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Monday, 3 April 2000
Page: 13128

Senator Brown to move, on Tuesday, 11 April 2000:

That, until a message is received from the House of Representatives indicating that the House has considered the Human Rights (Mandatory Sentencing of Juvenile Offenders) Bill 1999, ministers and parliamentary secretaries shall not exercise the following procedural powers under the standing orders, and shall not authorise any other senators to exercise those powers on their behalf:

(a) to move a motion connected with the conduct of the business of the Senate at any time without notice, under standing order 56;

(b) to arrange the order of government business notices of motion and orders of the day on the Notice Paper as they think fit, under standing order 65;

(c) to move, in relation to a government bill, that the bill may proceed without formalities or, in relation to government bills, that the bills may be taken together, under standing order 113(2);

(d) to move at any time that the Senate adjourn, under standing order 33(2);

(e) to present documents under standing order 166 without leave;

(f) to move the adjournment of a debate after having spoken in that debate, under standing order 201(6);

(g) to move that the question be now put on more than one occasion, and after having spoken in the debate, under standing order 199(3); or

(h) to move that a bill be declared urgent and, if the motion is agreed to, move further motions concerning time allocated for consideration of the bill, under standing order 142.