Deborah O'Neill (NSW, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

The Senate will now consider the proposal from Senator Ruston, which is also shown at item 16 of today's Order of Business:

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

"The Albanese Government promised cost-of-living relief but is now slugging around 3 million older Australians with higher private health insurance costs, leaving hundreds of thousands of pensioners to either pay more in a cost-of-living crisis or abandon private cover altogether, while shifting even more pressure onto our already overburdened public hospitals and leaving working age taxpayers to foot the bill."

Is consideration of the proposal supported?

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

With the concurrence of the Senate, the clerks will set the clock in line with the informal arrangements made by the whips.