Harry Jenkins (Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

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

The Government’s decision to put political strategy before economic strategy, resulting in a war on inflation that exacerbated the economic slowdown, and its active consideration of plunging the Commonwealth into debt to bail out incompetent State governments.

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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