Rearrangement

Penny Wong

by leave—I move:

That a motion relating to the hours of meeting and routine of business for this week may be moved immediately and determined without amendment or debate.

And I move:

That the question be now put.

Sarah Hanson-Young

Given that the government wants to ram this through without debate, I seek leave to make a short two-minute statement.

Sue Lines

Leave is granted for two minutes.

Sarah Hanson-Young

Well, the fix is in, isn't it? Look at this. You've got the Labor Party captured by industry, and you've got the weak opposition over here rolling over. Angus Taylor and the Prime Minister have done a deal where Angus Taylor has simply rolled over like a lapdog. From here on in, Angus Taylor will be known as Toto—the Prime Minister's own Toto. That is how weak this opposition really is. The fix is in. The hours are done—

Sue Lines

Senator Hanson-Young, resume your seat. I remind you that those in the other place need to be referred to by their correct titles. Senator Scarr?

Paul Scarr

Personal reflection—'roll over like a lapdog', and calling a member of the other place 'Toto', a dog.

Sue Lines

Senator Scarr, I will ask Senator Hanson-Young to withdraw that comment, and I remind you that I would prefer that offensive comments not be repeated by those calling points of order. Senator Hanson-Young, could you withdraw that comment, please.

Sarah Hanson-Young

Which bit?

Sue Lines

Senator Hanson-Young, could you withdraw that comment.

Sarah Hanson-Young

I'm happy to withdraw, President, but I'd like you to take away and reflect whether the word 'lapdog' is indeed now not—

Sue Lines

Senator Hanson-Young, I don't need to reflect. You have—

Sarah Hanson-Young

I'll write to you. I withdraw.

Sue Lines

Thank you. Please continue.

Sarah Hanson-Young

It is so clear that the opposition has rolled over, and the Prime Minister is ramming through legislation that satisfies the gambling industry. The people on the backbench of the Labor Party must be appalled. They must be shamed by this. How terrible to see Peta Murphy's legacy thrown out the door because the Prime Minister wants to deliver for the gambling lobby. And what have we got from the Leader of the Opposition? We've got: 'Oh, okay, Prime Minister. Whatever you say, Prime Minister.' How pathetic. What an absolute stitch-up. Today, we're going to get an hour's motion rammed through this place with a long list of bills where the Prime Minister and Angus Taylor, the Leader of the Opposition, have had to try and—they just want it rammed through here. Where is the backbone of the Liberal Party in all of this? Where is the leadership from Mr Angus Taylor? From where I sit, Mr Angus Taylor looks more like Toto than he does the Leader of the Opposition.

David Pocock

I seek leave to make a two-minute statement.

Leave granted.

I haven't had time to look through the details of the guillotine, but I assume it will mean that there will be very few contributions on the gambling bill. On behalf of Canberrans that I've heard from over the last three years on this and particularly over the last month or so with what we heard in the Senate inquiry, I'd like to place on the record how disappointing it is to see this deal between the major parties which says to the Australian people that we care more about the gambling industry than your children—that we care more about the gambling industry than your brothers, your sisters, your sons and your daughters who are being preyed on by a predatory industry. People see straight through Prime Minister Albanese's rhetoric about 'getting the balance right with three ads an hour' and this nonsense in trying to tell Australians that you're protecting children when we'll be seeing gambling ads during programs like Lego Masters.

This speaks to a bigger issue that we're seeing in this country with the declining trust in politicians, in politics and in government, and this is no surprise when, three years ago, we had a parliamentary inquiry that said, 'This is how we turn things around when it comes to gambling,' and we have the Labor Party tie itself in knots for three years trying not to do what Peta Murphy and that committee said we should do. Then they get Angus Taylor to negotiate one on one with the PM and come to some sort of gentleman's agreement where you're going to shaft the Australian public and back in the gambling companies. (Time expired)

Sean Bell

I seek leave to make two-minute statement.

Leave not granted.

Sue Lines

The question is that the closure motion moved by Minister Wong be agreed to.