MOTIONS › Defence Procurement, Minister for Defence
Mr ROBB (Goldstein—Minister for Trade and Investment) (09:09): I move that the speaker no longer be heard. Mr Burke: Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. Before the question is put, given that the minister just moved that the Speaker be no longer heard, I suggest he might have wanted to move that the member be no longer heard. The consequences of that resolution even I would say would be bad for proceedings. Mr ROBB: I move: That the member be no longer heard. Opposition members interjecting— The SPEAKER: Will those on my left be silent. You could not even be silent to listen to your own leader. It was difficult to hear what he was saying. Opposition members interjecting— The SPEAKER: It was the funniest sounding applause I have ever heard. The question is that the member be no longer heard. The SPEAKER: Is the motion seconded?