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BUSINESS - Days and Hours of Meeting

Senator MOORE (Queensland) (16:15): At the request of Senator Wong, I move:

That the resolution of the Senate relating to the meetings of the Senate be varied by omitting paragraph (3), and substituting the following paragraph:

"(3) That the hours of meeting for Tuesday, 3 May 2016, be from 12.30 pm to 6.30 pm and 8.30 pm to adjournment, and for Wednesday, 4 May 2016, be from 9.30 am to 7.20 pm and 8 pm to adjournment, and that:

(a) the routine of business from 8.30 pm on Tuesday, 3 May 2016, shall be:

(i) Budget statement and documents 2016-17, and

(ii) adjournment; and

(b) the routine of business from 8 pm on Wednesday, 4 May 2016, shall be:

(i) Budget statement and documents - party leaders and independent senators to make responses to the statement and documents for not more than 30 minutes each, and

(ii) adjournment.".

Question agreed to.