Andrew Wallace (Fisher, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

SPEAKER (): The Acting Speaker received letters from the honourable member for Rankin and the honourable member for Kennedy proposing that definite matters of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion today. As required by standing order 46, the Acting Speaker selected the matter which, in his opinion, is the most urgent and important; that is, that proposed by the honourable member for Rankin, namely:

The Government's failures on wages and the costs of living.

I therefore call upon those honourable 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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