16th Sep 2019, 1:28 PM – Representatives Motions - Member for Chisholm - 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 moved 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 immediately—That the House:

(1) notes the confirmation from the Speaker that only in respect to statements made in the House can Members be fully held to account for their words; and

(2) therefore, calls on the Member for Chisholm to make a statement in the House at any time before 5pm, for a time not exceeding 20 minutes, which responds to:

(a) allegations sourced from within the Victorian Division of the Liberal Party about the Member's past and present associations and fundraising activities;

(b) discrepancies between the media statement issued by the Prime Minister's Office on Wednesday, 11 September 2019, in the Member's name, and both her statement of registrable interests and statements the Member made to the media just hours before the media statement was issued;

(c) questions about the Prime Minister's knowledge of the Member's past and present associations and fundraising activities; and

*(d) questions which have been raised concerning her fitness to be a Member of the Australian Parliament. *