Urgency

on behalf of the Leader of the House: I move, That urgency be accorded for the introduction and passing through all stages of the Outer Space and High-altitude Activities Amendment Bill, and the remaining stages of the Budapest Convention and Related Matters Legislation Amendment Bill.

The House today is going into urgency for only two bills: the Outer Space and High-altitude Activities Amendment Bill is to be passed through all stages to give the Government the ability to manage our national security and other risks to the national interest posed by the misuse of ground-based space infrastructure; and the Budapest Convention and Related Matters Legislation Amendment Bill, which has already gone through a thorough select committee process and needs to be passed so it can be ratified. We hope to have near-unanimous approval of both bills in the House today.