Sue Lines (WA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I inform the Senate that, at 8.30 am today, Senators Gallagher and Roberts each submitted a letter, 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 Roberts:

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

The policy position of the Australian Government towards the continuing robust health of the Great Barrier Reef and the threat of environmental alarmism.

Is the proposal supported?

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