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representatives vote 2021-06-22#5
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Personal Explanations — Member for Bowman- Personal Explanations - Member for Bowman - Stop MP for Kingston from speaking
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<p class="speaker">Amanda Rishworth</p><p>I move:</p><p class="italic">That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the member for Kingston from moving the following motion immediately:</p><p class="italic">That the House:</p><p class="italic">(1)notes:</p><p class="italic">(a)by keeping the Member for Bowman as chair of the Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training, the Prime Minister is showing how little value he places on committee work;</p><p class="italic">(b)his failure to respond to a letter written by female Opposition members of the committee urging him to act also shows how little value he places on the views of women;</p><p class="italic">(c)Government members need to stop the protection racket for the Member for Bowman; and</p><p class="italic">(d)the Prime Minister's failure to act is a demonstration of weakness, rather than leadership; and</p><p class="italic">(2)therefore, calls on the Prime Minister to discharge the Member for Bowman from the Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training immediately.</p><p>This Prime Minister has thrown his hands in the air and capitulated to the member for Bowman; he has thrown up his hands and said, 'I will do what you say.'</p> <p class="speaker">Scott Buchholz</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 member for Kingston be no further heard.</p> -
- The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debate/?id=2021-06-22.111.4) to stop Kingston MP [Amanda Rishworth](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/kingston/amanda_rishworth) (Labor) from speaking anymore in this debate. In parliamentary jargon, they voted "*That the Member be no longer heard.*" These motions are known as gagging orders.
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