House of Assembly Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2) 53 2 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Bills Fire and Emergency Services (Volunteer Charters) Amendment Bill Fire and Emergency Services (Volunteer Charters) Amendment Bill Fire and Emergency Services (Volunteer Charters) Amendment Bill Second Reading Second Reading Adjourned debate on second reading. (Continued from 24 September 2015.) Dr McFETRIDGE House of Assembly Morphett Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett) (11:29): This bill is a very important bill before this house. With the few seconds that are left— The Deputy Speaker House of Assembly The DEPUTY SPEAKER: I remind the member that if he speaks he closes debate. Dr McFETRIDGE House of Assembly Dr McFETRIDGE: I am very conscious of that, and I hope this government— Members interjecting: The Deputy Speaker House of Assembly The DEPUTY SPEAKER: Order! Everybody else needs to be conscious of that fact too. Are you on your feet, member for Newland? What is it you wish to say? The Hon. T.R. KENYON House of Assembly The Hon. T.R. KENYON: That the debate be adjourned. Members interjecting: The Deputy Speaker House of Assembly The DEPUTY SPEAKER: Order! Apparently, as we have brought to the attention of the house, through the Chair, the member for Morphett has the call, and we are going to listen to the member for Morphett. Dr McFETRIDGE House of Assembly Dr McFETRIDGE: Thank you, ma'am. This bill is a mark 3 version of a bill I have put before this place on a number of occasions to protect South Australian CFS and SES volunteers. We need to bring this bill to a vote and we need to do it today. The Deputy Speaker House of Assembly The DEPUTY SPEAKER: So, you have finished your remarks. Does the member for Newland have something to say? The Hon. T.R. KENYON House of Assembly The Hon. T.R. KENYON: Just a point of clarification: it is the tradition, certainly the custom of the house, to call the attention of the house to the fact that the closing speaker is in fact closing debate. Members interjecting: The Deputy Speaker House of Assembly The DEPUTY SPEAKER: Order! The Hon. T.R. KENYON House of Assembly The Hon. T.R. KENYON: And when you called it, I stood, so— The Deputy Speaker House of Assembly The DEPUTY SPEAKER: I think we have to move ahead and vote on it. The question before the house is that the bill now be read a second time. The house divided on the second reading: Ayes	17 Noes	21 Majority	4 AYES Brock, G.G. Chapman, V.A. Duluk, S. Gardner, J.A.W. Goldsworthy, R.M. Griffiths, S.P. McFetridge, D. Pederick, A.S. Pengilly, M.R. Pisoni, D.G. Redmond, I.M. Sanderson, R. Tarzia, V.A. Treloar, P.A. (teller) van Holst Pellekaan, D.C. Whetstone, T.J. Wingard, C. NOES Bedford, F.E. Bettison, Z.L. Caica, P. Close, S.E. Cook, N.F. Digance, A.F.C. Gee, J.P. Hamilton-Smith, M.L.J. Hildyard, K. Hughes, E.J. Kenyon, T.R. (teller) Key, S.W. Koutsantonis, A. Mullighan, S.C. Odenwalder, L.K. Piccolo, A. Picton, C.J. Rankine, J.M. Rau, J.R. Vlahos, L.A. Wortley, D. PAIRS Bell, T.S. Snelling, J.J. Knoll, S.K. Bignell, L.W.K. Speirs, D. Weatherill, J.W. Second reading thus negatived.