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Parliament of Victoria · Legislative Council · 19 February 2025

Sessional orders: motions

Voting yes supported replacing the Legislative Council's sessional order setting the Wednesday order of business, including the times for members' statements, questions, petitions and adjournment, for the rest of the session.

Passed24 yes 14 no

The question put

That until the end of the session, unless otherwise ordered by the Council, sessional order 2 is revoked and replaced with the following sessional order to come into operation on the next sitting week: 2. Order of business – Wednesday Standing Orders 5.02(2) and (3) are suspended and the following order of business will apply on Wednesday – Messages Formal business Members’ statements (up to 15 members) Private member bills – moving second readings of bills for which precedence has been ordered Short form documents motions (up to 2 motions) General business At 12.00 noon Questions General business (continues) At 5.15 pm, or after 300 minutes of general business has elapsed (whichever is later) Statements on tabled papers and petitions (30 minutes) Petitions (qualifying for debate) (30 minutes) Government business (maximum 60 minutes) Adjournment (up to 20 members).

How each party voted

Members who didn't vote (absent, paired or in the chair) aren't listed. A party votes as one when at least three quarters of its members vote together.

Source: Hansard, Parliament of Victoria. The summary is AI-written from the question and the bill's official summary, then checked; the record above is the authority.