Andrew McLachlan (SA, Deputy-President) Share this | Hansard source

I inform the Senate that at 8.30 am today 34 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 letter from Senator Payne proposing the following matter of public importance was chosen:

The refusal of the Prime Minister to stand by his election promise that Labor's policy, based on "the most comprehensive modelling ever done for any policy by an opposition in Australia's history since Federation," would "see electricity prices fall from the current level by $275 for households by 2025".

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 for today's discussion. With the concurrence of the Senate, I shall ask the clerks to set the clock accordingly.