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representatives vote 2020-12-09#7
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Motions — Prime Minister- Motions - Prime Minister - Don't let a vote happen
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<p class="speaker">Tony Smith</p><p>The question now is that the motion moved by the Leader of the Opposition be disagreed to.</p> - The majority voted in favour of *disagreeing* with a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debates/?id=2020-12-09.103.2) introduced by Grayndler MP [Anthony Albanese](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/grayndler/anthony_albanese) (Labor), which means the motion failed. The motion was 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/) - 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 that:*
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- >> *(a) on Monday, the Prime Minister refused to guarantee that no worker would be worse off because of his industrial relations changes;*
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- >> *(b) today, the Government has introduced legislation which leaves workers worse off;*
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- >> *(c) at a time when wages are already at record lows, the Prime Minister's changes will mean workers' take-home pay will be cut;*
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- >> *(d) while claiming the economy is going so well that Jobkeeper and JobSeeker can be cut, the Prime Minister is using the pandemic as cover to cut take-home pay;*
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- >> *(e) it's not just businesses who've had a difficult year, workers have too;*
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- >> *(f) nurses, supermarket workers, cleaners, childcare workers, teachers, truck drivers, aged care workers and all the frontline workers in Australia who have kept the nation running during this pandemic are being given a Christmas gift of a pay cut by the Prime Minister; and*
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- >> *(g) this is not the first time the Government has attacked take-home pay; and*
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- > *(2) therefore, condemns the Prime Minister for using the pandemic to cut the take-home pay of Australian workers.*
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