House of Assembly Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2) 54 2 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Bills Constitution (Independent Speaker) Amendment Bill Constitution (Independent Speaker) Amendment Bill Constitution (Independent Speaker) Amendment Bill Standing Orders Suspension Standing Orders Suspension Ms BEDFORD House of Assembly Florey Ms BEDFORD (Florey) (12:51): I move: That standing orders be so far suspended as to enable the introduction forthwith of the Constitution (Independent Speaker) Amendment Bill 2021. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: An absolute majority of members not being present, ring the bells. An absolute majority of the whole number of members being present: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: I accept the motion. The member for Florey might indicate: does the member for Florey wish to speak to the motion? Ms BEDFORD House of Assembly Ms BEDFORD: No, sir. The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN House of Assembly The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN: Point of clarification, sir: would it be possible for the member for Florey to tell the house why she seeks to suspend standing orders, what the purpose of it is? The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: The necessity to suspend standing orders is in order to move the substantive motion. In the circumstances in which the motion has arisen, the member for Florey might just repeat the proposed motion. Ms BEDFORD House of Assembly Ms BEDFORD: I will be moving that I seek leave to introduce the Constitution (Independent Speaker) Amendment Bill 2021 forthwith so as to correct an anomaly I see in the house, sir. Ayes	24 Noes	22 Majority	2 AYES Bedford, F.E. (teller) Bell, T.S. Bettison, Z.L. Bignell, L.W.K. Boyer, B.I. Brock, G.G. Brown, M.E. Close, S.E. Cook, N.F. Cregan, D. Duluk, S. Gee, J.P. Hildyard, K.A. Hughes, E.J. Koutsantonis, A. Malinauskas, P. Michaels, A. Mullighan, S.C. Odenwalder, L.K. Piccolo, A. Picton, C.J. Stinson, J.M. Szakacs, J.K. Wortley, D. NOES Basham, D.K.B. Chapman, V.A. Cowdrey, M.J. Ellis, F.J. Gardner, J.A.W. Harvey, R.M. (teller) Knoll, S.K. Luethen, P. Marshall, S.S. McBride, N. Murray, S. Patterson, S.J.R. Pederick, A.S. Pisoni, D.G. Power, C. Sanderson, R. Speirs, D.J. Tarzia, V.A. Treloar, P.A. van Holst Pellekaan, D.C. Whetstone, T.J. Wingard, C.L. Introduction and First Reading Introduction and First Reading Ms BEDFORD House of Assembly Florey Ms BEDFORD (Florey) (13:03): Obtained leave and introduced a bill for an act to amend the Constitution Act 1934. Read a first time. Sitting suspended from 13:04 to 14:00.