BUSINESS › Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders
Mr PYNE (Sturt—Leader of the House and Minister for Education and Training) (15:10): by leave—I move: That standing order 31 (automatic adjournment of the House) be suspended for this sitting and that, after the Leader of the Opposition completes his reply to the Budget speech, the House automatically stand adjourned until 10 am on Monday, 25 May 2015, unless the Speaker or, in the event of the Speaker being unavailable, the Deputy Speaker, fixes an alternative day or hour of meeting. Question agreed to. The SPEAKER: For the arrangements for the speech by the honourable Leader of the Opposition in his budget reply tonight, the same rules will apply as applied for the presentation by the Treasurer of his budget speech. If there is any need for action under section 94(a), it will be done by a note being sent to the person concerned.