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representatives vote 2020-12-09#4
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Motions — Prime Minister- Motions - Prime Minister - Stop MP from speaking
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<p class="speaker">Anthony Albanese</p><p>I move:</p><p class="italic">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:</p>- The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debate/?id=2020-12-09.104.4) to stop the MP for Grayndler [Anthony Albanese](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/grayndler/anthony_albanese) (Labor) from speaking any further in this debate. These motions are known as *gagging motions*.
<p class="italic">(1) notes that:</p><p class="italic">(a) on Monday, the Prime Minister refused to guarantee that no worker would be worse off because of his industrial relations changes;</p><p class="italic">(b) today, the Government has introduced legislation which leaves workers worse off;</p><p class="italic">(c) at a time when wages are already at record lows, the Prime Minister's changes will mean workers' take-home pay will be cut;</p><p class="italic">(d) while claiming the economy is going so well that Jobkeeper and JobSeeker can be cut, the Prime Minister is using the pandemic as cover to cut take-home pay;</p><p class="italic">(e) it's not just businesses who've had a difficult year, workers have too;</p><p class="italic">(f) nurses, supermarket workers, cleaners, childcare workers, teachers, truck drivers, aged care workers and all the frontline workers in Australia who have kept the nation running during this pandemic are being given a Christmas gift of a pay cut by the Prime Minister; and</p><p class="italic">(g) this is not the first time the Government has attacked take-home pay; and</p><p class="italic">(2) therefore, condemns the Prime Minister for using the pandemic to cut the take-home pay of Australian workers.</p><p>The fact is that the heroes of the pandemic deserve better than this Scrooge of a Prime Minister. We're introducing legislation—</p> <p class="speaker">Tony Smith</p><p>The member will resume his seat. The Leader of the House?</p> <p class="speaker">Christian Porter</p><p>I move:</p><p class="italic">That the member be no longer heard.</p> <p class="speaker">Tony Smith</p><p>The question is that the Leader of the Opposition be no further heard.</p>
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