Division
Tony Smith The question now is that the amendment be agreed to. All those of that opinion say 'Aye'— Honourable members: Aye. To the contrary 'No'—to the contrary 'No'? Honourable members interjecting— Okay. I think the ayes have it. The noes have it? Opposition members interjecting— Members on my left will cease interjecting. I am going to put the question again. Mr Burke interjecting— No, no, I am sorry; I am entitled to put the question when there is confusion. The Manager of Opposition Business knows that. Honourable members interjecting— I am putting the question again. The original— Tony Burke Mr Speaker, on a point of order: you gave the division—you called the division. You announced it. You asked, 'All those against?' Not one member of the House voted no. Tony Smith No. Tony Burke You paused and then called it in favour of the ayes, and not one member of the House objected to that call. That does not constitute confusion. Tony Smith I am going to address this matter. Where there is confusion my intention is to put the question again. We have had this happen before. The Manager of Opposition Business has made his point. I did not restate the entire question. I did when the bells rang, but I did not restate the question. Mr Snowdon interjecting— The member for Lingiari is not going to sigh and moan in the chamber. He can do it in his office. Let me warn the member for Lingiari now: if he is going to sigh and moan when I am addressing the House he might as well just go back to his office, because I will cause more of it. I did not state the full question. Manager of Opposition Business, you have made your point, but I did not state the full question. You can spend a lot of time on this, and I appreciate you might want to— Tony Burke Yep! Tony Smith I think that is a very apt confession at Christmas time. I am now going to state the amendment and what the amendment was. I am going to then call and see whether a division is required. The original question was th
House of Representatives, 2016-12-01. negative: ayes 72, noes 76.
Question
Tony Smith The question now is that the amendment be agreed to. All those of that opinion say 'Aye'— Honourable members: Aye. To the contrary 'No'—to the contrary 'No'? Honourable members interjecting— Okay. I think the ayes have it. The noes have it? Opposition members interjecting— Members on my left will cease interjecting. I am going to put the question again. Mr Burke interjecting— No, no, I am sorry; I am entitled to put the question when there is confusion. The Manager of Opposition Business knows that. Honourable members interjecting— I am putting the question again. The original— Tony Burke Mr Speaker, on a point of order: you gave the division—you called the division. You announced it. You asked, 'All those against?' Not one member of the House voted no. Tony Smith No. Tony Burke You paused and then called it in favour of the ayes, and not one member of the House objected to that call. That does not constitute confusion. Tony Smith I am going to address this matter. Where there is confusion my intention is to put the question again. We have had this happen before. The Manager of Opposition Business has made his point. I did not restate the entire question. I did when the bells rang, but I did not restate the question. Mr Snowdon interjecting— The member for Lingiari is not going to sigh and moan in the chamber. He can do it in his office. Let me warn the member for Lingiari now: if he is going to sigh and moan when I am addressing the House he might as well just go back to his office, because I will cause more of it. I did not state the full question. Manager of Opposition Business, you have made your point, but I did not state the full question. You can spend a lot of time on this, and I appreciate you might want to— Tony Burke Yep! Tony Smith I think that is a very apt confession at Christmas time. I am now going to state the amendment and what the amendment was. I am going to then call and see whether a division is required. The original question was th
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