12th May 2021, 4:28 PM – Representatives Motions - Member for Bowman - Don't let a vote happen

The majority voted in favour of disagreeing with a motion to suspend the usual procedural rules of parliament - known as standing orders - in order to let another vote take place (see text below). This means that other vote will not occur.

Motion text

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:

(1) notes:

(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;

(b) the Member for Bowman stated on March 27 he would "step down from all Parliamentary roles effective immediately";

(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;

(d) yesterday, coalition MPs, including the Prime Minister, voted to keep him in this role;

(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

(2) therefore, calls on the Prime Minister to discharge the Member for Bowman from the Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training immediately.