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Footnotes

Chapter 1 Background

[1] See House of Representatives Hansard, 10 October 2006, pp. 12-20.

[2] See House of Representatives Hansard, 11 October 2006, pp. 55-61.

[3] House of Representatives Hansard, 11 October 2006, p. 61.

Chapter 2 Issues

[1] The Clerk’s submission (p. 2) referred to a number of examples of recent motions to suspend standing and sessional orders. These were motions by the Member for Corio (8 December 2005; 6 (x2), 12 and 13 September 2006); the Member for Hunter (10 and 17 August 2006); the Member for Lilley (8 December 2005); the Member for Calare (30 May and 20 June 2006); and the Member for Griffith (8 December 2005).

[2] House of Representatives Practice (5^th edition), p. 330.

[3] House of Representatives Practice (5^th edition), p. 333.

[4] This most recently occurred in the House on 16 and 31 October and 28 November 2006 where on each occasion the government granted leave for the Leader of the Opposition to move the censure motion, thus avoiding a debate on a motion to suspend standing and sessional orders to allow him to do so.

[5] Mr I C Harris, Submission No. 3, p. 3.

[6] House of Representatives Practice (5^th edition), p. 322.

[7] House of Representatives Practice (5^th edition), p. 321.

[8] House of Representatives Practice (5^th edition), p. 322.

[9] Mr I C Harris, Submission No. 3, p. 1.

[10] Mr I C Harris, Submission No. 3, p. 2.

[11] Votes and Proceedings No. 118, 17 August 2006, p. 1337.

[12] Votes and Proceedings No. 121, 6 September 2006, p. 1363.

[13] Mr I C Harris, Submission No. 3, p. 2.

[14] House of Representatives Practice (5^th edition), p. 186.

[15] House of Representatives Practice (5^th edition), p. 322.

[16] Mr H Jenkins, MP, House of Representatives Hansard, 10 October 2006, p. 98.

[17] Hon I Causley, MP, Submission No. 2, p. 1.

[18] See, for example, Ms J Gillard MP, Submission No. 4, p. 1.

[19] Standing order 2, Definitions and application.

[20] Mr Bob McMullan MP, Submission No. 1, p. 2.

[21] Mr I C Harris, Submission No. 3, p. 3.

[22] House of Representatives Practice (5^th edition), p. 333.

[23] Mr I C Harris, Submission No. 3, p. 3.

[24] Standing order 3(e). The Speaker has a number of other roles, including upholding the dignity and protecting the rights and privileges of Parliament and its members. As Speaker Snedden observed: ‘the Speaker represents, in a very real sense, the right of freedom of speech in the Parliament which was hard won from a monarchical Executive centuries ago. The Parliament must constantly be prepared to maintain its right of ...freedom of speech, without fear or favour’. (Quoted in House of Representatives Practice, (5^th edition), p. 162.)

[25] Mr I C Harris, Submission No. 3, p. 2.

[26] House of Representatives Practice (5^th edition), p. 187.