Helen Polley (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

he ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT ( Senator Polley ) (): The Senate will now consider the proposal from Senator Cash:

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

The Albanese Labor Government's flawed industrial relations policies, especially the abolition of the Australian Building and Construction Commission, giving the militant CFMMEU the green light to intimidatory, inflationary and productivity sapping behaviour across the building and construction industry.

Is the proposal supported?

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

I understand 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 the clerks to set the clock accordingly.