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

I inform the Senate that the President has received the following letter, dated 10 October, from Senator Gallagher:

Pursuant to standing order 75, I give notice that today I propose to move "That, in the opinion of the Senate, the following is a matter of urgency:

The failure of the Attorney-General, Senator the Honourable George Brandis, QC, to uphold the standards expected of the First Law Officer of the Commonwealth, by his undermining of public confidence in legal administration within the Government.

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 clock accordingly.