Covid-19

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 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) there have been at least 25 COVID outbreaks from hotel quarantine;

(c) fewer than three per cent of Australians are fully vaccinated;

(d) the Prime Minister had two jobs this year, to rollout the vaccine and establish a safe, national system of quarantine, and he has bungled both jobs;

(e) the outbreak in Sydney is worsening by the hour;

(f) new restrictions are being imposed on businesses and households;

(g) borders are slamming shut as Australia heads into school holidays;

(h) the Prime Minister says the vaccine rollout is not a race; and

(i) the NSW Premier said today "New South Wales has had a real sense of urgency in relation to the vaccine rollout. Until the vast majority of our population is vaccinated these threats will be real and ongoing"; and

(2) therefore, calls on the Prime Minister to urgently fix his bungled vaccine rollout and establish a safe, national system of quarantine.