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senate vote 2019-04-03#1
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Title
Business — Rearrangement- Business - Rearrangement - Consider certain motions
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<p class="speaker">Mitch Fifield</p><p>I move:</p><p class="italic">That, on Wednesday, 3 April 2019:</p>- The majority voted in favour of parts (aa)(i) and (ii) of an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2019-04-03.5.1) to an [original motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2019-04-03.4.2) moved by Victorian Senator [Mitch Fifield](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/victoria/mitch_fifield) (Liberal).
- ### Amendment text
- > *After paragraph (1)(a), insert:*
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- > *"(aa) the following motions being put sequentially, and determined without amendment or debate:*
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- >> *(i) general business notice of motion no. 1430 standing in the name of the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate (Senator Wong) relating to racism, extremism and hate speech;*
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- >> *(ii) general business notice of motion no. 1450 standing in the names of Senators Watt and Cameron relating to Senator Cash answering questions at estimates related to her former role as Minister for Employment; and*
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- >> *...*
<p class="italic">(1) The routine of business from 9.30 am to 2 pm and from 3.30 pm to 5 pm shall be:</p><p class="italic">(a) consideration of:</p><p class="italic">(i) a censure motion concerning Senator Anning,</p><p class="italic">(ii) a motion to be moved by a minister relating to gun control, and</p><p class="italic">(iii) the notice of motion standing in the name of the Leader of the Government in the Senate (Senator Cormann) relating to the qualification of senators under section 44 of the Constitution;</p><p class="italic">(b) consideration of the following bills and a related order of the day:</p><p class="italic">Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2018-2019</p><p class="italic">Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2018-2019</p><p class="italic">Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 2) 2018-2019</p><p class="italic">Advances provided under the annual Appropriation Acts Report for 2017-18</p><p class="italic">Supply Bill (No. 1) 2019-20</p><p class="italic">Supply Bill (No. 2) 2019-20</p><p class="italic">Supply (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2019-20</p><p class="italic">Social Services Legislation Amendment (Energy Assistance Payment) Bill 2019</p><p class="italic">Treasury Laws Amendment (Medicare Levy and Medicare Levy Surcharge) Bill 2019</p><p class="italic">Treasury Laws Amendment (Increasing the Instant Asset Write Off for Small Business Entities) Bill 2019</p><p class="italic">Treasury Laws Amendment (North Queensland Flood Recovery) Bill 2019</p><p class="italic">Governor-General Amendment (Salary) Bill 2019</p><p class="italic">Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme Amendment Bill 2019</p><p class="italic">Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Amendment (Support for Infrastructure Financing) Bill 2019</p><p class="italic">Treasury Laws Amendment (Mutual Reforms) Bill 2019</p><p class="italic">Treasury Laws Amendment (Making Sure Foreign Investors Pay Their Fair Share of Tax in Australia and Other Measures) Bill 2019</p><p class="italic">Income Tax (Managed Investment Trust Withholding Tax) Amendment Bill 2018</p><p class="italic">Income Tax Rates Amendment (Sovereign Entities) Bill 2018</p><p class="italic">Corporations Amendment (Strengthening Protections for Employee Entitlements) Bill 2018</p><p class="italic">Treatment Benefits (Special Access) Bill 2019</p><p class="italic">Treatment Benefits (Special Access) (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2019</p><p class="italic">Criminal Code Amendment (Sharing of Abhorrent Violent Material) Bill 2019</p><p class="italic">Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Income Management and Cashless Welfare) Bill 2019</p><p class="italic">Treasury Laws Amendment (Design and Distribution Obligations and Product Intervention Powers) Bill 2018</p><p class="italic">Treasury Laws Amendment (2019 Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Reforms No. 1) Bill 2019</p><p class="italic">Customs Tariff Amendment (Craft Beer) Bill 2019</p><p class="italic">Treasury Laws Amendment (2019 Measures No. 1) Bill 2019</p><p class="italic">Excise Tariff Amendment (Supporting Craft Brewers) Bill 2019</p><p class="italic">Australian Business Securitisation Fund Bill 2019; and</p><p class="italic">consideration of the notice of motion standing in the name of Senator Farrell for the disallowance of item 4 of the Parliamentary Business Resources Amendment (2019 Measures No. 1) Regulations 2019 [F2019L00177].</p><p class="italic">(1A) In respect of the motion listed under subparagraph (1)(a)(i):</p><p class="italic">(a) senators speaking in the debate may speak for not more than 10 minutes each; and</p><p class="italic">(b) the motion shall be determined without amendment.</p><p class="italic">(2) Divisions may take place between 12.45 pm and 2 pm.</p><p class="italic">(3) If, by 5 pm, the matters listed in paragraph (1) have not been finally considered, any questions required to dispose of the matters shall be put without debate at the conclusion of the items listed in paragraph (5).</p><p class="italic">(4) Paragraph (3) of this order shall operate as a limitation of debate under standing order 142 in respect of each of the bills.</p><p class="italic">(5) From 5 pm, the routine of business shall be as follows:</p><p class="italic">(a) first speeches by Senators Askew and Spender, without any question before the chair; and</p><p class="italic">(b) valedictory statements relating to Senators Scullion, Moore and Cameron.