Senate debates

Wednesday, 26 February 2020

Matters of Public Importance

Climate Change

5:27 pm

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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 the Senate was determined by lot. As a result, I inform the Senate that the following letter has been received from Senator Siewert:

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

'The Government has no costing for its current climate policies which have us on track for a catastrophic 3.4 degrees of warming'

Is the proposal supported?

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

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