Urgency

I move, That urgency be accorded the first reading and referral to select committee of the Road User Charges (Light Electric RUC Vehicles) Amendment Bill, the remaining stages of the Legal Services Amendment Bill, the introduction and passing through all stages of the Business Payment Practices Act Repeal Bill, the remaining stages of the Land Transport Management (Repeal of Regional Fuel Tax) Amendment Bill, and the first reading and referral to select committee of the Firearms Prohibition Orders Legislation Amendment Bill. The Government is moving urgency today to progress some of the final pieces of legislation that are part of our 100-day plan.

Would the member give slightly more reason for the urgency? Could I ask that when members leave the House, they do so without conversations on the way through.

These bills are part of completing our 100-day plan and progressing some legislation also to select committee, as a number of these bills are required to be passed by 1 April this year. Hence we are according urgency to them through the House today.

Point of order. Mr Speaker. I thank you for asking the Minister to give a little bit more information. The Speakers’ rulings do require a level of particularity about the individual bills themselves. The statements Mr Brown’s made just simply don’t go anywhere near meeting the Speakers’ rulings requirement.

Well, that would be your assessment. I will ask him to add some more to meet that particularity requirement.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. The Road User Charges (Light Electric RUC Vehicles) Amendment Bill is required to be put into legislation by 1 April. This is an issue that wasn’t dealt with by the prior Government, and so we’re having to deal with that at pace. The remaining stages of the Legal Services Amendment Bill—that bill is part of our 100-day plan and is a commitment within our coalition arrangements. The introduction and passing through all stages of the Business Payment Practices Act Repeal Bill: the legislation that is repealing needs to be repealed prior to that Act coming into force. I believe that is in late April. The remaining stages of the Land Transport Management (Repeal of Regional Fuel Tax) Amendment bill: that is part of our 100-day plan. And the first reading and referral to a select committee of the Firearms Prohibition Orders Legislation Amendment Bill is part of our 100-day plan.