Gavin Marshall (Victoria, Deputy-President) Share this | Hansard source

I inform the Senate that, at 8.30 am today, two senators each submitted letters in accordance with standing order 75. Senator Moore proposed a matter of urgency, and Senator Day proposed a matter of public importance for discussion. 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 contradictions between the Liberal, National, Greens Party and Nick Xenophon's policies, and their voting records and the co-operation on radical electoral changes.

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 to allocate specific times to each of the speakers in today's debate. With the concurrence of the Senate, I shall ask the clerks to set the clocks accordingly.