Alan Ferguson (SA, Deputy-President) Share this | Hansard source

I have received a letter from Senator Johnston proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the Senate for discussion, namely:

The harmful impact on the people and economy of Western Australia of the Rudd Labor Government’s so called policy of ‘ending the blame game’, which has resulted in a politically motivated conspiracy of silence between the Federal Labor Government and the WA State Labor Government on important public policy issues.

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

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

I understand that informal arrangements have been made to allocate specific times to each of the speakers in today’s debate. With the concurrence of the Senate, I shall ask the clerks to set the clock accordingly.