Division Description Changes — Motions — Member for Pearce, Commonwealth Integrity Commission — 21st Oct 2021

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representatives vote 2021-10-21#4 Edited by mackay staff on 2022-02-25 09:07:33	Title ~~Motions — Member for Pearce, Commonwealth Integrity Commission~~ Motions - Member for Pearce, Commonwealth Integrity Commission - Don't let a vote happen Description ~~<p class="speaker">Tony Smith</p>~~ ~~<p>The question now is that the motion moved by the Manager of Opposition Business be disagreed to.</p>~~ The majority voted in favour of disagreeing with a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debates/?id=2021-10-21.104.2) 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/) - in order to let a vote happen. This means the other vote will not take place. ### Motion text *> That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent** the Manager of Opposition Business from moving the following motion immediately—That the House:* > > (1) notes that: > >> (a) yesterday the Prime Minister protected the Member for Pearce by blocking a reference to the Committee of Privileges and Members' Interests relating to secret donations received by the Member for Pearce; >> >> (b) the decision by the Prime Minister and his government to block a reference to the Committee of Privileges and Members' Interests which had been granted precedence by the Speaker has never occurred in the 120 years of this parliament; and >> >> (c) it has been more than 1,000 days since the Prime Minister and the Member for Pearce promised to introduce a National Anti-Corruption Commission; and > > (2) calls on the Prime Minister to immediately: >> >> (a) end his protection racket for the Member for Pearce; >> >> (b) support a referral of the Member for Pearce to the Committee of Privileges and Members' Interests; and >> >> (c) introduce a bill to establish a National Anti-Corruption Commission with the powers of a standing Royal Commission. ~~<p></p>~~ ~~<p></p>~~

~~Tony Smith~~
~~The question now is that the motion moved by the Manager of Opposition Business be disagreed to.~~
The majority voted in favour of *disagreeing* with a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debates/?id=2021-10-21.104.2) 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/) - in order to let a vote happen. This means the other vote will not take place.
### Motion text
> *That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the Manager of Opposition Business from moving the following motion immediately—That the House:*
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> *(1) notes that:*
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>> *(a) yesterday the Prime Minister protected the Member for Pearce by blocking a reference to the Committee of Privileges and Members' Interests relating to secret donations received by the Member for Pearce;*
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>> *(b) the decision by the Prime Minister and his government to block a reference to the Committee of Privileges and Members' Interests which had been granted precedence by the Speaker has never occurred in the 120 years of this parliament; and*
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>> *(c) it has been more than 1,000 days since the Prime Minister and the Member for Pearce promised to introduce a National Anti-Corruption Commission; and*
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> *(2) calls on the Prime Minister to immediately:*
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>> *(a) end his protection racket for the Member for Pearce;*
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>> *(b) support a referral of the Member for Pearce to the Committee of Privileges and Members' Interests; and*
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>> *(c) introduce a bill to establish a National Anti-Corruption Commission with the powers of a standing Royal Commission.*
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