A letter has been received from Senator McGrath:

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

With the average family with a mortgage paying $1,500 a month more, paying 20 per cent more on energy bills, record high petrol prices and their real wages going backwards, Australians are facing a full-blown cost of living crisis and a litany of Albanese Labor Government broken promises.

Is the proposal supported?

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