Division Description Changes — Motions — Minister for Human Services; Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders — 9th Feb 2016

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Title

  • Motions — Minister for Human Services; Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders
  • Motions - Minister for Human Services; Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders - Stop Mark Dreyfus from speaking

Description

  • <p class="speaker">Mark Dreyfus</p>
  • <p>I move:</p>
  • <p class="italic">That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the member for Isaacs from moving the following motion forthwith:</p>
  • The majority voted in favour of a [motion](http://www.openaustralia.org.au/debates/?id=2016-02-09.5.2) to stop Labor MP [Mark Dreyfus](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/isaacs/mark_dreyfus) from speaking.
  • The motion was introduced by Liberal MP [Sussan Ley](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/farrer/sussan_ley).
  • ### Motion text
  • > *That the Member be no longer heard.*
  • <p class="italic">That the House:</p>
  • <p class="italic">(1) notes that:</p>
  • <p class="italic">(a) except where the Prime Minister has given permission to continue an interest in a family business, the Prime Minister's own Statement of Ministerial Standards puts a blanket ban on Ministers providing assistance to companies in a private capacity;</p>
  • <p class="italic">(b) the Minister for Veterans' Affairs provided assistance in a private capacity to Nimrod Resources to seal a mining deal with a Chinese state-owned company during a trip to China;</p>
  • <p class="italic">(c) the principal of Nimrod Resources who the minister accompanied to China has donated more than $2 million to the Liberal Party; and</p>
  • <p class="italic">(d) on the same trip, the Minister subsequently met with the Chinese Vice-Minister for Land and Resources; and</p>
  • <p class="italic">(2) calls on the Minister for Veterans' Affairs to immediately attend the House to provide a full explanation of his trip to China and explain why he has not breached the Prime Minister's Statement of Ministerial Standards.</p>
  • <p>The Prime Minister needs to show some leadership to this country. This minister has betrayed his duty to the Australian people.</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Steve Irons</p>
  • <p>I call the minister.</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Mark Dreyfus</p>
  • <p>He has betrayed his duty to uphold the high office&#8212;</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Steve Irons</p>
  • <p>Order! The member for Isaacs will resume his seat.</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Sussan Ley</p>
  • <p>I move:</p>
  • <p class="italic">That the Member be no longer heard.</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Steve Irons</p>
  • <p>All those in favour say aye; all those against? I think the noes have it. Is a division required? Division required. Ring the bells for four minutes.</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Mark Dreyfus</p>
  • <p>He has gone in a private capacity to assist a Liberal Party donor to seal a mining deal.</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Steve Irons</p>
  • <p>Order! The member will resume his seat. A division was called for.</p>
  • <p>Opposition members: No, it wasn't!</p>
  • <p>The minister called for a division.</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Tanya Plibersek</p>
  • <p>You can't do it in your head. You have to say it.</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Andrew Robb</p>
  • <p>He did.</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Steve Irons</p>
  • <p>I did say it. Look at the tapes. I did say it.</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Tony Burke</p>
  • <p>Point of order: in order for there to be a division, there need to be two voices calling for it. There were not.</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Steve Irons</p>
  • <p>There were.</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Tony Burke</p>
  • <p>Therefore, there can't&#8212;</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Steve Irons</p>
  • <p>There were.</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Tony Burke</p>
  • <p>They are not allowed to call using their silent secret inside voices.</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Steve Irons</p>
  • <p>They did not use a silent secret voice.</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Tony Burke</p>
  • <p>They have to make a noise. They weren't.</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Steve Irons</p>
  • <p>I heard more than two voices, and the minister called for a division.</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Andrew Robb</p>
  • <p>Three voices.</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Steve Irons</p>
  • <p>A division is required. Ring the bells for four minutes. The question is that the member be no longer heard.</p>
  • <p>Is the motion seconded?</p>