Division Description Changes — Motions — Prime Minister — 28th Nov 2019

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Title

  • Motions — Prime Minister
  • Motions - Prime Minister - Stop Hindmarsh MP from speaking

Description

  • <p class="speaker">Tony Smith</p>
  • <p>Is the motion seconded?</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Mark Butler</p>
  • The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debate/?id=2019-11-28.128.1) to stop the MP for Hindmarsh [Mark Butler](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/hindmarsh/mark_butler) (Labor), which means it succeeded. Motions like these are know as *gagging motions*.
  • <p>Seconded. The traditions and the procedures of this place mean nothing under this Prime Minister&#8212;</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Christian Porter</p>
  • <p>I move:</p>
  • <p class="italic">That the member be no longer heard.</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Tony Smith</p>
  • <p>The question is that the member for Hindmarsh be no longer heard.</p>