Attachment 3

Proposed amendment to Standing Order 54(6)

(1)       Omit standing order 54(6), substitute:

(6)       On the question for the adjournment of the Senate on Tuesday, a senator shall speak to that question for not more than 5 minutes, except in accordance with the following paragraphs:

(a)       if no other senator wishes to speak for up to 5 minutes, a senator who has not already spoken may speak for up to 10 minutes; and

(b)       if no other senator wishes to speak under paragraph (a), a senator who has not already spoken may speak for up to 20 minutes.

(2)       That this order operate as a temporary order until 30 June 2013.

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