HVP No 86 - 09 February 2012 - 21 QUESTIONS

    21   QUESTIONS

Questions without notice being asked—

Member directed to leave

At 2.09 p.m. the Member for Longman (Mr Wyatt Roy) was directed, under standing order 94, to leave the Chamber for one hour for raising a frivolous point of order, and he accordingly left the Chamber.

Questions without notice continuing—

Suspension of standing and sessional orders moved

Mr Pyne moved—That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Sturt moving immediately—That the Prime Minister is called on by the House to make a statement immediately to reconcile her:

(1)    statement that Fair Work Australia ‘will be independent of unions, business and government ... Labor will remove all perceptions of bias’ with the fact that Fair Work Australia’s investigation of the Member for Dobell is now in its fourth year with seemingly no end in sight and may not even be released to the public; and

(2)    assertions that there has been no political interference in the Fair Work Australia investigation of the Member for Dobell with the fact that her Chief of Staff contacted Fair Work Australia at the beginning of its investigation, one of the staff of the then Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations colluded with Fair Work Australia over the media management of statements to the press and she is unable to rule out that the Member for Dobell has been in communication with her or her office over the investigation.

Debate ensued.

The time allowed by standing order 1 for debate on the motion having expired—

Question—put.

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The House divided (the Speaker, Mr Slipper, in the Chair)—

AYES, 69

Mr Abbott	Mr Fletcher	Mr McCormack	Mr Schultz
Mr Alexander	Mr Forrest	Mr Macfarlane	Mr Scott
Mr K. J. Andrews	Mr Frydenberg	Ms Marino	Mr Secker*
Mrs K. L. Andrews	Ms Gambaro	Mrs Markus	Mr Simpkins
Mr Billson	Mrs Gash	Mr Matheson	Mr Somlyay
Mrs B. K. Bishop	Mrs Griggs	Mrs Mirabella	Dr Southcott
Ms J. I. Bishop	Mr Haase	Mr Morrison	Dr Stone
Mr Briggs	Mr Hartsuyker	Mrs Moylan	Mr Tehan
Mr Broadbent	Mr A. G. Hawke	Mr Neville	Mr Truss
Mr Buchholz	Mr Hockey	Mr O’Dowd	Mr Tudge
Mr Chester	Mr Hunt	Mrs Prentice	Mr Turnbull
Mr Christensen	Mr Irons	Mr Pyne	Mr van Manen
Mr Ciobo	Dr Jensen	Mr Ramsey	Mr Vasta
Mr Cobb	Mr E. T. Jones	Mr Randall	Dr Washer
Mr Coulton*	Mr Keenan	Mr Robb	Mr Wyatt
Mr Crook	Mr C. Kelly	Mr Robert	Â
Mr Dutton	Mr Laming	Mr Wyatt Roy	Â
Mr Entsch	Ms Ley	Mr Ruddock	Â

NOES, 73

Mr Adams	Mrs Elliot	Dr Leigh	Ms Roxon
Mr Albanese	Ms Ellis	Ms Livermore	Mr Rudd
Mr Bandt	Dr Emerson	Mr Lyons	Ms Saffin
Ms Bird	Mr L. D. T. Ferguson	Mr McClelland	Mr Shorten
Mr Bowen	Mr M. J. Ferguson	Ms Macklin	Mr Sidebottom
Mr Bradbury	Mr Fitzgibbon	Mr Marles	Mr S. F. Smith
Ms Brodtmann	Mr Garrett	Mr Melham	Ms Smyth
Ms A. E. Burke	Mr Georganas	Mr Mitchell	Mr Snowdon
Mr A. S. Burke	Mr Gibbons	Mr Murphy	Mr Swan
Mr Butler	Ms Gillard	Mr Neumann	Mr Symon
Mr Byrne	Mr Gray	Mr Oakeshott	Mr C. R. Thomson
Mr Champion	Ms Grierson	Mr O’Connor	Mr K. J. Thomson
Mr Cheeseman	Ms Hall*	Ms O’Neill	Ms Vamvakinou
Mr Clare	Mr Hayes	Ms Owens	Mr Wilkie
Ms Collins	Mr Husic*	Ms Parke	Mr Windsor
Mr Crean	Mr Jenkins	Mr Perrett	Mr Zappia
Mr Danby	Mr S. P. Jones	Ms Plibersek	Â
Mrs D’Ath	Dr M. J. Kelly	Mr Ripoll	Â
Mr Dreyfus	Ms King	Ms Rishworth	Â

* Tellers

Pairs

Ms Rowland                   Mr Baldwin

Mr Combet                     Ms O’Dwyer

Mr Griffin                      Mr A. D. H. Smith

And so it was negatived.

Questions without notice concluded.