b) this is a chamber made up of people's representatives and it is constituted for the purposes of discussion, scrutiny and debate of legislation and other important matters;

(c) preventing any debate on a bill proposed for passage through this House is anti-democratic;

(d) this is a prime ministerial tantrum with the Prime Minister of Australia behaving like a juvenile schoolyard bully just because he didn't get his way last week.

(2) Therefore the House condemns the Prime Minister for:

(a) his petulance, intemperance, contempt for democracy and disdain for anyone who disagrees with him;

(b) thinking none of the usual rules of integrity and accountability apply to him.

He believes in every other Australian being silent. That's what this mob are about. Born to rule—

Christian Porter (Pearce, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Member be no longer heard.

Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The question is that the Manager of Opposition Business be no further heard.

We're in another inelegant part where we've got to 1.30. The question that was before the House has been resolved. We went past 1.30 a minute or so ago, so what we'll need to do now is go to members' 90-second statements. Later in the day, we'll resume.