Senate debates

Tuesday, 2 September 2014

Matters of Public Importance

Budget

4:00 pm

Photo of Stephen ParryStephen Parry (President) Share this | Hansard source

A letter has been received from Senator Moore:

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

The impact of the Abbott Government’s GP tax and medicine price hike on pensioners, the poor and the chronically ill.

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 ask the clerks to set the clock accordingly.

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