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representatives vote 2017-12-04#3
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Resolutions of the Senate — Asylum Seekers; Consideration of Senate Message- Resolutions of the Senate - Asylum Seekers; Consideration of Senate Message - Put the question
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<p class="speaker">Christopher Pyne</p><p>I move:</p><p class="italic">That the House divide again under standing order 132.</p> <p class="speaker">Tony Smith</p><p>The Manager of Opposition Business on a point of order.</p><p>Government members interjecting—</p><p>Members on my right! I'll hear the point of order, but it's a procedural motion that doesn't require a seconder.</p> <p class="speaker">Tony Burke</p><p>There are two things, Mr Speaker. First of all, I will respond to the comment that was just made. While it is a procedural motion, if it goes ahead, I know it doesn't require a seconder but it is open to debate.</p> <p class="speaker">Tony Smith</p><p>Yes.</p> <p class="speaker">Tony Burke</p><p>Secondly, this standing order is only able to be used in the following circumstances. If—</p> <p class="speaker">Tony Smith</p><p>Yes, I've got the standing order in front of me.</p> <p class="speaker">Tony Burke</p><p>But I'm explaining it to the House as well.</p> <p class="speaker">Tony Smith</p><p>Yes.</p> <p class="speaker">Tony Burke</p><p>If there is—</p> <p class="speaker">Christopher Pyne</p><p>We know what it is!</p> <p class="speaker">Anthony Albanese</p><p>You've stuffed up, Christopher!</p> <p class="speaker">Tony Smith</p><p>Members are not going to be voting in the next division if they keep interrupting while I'm trying to hear the Manager of Opposition Business.</p> <p class="speaker">Tony Burke</p><p>Mr Speaker, I put it to you that the standing order requires that you can only have the vote again if there was confusion, and there was no confusion; if there has been an error concerning the numbers, and there has been no error concerning the numbers of who was here; or if it has been miscarried through misadventure caused by a member being accidentally absent or some similar incident. The fact that a member is doing a television interview is not covered by misadventure.</p> <p class="speaker">Tony Smith</p><p>I don't concur. That's why this standing order is here. I really don't concur. You can speak to the motion.</p> <p class="speaker">Tony Burke</p><p>In that case, I will speak to the motion. The government have already lost the numbers on the floor of the House. That's exactly what's just happened. Now they want to run off on some sort of excuse with the chaos that's here in this building and the chaos in this room, all brought on because they can't turn up to work. That's why this has happened. It's not like it's a surprise that divisions were going to be important this week. It's not like this has crept up on them without them knowing, and yet two members of parliament couldn't be bothered coming here for work. There's no misadventure. There's no reason that the government have, other than that they are incompetent—</p> <p class="speaker">Christopher Pyne</p><p>I move:</p><p class="italic">That the motion be put.</p> <p class="speaker">Tony Smith</p><p>The question is that the motion be put.</p> -
- The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debate/?id=2017-12-04.109.1):
- > *That the motion be put.*
- This means that the debate on the issue will end and the vote will take place instead.
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