aUSTRALIA: DEBATE ON BECOMING A REPUBLIC

Record ID: 988958

  • Title: aUSTRALIA: DEBATE ON BECOMING A REPUBLIC
  • Date: 13th February 1998
  • Summary: CANBERRA, AUSTRLIA (FEBRUARY 13, 1998) (AUSTRALIA POOL) 1. HAS HOUSE IN SESSION/SCU HOUSE SPEAKER BARRY JONES ASKING MEMBERS IN FAVOUR OF THE RESOLUTION TO STAND AND MARK THEIR BALLOTS (ENGLISH) (2 SHOTS) 0.19 2. HAS MEMBERS STANDING/SLV MEMBERS STANDING/SLV MEMBERS SITTING/SLV MEMBERS STAND AS JONES AS FOR THOSE AGAINST THE RESOLUTION TO STAND/HAS MEMBERS AGAINST STANDING /SLV PAN MEMBERS AGAINST STANDING (6 SHOTS) 1.25 3. HAS DEBATING CHAMBER VOICEOVER JONES ASKING FOR THOSE WISHING TO ABSTAIN TO RISE 1.41 4. SLV MEMBERS 1.47 5. CU ZOOM OUT VOTES BEING COLLECTED. 1.58 6. SCU ZOOM IN JONES ANNOUNCING RESULT: FOR SEVENTY THREE, AGAINST FIFTY SEVEN, ABSTENTIONS TWENTY TWO (ENGLISH) 2.27 7. SC MEMBER ASKING QUESTION/SCU JONES RESPONDING (2 SHOTS) 2.35 8. SCU PRIME MINISTER JOHN HOWARD, SAYING THERE IS CLEAR SUPPORT FOR A DEBATE, AND THAT THE ONLY COMMON SENSE RESULT OF THIS DEBATE IS THAT THERE IS A CLEAR MAJORITY IN FAVOUR. THAT THE PROPOSITION MUST BE PUT TO THE AUSTRALIAN PEOPLE (ENGLISH) 3.09 9. HAS CHAMBER, MEMBERS LISTENING TO HOWARD 3.16 10. SCU HOWARD SPEAKING /SLV MEMBERS CLAPPING (4 SHOTS) 3.35 11. SCU HOWARD/SLV MEMBERS CLAPPING /PEOPLE CLAPPING IN THE PUBLIC GALLERY /SLV MEMBERS CLAPPING /HAS MEMBERS CLAPPING (5 SHOTS) 3.51 12. SLV END OF DEBATE, OFFICIAL REMOVING AUSTRALIAN FLAGS FROM CHAMBER, ANOTHER OFFICAL TELLING HIM NOT TO ARGUMENT BETWEEN TWO OFFICIALS (3 SHOTS) 4.00 (CH7 - NO ACCESS AUSTRALIA) 13. SCU AUSTRALIA REPUBLICAN MOVEMENT SUPPORTER MARY DELAHUNTY SAYING " WE HAD THE UNITY TICKET, WE NEED FOUR OF FIVE VOTES AND AFTER LAST NIGHT'S DISCUSSIONS, I THINK WE WILL GET IT." (ENGLISH) 4.09 14. SCU BREAKAWAY REPUBLICAN SUPPORTER PHIL CLEARY SAYING "THE MAIN DEBATE WILL BE OVER THE REPUBLIC." (ENGLISH) 4.15 (AUSTRALIA POOL) 15. HAS OFFICIAL COLLECTING FLAGS 4.19 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA
  • Country: Australia
  • Reuters ID: LVA7ENF65B0VC54TWZVD2PFPIE7W
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