[QUOTE][B]The Federal Government has cancelled a sitting week for the House of Representatives to allow the Senate to finish debating the same-sex marriage bill before it goes to the Lower House.[/B]
The leader of the Government in the House of Representatives, Christopher Pyne, said once it had returned, Parliament would continue to sit until same-sex marriage is legislated.
The Lower House was due to sit for two weeks from Monday but it will instead sit for one week from December 4, with an option of extending sittings.
"If there is more time required, we can sit in the week of December 11," Mr Pyne said.
[B]The move comes in the midst of a citizenship crisis and a backbench push for a royal commission into the banks.[/B]
The new schedule will also push back the Prime Minister's December 1 deadline for all politicians to disclose their citizenship status in Parliament.
[B]The cancellation puts the brakes on Government backbenchers who are threatening to cross the floor and establish a banking commission.[/B]
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said the Government was using same-sex marriage as an excuse to prevent Coalition MPs crossing the floor in Parliament.
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"Is Malcolm Turnbull now saying that this parliament is so simplistic it can only deal with one item of business?" Mr Shorten said.[/B]
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"One of the reasons why Mr Turnbull has cancelled Parliament next week is because he knows that a banking royal commission is inevitable, and he will do everything he can do to protect his mates at the top end of town."[/B]
Deputy Opposition Leader Tanya Plibersek said the decision was "outrageous" given there were "dozens" of bills that could be debated next week.
"This is the sort of thing that happens in a dictatorship, when Parliament becomes inconvenient the Government suspends democracy," she said.[/QUOTE]
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Pretty disgusting to see Turnball use the same-sex marriage bill as a smokescreen in order to prevent the Government from sitting and dealing with these important issues.
[QUOTE]This is the sort of thing that happens in a dictatorship, when Parliament becomes inconvenient the Government suspends democracy[/QUOTE]
Someone's drinking the Trump-Aid.
Liberal party is such dogshit, I'm still amazed they managed to have two terms in a row. There's no doubt next election they'll be fucken gone.
[QUOTE=Megadave;52908224]Someone's drinking the Trump-Aid.[/QUOTE]
its impossible to have any political thread without a mention of trump, isn't it?
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It's impossible to have any political thread without a mention of Trump, isn't it?[/QUOTE]
Godwin's law of politics.
[QUOTE=Araknid;52908289]Liberal party is such dogshit, I'm still amazed they managed to have two terms in a row. There's no doubt next election they'll be fucken gone.
its impossible to have any political thread without a mention of trump, isn't it?[/QUOTE]
Unfortunately it's because the alternative isn't much better.
[QUOTE=LAMB SAUCE;52909438]Unfortunately it's because the alternative isn't much better.[/QUOTE]
what? labor isnt better than the lnp?
[QUOTE=LAMB SAUCE;52909438]Unfortunately it's because the alternative isn't much better.[/QUOTE]
Labor can often be shitty, but let's stop kidding ourselves here, they are light years better than the Liberals.
The only people I ever hear saying that 'both of the major parties are basically the same thing' are people who perceive to be mostly unaffected by changes in government.
So clearly you're not one of the poor sods whose life has been made severely worse by the Liberals being in Government.
Also, all the people who were complaining about the SSM vote being a waste of taxpayer money seem to conveniently forget that if Labour had been voted in it would have just been passed in the House of Reps and that would have been the end of it.
The don't want the ALP to push for a Royal Commission into the banks.. which would have been possible if there was a sitting.
Also, they are going to let current members with questionable citizenship status continue voting until seen to by the High Court.. double standards.
[QUOTE=fruxodaily;52910808]what? labor isnt better than the lnp?[/QUOTE]
Did you read my post?
No shit they're better than the LNP. but hardly.
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