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senate vote 2017-09-13#8

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Title

  • Business Rearrangement
  • Business - Rearrangement - Put the question

Description

  • <p class="speaker">George Brandis</p>
  • <p>I move:</p>
  • <p class="italic">That a motion relating to the hours of meeting and return of business for today may be moved immediately and determined without amendment or debate.</p>
  • <p>And I move:</p>
  • <p class="italic">That the question be now put.</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Stephen Parry</p>
  • <p>The question is that the question be now put.</p>
  • The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2017-09-13.188.1):
  • > *That the question be now put.*
  • In other words, they voted in favour of ending debate and instead voting on the question immediately.