Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I seek leave to move the following motion:

That the House:

(1)notes:

(a)the Abbott-Truss-Turnbull-Truss-Turnbull-Joyce-Turnbull-McCormack-Morrison-McCormack and now Morrison-Joyce Government promised stable government;

(b)there is a global pandemic;

(c)the Government has bungled the vaccine rollout;

(d)the Government has failed to establish a safe, national system of quarantine;

(e)the Government's Budget forecasts one lockdown every month;

(f)the Government is bitterly divided on achieving net zero by 2050; and

(g)that the current Deputy Prime Minister has said "we need to be concentrating on what people expect us to be doing, to listen to their needs and wants, not our needs and wants;

(2)condemns the Morrison-Joyce Government for fighting itself instead of fighting for all Australians; and

(3)calls on the Morrison-Joyce Government to concentrate on rolling out the vaccine instead of rolling each other.

Leave not granted.

I move:

That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Leader of the Opposition moving the following motion immediately:

That the House:

(1)notes:

(a)the Abbott-Truss-Turnbull-Truss-Turnbull-Joyce-Turnbull-McCormack-Morrison-McCormack and now Morrison-Joyce Government promised stable government;

(b)there is a global pandemic;

(c)the Government has bungled the vaccine rollout;

(d)the Government has failed to establish a safe, national system of quarantine;

(e)the Government's Budget forecasts one lockdown every month;

(f)the Government is bitterly divided on achieving net zero by 2050; and

(g)that the current Deputy Prime Minister has said "we need to be concentrating on what people expect us to be doing, to listen to their needs and wants, not our needs and wants;

(2)condemns the Morrison-Joyce Government for fighting itself instead of fighting for all Australians; and

(3)calls on the Morrison-Joyce Government to concentrate on rolling out the vaccine instead of rolling each other.

Mr Speaker, this circus must end. You can't have a change like this—

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

The Leader of the Opposition will resume his seat. The Leader of the House has the call.

Peter Dutton (Dickson, Liberal Party, Minister for Defence) 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 Leader of the Opposition be no further heard.

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

Is the motion seconded?

Richard Marles (Corio, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

It is seconded. It is the height of indulgence: rather than fighting for Australians, they are obsessed with fighting amongst themselves—

Peter Dutton (Dickson, Liberal Party, Minister for Defence) 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 Deputy Leader of the Opposition be no further heard.

The House divided. [14:45]

(The Speaker—Hon. Tony Smith)

Question agreed to.

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

The question before the House now is that the motion moved by the Hon. the Leader of the Opposition be disagreed to.

The House divided. [14:47]

(The Speaker—Hon. Tony Smith)

Question agreed to.