Senate debates

Wednesday, 25 March 2015

Business

Suspension of Standing Orders

4:53 pm

Photo of Claire MooreClaire Moore (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Women) Share this | Hansard source

by leave—I move:

Omit all words after "that" and substitute:

(a) The hours of meeting shall be 10 am to 6.30pm and 7.30pm to 10.30pm;

(b) The routine of business shall be:

(i) Documents

(ii) Clerk's documents

(iii) Committees - authorisation to meet

(iv) Government business only,

(v) At 2pm, questions,

(vi) Motions to take note of answers

(vii) Petitions

(viii) Postponement and rearrangement of business

(ix) Formal motions – discovery of formal business

(x) Any proposal to debate a matter of public importance or urgency

(xi) Consideration of documents under standing order 61 for up to 30 minutes

(xii) Government business

(xiii) At 9.50pm, adjournment proposed.

Mr President, I seek leave to make a short statement.

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