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

I inform the Senate that at 8.30 am today Senators Fifield and Siewert each submitted a letter in accordance with standing order 75 proposing a matter of public importance. The question of which proposal would be submitted to the Senate was determined by lot. As a result, I inform the Senate that the following letter has been received from Senator Fifield:

Pursuant to standing order 75, I propose that the following matter of public importance be submitted to the Senate for discussion:

The Gillard Government's waste, mismanagement and profligacy which is undermining hope, reward and opportunity for Australians.

Is the proposal supported?

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