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

I inform the Senate that the President has received the following letter from Senator Moore:

Dear Mr President

Pursuant to standing order 75, I move "That, in the opinion of the Senate, the following is a matter of urgency:

"The need for the Government to honour its election commitment to rollout fibre-to-the-premises broadband to no less than 200,000 premises in Tasmania."

Is the proposal supported?

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

I understand that informal arrangements have been made to allocate specific times to each of the speakers in today’s debate. With the concurrence of the Senate, I shall ask the clerks to set the clock accordingly.