1st Aug 2019, 10:01 AM – Representatives Business - Rearrangement - Let a vote happen

The majority voted against a motion to suspend the usual parliamentary rules - known as standing orders - to let a vote happen. It was introduced by Isaacs MP Mark Dreyfus (Labor).

Motion text

That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Isaacs from moving the following motion on notice standing in the name of the Member for Isaacs being called on immediately for debate and being determined by the House—That the House:

(1) notes:

(a) the Prime Minister and the Attorney-General announced on 13 December 2018 that a Commonwealth Integrity Commission would be established;

(b) on 13 December 2018, the Prime Minister said on 2GB the decision to establish a Commonwealth Integrity Commission "was something I had to resolve by the end of the year";

(c) on 26 May 2019, the Attorney-General said a Commonwealth Integrity Commission was a "priority"; and

(d) the Government has not established a Commonwealth Integrity Commission; and

(2) calls on the Government to keep its promise to establish its Commonwealth Integrity Commission.