Michael Ronaldson (Victoria, Liberal Party, Shadow Special Minister of State) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Pursuant to standing order 78(1), I give notice of my intention, at the giving of notices on the next day of sitting, to withdraw business of the Senate notice of motion No. 1 standing in my name for today for the disallowance of the definition of electioneering in subregulation 3AA(11) in item [1] of Schedule 1 of the Parliamentary Entitlements Amendment Regulations 2009 (No. 1) Amendment Regulations 2009 (No. 1), as contained in Select Legislative Instrument 2009 No.250 and made under the Parliamentary Entitlements Act 1990, be disallowed. I seek leave to make a short statement in relation to this matter.

Leave granted.

Very briefly, there has been a significant amount of concern from the opposition parties and minor parties in relation to the unintended consequences of changes that were recently made in relation to printing entitlements. The minister has undertaken to me that he will take these concerns back to the entitlements group with a view to addressing those very real concerns. On the back of the minister’s undertaking, which I accept unequivocally, I will now be withdrawing this notice of disallowance.