Division Description Changes — Motions — Manager of Opposition Business — 24th Oct 2019

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representatives vote 2019-10-24#8 Edited by mackay staff on 2019-11-01 12:47:46	Title ~~Motions — Manager of Opposition Business~~ Motions - Manager of Opposition Business - Let a vote happen Description ~~<p class="speaker">Tony Smith</p>~~ ~~<p>The question is that motion moved by the Manager of Opposition Business be agreed to.</p>~~ The majority voted against a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debates/?id=2019-10-24.104.2) to make an exception to the usual procedural rules (known as [standing orders](https://www.peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/parliament-at-work/standing-orders/)) so that a vote can happen. This means that the vote won't take place. ### Motion text > That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Manager of Opposition Business moving the following motion immediately: > > That the House: > > (1) notes the: > >> (a) Prime Minister's statement in the House on Monday this week that "Whether they're politicians, journalists, public officials, anyone—there is no-one in this country who is above the law"; >> >> (b) reported provision of a forged document to The Daily Telegraph by the Minister for Emissions Reduction in an attempt to influence the public duty of the Lord Mayor of Sydney; >> >> (c) creation and/or knowing use of a forged document in an attempt to influence a public duty is a serious indictable offence under New South Wales law punishable by up to 10 years in prison; >> >> (d) failure to report knowledge of a serious indictable offence is also an offence under New South Wales law punishable by up to two years in prison; >> >> (e) Minister for Emissions Reduction has failed to explain his role in, or knowledge of, the creation and/or use of a forged document used in an attempt to influence the public duty of the Lord Mayor of Sydney; and >> >> (f) Minister has refused to give straight answers to simple questions about these crimes, as if the public has no right to know; and > > (2) having regard to the foregoing, calls on the Prime Minister to ask the New South Wales Police to investigate whether the Minister for Emissions Reduction has committed a crime.

~~<p class="speaker">Tony Smith</p>~~
~~<p>The question is that motion moved by the Manager of Opposition Business be agreed to.</p>~~
The majority voted against a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debates/?id=2019-10-24.104.2) to make an exception to the usual procedural rules (known as [standing orders](https://www.peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/parliament-at-work/standing-orders/)) so that a vote can happen. This means that the vote won't take place.
### Motion text
> *That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Manager of Opposition Business moving the following motion immediately:*
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> *That the House:*
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> *(1) notes the:*
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>> *(a) Prime Minister's statement in the House on Monday this week that "Whether they're politicians, journalists, public officials, anyone—there is no-one in this country who is above the law";*
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>> *(b) reported provision of a forged document to The Daily Telegraph by the Minister for Emissions Reduction in an attempt to influence the public duty of the Lord Mayor of Sydney;*
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>> *(c) creation and/or knowing use of a forged document in an attempt to influence a public duty is a serious indictable offence under New South Wales law punishable by up to 10 years in prison;*
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>> *(d) failure to report knowledge of a serious indictable offence is also an offence under New South Wales law punishable by up to two years in prison;*
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>> *(e) Minister for Emissions Reduction has failed to explain his role in, or knowledge of, the creation and/or use of a forged document used in an attempt to influence the public duty of the Lord Mayor of Sydney; and*
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>> *(f) Minister has refused to give straight answers to simple questions about these crimes, as if the public has no right to know; and*
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> *(2) having regard to the foregoing, calls on the Prime Minister to ask the New South Wales Police to investigate whether the Minister for Emissions Reduction has committed a crime.*