Division Description Changes — Motions — Economy — 2nd Sep 2020

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representatives vote 2020-09-02#11 Edited by mackay staff on 2023-02-03 14:52:36	Title ~~Motions — Economy~~ Motions - Economy - Don't let a vote happen Description ~~<p class="speaker">Tony Smith</p>~~ <p>The question is that the motion for the suspension of standing orders be disagreed to.</p> The majority voted in favour of disagreeing with a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debates/?id=2020-09-02.45.2) introduced by Grayndler MP [Anthony Albanese](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/grayndler/anthony_albanese) (Labor), which means it failed. The motion was to suspend the usual procedural rules - known as [standing orders](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/parliament-at-work/standing-orders/) - so that another vote could take place. Since it failed, that second vote won't happen. ### Motion text *> That so much of** the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the Leader of the Opposition from moving the following motion immediately—That the House:* > > (1) notes: > >> (a) today's National Accounts confirm Australia is in recession for the first time in three decades; >> >> (b) Australia has plunged into the worst recession in almost a century; >> >> (c) one million Australians are out of work, with 400,000 more expected to lose their jobs by Christmas; >> >> (d) the Reserve Bank Governor says unemployment is going to be higher for longer, and still around seven per cent in two years' time; and >> >> (e) the Prime Minister is withdrawing support for Australians and the economy; and > > (2) therefore, calls on the Government to develop a plan to create jobs for Australians instead of withdrawing support and cutting wages.

~~<p class="speaker">Tony Smith</p>~~
<p>The question is that the motion for the suspension of standing orders be disagreed to.</p>
The majority voted in favour of *disagreeing* with a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debates/?id=2020-09-02.45.2) introduced by Grayndler MP [Anthony Albanese](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/grayndler/anthony_albanese) (Labor), which means it failed. The motion was to suspend the usual procedural rules - known as [standing orders](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/parliament-at-work/standing-orders/) - so that another vote could take place. Since it failed, that second vote won't happen.
### Motion text
> *That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the Leader of the Opposition from moving the following motion immediately—That the House:*
>
> *(1) notes:*
>
>> *(a) today's National Accounts confirm Australia is in recession for the first time in three decades;*
>>
>> *(b) Australia has plunged into the worst recession in almost a century;*
>>
>> *(c) one million Australians are out of work, with 400,000 more expected to lose their jobs by Christmas;*
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>> *(d) the Reserve Bank Governor says unemployment is going to be higher for longer, and still around seven per cent in two years' time; and*
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>> *(e) the Prime Minister is withdrawing support for Australians and the economy; and*
>
> *(2) therefore, calls on the Government to develop a plan to create jobs for Australians instead of withdrawing support and cutting wages.*