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representatives vote 2025-02-12#1
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Title
Business — Rearrangement- Business - Rearrangement - Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Incentives and Integrity) Bill 2024
Description
<p class="speaker">Michael Sukkar</p><p>I move:</p><p class="italic">That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the following from occurring:</p><p class="italic">(1) government business order of the day No. 5 relating to the Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Incentives and Integrity) Bill 2024 being called on immediately; and</p><p class="italic">(2) all questions required to complete passage of the bill being put without delay.</p><p>I won't detain the House for too long, but this should be a very uncontroversial motion here today. Standing orders ought to be suspended so that the House can finally conclude consideration of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Incentives and Integrity) Bill 2024. This bill has been sitting in this House since November last year. Everyone in this place, until yesterday, thought the bill was ready to go to the Senate, but the government on Monday, very abruptly and unusually, postponed debate on the bill in the middle of consideration in detail. No public explanation has been offered by the government as to why this bill has been stalled. And absent any credible explanation from the government, the bill should be passed today. Because the Assistant Treasurer is responsible for the bill, it may not be surprising there has been some stuff-up along the way.</p><p>Part of the object of the bill is to obviously legislate the instant asset write-off, which is a proud coalition reform. But sadly 27,000 small businesses have closed under this government, and it beggars belief that in the situation where we have small businesses struggling that this measure would be delayed any further. The instant asset write-off is a proud coalition policy, which was unfortunately adjusted by this government. We are enthusiastically willing to support it, so why don't we do it today and support small businesses? This has been sitting here since November. Let's get moving!</p><p>To be clear, the coalition's position, as outlined by the Leader of the Opposition in last year's budget in reply, is to extend the value of assets that are eligible for the instant asset write-off to $30,000 and to make this permanent for small businesses. There are small businesses throughout our country who are struggling like never before. They have an increasingly aggressive ATO pursuing tax debts. They have a weak economy and very little consumer confidence, which I know is weighing on small businesses in every single member's electorate. On that basis, one would imagine that government MPs in particular are keen to get this measure through the House, get this measure into the Senate and ultimately deliver the tax relief that small businesses need.</p><p>Unfortunately, Labor voted against a series of amendments to achieve this eight times last year. It's pretty clear the government have made a decision that they're going to slow ball this. They're going to filibuster this for as late as possible. But every single day of delay creates uncertainty for small businesses. There's no reason why we can't come together as a parliament today and pass the bill.</p><p>This unexplained delay is highly unusual. One can only imagine the sorts of errors that have occurred or are occurring and the busy fix that's going on behind the scenes, but the parliament has not been advised of what that is. The parliament has no explanation as to how the government may have stuffed up this bill, to put it in that ineloquent way, and so on that basis it should be debated immediately. We should conclude this bill today, get it done right now.</p><p>Ultimately, if the government truly cared about supporting small businesses, which I'm sure many members opposite do, they would support this motion. End the uncertainty on the instant asset write-off scheme and let's get the bill through the Senate today, without delay. There's absolutely no reason why this cannot be dealt with immediately. This could be a moment where we move swiftly to help small businesses throughout our country, and the opposition is keen to swiftly facilitate that.</p> <p class="speaker">Ian Goodenough</p><p>Is the motion seconded?</p> <p class="speaker">Kevin Hogan</p><p>I second the motion and reserve my right to speak.</p> <p class="speaker">Milton Dick</p><p>The question before the House is that the motion moved by the Manager of Opposition Business be agreed to.</p><p></p> -
- The majority voted against a motion introduced by Deakin MP [Michael Sukkar](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/deakin/michael_sukkar) (Liberal), which means it failed.
- ### Motion text
- > *That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the following from occurring:*
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- > *(1) government business order of the day No. 5 relating to the [Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Incentives and Integrity) Bill 2024](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22legislation%2Fbillhome%2Fr7299%22) being called on immediately; and*
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- > *(2) all questions required to complete passage of the bill being put without delay.*
- Standing and sessional orders are the usual procedural rules of parliament.
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