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Queensland Parliament sets worrying precedent

A most authoritarian gesture

11 December 2024

3:28 PM

11 December 2024

3:28 PM

A most extraordinary occurrence has taken place in the Queensland Legislative Assembly which in all my decades of researching political history I can recall no equivalent of.

The following motion, introduced by the Premier of Queensland, David Crisafulli, was carried on 10 December 2024:

  1. That notwithstanding anything in Standing or Sessional Orders, this House orders that:

(a) No bill or amendment seeking to amend the Termination of Pregnancy Act 2018 is allowed to be introduced.

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