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representatives vote 2020-08-31#1
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Motions — Covid-19: Aged Care- Motions - Covid-19: Aged Care - Stop Grayndler MP from speaking
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<p class="speaker">Anthony Albanese</p><p>I seek leave to move the following motion:</p><p class="italic">That the House:</p>- The majority voted in favour of a "*gagging [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debate/?id=2020-08-31.31.1)*" that will stop the Leader of the Opposition and Grayndler MP [Anthony Albanese](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/grayndler/anthony_albanese) (Labor) from speaking any further in this debate.
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- > *That the Member be no longer heard.*
<p class="italic">(1) notes that:</p><p class="italic">(a) the Australian Government funds and regulates residential aged care;</p><p class="italic">(b) the Australian Government has not produced a COVID-19 plan for aged care;</p><p class="italic">(c) more than 400 aged care residents have died from COVID-19; and</p><p class="italic">(d) the aged care Royal Commission has said that if the Australian Government had acted upon previous reviews of aged care, the suffering of many people could have been avoided; and</p><p class="italic">(2) therefore, calls on the Prime Minister to:</p><p class="italic">(a) produce a COVID-19 plan for aged care that delivers:</p><p class="italic">  (i) minimum staffing levels;</p><p class="italic">  (ii) reduced home care waiting lists;</p><p class="italic">  (iii) more transparency;</p><p class="italic">  (iv) public reporting;</p><p class="italic">  (v) adequate PPE;</p><p class="italic">  (vi) staff training;</p><p class="italic">  (vii) a better surge workforce strategy; and</p><p class="italic">  (viii) additional funding for the aged care Royal Commission; and</p><p class="italic">(b) sack Senator Colbeck from the aged care portfolio.</p><p>Leave not granted.</p><p>I move:</p><p class="italic">That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the Leader of the Opposition from moving the following motion immediately:</p><p class="italic">That the House:</p><p class="italic">(1) notes that:</p><p class="italic">(a) the Australian Government funds and regulates residential aged care;</p><p class="italic">(b) the Australian Government has not produced a COVID-19 plan for aged care;</p><p class="italic">(c) more than 400 aged care residents have died from COVID-19; and</p><p class="italic">(d) the aged care Royal Commission has said that if the Australian Government had acted upon previous reviews of aged care, the suffering of many people could have been avoided; and</p><p class="italic">(2) therefore, calls on the Prime Minister to:</p><p class="italic">(a) produce a COVID-19 plan for aged care that delivers:</p><p class="italic">  (i) minimum staffing levels;</p><p class="italic">  (ii) reduced home care waiting lists;</p><p class="italic">  (iii) more transparency;</p><p class="italic">  (iv) public reporting;</p><p class="italic">  (v) adequate PPE;</p><p class="italic">  (vi) staff training;</p><p class="italic">  (vii) a better surge workforce strategy; and</p><p class="italic">  (viii) additional funding for the aged care Royal Commission; and</p><p class="italic">(b) sack Senator Colbeck from the aged care portfolio.</p><p>When Senator Colbeck walked from the Senate chamber, he should have walked to his desk and packed it up and left.</p> <p class="speaker">Llew O'Brien</p><p>The Leader of the Opposition will take his seat. The minister has the call.</p> <p class="speaker">Dan Tehan</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 Leader of the Opposition be no further heard.</p>
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