Claire Chandler (Tasmania, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

A letter has been received from Senator Urquhart:

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

That after Mr Morrison stated multiple times in March 2021, in connection with the vaccine rollout, that "it's not a race", last weekend Australia experienced its highest daily COVID case numbers since the pandemic began eighteen months ago.

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 for today's discussion. With the concurrence of the Senate, I shall ask the clerks to set the clock accordingly.