Jacinta Collins (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Parliamentary Secretary for School Education and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

I seek leave to move a motion relating to using the matters of public interest time today to give the Senate the opportunity to debate the Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 3) 2012. I understand there are some other issues in terms of the government business program that are still under discussion.

Leave granted.

Senators will be aware that this has been circulated in part yesterday, although it has been amended. I move:

That the order of the Senate agreed to on 19 June 2012, relating to the hours of meeting and routine of business, be varied to provide that:

On Wednesday, 27 June 2012:

(a) the hours of meeting shall be 9.30 am to 8 pm;

(b) consideration of matters of public interest shall not be called on and instead the Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 3) 2012 be called on, have precedence over all business, be considered under a limitation of time—

Honourable senators interjecting—