Max Chandler-Mather MP – seeking to second a Greens’ motion relating to defence contracts with Israel

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June 5, 2024

I second this motion. This government is engaging in arms trading with the state of Israel as it carries out a genocide in Gaza.

Mr CHANDLER-MATHER (Griffith) (15:36): I second this motion. This government is engaging in arms trading with the state of Israel as it carries out a genocide in Gaza. This government needs to—

The SPEAKER: The member will resume his seat. The Deputy Leader of the House?

Mr Butler: The Leader of the Greens had the opportunity for a personal explanation, so I now move that the member no longer be heard.

A division having been called and the bells being rung—

The SPEAKER: Order. The member for Griffith and the Minister for Pacific Island Affairs are going to cease their conversation.

Honourable members interjecting

The SPEAKER: Order the member for Griffiths, just cool it.

Mr Chandler-Mather interjecting

The SPEAKER: The member for Griffiths is now warned. Anyone sitting in that corner can also show restraint as well.

Mr Bandt: A point of order, the minister made an unparliamentary remark, and I ask you to ask him to withdraw.

The SPEAKER: The minister isn’t sitting in his correct seat, so that’s highly disorderly if he was interjecting during a division. To assist the House, I will ask him to withdraw. I don’t know what was said, I didn’t hear it. The question before the House is that the member no longer be heard.