Morrison Government

The majority voted in favour of disagreeing with a motion introduced by Leader of the Opposition and Grayndler MP Anthony Albanese (Labor), which means it failed. The motion was to suspend the usual procedural rules - known as standing orders - in order to let another vote take place.

Motion text

That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Leader of the Opposition from moving the following motion immediately:

That the House:

(1) notes:

(a) there is a global pandemic;

(b) the Government had two jobs this year, to rollout the vaccine and establish a safe, national system of quarantine;

(c) instead of effectively rolling out the vaccine and establishing a safe, national system of quarantine, the incoming Deputy Prime Minister has been focussed on his own job;

(d) instead of focussing on the needs of Australians, the Abbott-Truss-Turnbull-Truss-Turnbull-Joyce-Turnbull-McCormack-Morrision-McCormack and now Morrison-Joyce Government has been focussed on fighting itself; and

(e) instead of building the jobs of the future, the incoming Deputy Prime Minister has said investing in renewables is "insane" and "lemming-like" and said "the Nationals have always been opposed to a net zero target"; and

(2) therefore, calls on members of the Morrison-Joyce Government to focus on the needs of Australians and not their own jobs.