House of Assembly Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2) 54 2 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Parliamentary Procedure Parliamentary Procedure Standing and Sessional Orders Suspension Standing and Sessional Orders Suspension The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS House of Assembly West Torrens The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS (West Torrens) (11:51): I move: That standing and sessional orders be so far suspended as to enable Private Members Business, Committees and Subordinate Legislation, to have precedence over Government Business until 1pm today. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: An absolute majority is required. An absolute majority not being present, please 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 question is that standing orders be so far suspended as to enable Private Members Business to have precedence over Government Business. The house divided on the motion: Ayes	22 Noes	24 Majority	2 AYES Bedford, F.E. Bettison, Z.L. Bignell, L.W.K. Boyer, B.I. Brock, G.G. Brown, M.E. Close, S.E. Cook, N.F. Duluk, S. Gee, J.P. Hildyard, K.A. Hughes, E.J. Koutsantonis, A. (teller) 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. Bell, T.S. 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. Teague, J.B. Treloar, P.A. van Holst Pellekaan, D.C. Whetstone, T.J. Wingard, C.L. Motion thus negatived.