{"id":224085,"date":"2026-06-17T16:28:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T06:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.petergeorgeforfranklin.com\/?p=224085"},"modified":"2026-07-25T21:05:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T11:05:53","slug":"censure-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.petergeorgeforfranklin.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/17\/censure-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"PREMIER ROCKLIFF CENSURE MOTION SPEECH: 17 June 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_heading_0 et_pb_heading et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_heading_container\"><h1 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">PREMIER ROCKLIFF CENSURE MOTION SPEECH: 17 June 2026<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_0 et_pb_image et_flex_column_24_24 et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.petergeorgeforfranklin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Parliament.jpg\" title=\"Parliament\" width=\"520\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.petergeorgeforfranklin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Parliament.jpg 520w, https:\/\/staging.petergeorgeforfranklin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Parliament-480x323.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 520px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-3472\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span>I rise to support the motion of censure of the premier, knowing that is a serious and (I believe) unprecedented action. And I can genuinely say, honourable speaker, I do this sadly &amp; reluctantly, But after much reflection, my conscience is clear. The Premier\u2019s threats that this censure motion will lead to instability, not withstanding, this is a proper response to the clear failings. And let me tell the Premier, you truly need to get used to minority government - as so much of Europe has for four decades - and realise that when you fail to live up to standards of good government, you need to take the medicine and move on. And move on we must - and move on you must.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.petergeorgeforfranklin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Censure-speech.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Download the full\u00a0speech in PDF format.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3472,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-224085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events-speeches"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.petergeorgeforfranklin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.petergeorgeforfranklin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.petergeorgeforfranklin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.petergeorgeforfranklin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.petergeorgeforfranklin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224085"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/staging.petergeorgeforfranklin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":224292,"href":"https:\/\/staging.petergeorgeforfranklin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224085\/revisions\/224292"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.petergeorgeforfranklin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.petergeorgeforfranklin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.petergeorgeforfranklin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.petergeorgeforfranklin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}