Sentence examples for move amendments from inspiring English sources

The prime minister said after consideration of the report, the government would move amendments during the debate on the commonwealth electoral amendment bill 2016 on Wednesday morning.

Following a review of the National Firearms Agreement in 2017, Borsak called the Howard reforms "draconian", and unsuccessfully sought to move amendments to the NSW Firearms Act which would have made pump action shotguns easier to access and allowed "personal and property protection" as a genuine reason for holding a firearms licence.

Miles criticised the LNP for moving amendments to exempt "specific projects chosen by the LNP from having to apply for and qualify for a water licence".

On Wednesday Palmer said his senators would be moving amendments to "insert provisions to ensure the full savings power companies receive … are handed to everyday Australians".

Its chief executive, Jo Bragg, said it was "gravely concerning that, on the most controversial proposed coalmine in Australia, the ALP government has now moved amendments so there will be no public submissions or appeals relating to groundwater".

The Senate blocked the bill by 33 votes to 31 before the debate reached the stage where the government could move the amendments it had announced.

The opposition leader, Bill Shorten, wrote to Tony Abbott over the weekend saying Labor reserved the right to move additional amendments to protect journalists' sources when parliament considered new laws forcing telecommunications companies to store customers' metadata for two years.

Leyonhjelm said he accepted parliament would pass the bill because Labor had "rolled over" on the fundamental principle, so he would try to move numerous amendments to make the law "less obnoxious".

Brownlee was reluctant to do so, since a similar proposal had been part of the UFA's election platform, and instead moved successful amendments weakening the motion to a vague "statement of intent".

We are going to move an amendment which is 45%.

But he just missed getting the 60 votes required to move the amendment forward.