</p><p class="italic">(6) Immediately after the valedictory statements, or after the determination of any questions in accordance with paragraph (3), whichever is the later, party leaders and independent senators may make responses to the Budget statement and documents for not more than 20 minutes each.</p><p class="italic">(7) The question for the adjournment shall be proposed after the conclusion of responses to the Budget statement and documents.</p> <p class="speaker">Penny Wong</p><p>There have been a number of discussions around the chamber about amendments to this government business motion. Obviously we only have one day of sittings in this fortnight, and this is likely to be the last day of the Senate sitting before the election. The opposition have a view that there is some legislation which, in this truncated time frame, does need to be passed, so we will be supporting the motion to rearrange the routine of business today. I make the point that we would not be in the position of having to do so if the government had actually put forward a sitting calendar which had the Senate sitting more than five days in four months. I think the sitting calendar confirms what many people know and which the budget has demonstrated—that this government has given up on governing. As a responsible opposition, we won't be holding up the passage of relevant bills for the sake of making political points. The motion enables key legislation, including appropriation and supply bills, to be passed prior to an election and preserves time for first speeches and valedictories, which all of us would like to ensure we give departing and arriving colleagues the courtesy of engaging in. I move an amendment to the motion:</p><p class="italic">After paragraph (1) (a), insert:</p><p class="italic">"(aa) the following motions being put sequentially, and determined without amendment or debate:</p><p class="italic">  (i) general business notice of motion no. 1430 standing in the name of the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate (Senator Wong) relating to racism, extremism and hate speech;</p><p class="italic">  (ii) general business notice of motion no. 1450 standing in the names of Senators Watt and Cameron relating to Senator Cash answering questions at estimates related to her former role as Minister for Employment; and</p><p class="italic">  (iii) general business notice of motion no. 1470 standing in the name of Senator O'Neill relating to the appearance of witnesses before the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee at budget estimates hearings on Friday, 5 April 2019;</p><p class="italic">(ab) consideration of a motion, to be moved by the Leader of the Australian Greens (Senator Di Natale), relating to the conduct of a senator;"</p><p>There are three opposition motions that we wish to add to this program and deal with today. One relates to an issue which has been a subject of much discussion in recent days and weeks since the tragedy of Christchurch; that is, how people might show leadership in how they direct their preferences. The Labor Party for 20 years has had a very clear view about putting extremist parties such as One Nation last, a view that even John Howard came to. We think that is a principled, correct position for parties of government. We wish to put to this chamber a motion that calls on parties to do so. I hope that the Greens and the relevant crossbenchers will vote for it—other than One Nation, who I suspect will not vote for it. And the senator who is the subject of a censure motion later possibly won't vote for it. But the rest of us can show some leadership to the Australian community. I encourage support on that.</p><p class="italic">Senator Williams interjecting—</p><p>I'll take that interjection about extremist positions from the Greens. I don't think anybody would suggest I have a Greens view of life—I disagree with them on the US alliance, I disagree with them on inheritance taxes, I disagree with them on how to go about implementing change—but they do not engage in racist hate speech, and that is what is inimical to our democracy. You should show the leadership that Ron Boswell and Tim Fischer did. They understood that you put the country first sometimes. Don't get into this moral equivalence argument, which everybody knows is self-serving. Show some leadership!</p><p>Anyway, there are two more motions—that was a nice little diversion, wasn't it?</p> <p class="speaker">Glenn Sterle</p><p>Well done, Wacka. See what you started!</p> <p class="speaker">Penny Wong</p><p>I'm not sure whose side Senator Sterle's on.</p> <p class="speaker">Glenn Sterle</p><p>I'm on your side. I was chastising Wacka.</p> <p class="speaker">Penny Wong</p><p>He's always on my side. Thank you, Senator Sterle.</p><p>We also have two motions relating to Senator Cash turning up to estimates to answer some questions about the fact that it's quite clear from the previous estimates round that her failure to comply and cooperate with the AFP has had the direct result of the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions not engaging in a prosecution in relation to the media leaks of a police raid—something which is contrary to the law, something which is illegal. And we have a further motion, standing in the name of Senator O'Neill, in relation to public statements by the Australian Greens on a motion to suspend Senator Anning. We have indicated a position that, whilst we do not support the substantive, we accept the right of the Australian Greens to put that motion. Notwithstanding that Labor will not be supporting the substantive, I've included in the procedural motion the capacity for that to be moved separately, and I hope that this amendment can gain the support of the chamber. Thank you, Mr President.</p> <p class='motion-notice motion-notice-truncated'>Long debate text truncated.</p>
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