Thursday, 22 June 2023

Thursday 22 June 2023

The SPEAKER (Maree Edwards) took the chair at 9:33 am, read the prayer and made an acknowledgement of country.

Ellen Sandell: On a point of order, Speaker, I just wish to raise a point of order with you about how the call is allocated for procedural debates in this house. My understanding is that on procedural debates such as the government business program the call is allocated to three speakers on each side of the house, 5 minutes each, which often leaves the crossbench members of this house unable to speak on procedural motions or having to negotiate amongst only three spots. I seek your guidance on whether there might be a more proportional or fair way to allocate the call on procedural motions going forward.

The SPEAKER: I will take the member for Melbourne’s point of order on notice. However, I do believe that that would be a matter for the Standing Orders Committee to determine.