Senator McKim has submitted a proposal, under standing order 75, today, which is shown at item 13 on today's Order of Business:

That, in the opinion of the Senate, the following is a matter of urgency:

The need for the Government to step in to break up the Coles and Woolworths duopoly and provide cost-of-living relief for Australians by rolling out publicly owned supermarkets.

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.