Division Description Changes — Motions — Assistant Treasurer — 1st Sep 2020

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representatives vote 2020-09-01#4 Edited by mackay staff on 2020-09-11 16:07:52	Title ~~Motions — Assistant Treasurer~~ Motions - Assistant Treasurer - Don't let a vote happen Description ~~<p class="speaker">Tony Smith</p>~~ ~~<p>The question now is that the motion moved by the member for Blaxland be disagreed to.</p>~~ The majority voted in favour of disagreeing with the a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debates/?id=2020-09-01.90.2) to suspend the usual procedural rules - known as [standing orders](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/parliament-at-work/standing-orders/) - to let a vote happen. ### Motion text > That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Blaxland from moving the following motion immediately— > > That the House: > > (1) notes: > >> (a) extensive media reporting the Assistant Treasurer was involved in wide-scale branch stacking; >> >> (b) clear evidence the Assistant Treasurer saw and approved plans for electorate staff to engage in branch stacking; >> >> (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; >> >> (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; >> >> (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 >> >> (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 > > (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 class="speaker">Tony Smith</p>~~
~~<p>The question now is that the motion moved by the member for Blaxland be disagreed to.</p>~~
The majority voted in favour of *disagreeing* with the a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debates/?id=2020-09-01.90.2) to suspend the usual procedural rules - known as [standing orders](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/parliament-at-work/standing-orders/) - to let a vote happen.
### Motion text
> *That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Blaxland from moving the following motion immediately—*
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> *That the House:*
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> *(1) notes:*
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>> *(a) extensive media reporting the Assistant Treasurer was involved in wide-scale branch stacking;*
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>> *(b) clear evidence the Assistant Treasurer saw and approved plans for electorate staff to engage in branch stacking;*
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>> *(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;*
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>> *(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;*
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>> *(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*
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>> *(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*
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> *(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.*