15th Jun 2021, 4:43 PM – Representatives Motions - Member for Bowman - Don't let a vote happen

The majority voted in favour of disagreeing with a motion introduced by Lalor MP Joanne Ryan (Labor), which means it failed. The motion was to suspend the usual procedural rules - known as standing orders - in order to let another vote take place.

Motion text

That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Lalor from moving the following motion immediately—That the House:

(1) notes:

(a) the Member for Bowman remains Chair of the Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training despite pledging to resign from all parliamentary positions in March;

(b) the continued presence of the Member for Bowman as Chair diminishes the important work of this Committee;

(c) that Opposition Members of the committee wrote to the Prime Minister nearly three weeks ago asking him to act, and he has not even responded; and

(d) the Prime Minister's silence tells you everything about his respect for the views of women; and

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