Andrew McLachlan (SA, Deputy-President) Share this | Hansard source

I inform the Senate that at 8.30 am today 33 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 letter from Senator Rennick proposing a matter of public importance was chosen, namely:

The apparent intention of the Albanese Government to adopt the union movement's call for industry wide bargaining, which would risk large parts of the Australian economy being unnecessarily shut down as a result of strike action.

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 shall ask the clerks to set the clock accordingly.