Scott Ryan (President) Share this | Hansard source

I inform senators that, at 8.30 am today, 27 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 was received from Senator Sterle:

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

Instead of a plan for secure jobs for Australians, the Morrison Government is trying to make it easier for employers to cut workers' pay and conditions.

Is the proposal supported?

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