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  • Motions Assistant Treasurer
  • Motions - Assistant Treasurer - Stop Mr Jones from speaking

Description

  • <p class="speaker">Tony Smith</p>
  • <p>Is the motion seconded?</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Stephen Jones</p>
  • <p>Seconded. The Prime Minister must sack this hack or back his stack. That is the choice. The clock is ticking&#8212;</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Tony Smith</p>
  • <p>The member must resume his seat. The minister has the call.</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Dan Tehan</p>
  • <p>I move:</p>
  • <p class="italic">That the Member be no longer be heard.</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Tony Smith</p>
  • <p>The question is that the member for Whitlam be no longer heard.</p>
  • The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debates/?id=2020-09-02.17.2) to stop Whitlam MP [Stephen Jones](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/whitlam/stephen_jones) (Labor) from speaking anymore in this debate. These are known as *gagging orders.*
  • ### Motion text
  • > *That the Member be no longer heard.*