Glenn Sterle (WA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I inform the Senate that the President has received the following letter, dated 22 November 2022, from Senator McDonald:

Pursuant to standing order 75, I give notice that today I propose to move: "That, in the opinion of the Senate, the following is a matter of urgency:

That the Senate reaffirms the need for investment to ensure future domestic gas supply and that the Government's axing of policies to increase supply, coupled with its internal divisions on gas market policy, will only drive gas prices higher.

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 clock accordingly.