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representatives vote 2021-05-12#2
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Motions — Member for Bowman- Motions - Member for Bowman - Stop MP for Griffith from speaking
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<p class="speaker">Terri Butler</p><p>I move:</p><p class="italic">That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Griffith from moving the following motion immediately. That this House:</p><p class="italic">(1) notes:</p><p class="italic">  (a) the Member for Bowman is accused of stalking and abusing his own constituents online and taking an inappropriate photo of a woman at work, and he continues to defend these actions;</p><p class="italic">  (b) the Member for Bowman stated on March 27 he would "step down from all Parliamentary roles effective immediately";</p><p class="italic">  (c) despite this, the Member for Bowman remains as Chair of the Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training, which allows him to claim 11 per cent extra of his base salary;</p><p class="italic">  (d) yesterday, coalition MPs, including the Prime Minister, voted to keep him in this role;</p><p class="italic">  (e) the Prime Minister has not acted against the disgraceful Member for Bowman because he is relying on his tainted vote to prop up his slim majority; and</p><p class="italic">(2) therefore, calls on the Prime Minister to discharge the Member for Bowman from the Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training immediately.</p><p>The member for Bowman has been conducting himself very poorly. He himself recognised this when he said on 27 March that he would step down from all parliamentary roles, effective immediately. I have to say, I think people took that, if nothing else, as though it was a good faith announcement from the member for Bowman. And yet yesterday we learnt that he was not just still a member of the standing committee but its chair. In that case, it ought not—</p> <p class="speaker">Llew O'Brien</p><p>Is the minister seeking a point of order?</p> <p class="speaker">Sussan Ley</p><p>Leave for the motion is not granted.</p> <p class="speaker">Llew O'Brien</p><p>I'll rule on the point of order. There doesn't need to be leave for this particular motion, so the member for Griffith can continue.</p> <p class="speaker">Sussan Ley</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 member for Griffith be no longer heard.</p> -
- The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debate/?id=2021-05-12.118.1):
- > *That the member [Griffith MP [Terri Butler](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/griffith/terri_butler) (Labor)] be no longer heard.*
- This is known as a gagging motion and means that Ms Butler won't be able to contribute anymore to this debate.
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