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 continuing inability to balance the budget and wavering commitment to achieving a budget surplus in 2012-13.

Is that motion supported?

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