David Hawker (Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

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

The failure of the Government to take action to avoid dangerous climate change by refusing to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, establish a national emissions trading scheme and cut Australia’s greenhouse pollution by 60 percent by 2050.

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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