Scott Ryan (President) Share this | Hansard source

I inform the Senate that at 8.30 today three 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 Siewert:

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

The actions of the Queensland police force in arresting a journalist covering Adani protesters, which undermine freedom of the press and the right to protest in Australia

Is the proposal supported?

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