Electoral (Integrity) Amendment Bill

Members, the House is in committee for further consideration of the Electoral (Integrity) Amendment Bill. When we were last considering the bill, we had just concluded the debate on clause 4.

We now come to proposed new clauses 4A. Tabled amendments inserting new clauses 4A to insert new section 54A relating to retrospective changes in the terms of office of members of Parliament for various electoral districts and list members are all out of order as being inconsistent with the principles and objectives of the bill as agreed at the second reading. Members with those amendments are the Hon Jacqui Dean, Denise Lee, Stuart Smith, the Hon Dr Nick Smith, Matt Doocey, Chris Bishop, Jonathan Young, the Hon Mark Mitchell, Sarah Dowie, Dan Bidois, Shane Reti, Jo Hayes, and the Hon Alfred Ngaro. I’m advising members that there will be no debate on these amendments.

Clause 5 New Sections 55AAB to 55E inserted