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Title

  • Motions Assistant Treasurer
  • Motions - Assistant Treasurer - Stop Member for Blaxland from speaking

Description

  • <p class="speaker">Jason Clare</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 [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debate/?id=2020-09-01.91.1) to stop the Member for Blaxland [Jason Clare](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/blaxland/jason_clare) (Labor) from speaking any further in this debate. These motions are known as "*gagging orders*."
  • <p class="italic">(1) notes:</p>
  • <p class="italic">(a) extensive media reporting the Assistant Treasurer was involved in wide-scale branch stacking;</p>
  • <p class="italic">(b) clear evidence the Assistant Treasurer saw and approved plans for electorate staff to engage in branch stacking&#8212;</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Michael Sukkar</p>
  • <p>I move:</p>
  • <p class="italic">That the Member be no longer heard.</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Ian Goodenough</p>
  • <p>Please continue, Member for Blaxland.</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Jason Clare</p>
  • <p>I seek leave to move the following motion:</p>
  • <p class="italic">That the House:</p>
  • <p class="italic">(1) notes:</p>
  • <p class="italic">(a) extensive media reporting the Assistant Treasurer was involved in wide-scale branch stacking;</p>
  • <p class="italic">(b) clear evidence the Assistant Treasurer saw and approved plans for electorate staff to engage in branch stacking;</p>
  • <p class="italic">(c) reports the Assistant Treasurer used taxpayer money to pay one of his best friends to produce party political material soliciting donations for the Liberal Party;</p>
  • <p class="italic">(d) the Assistant Treasurer's conduct breaches both paragraph 4.1 of the Prime Minister's Ministerial Standards and paragraph 2 of the Special Minister of State's Determination;</p>
  • <p class="italic">(e) the Prime Minister has failed to take any action against the Assistant Treasurer, who is doing too much branch-stacking and not enough HomeBuilding; and</p>
  • <p class="italic">(f) in the middle of the first recession in three decades, the Assistant Treasurer should be focussed on helping the Australian people and doing his job, not helping himself; and</p>
  • <p class="italic">(2) calls on the Assistant Treasurer to attend this House and make a statement for a period not exceeding 30 minutes explaining his actions to the Australian people.</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 Member for Blaxland from moving the following motion immediately&#8212;</p>
  • <p class="italic">That the House:</p>
  • <p class="italic">(1) notes:</p>
  • <p class="italic">(a) extensive media reporting the Assistant Treasurer was involved in wide-scale branch stacking;</p>
  • <p class="italic">(b) clear evidence the Assistant Treasurer saw and approved plans for electorate staff to engage in branch stacking;</p>
  • <p class="italic">(c) reports the Assistant Treasurer used taxpayer money to pay one of his best friends to produce party political material soliciting donations for the Liberal Party;</p>
  • <p class="italic">(d) the Assistant Treasurer's conduct breaches both paragraph 4.1 of the Prime Minister's Ministerial Standards and paragraph 2 of the Special Minister of State's Determination;</p>
  • <p class="italic">(e) the Prime Minister has failed to take any action against the Assistant Treasurer, who is doing too much branch-stacking and not enough HomeBuilding; and</p>
  • <p class="italic">(f) in the middle of the first recession in three decades, the Assistant Treasurer should be focussed on helping the Australian people and doing his job, not helping himself; and</p>
  • <p class="italic">(2) calls on the Assistant Treasurer to attend this House and make a statement for a period not exceeding 30 minutes explaining his actions to the Australian people.</p>
  • <p>He has a perfect opportunity to see if his defence stacks up&#8212;</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Michael Sukkar</p>
  • <p>I move:</p>
  • <p class="italic">That the Member be no longer heard.</p>
  • <p class="italic"> <i>A division having been called and the bells having been rung&#8212;</i></p>
  • <p class="speaker">Tony Smith</p>
  • <p>Lock the doors!</p>
  • <p class="italic">Mr Conroy interjecting&#8212;</p>
  • <p>Order! Member for Shortland, you've already been thrown out and now you're back. It can happen again. The question is that the member for Blaxland be no further heard.</p>