Mr BURKE (Watson—Manager of Opposition Business) (18:21): If that's the case then standing order 113 hasn't been complied with, and I ask that we just continue with the business on the Notice Paper. The SPEAKER: I just point out to the House and the Manager of Opposition Business that any minister can move such a motion on behalf of another minister. Mr BURKE: I agree it can be done at the request of another minister, and we've just been told it's at the request of the assistant minister, but it's postponing a notice of motion that is not from the assistant minister, so this is postponing other business. That can only be done by the relevant minister or at the request of the relevant minister. We've just heard from the minister at the table that he's postponing a notice of motion at the request of someone else. Standing order 113 doesn't allow that. The SPEAKER: I'm just going to disagree with the Manager of Opposition Business. I can see where he's trying to come from. I refer him to 110(b), which is: … change the day proposed for moving the motion to a later day by notifying the Clerk in writing before the motion is called on; or notifying the Clerk in writing before the motion is called on … Opposition members interjecting— The SPEAKER: Members on my left, I'm now going to refer to the Practice page. Mr Robert interjecting— The SPEAKER: The Minister for Government Services is warned. I'm not going to have rolling interjections, particularly pointless ones, can I say, from both sides, when the Manager of Opposition Business is asking me to rule on an important point of procedure. The Practice makes it clear on page 257 and it states: The practice of the House is that one Minister may act for another and, accordingly, a Minister may move the postponement of a notice given by another Minister. An order of the day may be postponed on motion without notice moved by the Member in charge of the order or, in the Member's absence, by another Member at the Member's request. I can go on. I'm happy to hear from the Leader of the House or the Manager of Opposition Business on that point. Mr BURKE: Both the section that you refer to and the standing orders have it that the postponement has to be moved at the request of the member. What we hear here from the member of the executive at the table is he has the request of the minister whose legislation he wants to bring on but he doesn't have the request of the motion on the Notice Paper for what he wants to postpone. What you just read is about the postponement. The SPEAKER: So your point is— Mr BURKE: He's got the request to the wrong minister. The SPEAKER: Right. That's your point? Mr BURKE: Yes. The SPEAKER: Okay. Just before I call the Leader of the House, I'll say that standing order 112 makes it very clear when it states 'the order in which motions are called on is the order in which they appear on the Notice Paper', so that's why we're dealing with that now. A member who gave notice of a motion may move its postponement without notice. Let me just try and save time—although I suspect I may not necessarily be successful—essentially, the point the Manager of Opposition Business is making is that the assistant minister named the wrong minister. Is that essentially the point? Mr BURKE: No. My point is—I work on the basis that the assistant minister told the truth to the House as to which minister had made the request. And, if that's the case, then the motion can't be put before the House, because the request has to come from the minister whose motion is being postponed. So I believe the assistant minister absolutely gave accurate information to the House. It just means, if that's the case, he can't move it. The SPEAKER: I'll hear from the Leader of the House for a second.