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Summary
The Chair rules that Senator Craughwell’s amendment to take the one-parent family motion first falls because it was not seconded.
Senator Gerard P. Craughwell has proposed an amendment to the Order of Business: "That No. 67, non-Government motion No. 17, be taken before No. 1." However, it was not seconded.
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I am very sorry; I was meant to second the amendment. I did not realise the Senator had proposed it.
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With your good grace, you might accept it.
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An amendment has to be seconded before the Leader responds. As a consequence of not being seconded, the amendment falls.
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That is a great pity on the day lone parents in significant numbers are to lose out.
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Division Carried
Question put: "That the Order of Business be agreed to."
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Do you agree with this result?