David Hawker (Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

I have received a letter from the honourable member for Griffith proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely:

The failure of the Government to provide the Cole Commission of Inquiry with terms of reference which would empower the Commission to investigate and make findings about whether Ministers had properly discharged their duties under Australian law to enforce UN sanctions against Iraq.

I call upon those members who approve of the proposed discussion to rise in their places.

More than the number of members required by the standing orders having risen in their places—

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