That the honourable member for Casey do take the chair of this House as Speaker.
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That a committee, consisting of Ms Flint, Mr E. L. O'Brien and the mover, be appointed to prepare an address-in-reply to the speech delivered by His Excellency the Governor-General to both houses of the parliament and that the committee report at the next sitting.
That Mr Coulton be elected Deputy Speaker of this House.
That Mr R. G. Mitchell be elected Deputy Speaker of this House
That statements on indulgence in relation to the death of Mr Eoin Harrap Cameron be permitted in the Federation Chamber.
That the program of sittings for 2016 be agreed to.
The people of Australia expect us to serve our electorates and legislate, not to spend 18 weeks here when we should be spending 20 or 21 or 22 weeks.
The government manage the schedule of business, and we are prepared—
to let them keep on being incompetent. We will turn up. We will keep showing them up for the failures that they are. We will scrutinise them and hold them accountable right through to the next election.
Why doesn't it have to sit? There are two reasons. Firstly, it does not have a plan for the future for the Australian people. Secondly, it cannot rely on its numbers in the House to pass legislation to win a procedural vote.