Order!

I have received a message from the Member for Hotham, /u/12MaxWild to introduce a motion, namely the Motion to Agree to the Address in Reply as Government Business and seconded by the Member for Capricornia, /u/model-BigBigBoss. This motion is authored by Model-Trask.

Motion Details

The Member for Hotham to move the following Address in Reply is agreed to by this House.

May it please Your Excellency.

We, the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, in Parliament assembled, desire to express our loyalty to our President, and to thank your Excellency for the speech which you have been pleased to address to Parliament.

Debate Required

The question being that the Motion be agreed to, debate shall now commence.

If a member wishes to move amendments, they are to do so by responding to the pinned comment in the thread below with a brief detail of the area of the amendments. Please note that the President's Speech cannot be amended, but the motion itself can.

Debate shall end at 7PM AEDT (UTC 11) 08/09/2023.