Division Description Changes — Motions — Morrison Government — 22nd Jun 2021

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representatives vote 2021-06-22#3 Edited by mackay staff on 2022-05-27 15:49:53	Title ~~Motions — Morrison Government~~ Motions - Morrison Government - Don't let a vote happen Description ~~<p class="speaker">Tony Smith</p>~~ ~~<p>The question before the House now is that the motion moved by the Leader of the Opposition be disagreed to.</p>~~ The majority voted in favour of disagreeing with a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debates/?id=2021-06-22.68.2) introduced by Leader of the Opposition and Grayndler MP [Anthony Albanese](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/grayndler/anthony_albanese) (Labor), which means it failed. The motion was to suspend the usual procedural rules - known as [standing orders](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/parliament-at-work/standing-orders/) - in order to let another vote take place. ### Motion text *> That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Leader of the Opposition from moving the following** motion immediately:* > > That the House: > > (1) notes: > >> (a) there is a global pandemic; >> *>> (b) the Government had two jobs this year, to rollout** the vaccine and establish a safe, national system of quarantine;* >> *>> (c) instead of effectively rolling out** the vaccine and establishing a safe, national system of quarantine, the incoming Deputy Prime Minister has been focussed on his own job;* >> >> (d) instead of focussing on the needs of Australians, the Abbott-Truss-Turnbull-Truss-Turnbull-Joyce-Turnbull-McCormack-Morrision-McCormack and now Morrison-Joyce Government has been focussed on fighting itself; and >> >> (e) instead of building the jobs of the future, the incoming Deputy Prime Minister has said investing in renewables is "insane" and "lemming-like" and said "the Nationals have always been opposed to a net zero target"; and > > (2) therefore, calls on members of the Morrison-Joyce Government to focus on the needs of Australians and not their own jobs.

~~<p class="speaker">Tony Smith</p>~~
~~<p>The question before the House now is that the motion moved by the Leader of the Opposition be disagreed to.</p>~~
The majority voted in favour of *disagreeing* with a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debates/?id=2021-06-22.68.2) introduced by Leader of the Opposition and Grayndler MP [Anthony Albanese](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/grayndler/anthony_albanese) (Labor), which means it failed. The motion was to suspend the usual procedural rules - known as [standing orders](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/parliament-at-work/standing-orders/) - in order to let another vote take place.
### Motion text
> *That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Leader of the Opposition from moving the following motion immediately:*
>
> *That the House:*
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> *(1) notes:*
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>> *(a) there is a global pandemic;*
>>
>> *(b) the Government had two jobs this year, to rollout the vaccine and establish a safe, national system of quarantine;*
>>
>> *(c) instead of effectively rolling out the vaccine and establishing a safe, national system of quarantine, the incoming Deputy Prime Minister has been focussed on his own job;*
>>
>> *(d) instead of focussing on the needs of Australians, the Abbott-Truss-Turnbull-Truss-Turnbull-Joyce-Turnbull-McCormack-Morrision-McCormack and now Morrison-Joyce Government has been focussed on fighting itself; and*
>>
>> *(e) instead of building the jobs of the future, the incoming Deputy Prime Minister has said investing in renewables is "insane" and "lemming-like" and said "the Nationals have always been opposed to a net zero target"; and*
>
> *(2) therefore, calls on members of the Morrison-Joyce Government to focus on the needs of Australians and not their own jobs.*