Division Description Changes — Motions — Prime Minister — 6th Feb 2020

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representatives vote 2020-02-06#9 Edited by mackay staff on 2020-02-21 09:26:51	Title ~~Motions — Prime Minister~~ Motions - Prime Minister - Suspend the usual procedural rules Description ~~<p class="motion-notice motion-notice-notext">No motion text available</p>~~ The majority voted against a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debates/?id=2020-02-06.100.2) introduced by Leader of the Opposition and Grayndler MP [Anthony Albanese](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/grayndler/anthony_albanese) (Labor) to suspend the usual parliamentary procedural rules - known as [standing orders](https://www.peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/parliament-at-work/standing-orders/) - in order to let a vote happen. ### Motion text *> That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the Leader of the Opposition from moving the following** motion immediately—That the House:* > > (1) notes the Prime Minister: > >> (a) is incapable of expressing regret and admitting when he is wrong; >> >> (b )blames others and attempts to cover up his failings with false or misleading claims, including but in no way limited to the Prime Minister's: >> >>> (i) claim the response to the national bushfire crisis was a matter for the states and territories; >>> >>> (ii) claim volunteer firefighters didn't need compensation because they wanted to be there; >>> >>> (iii) statement that he didn't hold a hose when Australians were looking to him for national leadership in an unprecedented bushfire crisis; and >>> >>> (iv) claim he had a conversation with a bushfire survivor who had lost everything when he instead forced her to shake his hand only to turn his back when she asked for help; and >> >> (c) can't learn from his mistakes if he never admits them; and > > (2) therefore, calls on the Prime Minister to put the national interest ahead of his political interest.

~~<p class="motion-notice motion-notice-notext">No motion text available</p>~~
The majority voted against a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debates/?id=2020-02-06.100.2) introduced by Leader of the Opposition and Grayndler MP [Anthony Albanese](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/grayndler/anthony_albanese) (Labor) to suspend the usual parliamentary procedural rules - known as [standing orders](https://www.peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/parliament-at-work/standing-orders/) - in order to let a vote happen.
### Motion text
> *That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the Leader of the Opposition from moving the following motion immediately—That the House:*
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> *(1) notes the Prime Minister:*
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>> *(a) is incapable of expressing regret and admitting when he is wrong;*
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>> *(b )blames others and attempts to cover up his failings with false or misleading claims, including but in no way limited to the Prime Minister's:*
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>>> *(i) claim the response to the national bushfire crisis was a matter for the states and territories;*
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>>> *(ii) claim volunteer firefighters didn't need compensation because they wanted to be there;*
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>>> *(iii) statement that he didn't hold a hose when Australians were looking to him for national leadership in an unprecedented bushfire crisis; and*
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>>> *(iv) claim he had a conversation with a bushfire survivor who had lost everything when he instead forced her to shake his hand only to turn his back when she asked for help; and*
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>> *(c) can't learn from his mistakes if he never admits them; and*
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> *(2) therefore, calls on the Prime Minister to put the national interest ahead of his political interest.*