Gavin Marshall (Victoria, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I inform the Senate that at 8.30 am today six proposals were received in accordance with standing order 75. The question of which proposal would be submitted to Senate was determined by lot. As a result, I inform the Senate that the following letter has been received from Senator Burston:

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

The need to finalise the terms of reference to the Australian Law Reform Commission for the review of the Family Law Act and its judicial administration, and the allocation of sufficient funding to support that review.

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 ask that the clerk set the clock accordingly.