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Ayes 8		Noes 9
Mrs Burke	Mr Seselja	Mr Barr	Mr Hargreaves
Mrs Dunne	Mr Smyth	Mr Berry	Ms MacDonald
Dr Foskey	Mr Stefaniak	Mr Corbell	Ms Porter
Mr Mulcahy		Ms Gallagher	Mr Stanhope
Mr Pratt		Mr Gentleman

Question so resolved in the negative.

Question put:

That the motion, as amended, be agreed to.

The Assembly voted—

Ayes 9		Noes 8
Mr Barr	Mr Hargreaves	Mrs Burke	Mr Seselja
Mr Berry	Ms MacDonald	Mrs Dunne	Mr Smyth
Mr Corbell	Ms Porter	Dr Foskey	Mr Stefaniak
Ms Gallagher	Mr Stanhope	Mr Mulcahy
Mr Gentleman		Mr Pratt

Question so resolved in the affirmative.

Motion, as amended, agreed to.

Standing orders—suspension

MR CORBELL (Molonglo—Attorney-General, Minister for Police and Emergency Services) (5.05): Mr Speaker, I move:

That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent order of the day No 1, Executive business, relating to the Water Resources (Validation of Fees) Bill 2008 and the presentation of Report No 6 of the Standing Committee on Education, Training and Young People, being called on forthwith.

MR SMYTH (Brindabella) (5.05): Mr Speaker, there is clearly a routine set out in the standing orders that was in fact validated by this place in the March sittings when we adopted the new standing orders. The routine of the house, as outlined in the notice paper, is questions without notice, presentation of papers and the discussion of a matter of public importance. The winner of the lottery for the MPI today, the issue of homeless in the ACT, is a very important issue and I believe we should be bringing it on. If the government, through their stupidity and their calling of the gag on votes and on members, have wasted about 40 minutes, that is the government’s problem and the house should be allowed to continue with its business. If the government are not interested in the issue of homelessness, that is their problem; they do not have to speak to the MPI.

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