Gavin Marshall (Victoria, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I inform the Senate that, at 8:30 am today, two proposals were received in accordance with standing order 75. 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 Hanson:

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

The need to understand why the Japanese pay less for our gas than we do.

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 for each of the speakers in today's debate. With the concurrence of the Senate, I shall ask the clerks to set the clock accordingly.