Editing Filibuster (section)

===Australia===
Both houses of the [[Government of Australia|Australian]] parliament have strictly enforced rules on how long members may speak, so filibusters are generally not possible, though this is not the case in some state legislatures.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/pubs/standing_orders/a00.htm |website=Parliament of Australia |title=Standing Orders and other orders of the Senate |access-date=June 23, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216184132/http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/pubs/standing_orders/a00.htm |archive-date=February 16, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aph.gov.au/House/pubs/standos/chapter1.htm |website=Parliament of Australia |title=House of Representatives Standing and Sessional Orders |access-date=June 23, 2008  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216145339/http://www.aph.gov.au/House/pubs/standos/chapter1.htm |archive-date=February 16, 2012 }}</ref>

In opposition, [[Tony Abbott]]'s Liberal National [[Coalition (Australia)|coalition]] used [[Suspension of the rules|suspension]] of [[Parliamentary procedure|standing orders]] in 2012 for the purposes of filibustering, most commonly during question time against the Labor government.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ireland |first=Judith |date=February 29, 2012 |title=Abbott finds a new victim for his schtick |work=Sydney Morning Herald |url=http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/blogs/question-time/abbott-finds-a-new-victim-for-his-schtick-20120229-1u2p7.html |url-status=live |access-date=November 17, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506173228/http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/blogs/question-time/abbott-finds-a-new-victim-for-his-schtick-20120229-1u2p7.html |archive-date=May 6, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2012-03-16 |title=Suspended in the time it takes for a sound bite |work=The Australian |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/opinion/suspended-in-the-time-it-takes-for-a-sound-bite/story-e6frgd0x-1226300897875 |url-status=live |access-date=2013-06-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140323080359/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/opinion/suspended-in-the-time-it-takes-for-a-sound-bite/story-e6frgd0x-1226300897875 |archive-date=2014-03-23}}</ref>

In 2022, [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] Senator [[Michaelia Cash]] engaged in a nine-hour filibuster in [[committee of the whole]] (in which senators can usually question ministers as often as they liked) in an effort to stall the passage of industrial relations laws.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Karp |first=Paul |date=1 December 2022 |title=Labor's industrial relations bill passes the Senate despite late Coalition filibuster |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/dec/01/labors-industrial-relations-bill-was-progressing-relatively-quickly-enter-michaelia-cash |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201060355/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/dec/01/labors-industrial-relations-bill-was-progressing-relatively-quickly-enter-michaelia-cash |archive-date=December 1, 2022 |access-date=December 1, 2022 |website=[[Guardian Australia]]}}</ref>