David Hawker (Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

I have received a letter from the honourable member for Barton proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely:

The Government’s failure to address irregularities and inadequacies in the tendering processes of the Defence Materiel Organisation which has resulted in Australian servicemen and women being provided with substandard and unsafe clothing and essential equipment.

I call upon those members who approve of the proposed discussion to rise in their places.

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

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