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senate vote 2023-09-07#8

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on 2024-01-12 14:17:54

Title

  • Committees Commonwealth Bilateral Air Service Agreements; Appointment
  • Committees - Commonwealth Bilateral Air Service Agreements; Appointment - Suspend standing orders

Description

  • <p class="speaker">Don Farrell</p>
  • <p>I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 322 before seeking to have the motion taken as a formal motion.</p>
  • <p>Leave not granted.</p>
  • <p>At the request of the Leader of the Government in the Senate, Senator Wong, and pursuant to contingent notice, I move:</p>
  • <p class="italic">That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent me amending the motion.</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Sue Lines</p>
  • <p>The question is that the motion to suspend, moved by Senator Farrell, be agreed to.</p>
  • <p></p>
  • <p></p>
  • The same number of senators voted for and against a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2023-09-07.41.2):
  • > *That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent me amending the motion.*
  • This means the motion failed.
  • This was a vote on whether to suspend the usual procedural rules - which are known as standing orders - in order to let South Australian Senator [Don Farrell](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/sa/don_farrell) (Labor) amend another motion.