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representatives vote 2016-02-04#3
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Bills — Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Bill 2013 [No. 2], Building and Construction Industry (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013 [No. 2]; Third Reading- Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Bill 2013 [No. 2] and another - Third Reading - Speed up the passage of the bills
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<p class="speaker">Christopher Pyne</p><p>I seek leave of the House to move the third reading immediately.</p><p>Leave not granted.</p>- The majority voted to speed up the passage of the bills so that they could immediately vote on whether to pass it. In parliamentary jargon, they voted to suspend the [standing and sessional orders](http://www.peo.gov.au/learning/fact-sheets/standing-orders.html) that would have stopped the bills from being passed immediately (ordinarily, they couldn't be passed until the next sitting day).
- ### What were the bills about?
- The bills re-institute a workplace relations framework that was first put in place back in 2005. Among other things, they re-establish the [Australian Building and Construction Commissioner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_the_Australian_Building_and_Construction_Commissioner) and re-introduce provisions dealing with unlawful [industrial action](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_action) and coercion that are specific to the building industry.
- Read more in the [bills digest](http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd1314a/14bd034).
<p>I move:</p><p class="italic">That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the remaining stages being passed without delay.</p> <p class="speaker">Rob Mitchell</p><p>The Manager of Opposition Business in relation to the motion.</p> <p class="speaker">Tony Burke</p><p>There are only four speakers left on the list for parliament to be able to have a sensible debate on this issue. At the beginning of this week, when the Leader of the House introduced this bill, he made it clear that he was surprised that we gave leave. We decided to be cooperative so that we could have a substantive debate on the issue, but, like everything that is characterised by this legislation, what they are about is silencing dissent. What they are about is making sure that the additional speakers do not even get heard.</p><p>Next week, the Senate is not even on. The chance of this making a difference in the timing for the bill going through is nil. The only thing that the Leader of the House is doing is attempting to make sure that Labor members of parliament are not heard in the debate. That is what this is about. I have a full speaking time of 10 minutes there; my suggestion is that I sit down now—but, Leader of the House, do not silence the third reading. Let the Labor members in the third reading speak for as long as they need to make their case on this substantive issue. It is a reasonable position from us. All we ask is that we have a government that has the courage to not see debate as something purely to be shut down.</p> <p class="speaker">Rob Mitchell</p><p>The question is that the motion be agreed to.</p>
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