Tuesday, 3 March 2020

Joint sitting of Parliament

Legislative Council vacancy

The SPEAKER (13:02): I have received the following message from the Legislative Council informing the Assembly:

The Legislative Council acquaint the Legislative Assembly that they have agreed to the following resolution:

That this house meets with the Legislative Assembly for the purpose of sitting and voting together to choose a person to hold the seat in the Legislative Council rendered vacant by the resignation of the Honourable Mary Wooldridge and proposes that the time and place of such meeting be the Legislative Assembly chamber on Wednesday, 4 March 2020, at 6.15 pm.

with which they request the agreement of the Legislative Assembly.

Ordered that message be taken into consideration immediately.

Ms ALLAN (Bendigo East—Leader of the House, Minister for Transport Infrastructure) (13:03): I move:

That this house agrees to the Legislative Council’s proposal for a joint sitting on Wednesday, 4 March 2020 at 6.15 pm in the Legislative Assembly chamber for the purpose of sitting and voting together to choose a person to hold the seat in the Legislative Council rendered vacant by the resignation of the Honourable Mary Wooldridge.

Motion agreed to.

The SPEAKER: A message will be sent to the Legislative Council informing them of the decision of the house.