Stephen Parry (President) Share this | Hansard source

I inform the Senate that, at 8.30 am today, Senators Day, Leyonhjelm and Moore each submitted letters in accordance with standing order 75, proposing a matter of public importance. The question of which proposal would be submitted to the Senate was determined by lot. As a result, I inform the Senate that the following letter has been received from Senator Day:

Pursuant to standing order 75, I propose that the following matter of public importance be submitted to the Senate for discussion:

The rushed changes to voting laws that will extinguish senate diversity.

Is the proposal supported?

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

I understand that informal arrangements have been made for today’s debate in relation to speaking times. With the concurrence of the Senate, I shall ask the clerks to set the clock accordingly.