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representatives vote 2017-08-16#3
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Motions — Qualifications of Members- Motions - Qualifications of Members - Let a vote happen
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<p class="speaker">Tony Smith</p><p>The question is that the motion moved by the Manager of Opposition Business be agreed to.</p> - The majority voted against a [motion](http://www.openaustralia.org.au/debates/?id=2017-08-16.83.2) to let a vote on Deputy Prime Minister [Barnaby Joyce](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/new_england/barnaby_joyce)'s New Zealand citizenship happen.
- ### Motion text
- > *That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Watson from moving the following motion forthwith—*
- > *That the House:*
- > *(1) notes:*
- >> *(a) on Monday, this House unanimously asked the High Court to determine whether the Deputy Prime Minister is constitutionally qualified to be a Member of Parliament;*
- >> *(b) on Tuesday, the Deputy Prime Minister admitted he had been a [citizen of a foreign power](http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-14/barnaby-joyce-is-a-new-zealand-citizen-nz-government-confirms/8804620) right up until the weekend;*
- >> *(c) former Minister Matt Canavan has [resigned from Cabinet](http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-25/matt-canavan-citizenship-crisis-resigns-from-cabinet/8742702) and will not vote in the Senate until the High Court resolves doubts about his constitutional qualifications to be a Member of Parliament;*
- >> *(d) yesterday, the Foreign Minister refused to accept that the conservative New Zealand Internal Affairs Minister was telling the truth; and*
- >> *(e) this morning, on Sky News, the Foreign Minister refused to answer whether she could now work with a future New Zealand Government; and*
- > *(2) therefore, calls on the Prime Minister to:*
- >> *(a) stop trashing Australia's international relations in order to distract from the crisis the Government is facing;*
- >> *(b) rule out accepting the vote of the Deputy Prime Minister while his constitutional qualifications are in doubt; and*
- >> *(c) direct the Deputy Prime Minister to immediately resign from Cabinet.*
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