1st Parliament, 3rd Session, 13th Sitting

This sitting saw one bill introduced. It was the first in which all Members present had their cameras turned on due to a request from Yearbook club for photographs.

General Proceedings
One bill was introduced during this session. It went through a First and Second Reading and saw one amendment added to it.

Voting Rights Act, 2021
The Voting Rights Act, 2021 was introduced by the Prime Minister as a Government Bill. It sought to extend voting rights to 16-year-olds and permanent residents, however the latter part was removed through an amendment.

Controversy
The bill's extension of voting rights to permanent residents was hotly controversial, garnering criticism from both members of the Government and backbenchers alike. The main arguments against its doing so were that it made permanent residency indistinguishable from citizenship, and that citizenship should be made more accessible rather than extending the rights of citizens to permanent residents.

Brentan Lam
The only question asked of the Prime Minister during this sitting was done by Conservative MP for Carlton one Brentan Lam."Recently, my constituent wrote a letter to be concerning the issues about public transportation, and he wanted to ask me whether the federal government would provide more funding to support transportation services, which still remains essential to those who are less economically advantaged."