Stephen Parry (Tasmania, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

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

The Gillard Government's decimation of the live cattle trade to Indonesia and the catastrophic consequences for family farms and supporting businesses.

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—