Member for Bowman

The majority voted in favour of disagreeing with a motion, which means it failed. The motion was to suspend the usual procedural rules - known as standing orders - in order to let another vote happen.

Motion text

That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Newcastle from moving the following motion immediately—That the House:

(1) notes:

(a) Government members have voted repeatedly to endorse the Member for Bowman's chairmanship of the Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training;

(b) doing so is a tacit approval of the Member for Bowman's behaviour and his attitude toward women;

(c) the Prime Minister has failed to act, and the Acting Prime Minister is failing to act in his absence;

(d) it is time for Government members to do the right thing and do something about the Member for Bowman's behaviour; and

(2) therefore, calls on the Acting Prime Minister to discharge the Member for Bowman from the Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training immediately.