Gavin Marshall (Victoria, Deputy-President) Share this | Hansard source

I inform the Senate that, at 8.30 am today, three senators each submitted letters in accordance with standing order 75. Senator Siewert proposed a matter of urgency, and Senators Gallagher and Roberts proposed a matter of public importance for discussion. 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 Roberts:

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

The policy position of the Australian government towards the disputed theory of global warming with the election of Mr Trump as President, who is well known to reject exaggerated claims of anthropogenic climate change.

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.