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representatives vote 2020-02-27#4
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Motions — Prime Minister- Motions - Prime Minister - Let a vote happen
Description
<p class="speaker">Tony Smith</p><p>The question is that the motion moved by the member for Ballarat be agreed to.</p> - The majority voted against a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debate/?id=2020-02-27.3.3) to suspend the usual rules to allow a vote to happen. In parliamentary jargon, they voted to suspend [standing orders](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/parliament-at-work/standing-orders/). It was introduced by Ballarat MP [Catherine King](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/ballarat/catherine_king) (Labor).
- ### Motion text
- > *That so much of standing orders be suspended as would prevent the member for Ballarat from moving the following motion immediately:*
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- > *That the House:*
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- > *(1) notes the Prime Minister:*
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- >> *(a) has taken his rorts to the streets, allocating more than 83 percent of the $3 billion Urban Congestion Fund to Liberal seats and marginal seats targeted by the Liberal Party;*
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- >> *(b) allocated funding to every Liberal seat that was marginal or under threat, as well as several marginal regional electorates held or targeted by the Liberal Party;*
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- >> *(c) did not allocate a cent to address congestion in 38 urban and regional city seats held by non-Government Members;*
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- >> *(d) incorrectly claimed the projects were election commitments, when the Urban Congestion Fund was established in the 2018 Budget;*
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- >> *(e) did not release any guidelines, did not formally call for expressions of interest, did not spend a cent from the Urban Congestion Fund in 2018-19, but did spend $17 million of government resources on pre-election advertisements telling us how good it was; and*
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- >> *(f) repeatedly sought to downplay and dismiss the serious allegation that his government continually spends taxpayer dollars for private political gain; and*
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- > *(2) therefore calls on the Prime Minister to:*
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- >> *(a) correct his incorrect statement that Urban Congestion Fund projects are election commitments; and*
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- >> *(b) explain why his Government used taxpayer money as though it was its own personal marketing fund.*
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