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Wow. Cr Toomey, the Chair, is now trying to stop councillors even reading out the motion that they want to move when moving for a suspension of standing orders for an urgency motion. For a long time the LNP has been haphazardly attempting to enforce the rule that the speech must be about the reason for urgency, not on the substance of the motion (and Labor has attempted to squeeze in debate of the motion itself into their speech). But this time the LNP didn’t even want to let them get out so much as what it was that would be debated if urgency was granted.
They ended up allowing Cr Whitmey to state what her motion was, though the Chair still insisted that wasn’t allowed.
It was calling on council to reject homophobic comments made in the media regarding Bay Pride. The LNP ended up voting in favour of urgency (the comments in the media came out today), and then using a procedural motion to move the debate on that motion until the end of the day.
Wow. Cr Toomey, the Chair, is now trying to stop councillors even reading out the motion that they want to move when moving for a suspension of standing orders for an urgency motion. For a long time the LNP has been haphazardly attempting to enforce the rule that the speech must be about the reason for urgency, not on the substance of the motion (and Labor has attempted to squeeze in debate of the motion itself into their speech). But this time the LNP didn’t even want to let them get out so much as what it was that would be debated if urgency was granted.
They ended up allowing Cr Whitmey to state what her motion was, though the Chair still insisted that wasn’t allowed.
It was calling on council to reject homophobic comments made in the media regarding Bay Pride. The LNP ended up voting in favour of urgency (the comments in the media came out today), and then using a procedural motion to move the debate on that motion until the end of the day.