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

The President has received the following letter from Senator Fifield proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the Senate for discussion, namely:

The Gillard Government’s continued mismanagement of public finances and intention to compound cost of living pressures on families by introducing a new income tax levy.

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—