Hansard
Thursday, 28th October 2021
Motions
Mr ALBANESE (Grayndler—Leader of the Opposition) (10:48): I seek leave to move the following motion:
That the House:
(1) notes:
(a) voter fraud is a "vanishingly small" issue in Australia according to the AEC;
Government members interjecting—
The SPEAKER: Members on my right. The minister for education.
Mr ALBANESE: I continue:
(b) there were no—
Honourable members interjecting—
The SPEAKER: Order! The Leader of the opposition will just resume his seat. The minister for education will cease interjecting. Members on my left will cease interjecting. The Leader of the Opposition will begin again.
Mr ALBANESE: Thanks, Mr Speaker. I move:
That the House:
(1) notes:
(a) voter fraud is a "vanishingly small" issue in Australia according to the AEC;
(b) there were no prosecutions for multiple voting at the last election;
Mr Falinski interjecting—
The SPEAKER: The member for Mackellar is warned!
Mr ALBANESE: I continue:
(c) on the eve of an election, the Morrison-Joyce Government is trying to ram through a bill to stop Australians voting;
(d) this is a desperate attempt to undermine our strong democracy and deny Australians their basic democratic rights;
(e) the Morrison-Joyce Government is trying to bring the politics and tactics of Trump's America into Australian democracy; and
(f) the bill will mean Australians who vote in the next election will spend even more of their weekend waiting in long lines stretching around the block to vote; and
(2) discharges Government business notice number 6 relating to the Electoral Legislation Amendment (Voter Integrity) Bill 2021 from the Notice Paper.
The SPEAKER: Is leave granted?
Mr Dutton: Leave is not granted.
Mr ALBANESE: I move:
That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the Leader of the Opposition from moving the following motion immediately:
That the House:
(1) notes:
(a) voter fraud is a "vanishingly small" issue in Australia according to the AEC;
(b) there were no prosecutions for multiple voting at the last election;
(c) on the eve of an election, the Morrison-Joyce Government is trying to ram through a bill to stop Australians voting;
(d) this is a desperate attempt to undermine our strong democracy and deny Australians their basic democratic rights;
(e) the Morrison-Joyce Government is trying to bring the politics and tactics of Trump's America into Australian democracy; and
(f) the bill will mean Australians who vote in the next election will spend even more of their weekend waiting in long lines stretching around the block to vote; and
(2) discharges Government business notice number 6 relating to the Electoral Legislation Amendment (Voter Integrity) Bill 2021 from the Notice Paper.
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